Episode Feb 25 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 25, 2015 Tonight on the program, we examine the continued fighting in Congress over a looming funding shutdown of the Homeland Security Department. Also: the Supreme Court weighs how religious freedom affects dress codes, how video games are the frontier of AI,…
Arts Feb 25 Art empowers and preserves Houston community Two decades ago, Houston’s Third Ward was struggling with crime, drugs and abandoned homes. Back then, Rick Lowe was one of many artists who bought and transformed area row houses into spaces for work, exhibition and as art itself, bringing…
World Feb 25 Does China have a secret plan to take America’s place? In the bestselling but controversial new book "The Hundred-Year Marathon," author and former Pentagon official Michael Pillsbury argues that China is angling to replace the United States as a global superpower. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner interviews Pillsbury about…
Nation Feb 25 Silicon Valley lawsuit shines light on struggles for women in tech A discrimination lawsuit in California involving a former employee at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm signals another instance of that industry being critiqued for its treatment of women. Jeffrey Brown talks to Nicole Sanchez of Vaya Consulting and Nellie…
Science Feb 25 Teaching computers how to play Atari better than humans Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on how an artificial intelligence business owned by Google has created software that can teaching itself to play classic Atari games better than a human.
Episode Feb 24 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 24, 2015 Tuesday on the NewsHour, a look at what President Obama’s Keystone XL veto means for the pipeline’s prospects. Also: New findings on preventing peanut allergies, inside special courts designed for veterans dealing with PTSD, dramatic changes in American demographics and…
Politics Feb 24 When Congress comes to a standstill, it’s local officials who feel the pressure While Congress debates how to move forward on Department of Homeland Security funding, thousands of county officials from across the U.S. are on Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to act on a wide range of issues, including immigration. Jeffrey Brown…