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A Hard Sell on Capitol Hill; Pakistan's Problems
The Bush White House today warns of economic "calamity" if Congress won't bail out Wall Street, but Ben Bernanke and Henry Paulson are facing a skeptical Congress. Also, an unmanned American drone has crashed in Pakistan, where anger rages over this weekend's terrorist bombing and the Army is battling militants. On Reporter's Notebook, North Korea says it's about to resume its nuclear weapons program.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe Bush White House today warns of economic "calamity" if Congress won't bail out Wall Street, but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson are facing a skeptical Congress. Also, an unmanned American drone has crashed in Pakistan, where anger rages over this weekend's terrorist bombing and the Army is battling militants. We hear from the UN and from Islamabad. On Reporter's Notebook, North Korea says it's about to resume its nuclear weapons program. What happened to progress toward disarmament?
Banner image: (L-R) Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Christopher Cox, and director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency James Lockhart III, testifying yesterday before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
