Episode Jan 28 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 28, 2015 Wednesday on the NewsHour, officials in Jordan consider a potential prisoner exchange with the Islamic State, deviating from a long-standing policy on negotiating with terror groups. Also: Battling Heroin addiction with prescription drugs, the Koch brothers’ plans for 2016, whether…
Nation Jan 28 Library social worker helps homeless seeking quiet refuge Meet the nation's first full-time library social worker. Instead of trying to keep homeless residents from taking shelter in the urban haven of public libraries, San Francisco has adopted a new approach: employing a trained professional to address the needs…
Politics Jan 28 How a new generation of war veterans wants to shape military policy The new Congress has the fewest military veterans since World War II, but recent veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are on the rise. What priorities do they bring to Capitol Hill? Judy Woodruff talks to Rep. Martha McSally,…
World Jan 28 Is it time to open the door to better relations with Iran? Historian Robert Kaplan says that geo-political necessities have given longtime enemies, the United States and Iran, some pressing common interests. Is it time to open the door to a working relationship? As part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and…
Politics Jan 28 How the Koch brothers turned into political power brokers Potential presidential candidates for 2016 have started to court donors -- and vice versa. Charles and David Koch, influential libertarian billionaires, plan to spend nearly a billion dollars in the next election cycle. Matea Gold of The Washington Post joins…
World Jan 28 What's behind Islamic State's prisoner swap demand? The Jordanian government said it would release a female Iraqi suicide bomber who had been sentenced to death, in exchange for a pilot captured by the Islamic State in December. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Gwen Ifill to…
World Jan 28 News Wrap: Fighting flares between Hezbollah and Israel In our News Wrap Wednesday, Hezbollah rocket fire killed two Israeli soldiers on the Israel-Lebanon border. The Israeli military fired back with airstrikes and artillery fire. Also, Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s nominee to be the next attorney general, went before…
Health Jan 28 Why a promising heroin addiction treatment is unavailable in many states More than 90 percent of heroin users who detox cold turkey will relapse, but there’s a dispute over prescribing drugs to help addicts get clean and keep them from deadly overdoses. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ryan Grim of The Huffington…
Episode Jan 27 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 27, 2015 Tonight on the program, we take a look at the aftermath of a blizzard that dumped more than two feet of snow on New England. Also: offshore drilling may resume in the Atlantic, North Dakota's booming oil industry braces for…