Politics Sep 25 What to expect from the first presidential debate As U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton prepare for their first debate on Monday night, NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan in New York to discuss what to expect.
Nation Sep 25 Questions remain after Charlotte police release videos of shooting The attorney representing the family of Keith Scott says videos released Saturday show he was not acting aggressively when police fatally shot him last week in Charlotte, North Carolina. Police Chief Kerr Putney said he released the videos in the…
Economy Sep 25 This company raised minimum wage to $70,000 -- and it helped business In 2015, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price announced he would raise the company’s minimum wage to $70,000 a year by 2017 and slash his own compensation by more than 90 percent. More than a year later, Price reports the company's…
Episode Sep 24 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 24, 2016 For this episode on Saturday, Sept. 24, protests continue against police violence in Charlotte, North Carolina. Later, hear about the opening of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, and how Maryland and North Carolina are trying…
Nation Sep 24 How do police decide when to release video footage? In Charlotte, North Carolina, police announced Saturday they would release body cam and dash cam footage from the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. Dozens of U.S. cities have started equipping their police with body cameras, including Charlotte --…
Arts Sep 24 Architect on African American History Museum's unique exterior Architect Philip Freelon talks about how light affects the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened on Saturday on the National Mall. While other structures on the Mall are made of marble, granite or concrete, the museum’s…
Politics Sep 23 A play that speaks to Ferguson's tragedy and lets the audience speak back In the Greek tragedy “Antigone,” the title character is told that she cannot bury her brother, who has been killed. Echoes of the classical work rang out in 2014, when Michael Brown was shot by police and left dead in…
Episode Sep 23 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 23, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, a first look at the last moments of Keith Scott, a black man who was killed by police in Charlotte. Also: How President Hillary Clinton would govern from Day 1, a last meeting for Colombia’s largest…
Politics Sep 23 Shields and Brooks on transparency in police shootings, first debate expectations Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including police shootings in Charlotte and Tulsa, the newly released video showing the fatal shooting of Keith Scott, the candidates’ views…
World Sep 23 Anticipating peace, FARC holds final summit as an armed rebel group On Monday, Colombia will sign a peace accord, ending more than 50 years of war. The deal, if approved by public referendum, ends the insurgency by the guerilla group known as the FARC, which will begin to transition into a…