Science Apr 03 Tackling India's towering landfills takes cultural innovation In Delhi, India, the capital of the world's fastest growing economy, there's a towering symbol of the environmental cost of development: tons of festering, toxic trash, piled up 10 stories high, with more and more added every day. Efforts have…
Politics Apr 03 News Wrap: Neil Gorsuch passes Senate hurdle as Democrats reach 41 'no' votes In our news wrap Monday, the stage is set for a bitter showdown over Neil Gorsuch. The Supreme Court nominee cleared the Judiciary Committee, but it came as Democrats secured enough votes to withstand a Republican attempt to break a…
Politics Apr 03 Why the Senate is gearing up for an ugly fight over Neil Gorsuch John Yang sits down with NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report to discuss the Senate’s showdown over Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and the so-called “nuclear option,” Jared Kushner’s high-profile role within the White House…
World Apr 03 Rebooting U.S.-Egypt relations, human rights concerns become a private matter President Trump did something on Monday that his predecessor never did: welcome Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to the White House. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports, while John Yang talks to Michele Dunne of the Carnegie Endowment for…
Arts Apr 03 This poet's picnic offers a feast of words and music You’ll find a feast of music, storytelling and poetry at "Muldoon's Picnic," a monthly show held at the Irish Arts Center in New York. The event, which mixes vaudeville variety show with poetry as an ancient oral art form, is…
World Apr 03 From the ashes of Aleppo, a sound of hope In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, it was an image of Aleppo, Syria, that went viral: a man listening to a gramophone in his bombed-out home. The photographer explains how he captured the image.
Episode Apr 03 PBS NewsHour full episode April 3, 2017 Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump welcomes Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to the White House, signaling new U.S. priorities. Also: How the first family turned into presidential advisers, Politics Monday takes on the battle over Neil Gorsuch, solutions to India's…
Episode Apr 02 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 2, 2017 On this edition for Sunday, April 2, the Senate gets ready to vote on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and President Donald Trump prepares to host the president of Egypt. Later, British citizens in Gibraltar are bracing for the effects…
World Apr 02 Trump looks to reboot bilateral ties with Egypt Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will visit the White House on Monday after the Trump administration said the president is looking to reboot the bilateral relationship between Egypt and the U.S. But the visit raises questions about U.S. foreign aid…
Nation Apr 02 NYC mayor endorses Rikers shutdown plan New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has endorsed a proposal to shut down Rikers Island jail complex that holds 7,500 inmates. The facility, notorious for violence at the hands of guards and among inmates, has been the subject of…