World Dec 15 Deadly hostage siege in Australia was ‘act of a desperate man’ Australian police stormed a cafe in Sydney where a lone gunman had held several hostages for hours, ending the siege with heavy gunfire. Two hostages were killed, in addition to the suspect. Judy Woodruff learns more from Sydney-based journalist Stuart…
World Dec 15 News Wrap: Palestinian officials to push for statehood at UN In our news wrap Monday, Palestinian officials announced a decision to make a new bid for statehood at the UN Security Council and to try to force Israel to give up the West Bank. Also, more than 3,000 rescuers searched…
Arts Dec 15 Artist Ai Weiwei explores definition of freedom at Alcatraz Most people who take the ferry to Alcatraz are going to tour the legendary former prison in San Francisco Bay. They may be surprised to find seven new works by Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, who was detained by…
Episode Dec 14 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 14, 2014 On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 14, the Senate passes the $1.1 trillion spending bill that will keep the government running in a late night deal. And, in our signature segment, two years after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook…
Economy Dec 14 Legal challenges cause woes for Wall Street darling Uber Valued at $41.2 billion, on-demand taxi service Uber is both the darling of Wall Street and the bane of local regulators across the country and around the world. Liz Gannes of Re/code joins Hari Sreenivasan from San Francisco with more…
World Dec 14 Climate talks in Lima: What did the global community actually agree on? For the first time in history, climate change negotiators have come up with a plant to limit greenhouse gas emissions in every single nation. The agreement requires all 196 countries to create a detailed plan within the next six months…
Politics Dec 14 Inside the Senate’s last-minute passage of $1.1 trillion spending bill Late Saturday night the Senate passed a sweeping $1.1 trillion spending bill, heading off a government shutdown. The budget plan, which has drawn criticism from both Democrats and Tea Party Republicans, clears the way for larger campaign contributions by wealthy…
Nation Dec 14 Two years after Sandy Hook, how have gun laws changed? In the two years since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the state of Connecticut adopted some of the most restrictive gun policies in the country, including a controversial law enacted last year to keep weapons out of the…
Episode Dec 13 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 13, 2014 On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 13, protests against killings by police continue in New York and Washington D.C. Later, a look inside a covert United States government hip-hop program in Cuba. And, from California, a historic drought has farmers…
Economy Dec 13 Is there a down side to the recent plunge in oil prices? Over the last few weeks, the price of oil has dropped dramatically. While this may be good news for consumers, for Wall Street the numbers tell a different story. The Wall Street Journal's Nick Timiraos joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington,…