Nation Oct 16 How drug distributors reportedly hobbled law enforcement from policing the flow of opioids An investigation by 60 Minutes and the Washington Post alleges that the companies that distribute opioid painkillers to pharmacies and doctors’ offices nationwide persuaded Congress to weaken the DEA’s ability to halt drug distribution at the height of the opioid…
World Oct 15 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 15, 2017 On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 15, northern California continues to battle wildfires, and South Sudan's four-year civil war causes the continent's largest refugee crisis. Also, meet photographer William Wegman's Weimaraners. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.
World Oct 15 South Sudan civil war causes Africa's worst refugee crisis The United Nations says South Sudan’s four-year-old civil war has left half of the nation’s population -- 6 million people -- in need of humanitarian aid. The conflict began when South Sudan’s army split between factions loyal to President Salva…
World Oct 15 Iraqi, Kurdish forces in standoff, weeks after Kurdish vote for independence Iraqi army and Kurdish troops are in a standoff in Kirkuk, a city located in the Kurdistan region, which voted for independence from Iraq last month. Kirkuk holds 10 percent of Iraq’s oil reserves. Washington Post reporter Loveday Morris, who…
Nation Oct 14 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 14, 2017 On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 14, fires in northern California leave whole towns devastated, and persecuted Rohingya Muslims continue to flee Myanmar. Also, baby boomers are struggling to pay off student loans well into retirement age. Hari Sreenivasan anchors…
Nation Oct 14 California wildfire evacuees return home to rubble Wildfires in northern California have caused about 95,000 residents to evacuate and killed at least 35 people, making them the deadliest in the state’s history. As firefighters make progress containing the flames, some residents are returning home to ruins. PBS…
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…