Aug 27 Watch Back Home in New Orleans, Survivors Reflect on Hurricane Katrina Betty Ann Bowser returns to New Orleans to see how three families are coping five years after Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch In Iraq, Insurgents See Opportunity in U.S. Drawdown In the wake of deadly coordinated bombings across Iraq earlier this week, Margaret Warner reports on the ongoing threat of violence as the U.S. winds down its combat mission and previews her upcoming series on the next steps for Iraq… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch Specter of Famine Looms in Pakistan's Floodwaters The immediate need for food and water is crucial for Pakistan's flood victims to survive, but spending more time in unsafe conditions threatens to create long-lasting health issues, homelessness and even famine. Jeffrey Kaye reports from northern Pakistan on the… Continue watching
Aug 26 U.N. Security Council Meets About Mass Rape in Congo The United Nations is calling for urgent action in response to the mass rape of nearly 200 women and children in Congo by Rwandan and Congolese rebels. The Security Council held an emergency session on the issue Thursday, amid… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch Half-Mile of Rock Between Chilean Miners, Lives on Surface The 33 trapped Chilean miners have been stuck underground for 21 days and they may not get out until Christmas. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
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 Then and Now: What Replaced the Toppled Saddam Statue? By Larisa Epatko BAGHDAD | The toppling of a statue of Saddam Hussein, marking the fall of Baghdad to U.S.-led coalition forces, did not escape controversy when a U.S. Marine temporarily draped an American flag over the statue's head and an Army report… Continue reading
Aug 26 Thursday: U.N. Reviewing Taliban Threat; N. Korea's Kim Jong-Il in China Pakistani villagers evacuate Sajawal in Sindh province on Thursday. Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images. The United Nations says it is reviewing security measures for its aid workers in Pakistan, the BBC reports, after a warning of new threats from… Continue reading
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