This year Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike all battered Haiti’s north coast. Church and other relief groups and heroic aid workers are helping, but Haiti’s plight remains daunting at best. Watch.
* Fighting in Congo continues
* World view on election outcome tomorrow
* Brazil’s road to energy independence
* Independent booksellers of Beirut
Watch.
If the new president is truly serious about reform, where should he start? Two veteran watchdogs, Joan Claybrook of Public Citizen and Bob Edgar of Common Cause, join Bill Moyers on the JOURNAL to help prioritize the most pressing fixes in Washington. Watch. (Originally aired: 10/31/2008).
In the day before the final vote, the historic nature of the 2008 election is on the minds of pundits and voters alike. The Annenberg School’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Brown University’s Glenn Loury reflect on a historic election cycle. Watch. (Originally aired: 10/31/2008).
NOW on PBS travels to the swing state of Colorado to get insight from a diverse group of women. These pro-choice, pro-gun women don’t fit into neat categories, but they do respond to issues built around working moms: pay equity, family leave, and child care. Watch.
* Damage of the global economic crisis
* Final days before the election
* The next administration’s to-do list
* Archaeologists in Israel find oldest Hebrew text
* Behind the wheel in Tehran, women taxi drivers
Watch.
Jeanne Cummings (Politico), John Dickerson (Slate), Shailagh Murray (The Washington Post), Michael Viqueira (NBC News), David Shribman (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) and host Gwen Ifill discuss:
* Pennsylvania Critical to Presidential Victory
* Candidates Grasp at Last Chance to State Message
* Sarah Palin’s Wardrobe Costs Pretty Penny
Watch here. (Originally aired 10/24/2008)
NBR examines the Anatomy of a Financial Crisis and dissects the roles Wall Street, Washington, and Main Street played in creating the crisis. In this report, NBR correspondent Suzanne Pratt explains why consumers deserve some of the blame for causing the financial meltdown.
Governor Paterson, in a talk sponsored by The Economist magazine, speaks to a roomful of economists about NY’s financial crisis, how bad the deficit is, and digging ourselves out of the red. Watch talk now.
A ’signature series’ on international perceptions of the US. From Kenya to Argentina, from Egypt to India, world citizens speak out about US foreign policy, culture and infrastructure. Watch segments now.
