Oct 06 FEMA to Reassess No Bid Contracts Following Hurricanes By Admin, PBS News Hour The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reassess some no-bid contracts awarded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, acting FEMA head R. David Paulison said Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Linking War on Terror to Iraq President Bush reaffirmed the importance of the war in Iraq as part of the broader war on terrorism and outlined the extremist philosophy of the enemy. Following excerpts from the speech, two former U.S. officials discuss President Bush's strategy against… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Emergency Housing in Louisiana A report from Louisiana explores the problems of finding housing for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Oct 04 Search for Katrina Victims Ends; Children Return to School By Admin, PBS News Hour Signs of normalcy continued to return to New Orleans Tuesday as officials ended their door-to-door sweep for corpses and some schoolchildren returned to classes. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch Recent Bombings in Bali Kill at Least 22 An Independent Television News report on the recent bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali, which killed at least 22 people. Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Rebuilding New Orleans With the city still largely in tatters and engineers studying how to fix the levee system, New Orleans officials and planners are looking at the challenges and opportunities facing the city as it looks to rebuild. Continue watching
Sep 29 Car Bombs Kill Scores in Iraq By PBS News Hour Three nearly simultaneous car bombings in a mainly Shiite town in Iraq killed at least 60 people and wounded 70 others Thursday, a day after a roadside bomb killed five U.S. soldiers in the insurgent hotbed of Ramadi. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Katrina Media Coverage The media's coverage of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath has been criticized as some news reports of rapes and murders in parts of New Orleans appear to be unfounded. Following a background report, two media experts and a journalist who covered the… Continue watching
Sep 28 U.N. Reform Document Just a Start, Bolton Tells Congress By PBS News Hour Two weeks after helping approve a compromise United Nations reform plan, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton told members of Congress on Wednesday that the United States "didn't get everything we wanted," but it was a start. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch A Slow Return to New Orleans A report from New Orleans about how the Algiers district is recovering from Hurricane Katrina, followed by some new information about the search for and identification of those killed in New Orleans. Continue watching