A pair of 911 calls spanning 23 minutes recounted the harrowing experience Jim Sikes went through as his Toyota Prius couldn’t slow down. In the audio released, Sikes sounds panicked at times as he tells a dispatcher about a stuck accelerator. (March 10)

Syria has accused Israel of dropping uranium particles on its soil during a 2007 bombing raid, in an attempt to make it look like a nuclear weapons plant was the target. The UN’s atomic watchdog wants to to re-examine the site in question. But Syria strongly denies any allegations it’s been attemting to aquire a nuclear bomb. Let’s get more with political analyst Thabet Salem.

Students have carried out rallies at dozens of universities and schools across the United States in protest against cuts to public education funding.

Some demonstrations turned violent as students blocked the main gates of a California university and smashed car windows.

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As President Obama pushed for Congress to complete health care reform legislation in the next few weeks, Jim Lehrer talks to Washington Post reporter Ceci Connolly and political analyst Norm Ornstein about the tactics Democrats might use to try to pass their reform plans without Republican support.

Maggie Rodriguez spoke with Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer about President Obama’s willingness to compromise with republicans on his health care bill.

Washington always claims that one of its top foreign policy initiatives is to spread democracy and freedoms around the world. But in December the US House of Representatives voted by an overwhelming majority to pass a bill punishing Arab TV stations that engage in “anti-American incitement to violence”. What are the implications of such a law for the concept of free speech?

President Obama and Congressional leaders from both parties meet to discuss health reform at the Blair House in Washington, D.C. Opening remarks by President Obama, Sen. Lamar Alexander (TN), and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA).

In his opening remarks to the bipartisan health care summit, President Obama outlined his hopes for what might be achieved and expressed that he didn’t want this to be “political theater.”

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs spoke to Harry Smith about President Obama’s Health Care Summit and explains how democrats plan to compromise with the GOP.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, still a forceful voice in the fray of American politics, is recovering from a “mild heart attack”– his latest bout in a long battle against heart disease. (Feb. 23)

A NATO airstrike killed at least 27 civilians in central Afghanistan, the third time a mistaken coalition strike has killed noncombatants since the start of a major offensive in the south aimed at winning over the population. (Feb. 22)

With conservatives and liberals locked in a standoff on major issues, some Capitol Hill moderates feel outnumbered. As Anthony Mason reports, are moderates really an endangered species?