World Mar 08 In Israeli visit, Biden aspires to push peace talks forward On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden visited Israel to begin two days of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders currently mired in a deep and violent impasse. Biden also hopes to mend the relations between the Obama White House and…
Politics Mar 08 Another important Tuesday arrives for primary contests Four states are holding primary votes Tuesday -- both parties in Michigan and Mississippi, plus the GOP in Idaho and Hawaii. While trailing Republican candidate Gov. John Kasich was stumping in Michigan to drum up support, Sen. Ted Cruz looked…
World Mar 08 News Wrap: Violence in Israel leaves American dead In our news wrap Tuesday, an American tourist was killed and a dozen Israelis were wounded in a wave of attacks by Palestinian militants in the cities of Jaffa and Jerusalem. Also, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has test-fired a series of…
Episode Mar 08 PBS NewsHour full episode March 8, 2016 Tuesday on the NewsHour, presidential candidates prepare for another round of voting Tuesday, with all eyes on the top prize of Michigan. Also: Vice President Biden undertakes a new Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative, the SATs see their first major changes in…
Arts Mar 07 A chronicle of Afghanistan's modern-day Romeo and Juliet Zakia and Ali are Afghanistan’s Romeo and Juliet -- with all the heartache that description implies. Separated by religion, ethnicity and their own families, the young couple defied them all by eloping. Rod Nordland of the New York Times chronicles…
Education Mar 07 Wi-Fi on wheels leaves no child offline The digital divide and lack of reliable Internet access at home can put low-income and rural students at a real disadvantage. So when superintendent Darryl Adams took over one of the poorest school districts in the nation, he made it…
Education Mar 07 Students running small-town market know business As a sparsely populated Nebraska town in an equally sparsely populated county, Cody is not where one might expect to find a thriving retail business. But the Circle C Market has been making a (small) profit there for the last…
Politics Mar 07 Can GOP and Democratic competitors continue to gain traction? Hari Sreenivasan sits down with Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR to discuss the latest in politics, including last night’s Democratic debate, Donald Trump’s slowing momentum, the possibility of a GOP restructure and the…
Episode Mar 07 PBS NewsHour full episode March 7, 2016 Monday on the NewsHour, trailing presidential contenders play catch-up in the weekend’s primaries. Also: Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, remembering the life and legacy of Nancy Reagan, Europe weighs the threat of terrorists hiding among migrants, a look…
Politics Mar 07 News Wrap: Former first lady Nancy Reagan dies at age 94 In our news wrap Monday, tributes poured in from across the nation after former first lady Nancy Reagan’s death Sunday at age 94; President Obama offered a few words of praise for the conservative icon. Also, former president Jimmy Carter…