Politics Oct 28 How the anti-Trump dossier came to be The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative site based in Washington, D.C., confirmed that it hired the firm Fusion GPS to unearth damaging information about President Donald Trump in the run-up to the election. GOP donor and billionaire Paul Singer is…
Episode Oct 27 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 27, 2017 Friday on the NewsHour, Defense Secretary James Mattis makes an unannounced visit to the demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea. Also: An HBO executive shares her sexual harassment experience, concerns about the upcoming Census, Shields and Brooks weigh…
World Oct 27 Standing at the world's most dangerous border, Mattis sends a warning to North Korea On an unannounced visit to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reaffirmed the U.S. alliance with the South in the face of increasing provocations from the North, while declaring a commitment to…
World Oct 27 News Wrap: Kenyan police battle protesters over election upheaval In our new wrap Friday, new violence erupted across Kenya over the repeat presidential election, and officials postponed attempts to finish the voting tomorrow. The death toll rose to six as police battled protesters who say the election is rigged…
Nation Oct 27 The 2020 Census is at risk. Here are the major consequences Data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau every 10 years is used to draw voting districts and determine how much funding to give to states, counties and cities, but underfunded and without a director, the agency is now on the…
Politics Oct 27 Shields and Brooks on Flake's Trump diatribe, confronting powerful men on sexual harassment Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake’s denunciation of the Trump presidency and his decision to not seek re-election, the impact President Trump…
Arts Oct 27 Jesmyn Ward's 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' is a ghost story about the real struggles of living Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward writes the stories of the people and places she found absent in literature while growing up. Her new fiction novel, “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” weaves the supernatural with genuine characters that are molded by the rural and…
Nation Oct 27 This HBO exec endured harassment as a woman in the film industry. But now, 'women are not alone anymore' Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary Films, has been the target of sexual harassment like innumerable professional women across all industries. But with a groundswell of voices declaring #MeToo, Nevins sees hope for young women to escape the same…
World Oct 27 When we talk about North Korea, we forget what's happening to its people When Min Jin Lee sees the latest headlines about nuclear weapons in North Korea, she thinks of her father, who fled the republic when he was 16, and lost touch with his family. And Lee thinks of not just the…
Episode Oct 26 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 26, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, President Trump declares a public health emergency to combat the opioid crisis. Also: A pattern of neglect from hospice caretakers, parents forced to move to give their kids a better future, Pakistan's goal to eradicate polio,…