World Jun 21 Can Greece be saved from possible economic collapse? Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will make his case for financial relief at an emergency Eurozone Summit on Monday. As the June 30 deadline approaches for Greece to make a 1.6 billion Euro debt payment, Tsipras hopes for debt relief…
World Jun 21 UN report: Global refugee crisis has hit all-time high The world refugee crisis appears to be getting worse according to a U.N. report that shows the number of forcibly displaced people to be nearly 60 million -- a 40 percent increase within the past three years alone. Somini Sengupta…
World Jun 21 Israeli Arabs join forces in Knesset to change status quo Israel has 1.7 million Arab citizens, some 20 percent of the country's population. Yet Arab Israelis hold few leadership positions in the country -- and nearly half of the country's Arab population live in poverty. This spring, Arab Israeli lawmakers…
Episode Jun 20 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 20, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, June 20, new details emerge about suspected Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof.
Nation Jun 20 S.C. Councilman: Shootings ‘racially motivated terrorism’ Councilman William Dudley Gregorie, a trustee of Emanuel A.M.E Church where Wednesday’s shooting took place, says Charleston continues to evolve from its racially-charged history. Gregorie joins Hari Sreenivasan to talk more about how the city has changed, and what he…
Nation Jun 20 What we know so far about suspected shooter Dylann Roof’s motivations Reuters reporter Luciana Lopez has been in South Carolina covering the fallout of the tragic shooting in Charleston on Wednesday, where nine people were killed at Emanuel AME Church. What do we know about the motives of Dylann Roof, who…
Nation Jun 20 FBI: Blacks most often targeted in hate crimes An estimated 260,000 suspected hate crimes happen in the U.S. every year. More than 50 out of every 1 million black citizens was the victim of a racially motivated hate crime in 2012, the highest of any group, according to…
World Jun 20 ‘Lifeless pile of tusks’ crushed in NYC to protest ivory trade On Friday, illegal elephant ivory was put on display and then destroyed in the center of Times Square in New York City. Elephant poaching is soaring according to conservation groups, as a pound of ivory can fetch $1,500 on the…
Episode Jun 19 PBS NewsHour full episode June 19, 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, Yemen peace talks in Geneva end without a ceasefire as the civil war worsens on the ground. Also: Vladimir Putin tells Charlie Rose Kiev is to blame for conflict in Eastern Ukraine, energy secretary Ernest Moniz…