Politics Mar 23 News Wrap: Obama defends strategy against terrorism In our news wrap Wednesday, President Obama defended his strategy against international terrorism and rejected Republican calls for expanded use of torture and aggressive military action during a news conference in Buenos Aires. Also, Sen. Ted Cruz blasted the president’s…
World Mar 23 Why Europe has a problem of Islamic State terrorism European nations are boosting their national security efforts in the wake of the recent terrorist bombings in Brussels. How great a threat is the Islamic State group to Europe? Gwen Ifill sits down with former State Department official Daniel Benjamin…
Episode Mar 23 PBS NewsHour full episode March 23, 2016 Wednesday on the NewsHour, Brussels mourns Tuesday’s bombings as authorities hunt for suspects. Also: What the attacks say about the Islamic State threat, Sen. Bernie Sanders on the fight against ISIS, religious and reproductive rights clash at the Supreme Court,…
World Mar 23 As Brussels mourns, authorities hunt for attackers The city of Brussels began three days of mourning in the wake of Tuesday's bombings that killed at least 31 and wounded 270. As residents tried to return to a semblance of normalcy, Belgian authorities kept up a nationwide manhunt…
World Mar 23 Finding friendship in the wreckage of war and revolution After his last deployment to Afghanistan, decorated Marine veteran and writer Elliot Ackerman went to report on the civil war in Syria. What he found was friendship and a shared disillusion over the hopes of revolution. In this essay, Ackerman…
Nation Mar 23 Supreme Court hears birth control battle brought by religious nonprofits The Supreme Court heard its fourth challenge to the Affordable Care Act, this one from religious nonprofits demanding exemption from the requirement to provide insurance coverage for birth control, claiming the mandate violates federal laws protecting religious freedoms. Gwen Ifill…
World Mar 22 How the Brussels attacks affect the global fight against terror For the latest on the investigation into the morning’s terror attacks in Brussels, Judy Woodruff talks to Peter Spiegel of the Financial Times. Also, Gwen Ifill speaks with former counterterrorism official Rick Nelson of Cross Match Technologies and Lorenzo Vidino…
Nation Mar 22 How the Pacific Northwest is preparing for a catastrophic tsunami It’s when, not if, the Pacific Northwest is due for a major seismic disaster; scientists say there’s a 37 percent chance one could strike in the next 50 years. FEMA estimates such an earthquake and resulting tsunami could kill thousands…