Politics Mar 06 Clinton, Trump show strong leads ahead of delegate-heavy Michigan primary Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump show strong poll numbers in Michigan, leading up to the state's presidential primary elections on Tuesday. At stake are 147 delegates for the Democrats and 59 for the Republicans. Michigan Public Radio reporter Rick…
Episode Mar 05 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 5, 2016 Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: Voters have their say in primaries and caucuses in Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, Kentucky and Kansas, as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton look to expand their leads. Also, a once-controversial art exhibit on race is brought back…
Politics Mar 05 Could Hillary Clinton reverse the Louisiana losing streak for Democrats? No Democratic presidential candidate has won Louisiana since Bill Clinton in 1996. If Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee, she could reverse that losing streak. Elizabeth Crisp of the Baton Rouge Advocate joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the race in…
Politics Mar 04 Shields and Brooks on the GOP push to stop Trump Judy Woodruff joins syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks to discuss the week in politics, including takeaways from Thursday’s contentious GOP debate, the mainstream Republican revolt against Donald Trump, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ chances to upset…
Arts Mar 04 How does a professional film critic compete with social media? A.O. Scott has been the New York Times’ film critic since 2000, so it’s safe to say he knows his craft. But in a world dominated by social media, where anyone with an Internet connection can become a self-styled critic,…
Nation Mar 04 Pair tackles 59 national parks in 59 weeks Last year, 30-year-old Darius Nabors decided to quit his job and embark on the journey of a lifetime: a tour of all 59 of the country’s national parks in 59 weeks. Nabors was inspired by his father, a former park…
World Mar 04 ‘Migrant catastrophe’ strands 10,000 between Greece and Macedonia New European border restrictions have left more than 10,000 migrants stranded at the border between Greece and Macedonia. Some experts have classified the situation as a “humanitarian catastrophe,” but eastern European states appear reluctant to take action. Judy Woodruff talks…
World Mar 04 Corruption allegations stagger troubled Brazil As Brazil reels from an economic recession and the Zika virus epidemic, new troubles have emerged regarding one of the nation’s most popular political figures. Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, was detained by…
Politics Mar 04 Rubio, moderators push back on Trump’s policy assertions Thursday’s debate saw the last vestiges of civility stripped away from the GOP race, with the night’s rhetoric ranging from personal slights to outright vulgarity. Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Ted Cruz attacked Donald Trump for alleged fraud and for…
Mar 04 News Wrap: U.S. economy stays strong despite global slowdown In our news wrap Friday, despite global economic slowdown, the U.S. economy added 242,000 jobs in February and kept unemployment steady at 4.9 percent, numbers President Obama said prove his detractors wrong. Also, Beijing announced that it will increase its…