Politics Jun 14 Inside Russian hacking of Democrats' opposition research on Trump For nearly a year, Russian hackers have been penetrating Democratic National Committee computers and stealing, among other things, research compiled on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Gwen Ifill talks to Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike and Sasha Issenberg of Bloomberg Politics…
Science Jun 14 Baltimore's dolphins moving from concrete tanks to seaside sanctuary The eight dolphins at the National Aquarium in Baltimore live in sterile concrete tanks that bear no resemblance to their natural habitat, but soon they’ll be moving on up — down, actually — to an outdoor marine mammal sanctuary in…
Nation Jun 14 Reflecting on the Charleston church massacre, one year later A year ago this week, nine black churchgoers were gunned down inside Charleston’s historic Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church by alleged white supremacist Dylan Roof, who faces the death penalty if convicted. Among those slain was the church’s pastor, the Rev.
Nation Jun 14 Remember them: The names and faces of the lives cut short in the Orlando massacre A mother of two. An Army reservist. A cancer survivor. A gay rights activist. A high school basketball star. These are some of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The Newshour steps back to remember…
Politics Jun 14 How the U.S. is countering the Islamic extremist propaganda machine President Obama reiterated his promise to destroy the virulent Islamic State Tuesday while talking about the Orlando mass shooting — and how gunman Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen, may have been radicalized by online extremist propaganda. NewsHour producer P.J. Tobia…
Episode Jun 14 PBS NewsHour full episode June 14, 2016 Tuesday on the NewsHour, new twists emerge about Orlando shooter Omar Mateen and his wife. Also: Inside the government’s anti-radicalization plans, why America’s most popular rifle is also its most reviled, Russian hackers swipe DNC data on Trump, Baltimore’s dolphins…
Nation Jun 13 LGBT Americans target of violent hate crimes more than any other group The Orlando mass shooting put a new focus on efforts to pass hate crime laws — and the sobering reality that LGBT Americans are more than twice as likely to be the target of a violent hate-crime than Muslims or…
Politics Jun 13 Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton react to Orlando mass shooting Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Gwen Ifill to discuss the latest in politics, including Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s standoff over the Orlando shooting, what Orlando could mean for the presidential election,…
Episode Jun 13 PBS NewsHour full episode June 13, 2016 Monday on the NewsHour, mourning for the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub gives way to tough questions about what the feds knew about gunman Omar Mateen. Also: How counterterror experts battle domestic threats, lawmakers react…
Nation Jun 13 In Orlando mass shooting, a search for motive — and missed signals A day after America woke to news of a horrific mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub, a disturbing portrait of 29-year-old gunman Omar Mateen — who was on the FBI’s radar — began to emerge. Director James Comey defended…