World Jan 06 North Korea's claim of H-bomb spurs wave of condemnation, skepticism North Korea declared on state television that it had made its first test of a hydrogen bomb. The announcement was condemned around the world, including by China, an ally of the North. Meanwhile, the U.S. and South Korea expressed skepticism…
World Jan 06 How should the world respond to North Korea's bombshell claim? Gwen Ifill talks with former Obama administration official Wendy Sherman and Siegfried Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, about why we should be worried about North Korea’s purported test of a hydrogen bomb, how world powers should…
Nation Jan 06 News Wrap: Ala. chief justice urges halt on same-sex marriage licenses In our news wrap Wednesday, Alabama state Chief Justice Roy Moore urged local officials to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying the Supreme Court decision is at odds at his court's earlier rulings, causing confusion. Also, the Republican-led House…
Nation Jan 06 After a boom year, what's down the road for the auto industry? In 2015, Americans spent roughly $570 billion dollars on more than 17 million cars and trucks, breaking a record set 15 years earlier. But it was also a year of automaker scandal, including a probe into GM's defective ignition switch…
Episode Jan 06 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 6, 2016 Wednesday on the NewsHour, North Korea claims it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. Also: Why Americans are buying more and bigger cars, efforts to cap sky-high interest rates, a look at life in Mexico after deportation and using cardboard…
Economy Jan 06 Fighting the debt trap of triple-digit interest rate payday loans Payday loans are supposed to be a short-term quick fix for those who can't get traditional credit. But the loans are rarely actually short-term, and borrowers frequently need to take out a second loan to pay off the first. Special…
Economy Jan 06 Left behind by banks, poor Americans pay more to borrow It’s expensive to be poor. Unable to maintain a minimum balance or provide the necessary ID to open a bank account, many low-income Americans rely on fringe financial services like check cashing stores and payday lenders, which charge interest rates…
Jan 06 The 20-year effort to draw a map unearthing Alaska's treasures In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the U.S. Geological Survey released its first-ever digital map of Alaska, revealing thousands of geological details that can be used to contribute to new scientific assessments of the northern-most state.
World Jan 06 Young returnees start over in Mexico after growing up in the U.S. Even before recent raids by the Department of Homeland Security, hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants have been deported annually. And those who grew up in the U.S. have found themselves living in what feels like a foreign country. Special…