Episode Apr 29 PBS NewsHour full episode April 29, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, what the Pentagon discovered in its investigation of last year’s bombing of an Afghan hospital. Also: Inside Virginia’s delegate dance, Shields and Brooks talk politics, a global walking tour of human history, “Shuffle Along” revives its…
Episode Apr 28 PBS NewsHour full episode April 28, 2016 Thursday on the NewsHour, an airstrike on a hospital is another sign that the Syrian cease-fire is in jeopardy. Also: Bringing the delegate fight to Indiana, how North Carolina’s bathroom law sparked business backlash, criminal justice reforms from the Senate…
World Apr 28 After attack on Aleppo hospital, Syria cease-fire ‘alive, but barely’ An airstrike smashed a hospital supported by the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders overnight in Aleppo, Syria, killing dozens including one of the region's last pediatricians. Other attacks followed, punctuating the collapse of a cease-fire in the country's largest…
World Apr 28 News Wrap: U.S. soldiers disciplined for accidental Afghan hospital bombing In our news wrap Thursday, 16 U.S. military personnel, including a general, reportedly received administrative punishments for the mistaken bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan last year that killed 42. Also, Vice President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to…
World Apr 28 Hospitals and doctors under attack in Aleppo ‘difficult to replace’ Twenty-seven people were reportedly killed by a suspected Syrian government airstrike on a hospital in Aleppo. Hari Sreenivasan learns more about the bombing and the medical facility that was targeted from Pablo Marco of Doctors Without Borders.
Politics Apr 28 Both parties bring delegate fight to Indiana primary For Sen. Ted Cruz, his presidential campaign is now all about Indiana and trying to stop Donald Trump. But it was a former congressional colleague who made headlines for criticizing Cruz, reports John Yang. Judy Woodruff talks with Domenico Montanaro…
Economy Apr 28 How North Carolina’s bathroom law sparked a business backlash North Carolina’s High Point Market is the largest furniture industry trade show in the world. But weeks before designers and retailers arrived, the state legislature passed a law on the use of bathrooms and discrimination targeted at LGBT people, sparking…
Politics Apr 28 An inside look at the Obama administration’s criminal justice reforms Top senators revealed a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill on Thursday that includes changes to sentencing guidelines for some offenders and the creation of reentry programs for newly released prisoners. The move comes as the Obama administration is pushing its…
Arts Apr 28 What it means to be unapologetically black As the hosts of BuzzFeed's popular “Another Round” podcast, Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton set out to break the mold and create a space where they didn’t have to filter their opinions for a white audience. Nigatu and Clayton give…
Politics Apr 27 Race shifts toward conventions with Clinton, Trump leading Sweeping wins across the Northeast by front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have helped shift the primary race, going into its last leg. Reid Wilson of Morning Consult and Susan Page of USA Today join Judy Woodruff to discuss what…