Episode Dec 28 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 28, 2014 On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 28, a commercial airliner carrying 162 people vanishes in Southeast Asia -- we'll have the latest on the search. Later, as the holiday shopping season draws to a close, how did retailers across the…
Economy Dec 28 Did plunging gas prices boost holiday spending? Ever since oil prices started falling, experts have predicted that consumers would use the extra money saved to spend more on holiday gifts. Did that happen? Sara Germano of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan from Albany with the…
World Dec 28 What we know (and don't) about the missing AirAsia jetliner As of Monday morning in Asia, the search for a missing AirAsia jetliner which disappeared carrying 162 people is resuming. The Airbus vanished from radar screens about 40 minutes after taking off from Indonesia en route to Singapore on Sunday.
Nation Dec 28 Return of the debtors' prison? Many jailed for inability to pay fines Cities across the country are increasingly turning to what are known as private probation companies to collect unpaid fines. But are indigent people ending up in jail because they can't afford to pay? Since NewsHour Weekend's first story on this…
Episode Dec 27 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 27, 2014 Thousands attend the funeral of one of two New York City police officers murdered while on duty last weekend. Later, North Korea ridicules President Obama and accuses the US of causing internet shortages in that country. And, in our signature…
Nation Dec 27 One family moves on from its sharecropping past in Arkansas In the second installment of "Flying Coach," special correspondent John Larson's series on people he encounters while traveling to report on other stories, we meet Donna Hahn, whose family worked as sharecroppers in Arkansas until the Ku Klux Klan drove…
Episode Dec 26 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 26, 2014 Friday on the NewsHour, we look back at the banner year in corporate mergers and the effect on the economy. Also: Deteriorating conditions for people living in Islamic State territory, the Affordable Care Act’s impact on hospitals, restoring a Rothko…
Arts Dec 26 Conservators shine new light on irreplaceable art A series of paintings created by Mark Rothko for Harvard University was thought irreparably damaged by years of sun exposure and removed from view. Thirty-five years later, the paintings have returned, thanks to art historians and curators using digital projection,…