WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, MAY 22 @ 9:00PM As Congress prepares to leaves town for the Memorial Day recess, lawmakers have several contentious bills left to debate including fast-track trade authority for the president, reauthorization of the NSA’s data collection program and money for transportation programs. Charles Babington of the Associated Press will have an update on the debates, the...

THE LINCOLN AWARDS

A CONCERT FOR VETERANS & THE MILITARY FAMILY SUNDAY, MAY 24 @ 8:00PM The Lincoln Awards partnered with nearly fifty veteran and government organizations — including the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center— to distribute free tickets to active-duty service members, veterans and wounded warriors, along with...

SUPER SKYSCRAPERS

THE BILLIONAIRE BUILDING WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 @ 11:00PM Upon completion, One57, on Manhattan’s 57th Street, will rise more than 1,000 feet, making it the tallest residential tower in the western hemisphere and boasting spectacular views of Central Park. “One57” follows the teams tasked with creating New York’s most luxurious residential skyscraper and their ambition to redefine luxury...

FRONTLINE

SECRETS, POLITICS AND TORTURE TUESDAY, MAY 19 @ 11:00PM FRONTLINE investigates the fight over the CIA’s controversial “enhanced interrogation” methods, widely criticized as torture. Based on recently declassified documents and interviews with key political leaders and CIA insiders, filmmaker Michael Kirk investigates the secret history of what the CIA did — and whether it...

THE ROOSEVELTS

AN INTIMATE HISTORY THE FIRE OF LIFE THURSDAY, APRIL 9 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM With his election to the New York State Senate in 1910, Franklin D. Roosevelt sets out to make a name for himself in Albany, much as Theodore Roosevelt had done twenty-nine years earlier. He joins forces with reform-minded Democrats to fight against the powerful bosses of their own party, and battles for state...