Arts Dec 01 Binge-watching can't be good for you -- but is it really that bad? To binge or not to binge? Like many of us, with so many TV and streaming options these days, actress Annabelle Gurwitch struggles with falling into the black hole of epic, auto-loading TV and miniseries marathons. How is it different…
Episode Nov 30 PBS NewsHour full episode November 30, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, debate on the GOP tax overhaul heats up ahead of a Senate vote, Republicans sounding more optimistic as the hours go by. We look at who gets the biggest tax cuts. Also: A former Israeli prime…
Politics Nov 30 Senate tax bill suffers blow as measure picks up support Senate Republicans are running back to the drawing board on their tax overhaul after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that a deficit trigger wouldn’t pass muster. That followed a day of meaty, substantive debate on the matter, during which Republicans seemed…
Politics Nov 30 News Wrap: Senate opens ethics probe into Franken allegations In our news wrap Thursday, the Senate Ethics Committee opened an investigation into Sen. Al Franken as a fifth woman came forward to claim he groped her during a USO comedy tour in Kuwait. Also, music mogul Russell Simmons announced…
Politics Nov 30 Under this proposed tax cut, big small businesses benefit most The corporate tax rate is not the only important tax cut affecting businesses that's being considered in the Republican tax bills. The pass-through tax rate affects millions of small businesses, and has been a point of debate and dealing. Hari…
World Nov 30 U.S. doing 'a lot of work' behind the scenes on Israeli-Palestinian relations, says Ehud Barak Ehud Barak, former Israeli prime minister, says Israel is still waiting for the Trump administration to offer its plan on how to move forward with the Palestinians. Barak joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the deadline for changing the location of…
World Nov 30 Marine and photojournalist reframe the war-wounded soul in a new memoir Photographer Finbarr O'Reilly and former U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas Brennan both went through the intensity of combat, and the loneliness and doubt that follows. Now they’ve written a dual memoir, "Shooting Ghosts," a story of two lives that came…
Segment Nov 30 What happens when I try to talk race with white people You can choose not to see the sky, but it exists. That’s how Reni Eddo-Lodge responds when somebody tells her they don’t see race. Trying to raise the topic in white-dominated social circles often led her to an immediate shutdown,…
Episode Nov 29 PBS NewsHour full episode November 29, 2017 Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Trump vows new sanctions on North Korea after the communist nation launches its most powerful ballistic missile yet. Also: President Trump re-tweets anti-Muslim messages, cellphone privacy goes before the Supreme Court, Matt Lauer and Garrison…
Politics Nov 29 Inching toward tax plan passage, Republicans work to win over votes Republicans are working overtime to push their version of a tax reform bill toward final passage. Democrats may be unanimously opposed, but efforts to craft compromises among Republican ranks appears to be paying off. Lisa Desjardins reports.