World Apr 09 Kerry visits Kabul in effort to ease political tensions Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday in an attempt to ease political tensions there and prolong a power-sharing agreement he brokered two years ago. Reuters State Department Correspondent Arshad Mohammed in Kabul joins…
Politics Apr 08 Brooks and Marcus on Democrats' clash over qualifications, GOP nominee questions New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including escalating hostilities between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton’s Black Lives Matter confrontation, questions about whether…
Episode Apr 08 PBS NewsHour full episode April 8, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders cool their war of words over presidential qualifications. Also: Pope Francis urges greater tolerance for divorced and remarried Catholics, Alabama’s overcrowded prison system hits a breaking point, inside Kenya’s war…
World Apr 08 Al-Shabab exploits Kenya's divisions to wage war Kenya is the U.S.’s primary ally in the fight against east Africa’s deadliest terror group. Its long war against al-Shabaab has taken a heavy toll and there are fears that reprisals from Kenyan security forces against ethnic Somalis are only…
Politics Apr 08 Clinton-Sanders campaign combat cools off As Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton reached a kind of verbal truce over who's qualified to be president, the front-runner's camp also dealt with a confrontation that occurred between former President Bill Clinton and a protester over his and…
World Apr 08 News Wrap: Final fugitive from Paris attacks arrested in Brussels In our news wrap Friday, Belgian police arrested a key suspect linked to the November terror attacks in Paris and may be connected to the March attacks in Brussels as well. Also, Greek authorities resumed deporting migrants deemed asylum-ineligible back…
Apr 08 How robotics helped a paralyzed man cross the finish line In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a car accident severed Adam Gorlitsky’s spinal cord 10 years ago, paralyzing him from the waist down. But the former high school cross country and track athlete was back on his feet…
Economy Apr 07 How refugee resettlement became a revival strategy for this struggling town In the midst of a campaign season filled with anti-migrant rhetoric, the once-downtrodden town of Utica in upstate New York has been more welcoming; one out of every four citizens there is a refugee. But Utica’s commitment to resettlement isn’t…
World Apr 07 News Wrap: Putin denies ties to offshore accounts from 'Panama Papers' In our news wrap Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed reports that a close friend channeled $2 billion to his supporters as a U.S.-led plot to discredit his country. Also, Islamic State militants abducted more than 300 workers and contractors…