World Oct 31 News Wrap: Iraqi forces fight their way into Mosul In our news wrap Monday, Iraqi troops advanced on the city of Mosul after seizing the last village held by the Islamic State on the edge of the city, two weeks after the offensive began. Also, Lebanon finally has a…
Science Oct 31 Debunking the myth of the vampire bat In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, vampire bats may be some of the spookiest species on earth. But the surprisingly social animals make sacrifices to save one another’s lives. We debunk some of the popular myths about these…
Politics Oct 31 What's behind Comey's unprecedented reveal to Congress about Clinton probe? FBI Director James Comey revealed last week there are new emails possibly related to Hillary Clinton’s private server. Judy Woodruff learns more about the investigation from The New York Times’ Michael Schmidt and Politico’s Josh Gerstein and then discusses Comey’s…
Politics Oct 31 Days to go, voters explain their White House hopes Across the next-to-last weekend before the election, Judy Woodruff hit the campaign trail to see the candidates up close and speak with their supporters. She traveled from a Hillary Clinton appearance in Daytona Beach, Florida, to a Donald Trump speech…
World Oct 31 Can Colombia rework its FARC deal without jeopardizing peace? Colombia was on the verge of ending one of the most violent civil wars in Latin America just slightly more than a month ago, when the deal was narrowly rejected by a voter referendum. President Juan Manuel Santos now faces…
Politics Oct 31 How the Clinton email probe seems to be motivating voters Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Yamiche Alcindor of the The New York Times join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including the FBI investigation’s influence on voters how Donald Trump has made use of the…
Episode Oct 30 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 30, 2016 On this edition for for Sunday, Oct. 30, the FBI’s announcement to review more emails related to Hillary Clinton looms less than two weeks ahead of Election Day. Later, presidential candidates are after the votes of Florida’s most diverse block:…
Politics Oct 30 Is FBI email probe this election's 'October surprise'? From the Kennedys getting Martin Luther King, Jr. out of jail to George W. Bush’s youthful drunk driving arrest, the term “October surprise” has come to mean an event in the closing weeks of a presidential campaign that could affect…
Episode Oct 29 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 29, 2016 On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 29, will the latest FBI probe of Hillary Clinton’s emails tighten the presidential race? And how will new voter ID laws in nine states influence this year’s election? Also, South Carolina is using an…