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,…
World Aug 08 News Wrap: New fighting casts doubt on Mideast negotiations In our news wrap Friday, Hamas militants in Gaza launched more than 50 rockets at Israel before the end of a three-day truce. Israel answered with airstrikes, killing at least five people, according to Palestinian officials. Also, rival presidential candidates…
World Aug 08 Islamic State fighters defiant after U.S. airstrikes American warplanes and an unmanned drone targeted fighters and artillery of the Islamic State militant group in northern Iraq. President Obama announced the strikes — the first since the last U.S. troops left Iraq in 2011 — as thousands of…