Politics Dec 09 Polls offer a snapshot, but not always reliable predictions Early polling often doesn't reflect who goes on to become president (think Howard Dean or Newt Gingrich). These days pollsters acknowledge they are wrestling with a sea change in polling methods that's making it harder to collect a sample opinion…
World Dec 09 Blocked by the Balkans, where will migrants stranded in Greece go? Greek riot police closed down a temporary transit camp used by refugees and migrants after Balkan countries like Macedonia closed their frontiers to those seeking passage who do not come from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Where will the rejected migrants…
Episode Dec 09 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 9, 2015 Wednesday on the NewsHour, a look at how Republican leaders are distancing themselves from party frontrunner Donald Trump. Also: Affirmative Action returns to the Supreme Court, a look at the accuracy of polls and what we should read into them,…
Nation Dec 09 What's different about the latest challenge to affirmative action? Should race be a consideration in college admissions? For the second time in three years, the Supreme Court justices are considering the constitutionality of that question. Gwen Ifill examines the opposing viewpoints with Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation and…
Health Dec 09 Living with stress for too long may be giving kids asthma The number of Americans diagnosed with asthma has grown dramatically, with high-crime cities being hit especially hard. In a joint report with The Detroit News, special correspondent Indira Lakshmanan examines emerging research that indicates stress, abuse and violence may play…
Nation Dec 09 News Wrap: Planned Parenthood attacker shouts 'I'm guilty' in court In our news wrap Wednesday, Robert Lewis Dear, the man accused of attacking a Planned Parenthood clinic, blurted out that he's guilty during a court hearing. Also, the San Bernardino shooters talked of violence as far back as 2013, according…
Politics Dec 09 What Trump's divisive talk means for the GOP Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been a font of controversial remarks, most recently on denying Muslims entry into the country. How does Trump’s divisive rhetoric affect the rest of the party? Judy Woodruff speaks to Jonathan Martin of The…
Episode Dec 08 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 8, 2015 Tuesday on the NewsHour, politicians are debating on how to respond and prevent terror attacks. Also: analyzing whether the politics of fear is driving anti-Muslim sentiment, the number of foreign recruits to ISIS is booming except in the U.S., the…
Dec 08 Why Salem bought in to witchcraft hysteria In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts, became caught up in a fervor over alleged witchcraft. In her new book “The Witches,” Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to execute 19 people. She sits down with…