Episode Sep 08 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 8, 2017 Friday on the NewsHour, Hurricane Irma plows ahead toward Florida, forcing mass evacuations. Also: A powerful earthquake hits Mexico, a look at the massive Equifax breach, wildfires blaze throughout the Western U.S., Shields and Gerson analyze the week's news, Dale…
Nation Sep 08 Did the Equifax hack put your personal data at risk? Here's what to do now. Half of all Americans could have had their sensitive data compromised by a security breach at the credit reporting agency Equifax. William Brangham joins John Yang to discuss what happened and what consumers should do to safeguard their credit.
Nation Sep 08 Late-season wildfire scorches tinder-dry Oregon More than 80 large wildfires are burning across 10 states and at least nine firefighters have died and hundreds have been evacuated. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from Oregon about efforts to contain the Eagle Creek fire, the nation’s highest…
Politics Sep 08 Shields and Gerson on Trump's deal with Democrats, DACA's demise Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join John Yang to discuss the week’s news, including President Trump decision to side with leading Democrats in a deal on the debt ceiling and Hurricane Harvey aid, the move…
Nation Sep 08 Florida exhorts residents to prepare and evacuate for destructive Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma is en route to Florida after battering islands across the Caribbean, and many areas across central and south Florida are already under mandatory evacuation. P.J. Tobia reports on how Floridians are preparing for the storm, then John Yang…
Nation Sep 07 Can a new generation of Americans serve up great tennis? For the first time since 1981, all four women’s U.S. Open semifinalists are American. But it’s a different story for their male counterparts, who haven’t won the semifinals since Andy Roddick in 2003. It’s a long drought that American tennis…
Politics Sep 07 Sen. Durbin: DACA 'epitaph could turn into an opportunity' President Trump split with his party Wednesday by making a deal with Democrats to extend the debt ceiling. So are more bipartisan deals coming? John Yang reports on the reaction from Republican leaders, then Judy Woodruff speaks with Illinois Sen.
Episode Sep 07 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 7, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, Hurricane Irma cuts a devastating and deadly course through the Caribbean, heading for Florida. Also: Sen. Richard Durbin on President Trump making deals with Democrats, why you should care about the debt ceiling debate, one woman's…
Economy Sep 07 How coming clean about financial struggle -- and counseling others -- became a calling Despite a prestigious career and graduate degrees from top schools, Elizabeth White stood at the edge of a financial cliff for many years following the Great Recession. Author of “55, Unemployed, and Faking Normal,” White is among many who have…
Arts Sep 07 Want to feel connected? There's a book for that. Books “make people who are not like us more human,” says Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation. She grew up loving books and their ability to make readers more empathetic to unfamiliar ideas and characters, even when…