Arts Jul 08 TV is dead? Author says there's something wrong with that picture Nowadays, there are more and more new media video options carpeting the web. But in his new book, “Television Is The New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media In the Digital Age,” Michael Wolff argues that the Internet is…
Nation Jul 08 Are Michigan's pristine lakes at risk from aging pipelines? In Michigan, two aging pipelines carry 20 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas a day under some of the most pristine water in the country, the Great Lakes Straits of Mackinac. An oil spill would be devastating to…
World Jul 08 Will China's market crisis spur a confidence crisis for President Xi? The sudden slide in the Chinese stock markets has spurred worries that the panic could spread beyond China's borders. What’s the root cause of the deflating bubble? Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Gwen Ifill to discuss the economic…
World Jul 08 China's stock markets plunge despite efforts to curb selling Since mid-June, China’s two main stock markets have seen drastic drops, falling by more than 30 percent. In the past year, reforms toward greater liberalization had helped the markets skyrocket, but this recent free fall has spurred some panic among…
Nation Jul 08 Trio of serious computer glitches raises worry about tech reliance The nation's biggest airline, biggest stock exchange and most prominent business newspaper all suffered long online service interruptions on Wednesday. That came just as worries over the vulnerabilities of digital technology were front and center at a congressional hearing. Judy…
Episode Jul 07 PBS NewsHour full episode, July 7, 2015 Tuesday on the NewsHour, another deadline passes with a final Iran nuclear agreement still out of reach. Also: Suicides and other preventable deaths on the rise in Greece, cities grapple with a surge of summer violence, a Bill Cosby confession…
Science Jul 07 To study Earth's most extreme environment, researchers wire up an undersea volcano Hundreds of miles off the coast of Oregon and Washington, there's an undersea volcano known as Axial Seamount. Two months ago when it began spewing lava, it wasn't a secret to a group of scientists engaged in a groundbreaking research…
World Jul 07 News Wrap: Afghanistan confirms direct talks with Taliban In our news wrap Tuesday, the government of Afghanistan confirmed it has engaged in direct, face-to-face talks with the Taliban, its first formal encounter since 2001. Also, the U.S. strategy to defeat the Islamic State was heavily criticized by Senate…
Arts Jul 07 Che Guevara's son on Cuba's coming identity crisis When Omar Perez was 25, he found out his father was the revolutionary Che Guevara. For Perez -- a poet, artist and musician -- the revelation didn’t much change his outlook on life, or on Cuba. Jeffrey Brown talks to…
World Jul 07 Why the Greek crisis is a matter of life and death for some Greece traditionally has had a low suicide rate, but over five years of austerity, the country has seen an increase in the number of people taking their own lives. And if the crisis gets worse, the number of suicides and…