Nation Jun 13 LA's ambitious plan to house every homeless veteran Los Angeles, a city with the highest number of homeless veterans, recently signed on to an ambitious national effort to end the crisis by the end of the year. Now, hundreds of service providers are working toward that goal by…
Episode Jun 12 PBS NewsHour full episode June 12, 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, President Obama’s trade bill hangs in the balance after more than 100 House Democrats abandon it. Also: How labs in West Africa are testing potential Ebola vaccines, a new campaign to free jailed journalists in Iran,…
World Jun 12 Raising visibility for journalists imprisoned by Iran Journalist Maziar Bahari was held for months in a Tehran prison after being arrested while on assignment. He's written a memoir of that ordeal, "Then They Came for Me,” plus directed a documentary called "Forced Confessions." Now he's launched a…
Politics Jun 12 Shields and Brooks on Obama trade bill defeat, deploying more troops to Iraq Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including a defeat for President Obama from his own party on a trade deal vote, the White House announcement that the…
Science Jun 12 Why testing an Ebola vaccine isn't so easy In Sierra Leone and Liberia, where the Ebola epidemic has been a nightmare, the promise of a vaccine offers hope. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on the challenges of conducting experimental drug trials there and the desperate need to find…
Politics Jun 12 What's next after Democrats derail trade bill? President Obama's long-sought trade deal is in limbo after a key part of the bill was defeated. The House effectively rejected a combination of proposals that would have given the president fast-trade trade authority. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., talks to…
Nation Jun 12 News Wrap: New York authorities refocus search for escaped convicts In our news wrap Friday, law enforcement in New York refocused their search for two escaped convicts after reports that two men were seen jumping a stone wall. Also, hackers linked to China may have gained sensitive information on military…