Politics Dec 10 On eve of shutdown deadline, Congress has a trillion-dollar divide House Speaker John Boehner announced a budget deal just a day before the deadline for a possible federal government shutdown. The Republican-written bill has no sign of past shutdown flashpoints, but it doesn't mean everyone is happy. Political editor Lisa…
World Dec 10 Why is there rampant heroin addiction among Myanmar's jade miners? In northern Myanmar, there's an epidemic of heroin addiction and HIV infection among workers who mine for jade. Some believe the government is encouraging the use of drugs as a weapon against their people. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dan Levin…
Episode Dec 09 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 9, 2014 Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Senate Intelligence Committee releases an executive summary of a five-year investigation into the CIA’s interrogation tactics used on terror suspects after 9/11. Also: An investigation examines who gets to argue before the Supreme Court, scientists…
Science Dec 09 Talking to dogs isn't so far-fetched: Researchers translate canine with computer science Researchers at North Carolina State University are inventing technology to decode dog talk. Hari Sreenivasan visits a computer science lab that has designed a harness to monitor physiological and emotional changes and send wireless commands through vibrations, which could be…