Arts Oct 19 What Yo-Yo Ma is learning about life and music at 60 Yo-Yo Ma has been on stage from an early age, turning out some 90 albums and performing for eight presidents. At 60, the classical music star is taking a step back to reflect on life. On his new album, "Songs…
World Oct 19 News Wrap: UN draft climate accord faces criticism at Germany talks In our news wrap Monday, as a week of UN climate talks opened in Germany, African states complained that their demands for the draft accord had been ignored. Also, a security firm says that China's agreement not to hack U.S.
World Oct 19 How the children of Argentina’s ‘disappeared’ are being reunited with their birth families During Argentina's military dictatorship, as many as 30,000 people simply “disappeared,” including some young, pregnant women, whose babies were then given to couples deemed sympathetic to the regime. What happened to those children, who are now adults? Retro Report, distributed…
Nation Oct 19 How a police officer’s snap judgment saved NBA player Caron Butler To see Caron Butler on the basketball court today, you'd have little sense of how far this NBA player has come. As a young boy, he had the dream and the skills, but nearly threw it away for a life…
World Oct 19 Slovenia reopens border to flood of migrants Migrants were trapped at a rain-soaked crossing between Croatia and Slovenia after Hungary closed its border. As countries fought over limits in the numbers of people they would accept, thousands found their own paths across the frontier and Slovenia reopened…
Episode Oct 19 PBS NewsHour full episode October 19, 2015 Monday on the NewsHour, Slovenia reopens its border to migrants. Also: More Mideast unrest as Secretary of State John Kerry calls for peace, awaiting decisions from Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan, VW owners left in limbo after the emissions…
Episode Oct 18 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode October 18, 2015 On this edition for Sunday, October 18th, 2015, Israel imposes new security measures to cope with daily street attacks, in our signature segment, American ports enter a costly race to modernize and stay competitive, and the complicated task of dismantling…
World Oct 18 Organizers scrap viral tests of Rio’s sewage-filled waters ahead of Olympics The organizers of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said this week they do not plan to test the human sewage-laden waterways that will be home to aquatic events for viruses that athletes fear could make them…
World Oct 18 It’s launch time for the Iran nuclear deal, but will there be any action? Iran's agreement to roll back its nuclear weapons program officially took effect Sunday, but country officials said it would begin dismantling uranium-enrichment centrifuges only when the U.S. confirmed the lifting of economic sanctions. David Albright, President of the Institute for…
World Oct 18 Israel responds to deadly wave of knife attacks with new police powers Israeli officials announced new steps to curb a rash of deadly stabbings on its citizens, including enforcing roadblocks in Arab East Jerusalem. Eight Israelis have died in Palestinian stabbings and police have shot and killed 40 Palestinians in clashes. NewsHour…