Economy Oct 15 Shrinking U.S. deficit shows stability amid market jitters Worries about Ebola, Europe and the U.S. economy drove another dive on Wall Street. On the same day, the Obama administration announced the national deficit has declined to its lowest level since 2007. Gwen Ifill talks to Treasury Secretary Jack…
Science Oct 15 Did air conditioning play a role in Reagan's election? Searching for ripple effects of history-making tech In the new book and PBS series “How We Got to Now,” Steven Johnson presents six game-changing innovations and how they shaped the modern world. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Johnson about surprising connections between invention and American society.
World Oct 15 Can U.S. solve 'Rubik's Cube' of Iran nuclear negotiations? With less than six weeks before the deadline to agree on an Iran nuclear deal, negotiations have come to a kind of stalemate over sharp limits on Iran's uranium enrichment capability. Gwen Ifill gets an update on the hurdles ahead,…
World Oct 15 Uncovering secret chemical weapon victims of the Iraq war During the Iraq war, American soldiers were unknowingly exposed to old chemical weapons long abandoned by Saddam Hussein’s regime. The story of the troops who were injured trying dismantle the contaminated weapons has been kept secret until now. Judy Woodruff…
Health Oct 15 Is the U.S. overly confident about Ebola control? Officials have been saying that the U.S. knows how to stop Ebola, but now another nurse has been infected. What's gone wrong? Judy Woodruff talks to Laurie Garrett of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Episode Oct 15 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 15, 2014 Tonight on the program, we examine whether the U.S. is overly confident about Ebola control after a second Dallas nurse was diagnosed. Also: Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Budget Director Shaun Donovan, uncovering secret chemical weapon victims of the Iraq…