This Week (4.28.2013) Podcast

In today's edition of the This Week Podcast, The White House has some evidence that Syria used the chemical agent Sarin against its own people. ABC's George Stephanopolous discusses whether the red line was crossed with a panel of foreign experts. At the nation's airports, cutbacks on air traffic controllers because of the sequester caused flight delays for thousands of Americans including members of Congress. Immigration reform after the Boston bombings has come under fire with some legislators wanting reform to slow down while others think a plan will be decided on soon. And, President Obama got some laughs at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner.

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This Week (5.6.12) Podcast

In this week’s episode, ABC’s Jake Tapper speaks with President Obama’s Chief Campaign Strategist David Axelrod about the president’s bid for a second term in the White House amid new numbers that show a slower-than-expected economic recovery. Former presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, attacks the President’s record and policies toward Iran, Iraq, and Israel. Then, at the roundtable, panelists discuss an Obama ad that some say politicizes the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Political commentator George Will, Mitt Romney Adviser Bay Buchanan, Radio and television host Tavis Smiley, Former Obama Economic Adviser Austan Goolsbee, and Fox News Anchor Greta Van Susteren weigh in on the new jobs numbers, the overall economic picture, and what it means for the election.

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This Week (8.7.11) - 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.  

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