Episode Jun 20 Friday, June 20, 2014 Tonight on the program, we look into Iraq as a Shiite leader calls for a working government. Also: why so many migrant children are coming to the U.S. alone, the struggle for justice by the "Central Park 5" ends in…
Politics Jun 20 Shields and Brooks on U.S. intervention in Iraq, presidential poll numbers Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including the current political agenda of religious conservatives in America, the election of Rep. Kevin McCarthy to be House majority…
Nation Jun 20 Struggle for justice by 'Central Park 5' culminates in $40 million settlement New York City will pay $40 million to five black and Latino men who 25 years ago were wrongly convicted of raping and beating a woman in Central Park. Their conviction was vacated in 2002, but it took until now…
Nation Jun 20 Why so many migrant children are braving the journey across the U.S. border alone Hoping to stop the surge of unaccompanied minors arriving in the U.S., Vice President Biden visited Guatemala to get support from Central American leaders. The NewsHour’s P.J. Tobia reports on why kids are coming and what happens to these child…
World Jun 20 Who holds the cards to Iraq's political future? Pressure is mounting for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as ISIL advances toward that nation’s capital. Judy Woodruff talks to Rod Nordland of The New York Times from Baghdad about the future of Iraq’s government and reaction to President Obama’s…
World Jun 20 Iraqi Shiite leader calls for working government as ISIL advances toward Baghdad In Iraq, the country’s most influential Shiite cleric urged the newly elected governing body to convene quickly and choose a speaker and a president to counter the insurgency. Meanwhile, the Pentagon said it expects Iraq to agree to legal protections…
World Jun 20 News Wrap: Ukraine president announces week-long cease-fire In our news wrap Friday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered government troops to put down their weapons against pro-Russian separatists. Rebel leaders dismissed the cease-fire. Also, there are more than 50 million people in the world living as refugees for…
Episode Jun 19 Thursday, June 19, 2014 Tonight on the program, we examine President Obama's plan to send 300 military advisors to Iraq and look at whether Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki can unite the country. Also: whether allowing student-athletes to earn profit would harm college athletics, Madison,…