Jul 21 Watch White House Apologizes After ‘Hasty’ Firing of USDA Employee The firing of a U.S. Department of Agriculture employee for alleged racist remarks ended with an apology from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and a job offer from her former boss, Tom Vilsack. Shirley Sherrod says she accepts the… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch Can Afghanistan Meet Karzai Goal of Handling Own Security by 2014? Afghan President Hamid Karzai requested more global support at Tuesday's conference in Kabul on security and development. Jim Lehrer gets two views from veteran State Department official James Dobbins and an Afghan-American, Nazif Shahrani, who is a professor at Indiana… Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch Election-Year Infighting Arises Between White House, Congressional Democrats Comments by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about congressional Democrats' stakes in the midterm elections exposed some intraparty rifts this week. Kwame Holman reports on the Democratic tension as the fall elections draw closer. Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Rahm Emanuel: Obama ‘Fully Informed’ on Spy Swap Plan In a newsmaker interview, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel talks to Jim Lehrer about the U.S.-Russia spy swap plan and the legal battle over immigration. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Obama Renews Calls for GOP Support on Immigration Reform President Barack Obama called on Congress to move forward with immigration reform legislation, in part as a response to Arizona's new immigration law. Judy Woodruff talks with two reporters about the likelihood of reform. Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Feinberg: BP ‘Trying to Do the Right Thing’ But Claims Need Expedited Kenneth Feinberg, who was named by President Obama to independently manage the $20 billion Gulf disaster compensation fund, tells Jeffrey Brown that "time is the enemy" for people who need their claims processed. He also said his independence cannot be… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Obama Promises ‘Unprecedented Response’ to Gulf Spill Victims President Barack Obama vowed to do whatever is necessary to clean up the Gulf as he returned to Washington to address the nation, following his visit to survey damage from the blown-out oil well. Judy Woodruff gets a preview of… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Obama Faces ‘A Defining Moment’ in Oval Office Oil Leak Speech As President Barack Obama began a two-day trip to survey oil leak damage along the Gulf Coast, Judy Woodruff gets several points of view about the president's authority and public reaction related to the environmental disaster. Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch Paul McCartney’s White House Serenade President Barack Obama presented former Beatle Paul McCartney with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, on behalf of the Library of Congress. Jim Lehrer has a look at McCartney's serenade to the president and first lady at the White House. Continue watching
May 05 Watch In Pakistan, Shahzad’s Claim of Training in Waziristan Investigated Following the arrest of a man accused of trying to detonate a bomb in New York City's Times Square, Jeffrey Brown explores Faisal Shahzad's ties to Pakistan and the the U.S. security implications with Declan Walsh, a correspondent for The… Continue watching