Science Feb 08 In Brazil, a race to solve the mysteries of Zika virus In Brazil, health workers are searching for the smoking gun link between the virus and infant microcephaly, while troops attack mosquito breeding grounds and mothers of affected children face the long-term consequences. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.
Episode Feb 08 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 8, 2016 Monday on the NewsHour, presidential candidates make one last push for support in New Hampshire on the eve of the nation’s first primary. Also: Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton fight for middle class voters, a look inside the presidential…
Episode Feb 07 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Feb. 7, 2016 Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: In New Hampshire, White House hopefuls knock on doors and rally supporters in advance of Tuesday's primary. Also, fact-checking Saturday's Republican presidential debate. And later, making a tax credit for low-income Americans available to more people.
Feb 07 How accurate were the GOP candidates at the New Hampshire debate? Saturday's Republican debate yielded a slew of statements from candidates that warranted fact checking. 'Truth-O-Meter' monitor Jon Greenberg of PolitiFact joins William Brangham from Washington to discuss.
Politics Feb 07 Candidates stump for votes in last-minute New Hampshire push Voters in New Hampshire are getting their last looks at candidates on the ballot in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. NewsHour's Political Director Lisa Desjardins joins William Brangham from Manchester, New Hampshire, to discuss moments from the last-minute campaigning.
World Feb 06 Turkey under pressure to open border as thousands of Syrians flee Government forces in Syria have intensified their offensive on the city of Aleppo, causing tens of thousands of refugees to flee toward the Turkish border, and leading the disbanding of United Nations-brokered peace talks in Switzerland this week. Brian Jenkins…
Episode Feb 06 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Feb. 6, 2016 Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: Republican presidential hopefuls hunker down in New Hampshire, while the Democratic candidates look beyond the first primary. Later, in our signature segment, the campaign road ahead: How the complex delegate rules of individual states help determine…
Episode Feb 05 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 5, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, Democrats square off in a contentious debate as Republican candidates jockey for survival days before the New Hampshire primary. Also: A report from the epicenter of the Zika outbreak, the many lives of Syrian refugees living…
Economy Feb 05 News Wrap: Unemployment falls to 8-year low, but job growth slows In our news wrap Friday, while the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 4.9 percent in January -- its lowest level in eight years -- the Department of Labor said that only 151,000 new jobs were added to the economy, a…