Episode Sep 29 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 29, 2014 Tonight on the program, we take a look at the scrutiny the U.S. Secret Service is facing after the White House intrusion. Also: protestors demonstrate for democracy in Hong Kong, how the U.S. missed warning signs about the Islamic State,…
World Sep 29 Racing to save Kenya’s wild elephants from poachers For the African elephant, poaching has reached crisis levels, according to some advocates. Killed for their magnificent ivory tusks, activists worry that wild elephants could near extinction in a decade. Jeffrey Brown reports from Amboseli National Park in Kenya about…
Nation Sep 29 How Detroit has streamlined its fight against blight Facing the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history, Detroit has adopted diverse solutions to give itself a facelift. The city is tackling blight and dilapidated homes with help from technology like smartphone apps and online crowdsourcing, and offering incentives to…
World Sep 29 How the U.S. missed warning signs about the Islamic State President Obama acknowledged that the intelligence community underestimated the force of the Islamic State militants and overestimated the will of Iraq’s military. Frederick Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute joins Judy Woodruff to offer his perspective on what the intelligence…