Episode Dec 24 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 24, 2016 On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 24, ‘Othello: The Remix’ is bringing a classic Shakespeare tale to audiences through hip-hop. Later, a historic skate park in Portland is facing the pressures of gentrification. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.
Episode Dec 23 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 23, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump says the U.S. would triumph in an arms race. Also: The FBI warns ISIS is urging holiday attacks, the U.S. abstains from a U.N. rebuke of Israel, more on Mr. Trump’s comments on…
World Dec 23 Holiday music from U.S. military around the world From around the world, members of the United States military sing the classic Christmas carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” The segment was done in collaboration with the Pentagon.
Politics Dec 23 Donald Trump's fighting words are worrying to some President-elect Trump tweeted this week that the U.S. needs to build up its nuclear arsenal. He also declared that should an arms race occur, the U.S. would triumph over any adversary. John Yang talks to Joseph Cirincione of the Ploughshares…
Nation Dec 23 News Wrap: FBI says ISIS is urging holiday attacks on the U.S. In our news wrap Friday, the FBI is warning that Islamic State supporters are urging attacks on holiday gatherings and churches in the U.S. Also, the suspect who plowed a truck into a Berlin Christmas market has been shot dead.
World Dec 23 Tijuana welcomes Haitian immigrants stuck at U.S.-Mexico border In the wake of late September’s Hurricane Matthew, Haitians are increasingly desperate to reach the United States, which has recently reinstated deportations to Haiti for the first time since 2010's earthquake. But residents of Tijuana, Mexico, are showing an unusual…
Politics Dec 23 Shields and Brooks on Trump's unprecedented transition President-elect Donald Trump made headlines this week for his reference to a possible arms race and his involvement in U.S. foreign policy prior to taking office. Judy Woodruff speaks with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David…
Health Dec 23 Ebola vaccine results are encouraging -- but preliminary On Thursday, results from the World Health Organization's two-year trial studying the Ebola virus were published. They indicate that the vaccine is effective -- but it still needs to be approved by regulatory agencies. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Dr. Anthony…