Jan 19 Watch In Chapter 11 Filing, Kodak Tries to Develop New Vision for Survival Eastman Kodak, a once-powerful American brand now struggling to stay relevant in an increasingly digital world, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday. Hari Sreenivasan discusses the film pioneer's news with Julie Philipp, news director of WXXI Public Television in Rochester,… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch Villaraigosa: Washington Must Be Smart About Cuts, Investments in U.S. Cities Bracing for a new federal budget, hundreds of U.S. mayors sought meetings in Washington this week. Their message: don't let cities fall through the cracks. Ray Suarez discusses the challenges local governments face amid a national debt crisis with Mayors… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch How Will Marines Video Affect Relations Between U.S., Afghanistan, Taliban? U.S. and Afghan officials denounced a video Thursday that appeared to show American troops urinating on enemy dead in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff discusses the video's effects on potential peace talks with Andrew Exum of the Center for a New American… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch What’s Next for Gitmo, Detainees and U.S. Handling of Terror Suspects? A decade after the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, began accepting prisoners, the debate continues over how the U.S. treats terror suspects. Jeffrey Brown discusses the ongoing issue of military detention with Vincent Warren of the Center for Constitutional… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Taxes: How High Is Too High? Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the question of just how high U.S. tax rates should or shouldn't be and examines the relationship between economic activity and tax rates. It's part of his ongoing reporting series, Making Sen$e of financial news. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch Panetta on Pentagon Budget: ‘Cutting Almost $500 Billion Is Not Chump Change’ In an interview Thursday after his news conference at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Jeffrey Brown that the United States seeks to be a power in the Pacific and that defense budget cuts announced Thursday will be hard… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch News Wrap: Another Wave of Bombings in Iraq Kills at Least 78 In other news Thursday, another wave of bombings struck in Iraq, killing at least 78 people. It was the second such coordinated attack since U.S. troops left the country last month. Also, the government of Myanmar announced that the party… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch Weeks After Iraq Withdrawal, Obama Announces Plans to Shrink U.S. Military While unveiling the Pentagon's latest defense strategy Thursday, President Obama highlighted a new focus on Asia and a scaled-back military. Ray Suarez reports on the strategy shift, announced just weeks after the last American troops left Iraq. Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Hurt in Libya’s Revolution, Some Rebels Being Treated in Boston Area A group of 22 Libyan men who were wounded while fighting against the Gaddafi regime in last year's war have been recovering here in the U.S., at a hospital on Boston's North Shore. Jared Bowen of WGBH-TV Boston reports. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Will Pentagon’s Errors Admission in Deadly Pakistani Airstrike Smooth Relations? A Pentagon inquiry released Thursday conceded that some mistakes were made in a November airstrike on two Pakistani outposts near the Afghan border that killed 24 troops. Margaret Warner discusses the Pentagon's expressed regret for the loss of life and… Continue watching