World Aug 05 Is Obama’s Iran deal rhetoric working? President Obama, in an address denouncing critics of the Iran nuclear agreement, warned that America’s international credibility would be lost if Congress kills the deal. How successful was the president in making his case? Gwen Ifill gets views from Ray…
Politics Aug 05 To attack or not to attack Trump? Crowd of GOP candidates faces tricky first debate In the history of Republican presidential debates, there have never been 17 candidates competing for voter attention. There has also never been a major presidential debate with Donald Trump. Political director Lisa Desjardins reports from Cleveland on the upcoming --…
World Aug 05 News Wrap: UN warns female and child casualties are on the rise in Afghanistan In our news wrap Wednesday, civilian casualties among Afghan women jumped 23 percent this year, and among children the number rose 13 percent, according to a report by the United Nations. Also, international experts confirmed that plane debris found in…
Episode Aug 04 PBS NewsHour full episode August 4, 2015 Tuesday on the NewsHour, police grapple with a rise in murders across the country. Also: Protecting against drug resistant infections, Hungary struggles to cope with a flood of migrants, Dr. Ben Carson on his bid for the presidency, wildlife detectives…
Arts Aug 04 New documentary offers close-up view of violent cartels Cartel wars have been raging for years now in Mexico, with civilians getting caught in the crossfire. To document the struggle against these cartels, Matthew Heineman embedded with two vigilante groups. He joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss his new documentary,…
Health Aug 04 CDC offers new call to arms on nightmare bacteria Drug-resistant bacteria infect at least 2 million people and kill 23,000 each year. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a call to slow the rate of hospital-acquired infections. Gwen Ifill talks to Dr. Michael Bell from…
Nation Aug 04 Wildlife detectives bust shellfish poachers in Washington state In Washington state, clams, oysters and mussels are being poached from the Puget Sound and sold for thousands of dollars. The most in-demand of these is the geoduck, which can sell for $150 a pound. Special correspondent Katie Campbell of…
World Aug 04 Why Hungary is building a new ‘Iron Curtain’ In Hungary, government leaders say they can't cope with the flood of migrants entering their country: 80,000 so far this year. So the government is racing to complete a 110 mile-long fence -- what opponents are calling a “new Iron…
Politics Aug 04 Ben Carson talks ‘all lives matter,’ immigration reform Dr. Benjamin Carson -- one of 10 Republican presidential candidates to make the cut for the first formal debate -- joins Gwen Ifill to discuss the campaign to defund Planned Parenthood, the root causes of gun violence, how he would…
Nation Aug 04 What caused the dramatic tipping point in deadly shootings? Why has there been a dramatic spike in homicides this year? Judy Woodruff speaks to Col. Sam Dotson, chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and Edward Flynn, chief of the Milwaukee Police Department, two cities that have seen…