Adaora Udoji
Co-host
Adaora Udoji comes to The Takeaway from Court TV, where she serves as an anchor and trial correspondent. Previously, as a correspondent with ABC News and CNN, Udoji covered some of the most critical domestic and international stories of the past 15 years, including the last three presidential elections, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Udoji was part of the CNN team that earned a Peabody Award for its heralded coverage of Hurricane Katrina and was among those who contributed to the Tsunami Disaster coverage in South Asia that won the network a duPont-Columbia University Award.
Additionally, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences cited her for her coverage of the War in Afghanistan and she is a Woodrow Wilson National Fellow.
At ABC, Udoji served as a foreign correspondent based in London, filing reports from Europe, the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, and Central Asia. She also contributed to an ABC prime-time documentary about death row in 1997, which was recognized with a Cine Eagle award.
Udoji’s writing has appeared on CNN.com and Essence.com. She earned her bachelor's degree in political science and sociology from the University of Michigan and her law degree from UCLA School of Law. She lives in New York City with her husband, Ron Allen, who is a correspondent for NBC News.
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Winter gets chillier as Russia cuts gas supplies in Europe
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Nadia Zonis
Guest:
Carola Hoyos
Tuesday, January 6 2009
In response to a spat with Ukraine, Russia is slowing the flow of its gas to European countries that rely on it to heat their homes. This could be a dark foreshadowing of shortages to come. Carola Hoyos, chief energy correspondent for the Financial Times, joins The Takeaway to explain the current dispute and its long-term implications.
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Israel ticks off the foreign press by denying access to Gaza
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji
Guest:
Ethan Bronner
Tuesday, January 6 2009
As the Israeli ground offensive continues in Gaza, the international foreign press is waging a war of their own. Ethan Bronner, the Jerusalem Bureau Chief for the New York Times, and a pool of foreign press reporters have been consistently denied access to Gaza by the Israeli troops guarding the border. The reporters finally went to the Israeli Supreme Court for the rights to report from Gaza and the Supreme Court agreed that Israel must grant access to the foreign press corps. Yet each day the pool of reporters heads to the border to try and gain access and each day they are turned away. Ethan Bronner joins us now.
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Who knew what and when in the Madoff fraud
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji
Guest:
Stephen Harbeck
Tuesday, January 6 2009
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Israel widens ground assault in Gaza
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji
Guest:
Mike Sargent
Tuesday, January 6 2009
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Happy birthday to the Mars rovers!
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Molly Webster
Guest:
Raymond Arvidson
Tuesday, January 6 2009
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India and Pakistan (diplomatically) skewer each other over Mumbai attacks
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji
Guest:
Nazes Afros
Tuesday, January 6 2009
The sole surviving gunman of the brutal attacks in Mumbai, India last month is now awaiting trial. Yesterday, India's prime minister turned over some of the state's investigation into those attacks to Pakistan in the hopes of making bilateral commitments to get to the bottom of the attacks. Included in the dossier is a description of the attacks as so sophisticated that they must have had help from official Pakistani agencies. Nazes Afros, the BBC's South Asia editor, joins The Takeaway to discuss the ongoing situation.
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A desk by any other name
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Jesse Baker
Guest:
Todd Zwillich
Tuesday, January 6 2009
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Mr. Burris goes to Washington
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji
Guest:
Clarence Page
Tuesday, January 6 2009
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Rattle rattle beep beep: U. S. car industry sales sink
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji
Guest:
John Wolkonowicz
Tuesday, January 6 2009
The final car sales numbers for 2008 are abysmal, especially for Chrysler whose sales dropped more than 50%. Vehicle sales at the Ford Motor Company fell 32.4 percent and 31.4 percent at General Motors from this time last year. The silver lining for the automakers is that they get to start the year with billions from the government. John Wolkonowicz studies consumer purchase motivation for Global Insight, an economic and financial analysis firm in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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The latest from Capitol Hill, fisticuffs and all
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Jesse Baker
Guest:
Todd Zwillich
Tuesday, January 6 2009
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The New MBA
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Kent DePinto,
Mary Harris
Guest:
Christopher McKenna
Monday, January 5 2009
After the dissolution of Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, and numerous other investment banks, the Bernie Madoff scandal, and the global economic fallout of the sub-prime mortgages, business schools are finding themselves in a pickle. What do you teach about business when the future of business is up for debate? In response, business schools are adopting a new curriculum to deal with a new kind of student in the post sub-prime world. Chris McKenna, the MBA program director at the Said Business School at Oxford University, joins The Takeaway.
