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…
Nation Sep 29 Failures of White House security raises concern about Secret Service complacency - Part 2
World Sep 29 Demonstrating for democracy in Hong Kong Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Hong Kong to demand more democracy and oppose interference by Beijing in local politics. Lucy Watson of Independent Television News reports.
Episode Sep 28 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 28, 2014 On this edition for Sunday, Sept. 28, House Speaker John Boehner says America might have no choice but to send ground troops to fight ISIS. Later, India's new prime minister is in the United States -- what's next for U.S.-India…
Nation Sep 28 Beyond the law: Are encrypted smartphones too private for the FBI? The debate over personal privacy vs. national security took a new turn earlier this week as the director of the FBI criticized the advent of encrypted smart phones that allow users to keep data on their devices private. For more,…
World Sep 28 How will Narendra Modi usher in India's new 'age of achievement'? On Sunday, thousands attended a speech in New York City by new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who declared that India is entering a new age of achievement. Alyssa Ayres of the Council on Foreign Relations joins Alison Stewart to…
Episode Sep 27 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 27, 2014 On this edition for Saturday, Sept. 27, on American Graduate Day, NewsHour Weekend looks at whether an extra hour of reading time can help underperforming students.
World Sep 27 As airstrikes continue, how intense has the Syria campaign been so far? The U.S. has continued to strike the Islamic State at various headquarters in Syria, but how intense has the campaign been so far? And what's next? Anthony Cordesman from the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Hari Sreenivasan from…