World Oct 02 News Wrap: Hong Kong leader offers meeting while warning protesters not to storm buildings In our news wrap Thursday, the leader of Hong Kong’s government defied calls for him to step down and warned protesters not to storm buildings. Gwen Ifill speaks with Demetri Sevastopulo on what’s driving young protestors. Also, as many as…
Episode Oct 01 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 1, 2014 Wednesday on the NewsHour, Secret Service chief Julia Pierson resigns after a recent White House security breach. Also, the director of the CDC on containing Ebola in the U.S., Chicago’s push to get more low-income students enrolled in college, Paul…
Arts Oct 01 Poet finds solace in elegy of departed son's wild energy When Edward Hirsch lost his son to a drug-related cardiac arrest, the poet began collecting his memories. Overwhelmed with grief, Hirsch turned his reflections into a book-length elegy, now published as “Gabriel.” Jeffrey Brown spoke with Hirsch near his home…
Politics Oct 01 Previous terms cut short by convictions, iconic former mayor of Providence runs again Providence’s Buddy Cianci was once America’s longest-serving mayor who brought new life to a city in decline. But Cianci’s legacy was tarnished -- and two different administrations cut short -- by felony convictions in 1987 and 2002. This year, the…
World Oct 01 Why the Mideast peace process is at a standstill President Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Israel’s failed peace process, restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program and the Islamic State. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner to find out what was…