Episode Oct 11 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 11, 2016 Tuesday on the NewsHour, we explore the must-win races for both presidential candidates as they turn to a handful of key battleground states. Also: Samsung stops production of its Galaxy 7 smartphone, fallout from the hacking of Clinton campaign emails,…
Education Oct 11 Our student debt anxiety explained in one video College affordability has become a major issue in the election because it’s a major issue in our lives -- Americans currently hold $1.3 trillion in student debt, and it’s on a staggering rise. Frontline and Marketplace collaborated on this video…
Arts Oct 11 How a composer’s joke melodies became his unexpected legacy Composer Camille Saint-Saëns would have celebrated his 181st birthday on Sunday. During his lifetime, he was one of the world’s most famous composers. Today he is best known for his “Carnival of the Animals,” a legacy he would have found…
Nation Oct 11 How the demise of its flagship phone will hurt Samsung Samsung has announced that it’s halting production of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. The news comes after reports of the replacement phones catching fire -- just like the original models -- and on the same day that the battle between…
Politics Oct 11 Trump attacks Republicans as Clinton campaigns with Gore The Republican party’s civil war raged on as Donald Trump took to his favorite social media platform. Trump tweeted a slew of critical comments about Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. In Pennsylvania, he doubled down on the threat to…
Nation Oct 11 News Wrap: Receding waters reveal ruinous hurricane damage In our news wrap Tuesday, the death toll of Hurricane Matthew rose to 30 in the United States, half from North Carolina. There are also rising concerns about disease in hard-hit Haiti. Also, Russian jets resumed heavy bombing of Aleppo,…
Politics Oct 11 What Trump and Clinton need to do in early-voting battlegrounds Ohio and Arizona Early voting begins in Ohio and Arizona on Wednesday, two states where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are running neck-in-neck. What is the political atmosphere in these contested states and how can each nominee pull ahead? John Yang speaks with…
World Oct 11 Greece sends stranded refugee children to school, stoking anti-migrant resistance Greece launched a program Monday to provide education to the thousands of migrant children displaced in that nation. But the program is facing resistance from Greek parents concerned about cultural differences and infectious diseases. The pushback is one example of…
Education Oct 11 ITT Tech students are the newest victims of for-profit education failures In September, for-profit technical institute ITT Tech declared bankruptcy and closed its 130 campuses, after the Department of Education said it could no longer admit students who relied on federal funds to attend. The DOE cited accreditation problems and concerns…