Nation Apr 20 Five years on, what do we know about BP oil spill damage? How is the Gulf Coast coping with the effects of the massive 2010 BP oil spill five years later? Judy Woodruff talks to John Young, president of Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish, and Mark Schleifstein of Nola.com and The Times-Picayune about the…
Nation Apr 20 How the BP oil spill hurt Gulf Coast wildlife and livelihoods Five years ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 and sending a torrent of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. When it was finally capped, more than 100 million gallons had spilled, resulting in the deaths of…
World Apr 20 EU calls crisis meeting over growing migrant deaths at sea The European Union came under intense pressure to address the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean after a vessel carrying migrants sank off the Libyan coast over the weekend, killing nearly everyone on board. So far this year, at least 1,500…
World Apr 20 UN struggles to combat hunger in world’s worst combat zones Since South Sudan’s creation four years ago, conflict within the country has left millions displaced or dead. Among the living, 2.5 million need food assistance, and the number could grow to 4 million by the end of the year. Judy…
Episode Apr 19 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 19, 2015 On this edition for Sunday, April 19th, 2015, the Italian Coast Guard searches for survivors after a fishing boat packed with hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, American military trainers arrive in Ukraine, prompting an angry response from…
Nation Apr 19 Report: FBI investigators overstated evidence against criminal defendants The Justice Department and FBI formally acknowledged that FBI forensic investigators routinely gave flawed testimony overstating evidence against criminal defendants during the 1980s and 1990s. In more than a dozen cases, defendants were later executed or died in prison. Spencer…
World Apr 19 U.S. troops are in Ukraine for training and the Kremlin isn’t happy about it The United States Army announced on Friday that about 300 troops, based in Italy, had arrived in western Ukraine for a six-month training rotation for three battalions of Ukraine’s National Guard. It is the first training mission by American troops…
World Apr 19 What’s behind the wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa? Over the weekend, South African leader Jacob Zuma canceled a trip overseas following a wave of xenophobic violence against immigrants. David Smith of the Guardian joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Johannesburg to discuss the backlash.
Episode Apr 18 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 18, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, April 18th, 2015, the Islamic State expands its reach as authorities blame the terror group for a suicide bombing that killed dozens of people in Afghanistan. Later, a former national security official weighs in on…