Episode Jan 04 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 4, 2017 Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Obama and Vice President-elect Pence head to Capitol Hill to make opposing cases on the future of health care. Also: CIA Director Brennan looks ahead to the Trump administration's relationship with Russia and U.S. intelligence,…
Nation Jan 04 News Wrap: Dylann Roof insists he’s not mentally ill at sentencing In our news wrap Wednesday, the white supremacist who killed nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, insisted in court he’s not mentally ill. Dylann Roof is acting as his own lawyer in the death penalty phase of his federal…
Politics Jan 04 Obama, Pence huddle with their parties on the fate of health care At the Capitol, President Obama met privately with Democrats, urging them to defend his signature health care law. At the same time, a few floors up, Vice President-elect Pence rallied Republicans to dismantle Obamacare. Lisa Desjardins reports on what we…
Politics Jan 04 Why trust is essential between the president and intelligence community President-elect Donald Trump has routinely taken a skeptical stance toward the U.S. intelligence community. As the release nears of a report on alleged Russian hacking in the U.S. election, Judy Woodruff gets views from James Woolsey, senior advisor to the…
Politics Jan 04 Why the NAACP and others are protesting Trump’s attorney general pick The NAACP mounted protests across Alabama on Tuesday against the president-elect’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, including at the senator’s office, where NAACP president Cornell Brooks and others staged a sit-in. Alison Stewart speaks with Sari Horwitz…
Education Jan 04 What will be Obama’s lasting education legacy? President Obama and his former education secretary Arne Duncan exercised more power and influence over education policy than many predecessors. The administration placed a focus on testing, trying it to federal funding. In higher education, he emphasized the importance of…
World Jan 03 Greece-Turkey relations under pressure amid Erdogan’s extradition calls Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is asking NATO allies to extradite hundreds of Turkish officers and soldiers who sought asylum following July’s attempted coup. And of all the allies resisting Erdogan’s appeals, Greece is under the most pressure. The two…
Episode Jan 03 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 3, 2017 Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Republican-controlled Congress opens the new session with a fight over ethics. Also: A conversation with CIA Director John Brennan, Turkish soldiers seeking safe-haven following a failed coup attempt, the economics and politics behind Ford's investment…
Politics Jan 03 How Trump offers a mixture of incentive and shame for business leaders Ford announced Tuesday it’s scrapping plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico and will instead invest $700 million into an existing Michigan plant, and hire 700 workers in the U.S. Though it’s a drop in the bucket in…