Arts Nov 15 Family history comes to life: Dress designs lost in Holocaust uncovered When the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939, tens of thousands of Jews applied for visas to anywhere. Among them, Paul Strnad and his wife Hedy, a dress designer. Ultimately, neither would get a visa to leave Czechoslovakia. Now, in an…
Economy Nov 15 Field of weeds: Could agriculture crisis crop up from herbicide resistance? Millions of acres of farmland in the U.S. have been affected by herbicide-resistant weeds, rendering some fields unable to be farmed. And the problem is spreading, which could mean more lost crops and lost profits. The EPA approved a new…
Episode Nov 14 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 14, 2014 Tonight on the program, we take a look at the United States' nuclear weapons stockpile as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced a shakeup of the management. Also: CDC warns the Ebola threat still looms, Atlantic City shuffles for business as…
Arts Nov 14 In ‘Rosewater,’ remembering humor and humanity after torture In 2009, journalist Maziar Bahari was held for months in solitary confinement in a Tehran prison after being charged with being a spy. He turned his real ordeal into a memoir, which has now been dramatized as "Rosewater," a new…
Politics Nov 14 Shields and Brooks on the China carbon deal, Obama’s immigration action Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s news, including the carbon deal between the United States and China, legislative action on the Keystone XL pipeline and how Republicans may…
Economy Nov 14 Atlantic City shuffles for business as casino luck runs out Casinos have been Atlantic City’s lifeblood. Now, they’re bottoming out at alarming rates -- four have already closed this year, leaving thousands unemployed. Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the gamble that elevated Atlantic City in its prime, and how residents…
Health Nov 14 CDC director Frieden: We’re ‘nowhere near out of the woods’ with Ebola Hospital officials in Omaha, Nebraska, are preparing to treat a surgeon who was reportedly infected with the Ebola virus while treating patients in Sierra Leone, where the outbreak continues to be dire. In Liberia, infections rates seem to be slowing,…
Politics Nov 14 News Wrap: GOP-controlled House greenlights Keystone XL bill In our news wrap Friday, the Republican-controlled House approved the final phase of the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline for the ninth time. It's never gotten through the Democratic-controlled Senate, but that may be changing after the midterm elections.