Dec 01 Watch U.S. Demand Hampering Efforts to Combat Drug Cartels in Mexico Margaret Warner speaks with Nicholas Casey of The Wall Street Journal about how American demand for illegal drugs is stifling efforts by the Mexican government to combat cartels and end the bloody drug war. Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Women Veterans Face Unique Obstacles, Needs Women make up about 14 percent of the U.S. military and now serve in more combat situations than in past wars. As part of our NewsHour Connect series, Scott Shafer of KQED in San Francisco met with female veterans about… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch News Wrap: North Korean Artillery Exercises Raise Concerns in South In other news Friday, more artillery rounds rang out again inside North Korea, but none reached the South. The North warned that the United States and South Korea are pushing the region to the "brink of war" if plans continue… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch Will North Korea’s Pattern of Provocation, Concession Continue After Shellings? North Korea's shelling of Yeonpyeong island killed two South Korean marines and led to an exchange of fire between the two countries. Jim Lehrer gets more on the tense standoff from Victor Cha, former director for Asian affairs at the… Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch President Obama Seeks Russian Support on Missile Plan At the NATO Summit in Portugal, President Obama looked to bolster support for a missile defense plan and Afghan war timetable. Margaret Warner provides a report from Lisbon. Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch NATO Summit Kicks Off With Emphasis on Missile Defense The NATO summit opened Friday with plans to focus on Afghanistan. But it was instead missiles that topped the first day's agenda. Judy Woodruff gives an overview. Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch Photojournalist, Filmmaker Hetherington Documents Terror, Boredom of War Jeffrey Brown speaks with British photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington about his work in Afghanistan, which led to the prize-winning documentary with Sebastian Junger, "Restrepo," and a new book of photographs called "Infidel."… Continue watching
Nov 16 War Photographer Tim Hetherington Captures Combat and Downtime in ‘Infidel’ By Molly Finnegan In 2007 and 2008, British photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington traveled to the Korengal Valley in northeastern Afghanistan to capture images of American soldiers serving in the war -- not just in combat, but also relaxing, playing, sleeping. His photographs… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Karzai Criticism of U.S. Mission Renews Afghan-American Tensions Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the Washington Post this weekend that the U.S. should scale back its mission, including night raids, in Afghanistan. The comments are the latest source of tension between Karzai's government and the Obama administration. Gwen Ifill… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch Bush Releases Memoir: ‘He Knows the Historians Are Coming’ In his new memoir "Decision Points," former President George W. Bush explains some of the tough decisions he made while in office, including how he dealt with 9/11, the lack of weapons of mass destruction and Hurricane Katrina. Historians Michael… Continue watching