Arts Dec 18 One last visit to Downton Abbey before fans say goodbye For the past five years, the Crawley family and their household of servants have entertained audiences with comedic one-liners from the Dowager Countess and dramatic calamity befalling nearly every character. Now the top-rated PBS drama of all time is drawing…
World Dec 18 Assad future unclear as UN Security Council charts a course for Syria After nearly five years of brutal civil war, the United Nations Security Council voted to endorse an international framework for a peace process in Syria. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the details, what's at…
Politics Dec 18 Looking on to 2016, Obama makes fighting terror a priority for final year In his year-end news conference, President Obama promised to target terror at home and abroad during his final year in office. But he also made an upbeat assessment, claiming successes on job growth and health care coverage signups, and praising…
World Dec 18 News Wrap: EU leaders vow to wage 'uncompromising' fight against terror In our news wrap Friday, European Union leaders agreed to beef up immigration controls, crack down on gun-running and freeze financial assets of extremist groups at a summit in Brussels. Also, Congress finished work on sweeping tax cut and government…
Arts Dec 18 What's the best gift you've ever received? As the popular British-drama ‘Downton Abbey’ begins its sixth and final season, we asked a few members of the cast to share their most memorable gifts with us, and their answers range from heartwarming to hilarious.
Episode Dec 17 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 17, 2015 Thursday on the NewsHour, a fragile cease-fire in Yemen is in danger of collapsing. Also: What parents worry about changes based on income, fishermen on the island of Lesbos explain how they see the refugee crisis, an investigative project on…
Dec 17 Music duo Pomplamoose take Do-It-Yourself to the next level Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn, who make up the musical duo Pomplamoose, explain in this Brief But Spectacular take how they harness their fans' internet curiosity with their covers of Beyonce hits and behind-the-scenes videos.
Arts Dec 17 How a galaxy far, far away became an obsession on planet Earth "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" isn't just a movie. It's part of a universe, both imaginary and real, that has obsessed fans since the 1970s. Jeffrey Brown explores what’s made the enduring franchise a storytelling and moneymaking powerhouse.
Nation Dec 17 Why was a rape victim interrogated as a crime suspect? A woman reports she was raped at knifepoint in her apartment, but days later, after police question her about inconsistencies, she says she made the whole thing up. In "An Unbelievable Story of Rape," a project from the Marshall Project…
Economy Dec 17 Move over Silicon Valley. The new startup nexus is...northern Vermont? Middlebury College, a liberal arts school in northern Vermont with just 2,500 students, has become an unlikely hothouse for cultivating entrepreneurs. Does using college to start a business help support the larger liberal arts mission? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.