Nation Jan 11 Former NYPD officers talk police-minority relations A major topic of conversation in recent months has been the often fraught relationship between police and minority communities. Last week, PBS NewsHour Weekend spoke to the President of the Brooklyn chapter of the NAACP and retired NYC police lieutenant…
Science Jan 11 Monarch butterflies could get endangered species status Every year, millions of North American monarch butterflies head south for the winter -- but recently their numbers have plummeted by up to 90 percent. In Washington, responding to a petition submitted by conservation organizations, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
Episode Jan 10 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 10, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 10, the latest on the investigation into this week's terror attacks in France and what those mean for the country's nearly 500,000 Jewish citizens, and the former Deputy Director for the CIA weighs in…
World Jan 10 What dangers could terror threats abroad pose to the US? John McLaughlin, a former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington for more on what the overseas terror threats could mean for life in the United States.
World Jan 10 'Sense of siege': French citizens on edge after Paris attacks In the aftermath of this week's terrorist attacks in Paris, people remain on edge, despite many marches and gatherings of solidarity throughout the country. Rachel Donadio of the New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Paris to gauge…
Episode Jan 09 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 9, 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, France’s manhunt for two terrorists comes to a bloody end. Also: What the 2014 jobs surge means for interest rates in 2015, Obama’s plan to overhaul community colleges and make the first two years free, Mark…
Nation Jan 09 Consumer electronics get more connected, but do we need everything to be interactive? The Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest annual technology exhibition, is a launching pad for groundbreaking products, but this year, many of the innovations on display focus on improving the connectivity and interactivity of everyday consumer products, from a 3D…
Politics Jan 09 Shields and Brooks on Paris terrorism and tolerance, GOP takeover in Congress Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss this week’s news, including the geopolitical and social consequences of the terrorist attacks in France, as well as what to expect from the new…
Education Jan 09 Would free tuition boost student success at community colleges? President Obama’s plan to make the first two years of community college free could help up to 9 million students and add educated employees to the workforce. But it would cost the federal government billions and would have to pass…