World Jul 15 Pain, stigma and little justice for victims of sexual violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo Bukavu, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is slowly emerging from a long, violent conflict that has spared no one. Special correspondent Jonathan Silvers reports on how health workers and local law enforcement are struggling to confront…
Science Jul 15 Welcome to Pluto, where you’ll find mountains the size of the Rockies Today, NASA released the first ever close-up photographs of Pluto. The images showed icy mountains and a mysterious pale patch shaped like a heart. Judy Woodruff speaks to science correspondent Miles O’Brien about what we have learned about Pluto so…
World Jul 15 In Iran, celebration and wariness about nuclear deal How are the Iranian government and that nation’s citizens reacting to the news of a nuclear agreement and the promise of sanctions relief? Jeffrey Brown talks to Thomas Erdbrink of The New York Times.
Politics Jul 15 Senators discuss Iran deal first impressions, concerns As the Obama administration winds up to defend the nuclear agreement with Iran, Judy Woodruff talks to two members of Congress, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., about how they’re reading the deal.
World Jul 15 Obama administration promotes Iran pact, bracing for fight In the wake of the announcement of a nuclear agreement with Iran, President Obama used an extended session with the White House Press Corps to make his case. Meanwhile, Vice President Joe Biden went to the Capitol to begin discussing…
World Jul 15 News Wrap: Afghan Taliban leader endorses peace talks with Kabul In our news wrap Wednesday, in a written statement posted online, the leader of the Afghan Taliban endorsed peace talks with Kabul for the first time, writing, "peaceful interactions with the enemies is not prohibited." Also, militia fighters allied with…
Episode Jul 14 PBS NewsHour full episode July 14, 2015 Tuesday on the NewsHour, negotiators reached a landmark deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program. Also: An interview with Republican presidential candidate Gov. Bobby Jindal and NASA makes a successful flyby of Pluto.
World Jul 14 Will the Iran nuclear agreement work? To evaluate the significance and effectiveness of the Iran nuclear agreement, Judy Woodruff gets reaction from former CIA Director James Woolsey, Dennis Ross, a former Middle East peace envoy, former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger and retired Gen. Michael Hayden,…
Science Jul 14 Pluto, underdog of the solar system, finally gets its day Soon, some of the mystery surrounding Pluto, the distant dwarf planet, will be lifted. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, speeding through space for almost a decade on a mission to capture a myriad of data, is believed to have finally made…