Nation Jul 03 Security officials raise alert for Fourth of July despite lack of specific threat As the Fourth of July approaches, security officials are on a heightened state of alert. What’s behind the warnings? Hari Sreenivasan talks to Daniel Benjamin, former coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department.
World Jul 03 News Wrap: Syrian government troops fight militant attack in Aleppo In our news wrap Friday, more than a dozen Islamic militant groups, including al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria, launched an assault on government positions in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Also, Aetna announced it’s buying rival health insurance company Humana for…
Episode Jul 02 PBS NewsHour full episode July 2, 2015 Thursday on the NewsHour, BP agrees to pay billions of dollars to settle Deepwater Horizon oil spill lawsuits. Also: Investigating the lack of competition in the airline industry, unemployment falls in the U.S., an economic boom for wedding vendors, two…
Jul 02 Ta-Nehisi Coates on discussing racism directly, honestly How should the U.S. address problems of violent policing? As a nation, we may be asking the police to do certain things that they shouldn't, says Ta-Nehisi Coates. The Atlantic correspondent offers his Brief But Spectacular take on the legacy…
Economy Jul 02 More LGBT weddings? More wedding cakes! After the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage in America, cake decorator Jan Kish's phone began to ring off the hook. She's one of a new group of wedding specialists who cater to the LGBT community. And it's not just…
Arts Jul 02 From the big bang to cosmic vibrations, Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart plays the rhythm of the universe Mickey Hart, a well-known drummer for the Grateful Dead, has collaborated with astrophysicists on music that reflects the origins of the universe, and with neuroscientists to figure out how music stimulates different parts of damaged brains. Special correspondent Mike Cerre…
Science Jul 02 Two cities, two very different responses to rising sea levels While New York City is taking aggressive action to prevent future catastrophes like Hurricane Sandy, other vulnerable cities, such as Charleston, South Carolina, are not tackling the threat of rising sea level and climate change with the same urgency. Special…
Economy Jul 02 Labor participation has hit a 38-year low, and that's a problem In June, the U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs and unemployment fell to its lowest rate in seven years. But the proportion of Americans working or looking for work is now the smallest it’s been in nearly four decades, and wages…
Nation Jul 02 Did airlines coordinate to limit capacity and keep fares up? The Justice Department has begun to investigate several major airlines for possible collusion over keeping fares high. For insight, Hari Sreenivasan turns to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who asked the DOJ to investigate airlines last month.
Nation Jul 02 After a long legal fight, BP agrees to largest environmental settlement in U.S. history In the nation’s worst oil disaster, 134 million gallons of crude gushed into the Gulf of Mexico, coating beaches and barrier islands, killing thousands of animals and decimating fisheries. Now nearly five years later, oil giant British Petroleum is facing…