Politics Oct 31 CIA and Senate battle over a report on interrogation tactics In 2009, the Senate Intelligence Committee launched an investigation of the CIA's interrogation tactics. Though the committee finalized its report in 2009, the CIA has disputed some of the conclusions and insisted on more redactions to protect agency secrets. Judy…
Health Oct 31 Go inside a U.S. hospital preparing for more Ebola cases In a special ward of Mount Sinai in Manhattan, doctors, nurses and security are prepping at top speed for a dreaded scenario: someone with Ebola walking through their doors. The NewsHour’s Megan Thompson reports from one of eight hospitals in…
Nation Oct 31 News Wrap: Space tourism rocket crashes, killing co-pilot In our news wrap Friday, a test flight for a Virgin Galactic commercial space rocket crashed, killing the co-pilot and badly injuring the pilot. It was the second commercial rocket disaster this week. Also, a seven-week manhunt ended for an…
Episode Oct 30 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 30, 2014 Tonight on the program, we take a look at fighting in Jerusalem between Israel and Palestine as tensions rise over access to the holy site of Temple Mount. Also: a look at Alaska's Senate race, the politics of economics, tough…
Nation Oct 30 Apple's CEO helps open the corporate closet Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, is the first Fortune 500 executive to come out. "I'm proud to be gay and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," wrote Cook in an essay for Bloomberg Businessweek…