Episode Oct 04 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode October 4, 2015 On this edition for Sunday, October 4th, 2015, the U.S. and Afghan governments investigate what led to the bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan, in our signature segment, inside a controversial voter ID law in North Carolina, and new limits…
World Oct 04 Behind the new environmental plans unveiled in the U.S., China and India This week, the EPA unveiled new rules to reduce polluting gasses emitted by U.S. factories and cars; India announced a $2 trillion plan to reduce its carbon emissions over the next 15 years; and China also released a new plan.
Nation Oct 04 New ‘know before you owe’ mortgage rules may ease homebuyers’ burden New rules for home mortgages, designed to make lenders more transparent to borrowers, took effect Saturday. The so-called "know before you owe" rules are meant to protect home buyers from surprises at their closing. Wall Street Journal Reporter Joe Light…
Episode Oct 03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode October 3, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, October 3, 2015, a United States airstrike against the Taliban in Afghanistan accidentally hits a hospital, killing and wounding dozens. In our signature segment, transforming how America's teachers are trained. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New…
World Oct 03 Wildfires in Russia scorch world’s largest freshwater lake Raging wildfires this season in Russia have turned the shores of Lake Baikal, the world's largest and deepest freshwater lake in Siberia, into an inferno. NewsHour's Stephen Fee reports.
World Oct 03 Aid group calls for investigation after hospital hit by apparent U.S. airstrike A hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was damaged early Saturday after being hit by an American airstrike, which appears to have accidentally caused significant civilian casualties. Executive Director for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières Jason Cone…
Politics Oct 03 Inside the battle over North Carolina’s voter ID laws After the Supreme Court's decision to overturn a key part of the Voting Rights Act, North Carolina's Republican-led state legislature passed a new voter ID law and reversed many of the voting procedures civil rights leaders spent years trying to…
Education Oct 03 How a Boston program is transforming the way we train teachers The Boston Teacher Residency, an AmeriCorps service program that recruits future teachers and places them in schools for practical experience is being heralded as a model for training teachers. And other cities have begun to take notice. NewsHour's Christopher Booker…
Education Oct 03 ‘They don’t allow you to fail’: In custom classrooms, at-risk students thrive At a New York City high school, a technique called blended learning replaces a portion of traditional face-to-face instruction with online learning. The computerized curriculum has been shown to help at-risk students learn at the own pace. NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan…