Robert Gifford

Image: A guard opens the gate to Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba

NOW Today: The Gitmo story

10:04 AM on 5/15/2013

It's been open more than a decade now, but there is still much Americans don't know about the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. One person who is more familiar with Gitmo than most is the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg, Read More

President Barack Obama responds to a question during a news conference with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron in the East Room at the White House May 13, 2013. (Photo by: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

NOW Today: Political footballs

8:55 AM on 5/14/2013

"Ugh." That was the reported response of one progressive activist when he heard the news that the Justice Department secretly obtained phone records from the Associated Press. The latest "scandal" comes after last week's revelations that the IRS targeted conservative and Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status. Read More

NOW Today: “Great” relationship?

10:26 AM on 5/13/2013

Best friends? Probably not. But on Monday the leaders of two of the west's most important allies meet in Washington. President Obama is expected to host a… Read More

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore talks during an interview, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 in New York. Gore, who takes aim in his new book at the corporate media for "suffocating the free flow of ideas," on Tuesday defended the sale of his own television channel to Al-Jazeera. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NOW Today: Better off?

8:16 AM on 5/7/2013

He's most recently made headlines for selling his TV network and for blaming President Obama's poor Denver debate performance on the altitude. Or even before that, for winning a Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar. But former Vice President Al Gore may always be remembered for the one thing he didn't win: the 2000 Presidential election. Read More

President Barack Obama holds a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2013. The President on Tuesday warned of rushing to judgement on possible use of chemical weapons by Syria. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

NOW Today: The Syria question

9:55 AM on 5/6/2013

What will President Obama do? The news over the weekend that Israel carried out out two airstrikes in Syria over a 48 hour period now has the world now… Read More

File Photo: National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre pauses as he makes a statement during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting, on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 (Photo by Evan Vucci/AP)

NOW Today: The gun divide

8:21 AM on 5/3/2013

Despite its PR headaches in the months following the tragedy in Newtown, one could argue that the National Rifle Association isn't hurting too much these days. In fact, as the NRA holds its first major gathering since Sandy Hook, the gun advocacy group may have actually benefited from the ongoing gun safety reform debate. Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House April 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. The president took questions on a variety of subjects including immigration reform, the ongoing civil war in Syria and the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

NOW Today: Unfinished Business

9:37 AM on 5/1/2013

The alleged Mark Twain quote was actually, 'The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,' but Americans -- and the White House press corps -- got the point at President Obama's news conference on Tuesday. Citing the White House's struggles with gun control and the sequester, ABC's Jonathan Karl asked the President, "So my question to you is do you still have the juice to get the rest of your agenda through this Congress?" Read More

Tamerlan Tsarnaev (L), 26, is pictured in 2010 in Lowell, Massachusetts, and his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is pictured in an undated FBI handout photo in this combination photo. The two are suspects in the April 15, 2013 bombing at the Boston Marathon. (Photo by: Reuters)

NOW Today: Filling in the blanks

11:22 AM on 4/24/2013

New details are trickling out about the Boston bombing suspects, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. And while investigators try to piece together information from Dzhokhar as he recovers from gun shot wounds in a hospital bed, there are new reports that the elder Tsarnaev was entwined in a web of conspiracy theories. Read More

This undated image released by the FBI shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who police have taken into April 19, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / FBI / Getty Images)

NOW Today: Cooperating?

8:35 AM on 4/23/2013

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the lone surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, has been charged and is now reportedly cooperating with authorities. Tsarneav's initial… Read More

File Photo: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during a news conference on a comprehensive immigration reform framework January 28, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images, File)

NOW Today: They have a deal?

8:35 AM on 4/15/2013

Masters' champion Adam Scott wasn't the only name on everyone's lips Sunday. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) inadvertently coined the phrase "The Full Marco" by appearing on seven of the Sunday political talk shows. And while gun reform, the budget and North Korea remained on the minds of both the American public and the Beltway intelligentsia, the key focus of Rubio's 'Magnificent Seven' was immigration. Read More

Image: U.S. President Obama hugs gun control activist after delivering remarks on common-sense measures to protect children from gun violence at White House

NOW Today: Agenda & legacy

8:33 AM on 4/8/2013

President Obama returns to Connecticut on Monday, where he will speak at the University of Hartford, just an hour north of Sandy Hook Elementary School, the site of December's mass shooting. The President is expected to meet with family members of the victims Read More