World Jan 18 After years in Iranian jail, Americans ready to restart life The deal to release Americans imprisoned in Iran included Amir Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine who was held for more than four years. Jeffrey Brown talks to Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., the congressman who represents Hekmati's home district in Michigan…
World Jan 18 News Wrap: Security forces search for Americans missing in Iraq In our news wrap Monday, security forces searched Baghdad for three Americans who disappeared over the weekend. An Iraqi lawmaker said they worked for a private company. Also, a pair of Iranian poets have escaped to another country after having…
World Jan 18 New Iran sanctions appear as old sanctions lift for nuclear deal compliance Many sweeping sanctions ended with the news that Iran's nuclear program has complied with a landmark agreement. But a new round of limited sanctions were announced Sunday in response to an October missile test that violated a United Nations ban.
World Jan 18 Do breakthroughs mean the U.S. can do business with Iran? What do major breakthroughs with Iran mean for its relationship with the U.S. and the power dynamics of the Middle East? Judy Woodruff talks to Robin Wright of The New Yorker, former State Department official Ray Takeyh, former CIA officer…
Economy Jan 17 What’s the economic impact of the Iran deal? On Sunday, the Treasury Department announced new sanctions on 11 foreign companies or individuals supplying parts for Iran's ballistic missile program. Bloomberg News White House correspondent Angela Greiling Keane joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to discuss the economic impact of…
Episode Jan 17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 17, 2016 Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: President Obama defends the Iran deal, as American prisoners are released and many U.S. sanctions are lifted, and later, how 2.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey are struggling to live outside traditional refugee camps. Hari Sreenivasan…
Nation Jan 17 New titanosaur discovery exhibits state-of-the-art paleontology Starting this weekend, visitors to New York's American Museum of Natural History can get close up view of what scientists believe may be the biggest creature to have ever walked the earth. The discovery represents huge gains for modern paleontology.
World Jan 17 Inside the harsh living conditions for Syrian refugees in Turkey More than 2.5 million refugees fleeing Syria's civil war, currently live in Turkey. Nearly 90 percent of those refugees are now living outside of traditional refugee camps, presenting a whole new set of challenges for international relief agencies. NewsHour special…
Nation Jan 17 Jason Rezaian’s imprisonment was ‘simply unacceptable,’ Washington Post staff say The Washington Post's executive editor Marty Baron and foreign editor Douglas Jehl join Hari Sreenivasan over the phone to discuss the return of the paper's former Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian.
Episode Jan 16 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 16, 2016 On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 16, the UN says Iran has complied with last year's nuclear disarmament deal and sanctions are lifted. In a prisoner swap, Iran also freed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and four other Americans it…