Politics Jan 30 Shields and Brooks on Koch brothers’ near-billion dollar spending plan, no third run for Romney Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including Mitt Romney’s decision not to make a third presidential run, the Koch brothers’ plan to spend $889 million on the…
Nation Jan 30 After a season of scandal, will viewers hold NFL more accountable? From domestic violence to deflated footballs, this NFL season has been rife with scandal, and yet its viewership has remained loyal. Ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl, Hari Sreenivasan takes stock of the year in pro-football with Kevin Blackistone of ESPN…
Arts Jan 30 What an indie movie deal means in the age of on-demand The Sundance Film Festival is both celebration and marketplace for those who love, create and deal in independent cinema, making it a touchstone for the health of the industry. While technology has made it cheaper and easier to make a…
Health Jan 30 A push to use the human genome to make medicine more precise President Obama introduced a new plan to create a database of genetic information of a million Americans in order to better tailor medical treatments for groups of patients. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien interviews Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes…
World Jan 30 How civilians caught in the Ukraine conflict are coping Fierce fighting has resumed between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in Eastern Ukraine, killing civilians on both sides. Meanwhile, scheduled peace talks were abandoned when rebel delegates refused to participate. Judy Woodruff talks to Shaun Walker of The Guardian about…
Nation Jan 30 News Wrap: U.S. economy slows but wages rise In our news wrap Friday, the government reported that GDP growth slowed significantly in the last part of 2014, but wages and benefits rose at the best pace in six years. Also, former Gov. Mitt Romney announced he will not…
Episode Jan 29 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 29, 2015 Thursday on the NewsHour, a new study suggests that keeping juvenile offenders out of jail could reduce crime rates. Also: The disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner is declared an accident, pros and cons of a nuclear deal with Iran, proposed…
Economy Jan 29 Bookies bank on sports fans who bet with their hearts Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Las Vegas, the global epicenter of sports gambling, to learn how research and analytics separates the sports betting pros from the average joes.
Arts Jan 29 ‘American Sniper’ provokes debate on Iraq, depictions of war "American Sniper" has been nominated for six Academy Awards and is on track to be the biggest box-office war film ever. But the drama based on the life of a late Navy Seal, said to be the most lethal sharpshooter…