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…
World Jan 08 France mourns Charlie Hebdo victims as police expand search The bells of Notre Dame tolled as France marked a national day of mourning for the victims of a deadly attack on a Parisian publication. Meanwhile, the police extended their manhunt for two Islamist attackers, carried out house-to-house searches and…
Episode Jan 07 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 7, 2015 Tonight on the program, we examine what's next for the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, where the death toll now exceeds 8,000. Also: Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto met with President Obama, how drones are helping protect ancient cultural sites…
Nation Jan 07 NewsHour Shares: Bill Gates drinks water purified from waste Human waste is being turned into drinkable water at a treatment plant in Washington state, with funding by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, we see how the pioneering idea could be…