Politics Oct 21 Shields and Brooks on the danger of our ideological divide Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the third and final presidential debate, Donald Trump's "reckless" questioning of the election's legitimacy, the country’s vast ideological divide, the…
Politics Oct 21 After raucous charity dinner, Trump and Clinton head to battlegrounds In campaign rallies on Friday, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton continued themes from Wednesday’s debate, such as Clinton's paid speeches and Trump's refusal to accept election results. The night before, the two clashed at a charity dinner. And a new…
Episode Oct 21 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 21, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton return to the campaign trail after exchanging vicious jabs during a charity dinner. Also, Russia extends Aleppo's "humanitarian pause," how the electoral map is shifting, an NSA contractor is expected to…
World Oct 21 News Wrap: Russia extends ‘humanitarian pause’ in Aleppo due to evacuation delay In our news wrap Friday, Russia extended the “humanitarian pause” in Aleppo for a third day, after the United Nations said that planned evacuations of the rebel-held Syrian city had not actually begun. The UN blamed a lack of security…
Politics Oct 21 What the latest polls mean for the presidency — and Congress With just over two weeks until Election Day, there are some surprising shifts occurring in the electoral map. Judy Woodruff speaks with correspondent Lisa Desjardins and Nathan Gonzales of The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report about which voters are deserting…
Nation Oct 21 NSA contractor suspected of espionage is deemed a flight risk The National Security Agency contractor accused of mishandling massive amounts of classified data has been deemed a flight risk. In August, Harold Martin was arrested at his home in Maryland, where the equivalent of half a billion pages of documents…
Episode Oct 20 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 20, 2016 Thursday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump's attack on the integrity of the election has both Democrats and Republicans coming to the defense of a pillar of democracy. Also: Key moments from the final debate, why rural voters feel abandoned, David…
Politics Oct 20 Putting policy in context at the final presidential debate Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tackled several policy matters in the final presidential debate: abortion, nuclear weapons and immigration. Lisa Desjardins joins Hari Sreenivasan to get the facts behind what the candidates said.