Sep 02 Watch Hurricane Center Official: Earl a ‘Considerable Threat’ to East Coast Jim Lehrer speaks with the deputy director of the National Hurricane Center for the latest developments on Hurricane Earl as coastal communities take precautions for a possible landfall. Continue watching
Sep 02 Thursday: Middle East Talks Begin; Hurricane Earl Forces Evacuations Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on Wednesday. Photo by Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images. The day after meeting with President Obama at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch News Wrap: Another Gulf Oil Rig Fire Extinguished; Workers Rescued Thirteen workers survived a Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion 100 miles south of Vermilion Bay in Louisiana. In Pakistan, thousands of Shiite Muslims mourned the loss of 35 people who were killed in a triple-bombing in Lahore. Continue watching
Sep 01 East Coast Watches Earl’s Approach Hurricane Earl, Sept 1, 2010 (NOAA) Updated 5:30p.m. ET Forecasters announced late Wednesday that Hurricane Earl has become a Category 4 storm. Posted 2:30p.m. ET The big question facing hurricane watchers is not whether Hurricane Earl will… Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch FEMA Chief: Katrina Lessons Aid Hurricane Earl Planning As government officials prepare for the possible landfall of Hurricane Earl along the East Coast, Jim Lehrer speaks with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate about the storm. Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch New Orleans’ Jazz Scene Still Hurt, Inspired by Katrina Jeffrey Brown has an update on musician Michael White who continues his efforts to keep New Orleans' musical tradition strong, five years after Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch News Wrap: Petraeus Acknowledges Slow Progress in Afghanistan In other news Tuesday, five more U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan bringing the U.S. death toll to 55 for the month. Meanwhile, the top commander there acknowledged the slow pace of progress in that war. Continue watching
Aug 31 Hurricane Earl: Waiting and Watching Hurricane Earl Three Day Forecast (Image Credit: NOAA) Hurricane Earl continued to churn through the Atlantic Tuesday, heading toward the U.S. East Coast after dropping heavy rain and stirring up strong winds on the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Antigua, and… Continue reading
Aug 31 5 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan; Hurricane Earl Now Category 4 Storm Five U.S. troops were killed by roadside bombs and insurgent fire in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday. Outside Kabul, a gunman opened fire on a bus transporting Afghan Supreme Court clerks, killing three and wounding 12. Since Friday, 21… Continue reading
Aug 30 In Louisiana, Wetlands Erosion is a Slow-Moving Crisis By Betty Ann Bowser A worker lays boom beside a fragile Louisiana wetland area early in the Gulf oil disaster on April 29. Photo by Erica Berenstein/AFP/Getty Images City fathers love to talk about the numbers: 78 percent of the population of New Orleans… Continue reading