Episode Jul 24 PBS NewsHour full episode July 24, 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, a look at gun violence in America as a Louisiana movie theater became the site of another mass shooting. Also: The problem with for-profit school degrees and veterans, Shields and Brooks on the Iran nuclear deal,…
Politics Jul 24 Shields and Brooks on guns, Iran, and whether Clinton’s emails will turn into scandal Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week's news, including the recent wave of mass shootings, selling the Iran nuclear deal to Congress, and whether Hillary Clinton needs to worry…
Nation Jul 24 Aziz Ansari wants to help you find a mate. Seriously. In the modern world, romance is just a click away. Dating sites have sprung up, and the Internet and cell phones allow for quicker communication than ever before. This can make dating easier than ever, but also more awkward than…
Education Jul 24 Are for-profit universities taking advantage of veterans? Since 2009, the G.I. Bill has paid up to $21,000 a year of college tuition for those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Much of that money, though, goes to for-profit schools, which award degrees some employers don’t recognize. Aaron…
Nation Jul 24 Why is it so difficult to stop mass shootings in the U.S.? Following recent mass shootings, NewsHour begins a series called “Guns in America” where we will talk with people intimately involved in the gun control debate. Tonight we speak to author and advocate Mark Kelly, husband of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who…
Nation Jul 24 Shooting at movie theater kills two, injures nine A shooting at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, has left two dead, and nine injured. The shooting comes in the wake of two recent mass shootings, one in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where four Marines and a sailor were killed, and…
Nation Jul 24 News Wrap: Police search for motive in Louisiana movie theater shooting In Friday’s news wrap, a shooting in a Louisiana movie theater has left two dead and nine others injured. Also, Turkish fighter jets have begun bombing Islamic State targets, and the Pentagon announced that U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan has killed…
Episode Jul 23 PBS NewsHour full episode July 23, 2015 Thursday on the NewsHour, the Iran nuclear deal comes under fire on Capitol Hill. Also: An uncertain future for a birth control program in Colorado, 25 years of challenges and accomplishments of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the economics of…
Jul 23 Bullied boy gets unexpected online message: a White House invite In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, 11-year-old Logan Fairbanks of Michigan got the VIP experience while on vacation in Washington with his family. Fairbanks had posted a video of himself reading cruel internet comments that bullies had posted…
Jul 23 Alice Waters teaches slow food values in a fast food world Alice Waters, owner and former chef of the legendary Chez Panisse restaurant and maven of the slow food movement, says the best way to combat fast food culture is through “edible education.” Waters offers her Brief but Spectacular take on…