World Sep 09 U.S. negotiator talks holding Iran to its nuclear deal obligations Former Deputy Secretary of State William Burns headed a secret negotiating team that met with high level Iranian representatives first in 2008 under President George W. Bush, and then in earnest in 2013, when the Obama and Rouhani governments revived…
World Sep 09 Queen Elizabeth marks her record reign with a rail trip In 1952, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II assumed the throne after the death of her father. More than 63 years later, her reign has lasted longer than that of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, who up until now had been the nation's…
World Sep 09 On the front lines of the refugee crisis, Hungarians worry about accepting newcomers In Hungary, the constant flow of images of refugees on the news -- with some media reports playing it up for the scariest possible impact -- have caused many to worry about the arrival of newcomers from the Middle East.
World Sep 09 News Wrap: Al-Qaida rebels capture key Syrian air base In our news wrap Wednesday, al-Qaida rebels and other captured a key air base in Syria. The victory means that virtually all of a major province is free of government control. Meanwhile, there are growing signs of a Russian military…
Nation Sep 09 Intense wildfire season pushes crews to the limit Throughout the Western U.S., where big wildfires have become the norm, fire managers are having a tough time keeping up with all the demands for firefighters and other resources. Everything from camp supplies to helicopters have been in short supply,…
Episode Sep 09 PBS NewsHour full episode September 9, 2015 Wednesday on the NewsHour, European nations address the massive influx of migrants and refugees. Also: Republicans attempt to delay a vote on the Iran nuclear deal, thousands put their lives on the line to keep Western wildfires from spreading, the…
World Sep 09 Desperate conditions push refugees in Lebanon to dream of Europe While the surge of refugees in Europe is relatively new, Lebanon has been inundated by fleeing Syrians for four years; a quarter of the country's residents are refugees. In Beirut, some families are living in the rubble of bombed-out houses.
World Sep 08 Refugees break through police at overflow camp in Hungary At the Hungarian border, a fence erected by the government is being built to keep refugees and migrants out -- a stark contrast to the response of other European nations, which are debating how and whether to let more people…
Politics Sep 08 Winning new Democratic support, Iran deal passage is all over but the shouting Three remaining Senate Democratic holdouts announced they will back the Iran nuclear deal, bringing the number of supporters to at least 41 votes. That's enough to block majority Republicans -- who unanimously oppose the deal -- from disapproving the agreement.
Politics Sep 08 What Andrew Jackson has in common with Donald Trump Of the nearly two dozen major candidates running for president, the ones getting the most attention are the political outsiders. Is this a rare situation, or have American voters seen this before? Gwen Ifill talks to presidential historians Michael Beschloss…