Health Oct 24 Saving lives and bearing witness in hot spots around the world The New York doctor infected with Ebola was working in Guinea for Doctors Without Borders, a humanitarian organization that deploys specialists to provide medical help in crisis zones all over the world. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro offers a…
Nation Oct 24 What consumers should know about the Takata airbag recalls Automakers have recalled more than 50 million vehicles in 2014. The latest wave impacts certain cars with defective airbags from the Japanese company Takata. The airbags, which can can rupture and blast metal debris, have been linked to at least…
Politics Oct 24 Will strong feelings about Obamacare influence Kentucky's election? In Kentucky there's a disconnect in public opinion for the Affordable Care Act versus the state's popular health exchange program. Special correspondent Renee Shaw of Kentucky Educational Television reports on how voter opinions of the president’s health care law stands…
Politics Oct 24 Shields and Brooks on changes if the GOP takes the Senate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including what Ebola anxiety says about the national mood, as well as what challenges both parties may face going into the…
Nation Oct 24 Liberian immigrants face Ebola stigma in U.S. While Manhattan is confronting its first Ebola infection, a Liberian community on Staten Island has been following the devastating toll of the epidemic in West Africa. Hari Sreenivasan reports from “Little Liberia,” where he talks to people who have been…
Health Oct 24 Officials try to ease worries about NYC's first Ebola case New York health officials say an American doctor who contracted Ebola after treating patients in Guinea showed no symptoms for more than a week before falling ill. Dr. Craig Spencer has been isolated and his fiancee and two friends have…
Nation Oct 24 News Wrap: NYC police call hatchet attack a 'terrorist act' In our news wrap Friday, a hatchet attack on four rookie police officers in New York is being labeled a “terrorist act.” The suspect, who was killed, was a recent convert to Islam but had no ties to international terrorism.
Episode Oct 23 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 23, 2014 Tonight on the program, we look at the deadly shooting in Canada, where Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pledged stronger law enforcement in the attacks' wake. Also: how robots and spacesuits could aid Ebola prevention, what Michael Brown's autopsy reveals…
World Oct 23 The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria Telling the stories of conflict in Syria and Iraq has become prohibitively dangerous for many news organizations; more than 70 journalists have been killed while covering the Syrian war. While a few international reporters remain in the country, much of…