Episode Mar 27 PBS NewsHour full episode March 27, 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, Syrian President Bashar Assad sat down for an interview with Charlie Rose, rejecting charges that his military used chemical weapons. Also: a verdict in a Silicon Valley gender bias lawsuit, Nigeria goes to the polls amid…
Science Mar 27 Armor-like shark skin may offer blueprint for defense against superbugs Do sharks offer a key to fighting deadly bacteria? The White House unveiled a new campaign Friday to contain drug-resistant bacteria known as “superbugs,” and one of the unlikely resources that researchers are turning to is shark skin. Hari Sreenivasan…
World Mar 27 Will Nigeria have its first-ever democratic transition of power since independence? Millions of Nigerians are expected to turn out for tomorrow’s delayed election, which pits President Goodluck Jonathan against former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari in a tight race, with fears of terrorism looming. Jeffrey Brown learns more about the significance of…
World Mar 27 Nigeria wages offensive against Boko Haram ahead of election Nigeria’s upcoming election between current President Goodluck Jonathan and former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari could be the nation’s closest contest since the end of military rule in 1999. But hanging over the election is the threat of Boko Haram, the…
Nation Mar 27 How women in tech see Ellen Pao's gender discrimination case A jury of six men and six women found gender was not a factor in the firing of former junior partner Ellen Pao at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The case drew attention to sexism and gender…
World Mar 27 News Wrap: Germanwings co-pilot was hiding illness, say prosecutors In our news wrap Friday, no suicide note was found in the search of the home of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, but a torn-up doctor’s note suggests that he was hiding an illness from employers before he crashed a plane…
Episode Mar 26 PBS NewsHour full episode March 26, 2015 Tonight on the program, we examine new evidence released concerning the fatal plane crash in the French Alps. Also: Yemen chaos takes another sharp turn with Saudi airstrikes, whether investors are pumping up another housing bubble in Florida, a bipartisan…
Economy Mar 26 Are investors pumping up another housing bubble in Florida? Since Florida's housing market crashed nearly a decade ago, a wave of investors offering cash to flip or rent properties has helped restore market values. Now, some homeowners who suffered foreclosure but are ready again to qualify are being priced…
Health Mar 26 House approves permanent fix for Medicare doctor payment For more than a decade, doctors who treat Medicare patients have been threatened with pay cuts due to a faulty formula of how doctors are reimbursed. But in a rare bipartisan agreement, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a deal…