World Aug 09 Why Obama wants to use air power against the Islamic State In order to protect Americans and provide humanitarian aid to Iraq, President Obama on Saturday discussed efforts to slow advances by Islamic jihadists in northern Iraq and rescue thousands of civilians who have fled from them. Douglas Ollivant, a senior…
World Aug 09 Residents of Iraqi Kurdistan flee for safety as panic consumes region As the Islamic State Group moves even closer to Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, residents of the Kurdish region are fleeing in droves to safer areas, as a state of panic consumes the region. Nour Malas of the Wall…
Nation Aug 09 Art or evidence? After appeal, court rules violent rap lyrics not a confession In a ruling that could have national implications, the New Jersey State Supreme Court unanimously agreed that Vonte Skinner's rap lyrics should not have been admitted at a murder trial, ruling that those graphic lyrics weren't sufficient evidence to prove…
Episode Aug 08 PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | August 8, 2014 Friday on the NewsHour, President Obama authorizes airstrikes on Islamic militants in Iraq and we talk to the deputy national security advisor about the administration’s commitment to the mission. Also: Profit-sharing divides owners and employees at a successful supermarket chain,…
Economy Aug 08 Bare shelves for Market Basket as employees and shoppers unite in profit-sharing fight The owners of a successful New England grocery store chain are in a family feud over whether company profits should go to shareholders or to employees, some of whom have abandoned their shifts and hit the streets. Economics correspondent Paul…
World Aug 08 Does the current U.S. military intervention underestimate the Islamic State? Is the U.S. doing enough to defeat the militants of the Islamic State group and relieve the humanitarian crisis in Iraq? Hari Sreenivasan gets two views from Feisal Istrabadi of Indiana University and retired Army Col. Derek Harvey.
World Aug 08 U.S. national security official stresses Iraq political solution, not boots on the ground
Politics Aug 08 Shields and Brooks on Iraq reluctance, Nixon's legacy Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq, how Americans are grading President Obama’s foreign policy performance,…