Economy Jan 19 Obama offers plan to raise taxes on ultra-rich, put more money in middle class pockets President Obama’s new tax code proposal calls for tax increases for higher-income earners and more tax benefits for low- and middle-income earners. Jeffrey Brown learns more from Neil Irwin of The New York Times about what the plan says about…
World Jan 19 Heightened anxiety and vigilance in U.K. after Paris attacks For the British people, the proximity of the Paris attacks seems to make the chance of another terror attack in their country more likely. How is the British government addressing the threat? Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner talks to…
World Jan 19 Clashes raise fears of power vacuum in vulnerable Yemen In Yemen, Shia rebels known as Houthis battled with government forces at the presidential palace, and have also vowed to wipe out al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Abdulwahab Alkebsi of the Center for International Private Enterprise tells Judy Woodruff that…
Nation Jan 19 News Wrap: MLK Day inspires tributes, protests and service In our news wrap Monday, Americans observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day with marches celebrating the civil rights leader, as well as protests over the racial divide, police killings of people of color and income disparity. Also, Iran and Hezbollah…
Episode Jan 18 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 18, 2015 On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 18, President Obama finalizes a plan to increase tax breaks for the middle class. A new study shows just how many schoolchildren across the country are growing up poor. In our signature segment, NewsHour…
Economy Jan 18 Inside Obama's middle class tax plan President Obama will reportedly unveil a plan to offer tax relief for the middle class during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The plan would be paid for by increasing taxes the rich pay on investments and…
World Jan 18 As Africa's elephant population dwindles, project aims to count them all The Great Elephant census, an ambitious two-year initiative funded by an American philanthropist for $7 million, aims to count all of the elephants on the continent of Africa in order to save the species through conservation efforts. But as elephant…
Episode Jan 17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 17, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 17, new security measures go into effect throughout Western Europe. In our signature segment, NewsHour takes you to Belgium, the country with the least restrictive euthanasia laws in the world. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from…