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…
World Jan 16 Inside the prison swap with Iran which freed Washington Post reporter Iran freed five Americans, including "Washington Post" reporter Jason Rezaian, who had been jailed 18 months on espionage charges that his newspaper called "trumped up". "The Post" said it couldn't be happier about his release. Rezaian and three other men…
Nation Jan 16 Tech giant Google working to diversify staff American technology companies like Apple, Facebook and Google are striving to improve gender and racial diversity in their workforce. Having revealed their staffs are predominantly white men, the companies are spending furiously to recruit and keep people who aren’t. Hari…
Nation Jan 16 How NYC is tackling 1.4 million open arrest warrants for 'quality-of-life' crimes There are more than 1.4 million outstanding arrest warrants in New York City stemming from lapsed summonses for "quality-of-life" crimes - things like biking on the sidewalk or being in a park after closing. Critics say they burden the court…
Episode Jan 15 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 15, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, Chinese market struggles and plummeting oil prices lead to big losses on Wall Street. Also: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz dominate the Republican debate, Shields and Brooks discuss the 2016 presidential race, Silicon Valley tries to…
Arts Jan 15 In 'Mercy Street,' Civil War trauma meets modern medical drama "Mercy Street," a new original series on PBS, tells the story of a one-time hotel turned Union army hospital, and is based on memoirs and letters of real Civil War medical staff. Jeffrey Brown takes a look at how its…
Arts Jan 15 Library lets you check out a millennium of images In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, you can now view more than 180,000 images from the New York Public Library, with treasures dating back to the 11th century.
Politics Jan 15 Shields and Brooks on Trump vs. Cruz, Clinton's concern over Sanders Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the rivalry between Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz in the latest Republican presidential debate and Hillary Clinton’s attacks against Sen.