Aug 26 Watch Possible Targeting of Aid Workers Complicates Pakistan Flood Relief As flooding continues to worsen in southern Pakistan, U.S. officials said that insurgents may be targeting flood relief workers there. Meanwhile, the United Nations made a plea for more aid for victims. Jim Lehrer has more. Continue watching
Aug 26 Will New Levees Protect New Orleans From the Next Hurricane? New floodgates at the 17th Street Canal (Photo by Betty Ann Bowser) On a steamy morning June 2006, less than a year after Hurricane Katrina, I sat in a packed ballroom at a hotel in downtown New Orleans to… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 6:19 Anxiety, Cave-In Concerns Among Mental Hurdles for Chilean Miners The good news that 33 trapped Chilean miners were still alive was soon tempered by the possibility that they may not be rescued until Christmas. Judy Woodruff speaks with University of Southern California professor Lawrence Palinkas about the psychological hurdles… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Waterborne Disease Threat Overwhelming Medical Workers in Pakistan Medical personnel in Pakistan are working to control the spread of flood-related waterborne disease, but they face a monumental task as the humanitarian crisis worsens. Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports. Continue watching
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