Politics Jul 19 Why Republicans are struggling in the battle for millennial voters Both Republicans and Democrats are vying for the increasingly important demographic of young voters. Lisa Desjardins reports from Cleveland on why the GOP has had a difficult time recruiting millennials.
Politics Jul 19 Can Republicans find compromise on immigration reform? Immigration is a central tenant of Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda and a topic of major division among Republicans. Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill get two views from Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., and Daniel Garza of the LIBRE Initiative.
Politics Jul 19 How Donald Trump rose from real estate scion to TV 'boss' Just as Donald Trump was finishing business school, he set his sights on showbiz, investing in a Broadway production. But when that failed, he retreated to the family business of real estate, where he found success (as well as bankruptcy),…
Nation Jul 19 News Wrap: 'We have your backs,' says Obama in open letter to cops In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama penned an open letter to law enforcement officers condemning attacks on police. Also, airstrikes aimed at Islamic State forces in northern Syria killed at least 56, according to opposition activists.
Politics Jul 19 At a disunited Republican convention, the one thing that unifies Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill talk to Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland about Melania Trump’s speech that borrowed portions from…
Nation Jul 18 News Wrap: Top ranking officer in Freddie Gray death acquitted, Nice death truck driver 'recently radicalized'
Politics Jul 18 The Republican convention pauses to mourn slain Baton Rouge officers The theme of the first night of the Republican convention was "Make America Safe Again" and it coincided with the slayings of three Baton Rouge officers, punctuating Donald Trump's vow to be the “law and order president, Lisa Desjardins reports…