Feb 01 Watch FEMA Chief: Saving Lives Priority No. 1 as Winter Storms Threaten Much of U.S. Ray Suarez gets an update from FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate on how residents, municipalities and transportation hubs are coping with the onslaught of bone-chilling temperatures and dangerous precipitation. Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch In Egypt, Who Will Emerge to Negotiate Over Nation’s Political Future? Jeffrey Brown looks at the makeup of the opposition in Egypt with Michele Dunne, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Mona Eltahawy, a longtime reporter in the Middle East; and Tarek Masoud, an assistant professor of public… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch From N.M. to Maine, Storms Threaten Much of U.S. With Snow, Ice, Wind Snow and ice permeated the central U.S. from the top of Texas to the tip of Maine, leading to weather warnings and emergency mobilization of crews to deal with slick roads. Ray Suarez gets an update on how residents, municipalities… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch News Wrap: More Than 200 Killed in Tunisian Unrest, U.N. Reports In other news Tuesday, U.N. officials reported that more than 200 people have been killed and 500 injured during unrest in Tunisia that ousted the president. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported that the safety of U.S. government employees in… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Egypt’s Mubarak Signals Eventual Exit, But Will Protesters Be Satisfied? As protests in Egypt continue to grow in strength and size, President Hosni Mubarak said he will not run for re-election. Jeffrey Brown speaks with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof for an on-the-ground view, and Jonathan Rugman of Independent… Continue watching
Feb 01 Crowds Grow in Egypt Protests, Jordan’s King Dismisses Cabinet More than a week after they began, demonstrations on the streets of Cairo appear larger than ever as calls grow for President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Mubarak, who sacked his cabinet and named a vice president in an effort… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch In Egypt, Disparate Groups of Protesters Unite in Hopes of Ousting Mubarak Protesters filled the streets of Cairo again Tuesday, demanding the resignation of President Mubarak, but the crowds seeking that singular goal drew from diverse backgrounds. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch What Would a Political ‘Transition’ in Egypt Look Like? Amid the calls for leadership change in Egypt are questions of what a new government would look like and who would lead it. Margaret Warner explores the possibilities with Daniel Kurtzer, former ambassador to Egypt, Marina Ottaway of the Carnegie… Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch In Egypt, Social Media Tools Act as Protest Catalyst Despite Government Meddling In Egypt, Social Media Tools Act as Catalyst… Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch With Egypt, U.S. Juggles Longtime Alliance, Protesters’ Calls for Reform More than 1,200 Americans have left Egypt, with more expected to depart in the coming days. As the U.S. government reacts to the uprising facing its longtime Middle Eastern ally, President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have called… Continue watching