Aug 09 Watch Colorado Contests: Dan Balz Handicaps Competitive Primaries As voters cast ballots in Colorado's primary, politics-watchers will be keeping an eye out for signs of what might be to come in November's midterm elections. Gwen Ifill speaks with Dan Balz, national political reporter for The Washington Post, about… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Marcus and Gerson on Jobless Numbers, Prop 8, Divisive Kagan Vote Washington Post columnists Ruth Marcus and Michael Gerson -- sitting in for David Brooks and Mark Shields -- discuss the mostly partisan Elena Kagan's confirmation vote, the U.S. job outlook and the same-sex marriage ruling in California. Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch U.S. Intelligence Apparatus Ballooned After 9/11, Series Finds The Washington Post spent two years investigating the infrastructure of the government intelligence community in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Margaret Warner speaks with reporter Dana Priest on what was uncovered in the research for… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Oil Gusher Halted At Least for Now: ‘Something Went Right’ For the first time since April, the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico stopped -- at least temporarily -- Thursday after BP sealed a containment cap during the start of pressure tests on the device. Joel Achenbach of… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Iranian Scientist’s Homecoming Ends Long, Mysterious Saga With nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri back in Iran, Jim Lehrer talks to Greg Miller of the Washington Post and former CIA case officer Arthur Keller for more insight into what this development means for the two countries. Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch Future for Many Jobless in Question as GOP Blocks Unemployment Extension On Thursday, Republicans blocked a jobs bill that included an extension of unemployment benefits. Judy Woodruff talks to The Washington Post's Lori Montgomery about why Senate Republicans blocked the bill and what it means for the millions of unemployed. Continue watching
Nov 05 Aid for Jobless, Homebuyers Clears Congress By Dave Gustafson Congress has passed legislation that would expand a popular homebuyer's tax credit and extend unemployment benefits in a bid to breathe more life into the struggling American economy. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Report Explores New Models for Journalism Jeffrey Brown talks to Nick Lemann of Columbia Journalism School and former Washington Post editor Leonard Downie Jr. about journalism's future. Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch Additional U.S. Troops Sought to Avert Afghan Failure The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said in a confidential report that the U.S. military risks failure there if more troops are not deployed. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Washington Post Under Fire Over Pay-for-access Plan Washington Post publisher Katherine Weymouth apologized to readers for a controversy over the newspaper's plan for a series of corporate-sponsored policy dinners at Weymouth's home. Media experts mull the implications of the scandal. Continue watching