Nation Jan 19 News Wrap: MLK Day inspires tributes, protests and service In our news wrap Monday, Americans observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day with marches celebrating the civil rights leader, as well as protests over the racial divide, police killings of people of color and income disparity. Also, Iran and Hezbollah…
Episode Jan 18 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 18, 2015 On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 18, President Obama finalizes a plan to increase tax breaks for the middle class. A new study shows just how many schoolchildren across the country are growing up poor. In our signature segment, NewsHour…
Economy Jan 18 Inside Obama's middle class tax plan President Obama will reportedly unveil a plan to offer tax relief for the middle class during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The plan would be paid for by increasing taxes the rich pay on investments and…
World Jan 18 As Africa's elephant population dwindles, project aims to count them all The Great Elephant census, an ambitious two-year initiative funded by an American philanthropist for $7 million, aims to count all of the elephants on the continent of Africa in order to save the species through conservation efforts. But as elephant…
Episode Jan 17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 17, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 17, new security measures go into effect throughout Western Europe. In our signature segment, NewsHour takes you to Belgium, the country with the least restrictive euthanasia laws in the world. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from…
World Jan 17 Belgium steps up security amid new terror threats In the wake of last week's shootings in Paris and a sweeping Belgian counter-terror operation this week that left two suspects dead, Belgian authorities have stepped up security across the country. For the latest, Matthew Dalton, a reporter with the…
Nation Jan 17 Viewers comment on relationship between police and communities of color Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments about to two previously aired conversations between former police officers and community leaders exploring the often tense relationship between communities of color and the police.
Episode Jan 16 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 16, 2015 Tonight on the program, we take a look at the Supreme Court's decision to consider whether all states must recognize same-sex marriage. Also: 2014 was the planet's hottest year in recorded history, a new EPA initiative in Wyoming to cut…