Episode Dec 21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 21, 2014 On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 21, authorities investigate the murder of two New York City police officers and its possible link to recent protests against police, the National Labor Relations Board files a formal complaint against McDonald's and it…
Nation Dec 21 NYPD officer killings expose rift between police and mayor Pervaiz Shallwani, a criminal justice reporter for the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan for the latest information about the murder of two NYPD officers in Brooklyn Saturday, Dec. 20.
Nation Dec 21 Viewers respond to report on controversy over Georgia mosque Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments in response to a NewsHour Weekend report on controversy surrounding the opening of a mosque in a town in Georgia.
Economy Dec 21 McDonald's charged with abusing workers over wage protests A lawyer from the National Labor Relations Board filed formal complaints against McDonald's and some of its franchises on Friday. To unpack this story further, Steven Greenhouse, a former correspondent for the New York Times, who has covered labor issues,…
Nation Dec 21 Whistleblowers win with False Claims Act, but does it actually deter fraud? Last year alone, the federal government and its whistleblowers -- people incentivized by the False Claims Act to expose fraud in companies that work with the government -- recovered nearly $6 billion in lawsuits that exposed wrongdoing. But some question…
Episode Dec 20 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 20, 2014 On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 20, North Korea says it was not behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures and warns of consequences if the U.S. retaliates and in Iraq, Kurdish forces supported by U.S. airstrikes make gains against…
Politics Dec 20 Obama unleashed: President goes his own way in final years in office President Obama, in an apparently unprecedented step, only took questions from female reporters during a news conference Friday. It might be a very small example of how the president, often criticized for his caution, is now doing things his own…
World Dec 20 What's behind the recent retreat of ISIS in Northern Iraq? Over the past few days, pro-Western Kurdish fighters, with the aid of American air power, have forced ISIS fighters in Northern Iraq to retreat from territory they seized last summer. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies…
Nation Dec 20 Freedom of religion? Mosque debate in Georgia town reveals sharp divide In Kennesaw, Ga., the city council recently rejected, then approved a bid to house a mosque at a shopping mall. The vote has ignited a fierce debate in the community over how residents feel about Muslims and their First Amendment…
Nation Dec 19 EPA decision not to classify coal ash as hazardous angers environmentalists Environmental groups have long pushed for coal ash, a by-product of coal burning energy production that contains toxic contaminants, to be classified as a hazardous material. While the EPA announced new standards for storage and disposal, the agency decided to…