Episode Mar 24 PBS NewsHour full episode March 24, 2015 Tonight on the program, we take a look at the crash of a German jet in the French Alps this morning and examine why the crash may have occurred. Also: a newsmaker interview with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the ethics…
World Mar 24 An avalanche rescue caught on camera In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, earlier this year, an Australian man named James Mort survived being buried in an avalanche while skiing in the Swiss Alps thanks to rescue efforts by his friends, one of whom captured…
World Mar 24 Journalist offers inside look at modern life in Iran Thomas Erdbrink, Tehran bureau chief for The New York Times, offers a rarely seen personal look at daily life in Iran, the first report in a series called Dispatch: Iran.
Arts Mar 24 Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti laments changing San Francisco Ninety-six-year-old Lawrence Ferlinghetti settled in San Francisco in the 1950s, where he opened the City Lights bookshop and publishing house. But today San Francisco is better known as a central hub of the tech boom than of countercultural creativity. Jeffrey…
World Mar 24 Afghan President Ghani: Partnership with U.S. 'revitalized' President Obama announced that the U.S. would scale back the pace of its promised troop pullout from Afghanistan, retaining current forces this year. Gwen Ifill interviews President Ashraf Ghani about thawing relations with the U.S., potential changes in how Pakistan…
Health Mar 24 The Medicaid bill that doesn't go away when you die Medicaid is thought of as free health insurance for the poor, but federal law requires that recipients pay for the costs of long-term care. And when patients die, Medicaid charges the expenses to the leftover assets in their estates, sometimes…
World Mar 24 Why was the German jet flying so low and so fast? What happened to the Germanwings Airbus that crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday? Shortly after reaching its cruising altitude, the airplane began a dangerously fast descent over mountainous terrain, but no distress call was issued. Alan Diehl, an aviation…
World Mar 24 News Wrap: Obama says Israeli-Palestinian peace improbable In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama declared the Israeli-Palestinian peace process all but over, in the wake of pre-election comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he appeared to rule out endorsing a Palestinian state. Also, forces loyal…