Economy Feb 03 Will S&P's penalty for too-rosy mortgage securities ratings send a message? While not admitting wrongdoing, Standard & Poor’s Financial Services agreed to pay almost $1.4 billion to settle allegations by the Justice Department that credit ratings for high-risk mortgage securities mislead investors before the 2008 financial crisis. Judy Woodruff discusses implications…
Episode Feb 02 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 2, 2015 Monday on the NewsHour, President Obama delivers a $4 trillion spending plan to Capitol Hill. We talk to budget director Shaun Donovan and Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. Also: Egypt continues its complicated crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the alarming new…
Health Feb 02 Opting out of vaccination is 'recipe for outbreak' Parents who don’t vaccinate their children due to concerns about side effects can put others at risk -- even those who have been vaccinated. Gwen Ifill talks to Patsy Stinchfield of the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota about the…
World Feb 02 What's next for two Al Jazeera journalists still imprisoned in Egypt? After the release of Peter Greste, Jeffrey Brown talks to Borzou Daragahi of the Financial Times in Cairo about the intense international pressure put on Egypt to release the jailed Al Jazeera journalists, and the decision to impose a mass…
World Feb 02 For freed Al Jazeera journalist, relief mixed with concern for jailed colleagues Australian journalist Peter Greste has been released from a Cairo prison after being convicted for aiding the Muslim Brotherhood and being jailed for more than a year. Meanwhile, his two Al Jazeera colleagues remain behind bars. Separately, a judge sentenced…
Arts Feb 02 Director Richard Linklater collaborates with the future in 'Boyhood' As a storyteller, director Richard Linklater likes to play with the passage of time. For his acclaimed recent film "Boyhood," shooting lasted 12 years in order to tell the story of a boy who ages from 6 to 18. The…
Health Feb 02 Tracing the origins of the anti-vaccine movement A measles outbreak has reached 14 states and infected more than 100 people. The disease had been considered eradicated in the U.S., but parents’ skepticism about the safety and usefulness of vaccines in recent years has made room for measles…
Politics Feb 02 How will Republicans act on Obama's budget proposals? Gwen Ifill gets analysis from Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Nia-Malika Henderson of The Washington Post on President Obama’s budget proposal and the shifting landscape for 2016 GOP contenders, plus an update on the political battles over…
Politics Feb 02 Dissecting Obama's 2016 budget proposal Shaun Donovan, the White House’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, talks to Gwen Ifill about whether President Obama’s budget proposal can find a political middle ground, especially when Democrats say “invest” and Republicans hear “spend.”…