World Nov 23 How the Islamic State rose from prison to be a global group Where did the Islamic State come from? Joby Warrick, author of "Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS," joins Jeffrey Brown to define the militant group’s origins and its transformation into an international organization.
Politics Nov 23 Campaigns tap Islamic State fears by zeroing in on national security Many Republican candidates are pouncing on fears about the Islamic State to flex ideological and political muscle. Political director Lisa Desjardins offers a roundup of rhetoric in the debate over national security, and Tamara Keith of NPR and Amy Walter…
Health Nov 23 How to grow an Ebola vaccine with a tobacco plant What looks like an ordinary greenhouse is actually an around-the-clock Ebola vaccine factory. At a facility in Kentucky, plants are being injected with a protein in order to spur them into producing one of the three antibodies used in the…
World Nov 23 What should we be doing to defeat the Islamic State? Militarily and diplomatically, what can the U.S. and others do to stop the Islamic State? Gwen Ifill gets views from James Jeffrey of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago.
Episode Nov 22 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Nov. 22, 2015 On this edition for Saturday November 22, Belgium’s capital is on lockdown for a second day, as officials say suspects in the Paris terror attacks remain at large. We hear from one woman who survived the Paris concert hall massacre.
Education Nov 22 Massachusetts drops Common Core test, will develop own student evaluations Massachusetts, a state considered a leader in education reform, decided last week to reject the Parcc test based on Common Core standards--a test still used in several other states. Instead, the state will develop its own exams to measure student…