World May 23 NewsHour's Malcolm Brabant reflects on Peabody win — and his own 'Desperate Journey' Over the weekend, the PBS NewsHour received the George Foster Peabody Award -- the highest honor in broadcast journalism -- for its coverage of the European migrant crisis with the “Desperate Journey” series. The award was accepted by special correspondent…
Episode May 22 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 22, 2016 On this PBS NewsHour Weekend episode for Sunday, May 22, President Obama visits Vietnam, his first stop on a week-long trip, and the leader of the Taliban is killed by a U.S. drone strike inside Pakistan. Later, on our signature…
World May 22 How Lebanon is coping with more than a million Syrian refugees Syria's 5-year-long civil war has killed more than 400,000 people and displaced eleven million more, 5 million of whom have become refugees. But as people flee the humanitarian crisis to places like Europe and Turkey, tiny Lebanon holds the distinction…
World May 22 U.S. drone strike may have killed Taliban leader U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jey Johnson said “it appears likely” that a U.S. drone strike on Saturday killed the leader of the anti-government Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansour though it could be days before officials can confirm that. Jennifer…
World May 22 Obama expected to push for human rights in first visit to Vietnam President Barack Obama has begun a three-day visit to Vietnam, his first stop on a week-long trip in Asia. The president arrived in the Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi on Sunday in his first visit to the country. Vietnamese leaders…
World May 22 Austria could soon elect the EU's first far-right president A presidential runoff in Austria is pitting two men with with diametrically opposed views. Norbert Hoefer is running on an anti-immigration platform and could become the European Union’s first far-right head of state. His opponent, Alexander Van Der Bellen, supports…
Episode May 21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 21, 2016 On this episode for Saturday, May 21, investigators confirm there was smoke aboard EgyptAir flight 804 before it disappeared this week. Later, hear why a growing industry is relying on the collection of DNA samples and what a decline in…
Nation May 21 What's next for San Francisco after its police chief's resignation? Following a string of officer-involved fatal shootings and a racist text scandal within the police department, San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee asked Police Chief Greg Suhr to step down. Suhr handed in his resignation on Thursday. San Francisco Chronicle reporter…