Sep 09 Watch Some Veterans With Brain Trauma Still Await Purple Hearts In a collaborative report, we examine why some veterans with traumatic brain injuries are having trouble getting awarded the Purple Heart. Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch Would Cancellation of Quran-Burning Event Prevent Further Fallout? The Florida pastor who caused a global uproar over plans to burn Qurans on the 9/11 anniversary suspended those plans and is seeking a deal to move a planned Islamic center in New York. Ray Suarez gets two takes on… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Chilean Miners ‘In Good Spirits’ But Rebelling Against Some Care Much has been done to keep the Chilean miners in good spirits but what about the families of these miners? Tom Bearden reports from Chile on how they are holding up. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Geithner: Bush Economic Policies Made Recession Worse In an interview with Jim Lehrer, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that President Obama deserves credit for stopping an economic "free fall," exacerbated by the fiscal policies of the Bush administration. Continue watching
Sep 08 RGA Chair Barbour: Democrats Will Flee Obama This Fall Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Wednesday that Democrats are running from President Obama "like scalded* dogs," worried that his sagging poll numbers might bring down their campaigns this election year. "If you look at when he goes somewhere,… Continue reading
Sep 08 Do Poll Numbers Portend a ‘Wave’ Year for Republicans? GOP pollster Glen Bolger told The Hill newspaper Tuesday, "It's a wave year (for the Republicans.) The question is, 'How high is the wave?'" For some context, here are the polling numbers that Political Editor David Chalian discussed… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch BP Admits Errors in Gulf Oil Disaster But Spreads Blame BP issued a new internal report blaming the largest offshore oil spill in history on a series of human and mechanical failures. Judy Woodruff talks to Steven Mufson of the Washington Post about the report. Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch In Midterm Elections, Economy Is Still Job One Judy Woodruff speaks with local public broadcast correspondents from California, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania about voter mood and the midterm elections. Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Has Aid for Pakistan Flood Crisis Been Enough? Pakistan is struggling to assess the aftermath of its recent flood crisis, and may need more international aid. Jeffery Brown talks to philanthropy and humanitarian experts about whether the aid delivered so far has been enough. Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Young Pakistan Flood Victims Face Health Concerns Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports in Pakistan on the potential health and safety concerns for the youngest victims of the country's flooding crisis. Continue watching