World Apr 27 News Wrap: Kathmandu overwhelmed by rubble after earthquake In our news wrap Monday, the death toll in Nepal’s earthquake zone topped 4,000, with more than 6,500 injured after Saturday’s earthquake. The situation for survivors grew dire and thousands fled the ravaged capital as food and water ran out.
World Apr 26 Will Israel’s new water technology yield political gain in the arid Middle East? Over the past few years in Israel, the country's water shortage has become a surplus. Through a combination of conservation, reuse and desalination, the country now has more water than it needs. And that could translate to political progress for…
Episode Apr 26 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 26, 2015 On this edition for Sunday, April 26th, 2015, devastation in Nepal following a powerful earthquake and aftershocks that killed more than 2,500 people, tensions in Baltimore, Maryland, rise following a day of protests over the death of a young African…
Nation Apr 26 Why are more women dying from childbirth in the U.S. than in Saudi Arabia or the UK? The United States is the only advanced economy in the world with an increasing number of women who die in childbirth. In fact, a woman giving birth in the U.S. is twice as likely to die than in Saudi Arabia…
Nation Apr 26 Comedian in Chief? See Obama’s zingers from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night was the White House Correspondents' Dinner, an event honoring Washington journalists for their work. But it's better known as the night when the Commander in Chief tries to become the Comedian in Chief. Here are some of the…
World Apr 26 Victims crowd hospitals in Nepal after buildings ‘pancaked’ by earthquake After a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, killing more than 1,500 people and sparking panic in the streets, residents are suffering through the aftermath. Ellen Barry, the South Asian bureau chief for The New York Times joins Alison Stewart via Skype…
Episode Apr 25 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 25, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, April 25th, 2015, Nepal suffers from devastation following a powerful earthquake that killed more than a thousand people, new protests erupt in Baltimore in the after the death of a young African American man in…
Nation Apr 25 Could Israel’s water technology ease drought conditions in California? Could the technology used in Israel that successfully turned the country's water shortage into a surplus be implemented in California to ease the state's drought? KQED Public Media reporter Daniel Potter joins Alison Stewart via Skype from San Francisco to…