Episode Mar 26 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 26, 2016 Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: More suspects are charged with this week's attacks in Belgium. Also, workers and businesses struggle to strike a balance between wages and tips. Megan Thompson anchors from New York.
Nation Mar 26 Michigan lawmakers approve emergency aid for Detroit schools As Detroit schools slip toward bankruptcy, the Michigan state legislature approved almost $50 million in emergency aid to keep Detroit's public schools open through the end of this year. New York Times reporter Kate Zernike joins Megan Thompson to discuss.
World Mar 26 After Brussels attacks, U.S. officials push Europe to bolster security After the attacks in Brussels, American intelligence and security services have weighed in on European security. Washington Post reporter Adam Goldman joins Megan Thompson from Washington to discuss.
Politics Mar 25 Shields and Brooks on Trump-Cruz wife feud, ISIS terror in Brussels Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the terror attack in Brussels and the U.S. fight against the Islamic State, why President Obama was criticized for attending…
Health Mar 25 Why cancer is so hard to fight in rural Kentucky Cancer is epidemic in eastern Kentucky, a result of medical illiteracy, limited access to care, unhealthy lifestyles and poverty. In fact, life expectancy in the region is five years shorter than the rest of the nation. But state health officials…
Nation Mar 25 As racial hate groups rise, strategies to shut them down What motivates hate groups and domestic terrorists? With the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist movements making a resurgence, special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center about solutions to stop the hate…
World Mar 25 More raids and arrests as Belgian authorities seek terror suspects Belgian law enforcement conducted raids across Brussels in the wake of Tuesday’s terror attacks, including at two apartments where explosions were reported, and at a bus stop where a suspect believed to be carrying a suitcase with explosives was shot…
World Mar 25 Fighting ISIS, on the battlefield and online Is the U.S. making headway in the fight against the Islamic State group? Judy Woodruff talks to retired Col. Derek Harvey, a former Army intelligence officer, and Brendan Koerner of Wired Magazine about the military offensive against ISIS, including the…
World Mar 25 News Wrap: Suicide bomber strikes soccer game in Iraq In our news wrap Friday, a suicide bomber struck a soccer stadium south of Baghdad, killing 29 people and injuring dozens more. Also, heavy fighting raged in Palmyra as Syrian government forces, supported by Russian airstrikes, fought to recapture the…
Arts Mar 25 Remembering the lives of Garry Shandling and Phife Dawg Two groundbreaking artists died this week. Comedian Garry Shandling, star of the Emmy-winning “The Larry Sanders Show,” and rapper Malik Taylor, who co-founded the Grammy-nominated group A Tribe Called Quest under the stage name Phife Dawg, died within two days…