Aug 25 Watch U.S. Pledges More Aid to Pakistan for Flood Crisis In the day's other news, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah, visited Pakistan and made a pledge for additional U.S. aid. Continue watching
Aug 25 The Ninth Ward, 5 Years After Hurricane Katrina By Betty Ann Bowser, Lea Winerman Betty Ann Bowser looks at what has changed in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans -- and what hasn't -- since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area five years ago. Continue reading
Aug 25 Surveying the Flood Damage in Pakistan ABOARD A C130 CARGO PLANE OVER PAKISTAN | We're flying back to Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, after a day-long trip, care of the U.S. State Department, to survey flood damage in the south and see some of the relief… Continue reading
Aug 25 Law & Disorder: The Missteps of NOPD After Katrina By Hari Sreenivasan We talked this week with A.C. Thompson, one of the reporters from ProPublica who has been investigating the New Orleans Police Department in the years since Hurricane Katrina. He has been exploring reports of specific acts of excessive force… Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch News Wrap: Boehner Calls for Change in Economic Strategy House Minority Leader John Boehner called for President Obama to fire his top economic advisers, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council chief Larry Summers. Meanwhile, voters went to the polls in five states that held primary or run-off… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch In Chile, 17 Days Underground Just the Beginning for 33 Miners In Chile, rescue crews learned that 33 miners are still alive after 17 days stuck underground, but it could take months to free them. The country's president has appealed to other nations to help speed the recovery effort. Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch Chilean Miners' Underground Ordeal Could Last 'Til Christmas In Chile, 33 miners trapped for 17 days were found to be alive, but they face months more underground before they can be rescued. Matt Craze of Bloomberg News updates the rescue efforts. Continue watching
Aug 23 Chilean Miners Alive, but Face Months More Underground Plans to free 33 miners trapped in a copper and gold mine in Chile could take four months, according to the head of rescue operations, but the country's president has appealed to other nations to help speed the… Continue reading
Aug 23 On the Ground in Pakistan Amid the Flood Crisis By Jeffrey Kaye Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye is reporting for the NewsHour in Pakistan this week on the flood crisis there. Kaye gives Hari Sreenivasan an overview of his reporting plan and provides a written dispatch from Islamabad below. ISLAMABAD |… Continue reading
Aug 23 More Aid Heading to Pakistan; FDA Chief Calls for Preventative Powers Pakistani flood victims stand in line for food in Sukkur on Monday. Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images. The United Nations said Monday that it has now raised about 70 percent of the $460 million it needs to provide… Continue reading