Sep. 29, 2014 5:04 p.m. EDT
News: The Case for Intervention in Syria at Home and Abroad
While President Obama lobbied global leaders to support intervention in Syria at the G-20 Summit in Russia, his foreign policy team testified on Capitol Hill as Congress considers whether to approve military action. Will Syria define Obama’s foreign policy priorities? Joining Gwen: David Sanger, New York Times; John Dickerson, Slate & CBS; Susan Davis, USA Today; and Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post.
Sep. 29, 2014 3:28 p.m. EDT
News: An Evolving Solution for Syria
Obama is now pursuing a plan where the Syrian regime would hand over control of its chemical weapons. We take a closer look at how the Obama administration is attempting to pursue a diplomatic resolution while keeping military action as a viable option. Joining Gwen: Martha Raddatz, ABC News; Peter Baker, New York Times; James Kitfield, National Journal; and Karen Tumulty, Washington Post.
Sep. 15, 2014 12:17 p.m. EDT
News: Obama's Strategy to Combat ISIS and Immigration Reform Delayed
Analysis of President Obama's anti-terror strategy, Congress' outlook, and the U.S. public opinion toward the threat from ISIS. Also, why has Obama put immigration reform on the backburner? Joining Gwen Ifill: James Kitfield; National Journal; Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post; Molly Ball, The Atlantic; and Carrie Budoff Brown, POLITICO.
Sep. 11, 2014 2:37 p.m. EDT
News: Shields and Brooks on the president’s speech
In a prime-time address Wednesday night, President Barack Obama tried to rally Americans to fight the Islamic State militant group operating out of Iraq and Syria. Reaction to the president’s speech and policy ranged from support to skepticism to questions of a lack of specifics. New York Times columnist David Brooks said it was a “clear, straightforward” speech, but asked, “What’s the next step?” Syndicated columnist Mark Shields noted that the president laid out a “big set of promises,” but...
Sep. 10, 2014 2:12 p.m. EDT
News: Senators debate the president’s power to launch fight against the Islamic State
President Obama has consulted key lawmakers on his strategy against the Islamic State group and polls show the American public supports action. But the president has not sought formal congressional approval for an expanded military campaign. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., join Gwen Ifill to offer their views on the possible mission against the militant group.
Sep. 08, 2014 5:39 p.m. EDT
News: Supreme Court considers definition of 'recess' in case on Obama's appointments
Can the president bypass the Senate in making temporary appointments? Gwen Ifill talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about how a local labor dispute transformed into a debate of presidential power and the Supreme Court's first time considering the Constitution's recess appointments clause.
Sep. 08, 2014 5:26 p.m. EDT
News: Brooks and Marcus on Obama's surveillance reforms, Benghazi
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Gwen Ifill to discuss the week's top political news, including whether or not President Obama went far enough with his recommended surveillance reforms, who's blame for the Benghazi attack and the possibility for new sanctions on Iran.
Sep. 08, 2014 5:05 p.m. EDT
News: Commission finds voting process needs to catch up with how Americans live today
Operating on the principle that Americans should not find it difficult to vote, a bipartisan committee came to a unanimous conclusion about how to improve the election process. Robert Bauer and Benjamin Ginsberg, co-chairs of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, join Gwen Ifill to discuss their suggestions.
Sep. 08, 2014 4:14 p.m. EDT
News: Recent confirmation hearings raise eyebrows at ambassador nomination criteria
Gaffes made by a fresh crop of ambassadorial nominees — several of them Obama campaign donors — have stirred up consternation about political appointments to diplomatic positions. Gwen Ifill gets analysis from former Foreign Service officer Nicholas Burns and Walter Russell Mead of The American Interest.
Sep. 08, 2014 3:59 p.m. EDT
News: Maduro sends mixed messages about U.S.-Venezuela relationship
The State Department expelled three Venezuelan officials from the U.S. after President Nicolas Maduro ordered three American diplomats leave his country. Now Maduro is proposing a new Venezuelan ambassador to the U.S. after years without an official representative. Meanwhile, 15 people have died in recent street clashes between protesters and police. Gwen Ifill talks to Girish Gupta of Reuters.
