Politics Jun 01 What happens now that the NSA isn’t logging your calls For the first time in nearly 14 years, the National Security Agency is no longer allowed to log every time an American picks up the telephone to call someone. Overnight, three key provisions of the Patriot Act were allowed by…
Nation Jun 01 News Wrap: Texas gets respite from extreme storms In our news wrap Monday, much of Texas saw clear skies for the first time since deadly storms began Memorial Day weekend, though areas remained flooded. At least 31 deaths are tied to the severe weather. Also, Secretary of State…
Episode May 31 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 31, 2015 On this edition for Sunday, May 31, with a deadline looming, the Senate resumes the debate over the Patriot Act. Leaders worldwide express sympathy for Vice President Joe Biden and his family after the death of his son Beau. And…
Politics May 31 Senate debates Patriot Act surveillance as expiration nears The Senate is in a rare Sunday session, wrangling over three key surveillance provisions of the Patriot Act set to expire at midnight. PBS NewsHour's Political Director Lisa Desjardins joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington with more.
Nation May 31 How to hook young people on math and science? Robots. In the United States, the number of college students pursuing degrees in math and science fields lags well behind dozens of industrialized countries. The numbers are even smaller for women and people of color. But one program is using robotics…
Nation May 31 ‘The right to be handsome’: As the conversation around gender identity evolves, so does the fashion Diane Sawyer's interview last month with Olympic champion Bruce Jenner, who came out as a transgender woman, reignited a national conversation about the complexities of gender presentation and sexuality. NewsHour's Ivette Feliciano reports on how the explosion of transgender and…
Episode May 30 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 30, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, May 30, more than 4,000 migrants are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea over a 24-hour period. Later, the economic implications of removing Cuba from the U.S. Terror List. And, in our signature segment, how one…
World May 30 How will financial ties with Cuba change now that it’s off the terrorism list? The State Department on Friday officially lifted its designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, in one of the many recent steps by the Obama administration to reestablish diplomatic ties between Cuba and the U.S. Carla Robbins of…
World May 30 What does ISIS control mean for the people of Palmyra? On Saturday, ISIS continued to maintain control of the city of Palmyra in Syria. For more on how the militant group is treating the people in Palmyra, Anne Barnard of the New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from…