Nation May 15 Boston bombing victims react to Tsarnaev death sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that killed three. The federal jury chose to sentence the 21-year-old to death by lethal injection over life in prison without possibility of release. Judy Woodruff talks…
World May 15 Why thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar, only to be stranded at sea Since November, an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 people have fled persecution in Myanmar and poverty in Bangladesh. Thousands are currently stranded at sea, some having been turned away from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Many are from the Rohingya, a muslim…
Politics May 15 Shields and Brooks on the Senate's trade battle, train safety funding Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including a death sentence for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an Amtrak funding and safety debate after the deadly derailment, the Senate…
World May 15 News Wrap: Wreckage of Marine helicopter found in Nepal In our news wrap Friday, U.S. Military officials found the wreckage of the Marine helicopter that went down outside of Kathmandu, Nepal, in an area hit hard by the latest earthquake. Six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers were on a…
Arts May 15 The blues was life for legendary musician B.B. King Blues legend B.B. King has died at age 89. The singer continued to perform until last October, averaging more than 300 performances a year for six decades. Jeffrey Brown, who once joined King on his tour bus, and remembers the…
Arts May 15 Blues Master: B.B. King Correspondent Jeffrey Brown looks at the groundbreaking for a new museum in Mississippi honoring the legendary B.B. King.
Episode May 14 PBS NewsHour full episode May 14, 2015 Thursday on the NewsHour, lawmakers debate infrastructure funding after a deadly train derailment in Philadelphia. Also: President Obama and Arab leaders convene at Camp David, soldiers fight Boko Haram from crossing into Cameroon, why big business is backing the trade…
Nation May 14 Organic food pioneer shares her life's work, from farm to cafe table From a farm in the Austrian Alps, to the first certified organic restaurant in the United States, chef and natural food advocate Nora Pouillon tells her life story in a new book, "My Organic Life." Jeffrey Brown offers a taste…
May 14 See the world's oldest-known parchment letter In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a business letter from 12th century Italy, written on parchment, goes in view in London. The high-resolution scan in this video is courtesy of Alberto Bolaffi.