Episode Sep 11 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 11, 2014 Thursday on the NewsHour, we get reaction and analysis to President Obama’s plan to expand military action to cripple the Islamic State group. Also: the NFL investigates its handling of the Ray Rice scandal and a look at what classified…
Nation Sep 11 NFL investigates how it handled Ray Rice case The National Football League announced an investigation led by former FBI director Robert Mueller amid new questions about when league officials first saw images of Ray Rice hitting his then-fiancee. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Kavitha Davidson of Bloomberg View about…
World Sep 11 Analyzing potential challenges of fighting the Islamic State Judy Woodruff gets a broad assessment of the president’s plan to combat the Islamic State from former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, former State Department official Richard Haass, former Defense Department official Michèle Flournoy and retired Army Col. Andrew Bacevich…
Politics Sep 11 House Armed Services chair ‘hopeful’ Congress will fund president’s Islamic State plan On Capitol Hill, President Obama’s call to action against Islamic militants was met with qualified support from Congressional leaders. While Democrats praised the president for his decisiveness, Republicans were more wary, noting the administration’s delay in responding to earlier attacks.
World Sep 11 Obama picks up support for battle strategy against Islamic State President Obama won initial support at home among lawmakers and abroad for a U.S. plan to defeat the Islamic State group as part of a broad coalition. Secretary of State John Kerry sought backing from Arab and Gulf leaders, while…
World Sep 11 Susan Rice on arming Syrian rebels, keeping U.S. combat forces out of the fight against Islamic State National Security Advisor Susan Rice joins Gwen Ifill to discuss what’s at stake in the fight against Islamic militants, the potential for arming the moderate Syrian opposition and why the administration doesn’t want to put boots on the ground in…
World Sep 11 News Wrap: UN peacekeepers released by Syrian rebels In our news wrap Thursday, 45 UN peacekeepers held captive for two weeks were released by al-Nusra Front, Syrian rebels who are linked to al-Qaida. Also, a South African judge ruled that Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius cannot be convicted…