Arts Oct 13 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 13, 2017 Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump deals dual blows to Obamacare and the Iran nuclear agreement. Also: California wildfires show few signs of abating, Shields and Brooks analyze the week's news, a film about Thurgood Marshall before the Supreme Court…
Health Oct 13 Trump is ending the Obamacare subsidy payments to health insurers. Here's who ends up paying President Trump continued to chip away at the Affordable Care Act by ending subsidies to health insurance companies that help pay deductibles, co-payments and out-of-pocket charges for lower-income Americans. Judy Woodruff speaks with Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News to…
Nation Oct 13 Firefighters make gains against overwhelming California flames The death toll from the ferocious wildfires making their way across California has climbed to at least 32. With 8,000 firefighters deployed across wine country, containment numbers are up for several fires, but the high winds forecast for the weekend…
World Oct 13 Does Congress stand a chance at successfully changing the Iran deal? President Trump announced that he finds Iran is not in compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement, but stopped short of actually withdrawing the U.S. from the deal, instead giving Congress 60 days to decide whether sanctions should be reimposed. Nick…
Politics Oct 13 Shields and Brooks on Trump dismantling Obama's achievements, Puerto Rico in need Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Trump’s efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act and his refusal to certify the Iran nuclear agreement, the federal…
Arts Oct 13 'Marshall' pays homage to the young lawyer who became a towering justice Before he became the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall moved from town to town as part of the NAACP to represent black defendants in a justice system rampant with discrimination. Jeffrey Brown sits down…
Nation Oct 13 What traveling abroad can teach you about your history In her first years reporting overseas, American journalist Suzy Hansen felt hesitant to write about other countries, but countless conversations with citizens of other countries helped her uncovered the dynamics between America and other nations she hadn’t understood before. Hansen…
Episode Oct 12 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 12, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, firefighters struggle to contain flames ravaging Northern California, as the death toll rises and winds force more evacuations. Also: Puerto Rico's governor on the island's recovery, President Trump's executive order on health care, the plight of…
Nation Oct 12 California wildfire death toll rises as search teams return to the ruins Some 8,000 firefighters spent a fourth day fighting the flames fanning across Northern California’s wine country. While the wildfires keep burning, some communities and first responders may have caught a break when the winds failed to meet their forecasted gusts.
Nation Oct 12 White House is committed to long-term Puerto Rico recovery despite Trump tweets, says Gov. Rosselló Puerto Rico’s painfully slow recovery from Hurricane Maria has alarmed the island’s residents and become the subject of a political fight. President Trump tweeted that federal aid in Puerto Rico cannot continue “forever,” drawing criticism from San Juan’s mayor. P.J.