World May 27 In Hiroshima, President Obama renews call to abolish nuclear weapons President Obama on Friday visited Hiroshima, which was devastated when the U.S. dropped the atom bomb on it in 1945. Obama joined Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in paying solemn tribute to the tens of thousands who died in the…
World May 27 News Wrap: G-7 leaders rebuke Beijing on South China Sea dispute In our news wrap Friday, the G-7 summit in Japan ended with world leaders calling for peaceful resolutions to territorial disputes, a clear warning against China’s bid to expand its reach in the South China Sea by building man-made islands.
World May 27 A look at world’s nuclear reality, 70 years after Hiroshima President Obama used his unprecedented visit to Hiroshima to call attention to the grave threat nuclear weapons still pose to the world. Judy Woodruff talks to former Assistant Secretary of State Stephen Rademaker and Rachel Bronson of the Bulletin of…
Nation May 27 ‘Top Chef’ Tom Colicchio on America’s staggering waste of food The United States wastes roughly 70 billion pounds of food every year, an estimated quarter of all food produced in the country. Now, TV “Top Chef” Tom Colicchio aims to bring the issue to the highest levels of government with…
Nation May 27 Meet the ‘courtroom dogs’ who help child crime victims tell their stories Getting child crime victims to open up is never easy for investigators and asking them to tell their stories to a jury can be brutally traumatizing. To help these kids overcome their fears, some courtrooms across the country are employing…
World May 27 How a Hiroshima survivor helped remember 12 U.S. POWs killed by bomb Among the thousands killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was the crew of the B-24 bomber “Lonesome Lady,” 12 American POWs who are oft-forgotten in the annals of history. But one man who never forgot was Shigeaki Mori, whose…
Episode May 27 PBS NewsHour full episode May 27, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, Barack Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima and pays tribute to the bombing victims. Also: Inside Obama’s nuclear legacy, a new film recognizes American POWs killed at Hiroshima, the fight for food…
Politics May 26 Trump, Obama trade barbs as GOP billionaire clinches nomination On the day Donald Trump appeared to have clinched the number of pledged delegates required for the GOP nomination, he delivered a major energy address that criticized President Obama as much as it did Hillary Clinton. Obama returned the favor,…
Nation May 26 News Wrap: LGBT rights fight sinks major energy bill in U.S. House In our news wrap Thursday, the fight over LGBT rights in Congress sank a major energy bill, after both Republicans and Democrats voted down legislation containing separate provisions banning discrimination by federal contractors and defending North Carolina’s transgender bathroom law.