May 05 Watch How Will History View Obama’s Decision on Bin Laden? President Obama traveled to New York City Thursday to place a wreath in honor of the victims of the 9/11 attacks and mark the killing of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. Jim Lehrer discusses the significance of President Obama's decision… Continue watching
May 05 Quick Take: What’s Next for Al-Qaida? By Larisa Epatko The death of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden immediately raised questions about whether the terrorist network would suffer without its recognizable leader. And what about this year's revolutions in the Arab world, which have shown those seeking change a different… Continue reading
May 05 Clinton Describes Iconic Situation Room Photo, 38 ‘Intense’ Minutes By Dave Gustafson Speaking in Rome on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave her perspective on what was happening in the White House Situation Room when the now-iconic photo was taken during the risky Sunday raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. Continue reading
May 05 Watch Obama: ‘When We Say “We Will Never Forget,” We Mean What We Say’ President Obama meets with firefighters in New York City before visiting Ground Zero. Continue watching
May 05 New Details Emerge in Bin Laden Raid; Pakistan Questions Legality of Operation By Tom LeGro President Barack Obama meets with members of the national security team on the Osama bin Laden operation. (White House photo by Pete Souza) New details about the Sunday raid on Osama bin Laden's fortified compound in Pakistan indicate that U.S. Continue reading
May 04 Watch In Misrata Port, Ship Braves Shelling to Save Patients, Migrant Workers In Libya, five people were killed amid shelling Wednesday as they waited for an aid ship to rescue migrant workers and trauma patients from a hospital in Misrata. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News reports on the harrowing mission in… Continue watching
May 04 Watch FEMA Chief Fugate on Challenges of Widespread Storm Recovery Needs The Army Corps of Engineers is considering whether to blow up more levees along the Mississippi River after destroying a Missouri levee to save an Illinois town. Judy Woodruff talks with Federal Emergency Management Agency Chief Craig Fugate about the… Continue watching
May 04 Watch How Does Bin Laden’s Death Change U.S. Equation in Af-Pak Region? Osama bin Laden's death has opened new debate over whether U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan should begin withdrawing before the original July start date. France's foreign minister said his country is considering just that. Jeffrey Brown discusses the war's… Continue watching
May 04 Watch Obama’s Bin Laden Photo Decision: Move on or More Proof? Citing national security risks, President Obama said Wednesday that photos of Osama bin Laden's body will not be released. Ray Suarez discusses the president's decision and its effects with former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke and former Deputy National… Continue watching
May 04 China Tries to Kick the Public Smoking Habit By Talea Miller Smoker in Nanjing, China. Photo by Flickr user J. Unrau. When the NewsHour's global health team visited China last year for stories on tobacco, obesity and other health issues, they found a smoker's paradise and an anti-tobacco advocate's nightmare. Continue reading