Sep. 02, 2014 5:49 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Brat topples Cantor with grassroots enthusiasm
The defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor by David Brat shakes the stability of a more fragile GOP establishment. Gwen Ifill is joined by former Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., Adam Brandon of FreedomWorks and Ed O'Keefe of The Washington Post to discu…
Sep. 02, 2014 5:45 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Pew study finds more polarized Americans increasingly resistant to political compromise
A major study by the Pew Research Center finds the increasing polarization in the U.S. is not just in our politics. American adults are less likely to compromise and often decide where to live, who to marry and who their friends should be based on w…
Sep. 02, 2014 5:41 p.m. EDT
Web Video: What’s fueling and funding the insurgents behind the violence in Iraq?
The Sunni militants known as ISIL or ISIS continue to broaden their control over the northern Iraq. What are their origins and how does the group compare to other insurgencies? Gwen Ifill learns more from journalist Rania Abouzeid and Brian Fishman …
Sep. 02, 2014 5:39 p.m. EDT
Web Video: What Iraq’s violent sectarian split means for its neighbors
The insurgency by Sunni militants in Iraq, known as ISIL or ISIS, adds conflict to an already volatile region. Gwen Ifill talks to Hisham Melhem of Al Arabiya News and Mary-Jane Deeb of the Library of Congress about the failure to stifle ISIL’s grow…
Sep. 02, 2014 5:36 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Lawmakers skeptical that GM can remodel its leadership
General Motors CEO Mary Barra returned to address Congress about an internal company report on the ignition switch defect that has been linked to at least 13 deaths. Barra announced a new campaign to reward employees who report safety concerns, but …
Sep. 02, 2014 5:33 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Can Iraq be united under Maliki?
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been faulted by some for deepening sectarian divisions now roiling the country. Gwen Ifill talks to Charles Duelfer, former UN and U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, Abbas Kadhim of Johns Hopkins University and …
Sep. 02, 2014 5:30 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Hillary Clinton talks 'Hard Choices' and battle scars
Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, senator and first lady, joins Gwen Ifill for an extended conversation on international concerns like the crisis in Iraq and upheaval in Ukraine, as well as the state of economic recovery in the United …
Sep. 02, 2014 5:28 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Assaults on Iraqi oil fields sow worry over global gas prices
Both Iraq's government army and fighters from ISIL have claimed to have the upper hand in a week-long battle for Iraq's biggest oil refinery. The clashes have stopped oil production at the Beiji complex, but amid the chaos, the price of crude export…
Sep. 02, 2014 5:22 p.m. EDT
Web Video: How the Civil Rights Act changed America
Wednesday marks 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Civil Rights Act, outlawing discrimination based on race, ethnicity and sex. Gwen Ifill is joined by Todd Purdum to discuss his new book, "An Idea Whose Time Has Come," whic…
Sep. 02, 2014 5:15 p.m. EDT
Web Video: Caroline Kennedy on why this is a critical time for U.S. and Japan
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy was greeted warmly when she arrived in Tokyo last year. But the region, overshadowed by conflicts in the rest of the world, is facing troubles. Gwen Ifill sat down with Kennedy to discuss ongoing territorial…
