Science Aug 26 Smart cane may help visually impaired navigate more terrain A high-tech upgrade to the traditional white cane may help blind and visually impaired people be more confident about navigating the world independently. The NewsHour's April Brown reports from France.
Arts Aug 26 For this beloved Sesame Street role model, it wasn’t always ‘sunny days’ Writer and actor Sonia Manzano played the character of Maria on “Sesame Street” for 44 years before announcing her retirement. In her new memoir, “Becoming Maria,” Manzano recounts her tough childhood in the South Bronx and how she used her…
World Aug 26 Is China in the midst of major economic transformation? How should we interpret China’s market turmoil? Judy Woodruff talks to Nicholas Lardy of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Evan Osnos of The New Yorker.
Politics Aug 26 Planned Parenthood funding fight fires up the campaign trail Undercover videos by anti-abortion activists have ignited a campaign among Republican lawmakers and presidential candidates to defund the women's health organization Planned Parenthood. Political director Lisa Desjardins reports.
Economy Aug 26 China’s boom years lead to financial crisis The Shanghai stock market has lost a quarter of its value in five days and the Chinese government has tried throwing everything it can at the problem. Paul Mason of Independent Television News reports.
Nation Aug 26 News Wrap: Two journalists murdered during live newscast In our news wrap Wednesday, Virginia TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot dead by a former co-worker during an interview Wednesday morning. The gunman, Vester Lee Flanagan, shot himself after a highway chase. Also, James Holmes…
Episode Aug 25 PBS NewsHour full episode August 25, 2015 Tuesday on the NewsHour, oil prices swing during a global market meltdown. Also: new elections called in Turkey, slow recovery in the Lower Ninth Ward 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, the former British foreign secretary addresses the migrant crisis in…
Nation Aug 25 Oil innovators see opportunity amid record low prices As oil prices have dropped, energy companies have been looking for ways to save money. For innovators, this cost-cutting can actually present an opportunity. Special correspondent Leigh Paterson of Inside Energy reports from Wyoming.
Politics Aug 25 How widespread are U.S. births by foreign tourists and undocumented migrants? Some GOP presidential candidates have decried birthright citizenship and so-called “anchor babies” -- children born in the U.S. to parents in the country illegally. There’s also talk of “maternity tourism,” when foreigners arrive to give birth before returning home. Judy…