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Spike in civilian casualties as Israel launches ground offensive
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji
Guests:
Taghreed El-Khodary,
Rushdi Abu-Alouf
Monday, January 5 2009
A health official in Gaza says civilian casualties have spiked since the Israeli ground campaign began. The official says at least 70 civilians have been killed in Gaza since Saturday. The latest reports say Israeli troops are dug in outside Gaza City. Only a few reporters are operating inside of Gaza and two of them join The Takeaway to give us the on-the-ground view of the troubles in Gaza. Rushdi AbuAlouf works for the BBC in Gaza and Taghreed el-Khodary is reporting for the New York Times.
To find out more about the increase in civilian injuries, read Taghreed el-Khodary's article in today's New York Times.
To find out more about the increase in civilian injuries, read Taghreed el-Khodary's article in today's New York Times.
"You can hear people who lost their loved ones cursing Hamas for the first time."
— The New York Times' Taghreed el-Khodary on the rise in civilian casualties in Gaza
— The New York Times' Taghreed el-Khodary on the rise in civilian casualties in Gaza
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Obama picks Panetta to head the CIA
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Nadia Zonis
Guest:
Mark Mazzetti
Monday, January 5 2009
President-elect Obama has named Leon Panetta, a former congressman and Chief of Staff to President Clinton, to run the CIA. It’s a controversial choice because Panetta is not an intelligence professional, but supporters say he will bring an outsider’s perspective and an understanding of how to run a massive federal agency to the job. New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti joins The Takeaway with a look at Panetta's history and confirmation prospects.
For more about Leon Panetta, read Mark Mazzetti's article, Panetta Chosen as C.I.A. Chief in Surprise Step, in today's New York Times.
For more about Leon Panetta, read Mark Mazzetti's article, Panetta Chosen as C.I.A. Chief in Surprise Step, in today's New York Times.
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Macworld opens without Steve Jobs
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Molly Webster
Guest:
Steven Levy
Monday, January 5 2009
If you know anything about Macintosh computers, you know that the annual Macworld trade show that kicks off today in San Francisco is one of the biggest events for the Apple community. But in December, Apple stunned its followers when it announced that Apple CEO Steve Jobs would not giving his traditional keynote speech. Not only that, Apple announced that after 2009, they will no longer be part of the expo. Questions abound: Why is Apple going AWOL? And is Jobs sick, again? WIRED magazine journalist Steven Levy joins The Takeaway from Macworld to discuss.
Steve Jobs' 2008 keynote address in 60 seconds
Steve Jobs' 2008 keynote address in 60 seconds
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Franken wins? Not so fast.
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Kent DePinto
Guest:
Tom Scheck
Monday, January 5 2009
"This could last a couple of months if they choose to and they could actually order another recount."
— Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck on the continuing political drama over the Minnesota senate seat
— Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck on the continuing political drama over the Minnesota senate seat
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Richardson withdraws his name from consideration for administration post
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Nadia Zonis
Guest:
Bill Dupuy
Monday, January 5 2009
Find out more about President-elect Obama's Inner Circle, including the Cabinet appointees.
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Virginia governor to head the DNC
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Nadia Zonis
Guest:
Anita Kumar
Monday, January 5 2009
Governor Tim Kaine will become chair of the Democratic National Committee when Howard Dean steps down later this month. Kaine's an energetic, gregarious leader who threw his support behind President-elect Obama. Anita Kumar, a staff writer for the Washington Post who covers Virginia state government joins The Takeaway to provide some insight into a local leader stepping up to the national stage.
Obama cuts us all a big break. $300 billion big.
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji
Guest:
Peter Baker
Monday, January 5 2009
Despite the fact that he hasn't taken office yet, President-elect Barack Obama is hard at work to get the economy jump started. On Sunday his advisers announced that he plans to include about $300 billion in tax cuts for workers and businesses in his economic recovery program. Joining us to discuss is Peter Baker, the New York Times reporter who covered this issue in today's paper.
Read Peter Baker's article in today's New York Times.
Read Peter Baker's article in today's New York Times.
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Washington continues to support Israel
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji
Guest:
Scott Shane
Monday, January 5 2009
This weekend, President Bush weighed in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Vice-President Dick Cheney also made the rounds of talk shows to express support for Israel. As Israel continues its ground offensive in Gaza, there is increasing speculation that they timed their actions against Hamas to benefit from the last few days of the Bush administration. To explain why, Scott Shane, a reporter in the Washington Bureau of the New York Times joins us.
Read Scott Shane's article in the New York Times.
Read Scott Shane's article in the New York Times.
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The Obama family goes to Washington
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji
Guest:
Nia Henderson
Monday, January 5 2009
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