Health Oct 09 Why Ebola is outpacing health efforts on the ground Despite increased pledges of support for the Ebola epidemic, Nancy Aossey of International Medical Corps says there are still not enough operational efforts on the ground. Gwen Ifill talks to Aossey, CEO of one of the few nongovernmental groups treating…
World Oct 09 News Wrap: U.S. troops arrive in Liberia to combat Ebola In our news wrap Thursday, 100 U.S. marines and other military aid landed in Liberia to support the fight against Ebola. Meanwhile, West African leaders made appeals at a World Bank meeting for the international community to do more. Also,…
Oct 09 Islamic State uses only half of a Quran verse to justify beheadings -- see what's in the other half
Episode Oct 08 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 8, 2014 Tonight on the program, we look inside the Emergency Operations Center at the CDC where doctors and scientists attempt to contain and control the Ebola virus. Also: is air power enough to stop Islamic State militants, same-sex marriage reignites as…
Science Oct 08 Will flight tracking evolve in wake of Malaysia Air mystery? More than six months ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on its trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Two months of searching for wreckage and clues yielded no definitive answers about what happened. On Monday the search resumed. Jeffrey Brown…
Politics Oct 08 Stop expecting American presidents to be great and allow them to be good, says author
World Oct 08 Can air power alone stop advance of Islamic State militants? While Islamic State forces seem poised to take the border town of Kobani, President Obama and military leaders are weighing what more can be done to combat the militants marching toward Turkey. Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Michèle Flournoy, a…
Health Oct 08 Meet the disease detectives tracking Ebola at the CDC Go inside the Emergency Operations Center at the CDC, the information hub where doctors and scientists are at the front lines of the effort to contain and control the Ebola virus. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports from Atlanta on the…