This Week Podcast - September 11th - America Remembers

Due to this week’s 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Memorial there is no This Week podcast.  Instead, here is an ABC News Radio Special: America Remembers.

News from this week’s edition of Perspective…

• London Riots.
• Missing Woman in Aruba.
• Tough Love for the President.
• Where the Jobs Are.
• Lap Band Surgery.
• Pop Star Boot Camp.
• The Futurist.

Podcast: This Week with Christiane Amanpour - America’s Downgrade

In this episode, Christiane Amanpour sits down with ABC’s Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz to find out exactly what happened in the deadliest attack on American forces since the start of the war in Afghanistan. Next Christiane talks with S&P Managing Director John Chambers about reaction to the first ever downgrade of America’s AAA credit rating.  Then she interviews the chair of the Democratic Governor’s association, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and top Republican on the Budget Committee Senator Jeff Sessions to discuss whether the parties have the ability to make real economic progress.  In the roundtable Christiane discusses the downgrade and how it effects the American economy with ABC’s George Will, former counselor to the Treasury Secretary and President Obama’s one-time car czar, Steven Rattner, Senior News Analyst Cokie Roberts, Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah, and Chicago, financial advisor Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments.  Next to Syria, Christian talks about America’s struggle to respond to President Bashar Assad’s expanding crackdown on anti-government dissent.  

World News Podcast - 07/13/11

In tonight’s episode, ABC News asks the question, should obese children be taken away from their parents? One doctor at Harvard University thinks they should be.  How can you protect your money if the U.S. defaults on its debt? ABC’s Jim Avila has the answer.  Check your phone bill. Are you being scammed? ABC’s Linsey Davis has the details about a phone fraud costing consumers billions of dollars every year. Why did Jaycee Dugard’s captors avoid arrest for 18 years while they kept her trapped in their backyard. And ABC continues it’s “Made in America” series with a list of its favorite U.S. made products.

This Week with Christiane Amanpour - 7.3.11

In this episode, Christiane Amanpour hosts a roundtable discussion to talk about the differing views on the Constitution in America, and what the Founding Fathers actually meant by their wording.  Then, Amanpour hosts another roundtable discussing American’s changing view on immigration.

This Week - Podcast - Discussion on the Budget Showdown

In this episode of ‘This Week,’ host Christiane Amanpour questions leading members of Congress, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn, D-S.C. Will the two parties reach an agreement on the deficit in time, or could the U.S. default on its debt? Then, George Will, former White House communications director Anita Dunn, Thomson Reuters’ Chrystia Freeland and ABC’s senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl examine the White House’s clout during the budget showdown. Then, George Will joins ABC News’ senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz and professor of international politics at Tufts University Vali Nasr to discuss the soldier drawback in Afghanistan.