World Jun 24 Kurdish leader: 'We are facing a new reality and a new Iraq' Secretary of State John Kerry made an emergency visit to the Kurdish region of Iraq to meet with President Massoud Barzani, urging him to support political reform in Baghdad in the face of the military onslaught by ISIL. But Barzani…
World Jun 24 How ISIL capitalized on vulnerabilities of Iraq's security forces The United Nations estimates that, at minimum, 1,000 people have been killed in two weeks of fighting in Iraq. Judy Woodruff talks to two former U.S. Army officers who served in Iraq -- retired Lt. Col. Douglas Ollivant and retired…
Nation Jun 24 News Wrap: Homeland Security sends agents to address child migrant crisis In our news wrap Tuesday, 115 Homeland Security agents were deployed to the Rio Grande Valley to handle a surge of thousands of undocumented children at the U.S. border. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said another 150 agents may…
Episode Jun 23 Monday, June 23, 2014 Monday on the NewsHour, Secretary of State John Kerry visits Iraq to urge political reform. Also: Three Al Jazeera journalists are convicted on terrorism charges in Egypt, previewing Tuesday’s slate of congressional primaries, teaching young adults the skills to get…
Education Jun 23 'Ivory Tower' explores why American higher education is so pricey The rise in U.S. college tuition is unsustainable. That’s the argument of a new television documentary, “Ivory Tower,” which tackles growing worries and critique over college costs and student debt. Jeffrey Brown talks to filmmaker Andrew Rossi about the origins…
World Jun 23 Egypt's conviction of Al Jazeera journalists sparks international outcry The Egyptian court where Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed were convicted on terrorism charges broke into pandemonium when their jail sentences were announced. Jeffrey Brown reports the trial was widely dismissed by Western officials…
World Jun 23 Can U.S. break away from World Cup 'group of death'? U.S. soccer fans watched Portugal extinguish an American victory with less than a minute left. The match ended in a tie of 2-2, but a win by the U.S. would have carried the team to the next round of the…
World Jun 23 Kerry urges Iraq's embattled premier to use more inclusive government to oppose ISIL Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stern warning during a visit with the Shiite-led Iraqi government, urging immediate and united action to stand against ISIL. Meanwhile government forces lost control of the entire frontier with Syria and Jordan and…