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…
Arts Apr 25 Art exhibit lets vision-impaired visitors touch masterpieces at Madrid museum An exhibition, “Touching the Prado” at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, is designed to give the blind or those with limited sight an opportunity to create a mental image of a painting by feeling it. Alison Stewart reports.
Nation Apr 25 How New York is bringing Internet-deprived homes out of the digital dark There are more than 730,000 homes in New York City without broadband access. And because the Internet today is the gateway to everything from education to the economy, the city is trying to bring those families out of the digital…
World Apr 24 Are ‘signature strikes’ on al-Qaida still necessary? Just how effective and precise can drone warfare be in fighting terrorists? Judy Woodruff talks to Greg Miller of the Washington Post about how the U.S. government deploys so-called “signature strikes” and the risk they pose to civilians.
Episode Apr 24 PBS NewsHour full episode April 24, 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, a look at the risks of drone warfare in the wake of the accidental killing of two Western hostages. Also: Remembering the slaughter of more than a million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks…
World Apr 24 News Wrap: 10 arrested in Italy for Vatican attack plot In our news wrap Friday, Italian police arrested 10 Pakistani and Afghan nationals with links to al-Qaida. They are accused of plotting attacks on the Vatican and in their home countries. Also, two survivors of a migrant smuggling disaster had…
Politics Apr 24 Shields and Brooks on accidental drone deaths, Clinton money questions Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the accidental drone deaths of two hostages in Pakistan, questions about the Clinton Foundation and potential conflicts of interest, plus…
Science Apr 24 Before it showed us distant reaches of the universe, the Hubble telescope ‘needed glasses’ Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has sent back more than a million observations and amazing images, offering scientists and stargazers an unmatched window to the universe. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to celebrate Hubble’s…
World Apr 24 Obama: Review of hostage deaths may offer drone changes In January, a U.S. drone strike aimed at an al-Qaida target in Pakistan accidentally killed an American and an Italian hostage. In response, President Obama has suggested that a review of the events could offer improvements and changes. Judy Woodruff…