World Jan 09 At the end of Paris terror standoffs, questions about French security efforts Three days of terror in France ended with the deaths of three gunmen, including Said and Cherif Kouachi, brothers suspected of killing 12 people in Paris. That raid at a printing plant followed a nearly simultaneous assault at a kosher…
Politics Jan 09 News Wrap: Legal challenge to Keystone XL fails in Nebraska In our news wrap Friday, the House of Representatives voted again to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline after the Nebraska Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge to the pipeline’s route. Also, Islamic cleric Mustafa Kamel Mustafa was sentenced…
Episode Jan 08 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 8, 2015 Tonight on the program, we look at the continued search for the Charlie Hebdo attackers as France mourned today. Also: why resentment is growing between Christians and Muslims in France, radicalization of Islam, a conversation with director Ava DuVernay of…
World Jan 08 What's driving European Muslims to extremism? The brothers who attacked satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo had a secular Muslim upbringing before their apparent radicalization. What's leading young European Muslims to embrace extremism? Peter Neumann of King's College London says it’s a conflict of identity and acceptance. Neumann…
World Jan 08 News Wrap: Severe storms silence guns in Syria In our news wrap Thursday, there were no reported deaths in Syria for the first time in three years due to frigid temperatures and storms. But activists warned that the weather conditions are “catastrophic” for refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.
World Jan 08 Amid great sadness and tension in France, calls for unity The city of Paris is still on edge as police search for two men wanted in the attack on French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Gwen Ifill speaks with Mark Austin of Independent Television News about the scale of the manhunt and…