Oct 12 Reporter’s Notebook: Making the Rounds in Pakistan’s Swat Valley This week in Islamabad started with a jolt - one that woke me from a deep sleep and measured 5.3 on the Richter scale. Producer Jay LaMonica and I flew in Sunday night to join cameraman Paul Mongey for a… Continue reading
Oct 12 Tuesday: Rescue Approaches for Chilean Miners; Fort Hood Hearings Begin Rescue operations for the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months could begin as soon as midnight Tuesday. Below ground, the miners are preparing as well -- they've been sent shampoo and new clothes through… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch U.S. Effort to Aid Pakistan Flood Victims Confronts Challenges As the need for food, water and shelter continue in flood-ravaged areas of Pakistan, American aid groups are running into difficulties in getting supplies to victims. Special Correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from Pakistan. Continue watching
Oct 11 Monday: Chilean Miners Move Closer to Freedom; Trio Win Nobel in Economics A group of trapped miners in Chile inched closer to freedom over the weekend, as engineers worked to complete a nearly 2,050 foot-long shaft that will ultimately carry the 33 men to the surface. Officials expect to start plucking… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Rescue of Chilean Miners Nears, but Risks Remain As rescuers prepare to evacuate the trapped Chilean miners, risks remain to the safe return of the all the men. Ray Suarez talks to Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News, who is on the scene in Chile. Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Steel Tubing to Help Pull Chilean Miners to Surface Freedom for 33 trapped Chilean miners is growing closer as rescuers finish installing steel tubing that will help bring the miners to the surface. Garent Vincent of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Rescuers Pin Hopes on ‘Plan B’ to Free Trapped Chilean Miners Chilean authorities have been hard at work on three plans for rescuing 33 miners who have been trapped underground since Aug. 5. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports on the mounting drama and excitement as the race to free… Continue watching
Oct 08 Timeline: Trapped Chilean Miners May Be Near Rescue Site where rescued miners will be pulled. Photo by Ariel Marinkovic/AFP/Getty Images Rescue workers burrowing toward Chilean miners trapped a half-mile below the surface could possibly reach the 33 men by Friday night or Saturday and start extracting… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch News Wrap: Jobs Report Fuels New Rally on Wall Street In other news Friday, the latest unemployment reading helped push Wall Street higher, with the Nasdaq and Dow Jones industrial average each up more than 1 percent for the week. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch Flooding, Taliban Create Uphill Battle to Educate Pakistani Girls Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports from Pakistan's Swat Valley about how efforts to educate girls are being hampered by both floodwaters and Taliban insurgents. Continue watching