Episode Apr 30 PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode April 30, 2016 On this edition for Saturday, April 30, Iraqi protesters demanding government reforms storm the parliament in Baghdad. Later, descendants of holocaust survivors are searching for artwork that was seized by Nazis in an ongoing quest for restitution and justice. Megan…
Nation Apr 30 Teen birthrate reaches all-time low, CDC report says The teenage birthrate has reached an all-time low. During the last 25 years the teen birthrate has plummeted from 62 births per one thousand teenage women to 24 per thousand, according to a report released this week by the CDC.
Nation Apr 30 How ex-convicts are adapting after three strikes reform 60 to 70 percent of former inmates fail to land a job in their first year out of prison, according to the Justice Department. A new documentary called “the Return” chronicles the struggle of ex-convicts as they look for work,…
Apr 29 Honoring the bison as America’s national mammal In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the Senate unanimously passed legislation designating the American bison as the country’s national mammal, in recognition of the bison’s historical and contemporary significance. The bill, which passed through the House Tuesday, will…
Politics Apr 29 Shields and Brooks on Trump’s primary sweep, Clinton’s ‘woman’s card’ Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the increasing likelihood of Donald Trump as the GOP nominee, how Hillary Clinton’s is playing off one of Trump’s…
Politics Apr 29 GOP candidates jockey for delegate ‘free agents’ in Virginia After Donald Trump’s sweeping wins across five Northeastern states Tuesday, his trailing opponents are redoubling their efforts to keep the GOP front-runner from a delegate majority. In Virginia, Trump may have won the primary, but that was just the first…
Politics Apr 29 News Wrap: Protesters and police clash at Trump rally In our news wrap Friday, there was a melee between police and protesters at a Trump rally in California for the second day in a row, Also, fresh violence rocked the Syrian city of Aleppo. Insurgents shelled a mosque, killing…
World Apr 29 Pentagon: Hospital bombing due to U.S. offensive strike to assist Afghan forces The Pentagon revealed that the bombing of an Afghan hospital occurred when U.S. forces preemptively fired to clear the way for an Afghan offensive. U.S. and Afghan forces were not under fire when U.S. aircraft destroyed the hospital. Hari Sreenivasan…
World Apr 29 The man who’s walking around the world follows footsteps of old Silk Road traders Three years ago, Pulitzer-winning journalist Paul Salopek embarked on a decade-long walk around the world, charting the path of the original human emigrants who left their birthplace in eastern Africa to spread across the globe. As he prepares to follow…
Arts Apr 29 Remixing ‘Shuffle Along,’ a musical that brought new sounds and moves to Broadway Almost everything has been forgotten about "Shuffle Along," the 1921 Broadway musical written, performed and directed by African Americans. But the production was hugely influential, altering the evolution of the art form. Now there's a new "Shuffle Along," a new…