Jun 28 Where Frontrunner Pena Nieto Might Take Mexico's Drug War By Margaret Warner Military police stand guard at the scene of a murder in Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Mexico's presidential candidates have offered so few specifics about the No. 1 issue to voters -- how to tame the grisly violence… Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch In Mexico, War Against Drug Cartels Inflicts High Cost With elections around the corner, a top concern for Mexican voters is the war on drug cartels. Margaret Warner continues her reporting from Mexico with a look at the devastating impact of the widespread drug violence. Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Thousands Flee After Colorado Fire Doubles in Size A fire near Colorado Springs has consumed more than 24 square miles as record heat and drought continue. Gwen Ifill gets an update from Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on the challenge of containing the blaze. Continue watching
Jun 27 Twitter Chat: Fired Up and Fed Up With Mexico's Drug War By Larisa Epatko Just days before Mexicans vote for their next president on Sunday, one of the hottest topics on voters' minds is the violence connected to drug-trafficking. On Wednesday, NewsHour senior correspondent Margaret Warner hosted a Twitter conversation from Mexico on what… Continue reading
Jun 27 Despite Historic Handshake, Belfast Still Deeply Divided Society Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness on Wednesday. Photo by Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images. While we were filming in Belfast last week, the question on everyone's mind was whether "Martin would meet the… Continue reading
Jun 27 Invaders Hitch a Ride on Tsunami Debris "If you take nothing else from this lecture -- a tsunami is a flooding hazard," said Eddie Bernard, and then he repeated it: "It's a flooding hazard." Bernard, director of NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and longtime… Continue reading
Jun 27 Tsunami Dock Carries Invaders to Oregon By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Remnants of the 2011 Japan tsunami have started to arrive on the western shores of North America, posing new challenges to beach clean up, like a 165-ton industrial pier that made its way to Agate Beach in Oregon. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 'Little America' Delves Into U.S. Presence in Afghanistan "Little America" Delves Into U.S. Presence in Afghanistan… Continue watching
Jun 26 In 'Little America,' Assessing the U.S. Presence in Afghanistan In 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama promised to make Afghanistan a top priority. A month after his inauguration, the new president agreed to the military's request for a troop surge, adding 17,000 to the 36,000 American forces already there. Ten months… Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch Tropical Storm Debby Saturates Florida, Extreme Heat Fans Fires in Colorado Tropical Storm Debby Saturates Florida, Extreme Heat Fans Fires in Colorado… Continue watching