Episode Nov 23 PBS NewsHour full episode November 23, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, President Donald Trump spends his Thanksgiving holiday pardoning turkeys in south Florida while celebrations in New York City raise security. Also: Lebanon’s prime minister returns home after his surprise resignation, Houston struggles to find construction workers…
Nation Nov 23 Thanksgiving festivities around the U.S. marked by heightened security The Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City upped security in the wake of recent attacks and two more women came forward accusing Al Franken of sexual assault. Also: the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement for the…
Nation Nov 23 Campsites in San Diego are providing shelter for homeless families in need Campsites in San Diego are providing shelter to hundreds of people and their families in a difficult spot. The Alpha Project manages campsites that currently house 200 of San Diego’s homeless, and nearly a quarter of their residents are children.
Nation Nov 23 Houston needs rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey, but are there enough workers to do it? More than 30,000 homes were flooded after Hurricane Harvey tore through Houston earlier this year. Now, with residents working to rebuild their city, a lack of construction workers may hinder the process. And with the risk of deportation looming, many…
World Nov 23 How a rift between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon could mean trouble for the entire region Earlier this month, Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri shocked the region by announcing his resignation. Now back home from Saudi Arabia and his Middle East tour, Hariri says he’s postponing his resignation at the behest of president Michel Aoun. Special…
Nation Nov 23 Kindness requires action, says entrepreneur and author Daniel Lubetzky Daniel Lubetzky, founder and CEO of the “Kind” snack company, believes kindness requires courage and action. After law school, Lubetzky founded a company to bring people of conflict regions together through business ventures, and it all started out with a…
Episode Nov 22 PBS NewsHour full episode November 22, 2017 Wednesday on the NewsHour, a former USA gymnastics doctor pleads guilty to sexual assault. Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Syrian civil war is over -- but is he right? Also: ISIS’ youngest recruits still face brutality in a liberated…
Nation Nov 22 News Wrap: Former USA gymnastics doctor pleads guilty to sexual assault of 7 young athletes In our news wrap Wednesday, former USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar pleads guilty to sexually assaulting seven young athletes. Four states investigate ride-sharing company Uber after reports that the company concealed a hack of 57 million users. And Lebanese Prime…
World Nov 22 Putin says the end of the Syrian civil war is in sight. Is he right? Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the end of Syria’s civil war was in sight as he hosted Iran’s Hassan Rouhani and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Sochi Summit, a meeting that didn’t include the U.S. As Syrian opposition members…
World Nov 22 Former Bosnian Serb general Mladić convicted of genocide, war crimes for ethnic cleansing campaign Former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladić was convicted today on 10 counts of genocide and other war crimes committed during an ethnic cleansing campaign helped lead from 1992 to 1995 in the former Yugoslavia. A UN tribunal sentenced Mladić to…