Arts Apr 07 Mickey Rooney, irrepressible performer who spent his life on stage and screen, dead at 93 Mickey Rooney's career as an entertainer began while he was a toddler, and lasted for nine decades. He was Hollywood's top box office star by his teen years, and his hit movies included “Boys Town,” "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad,…
Episode Apr 06 Sunday, April 6, 2014 On tonight's program, a look at new clues about the missing Malaysian jetliner. In our signature segment, boomtowns spur economic growth in Mexico. And, are the jobs gained in the March unemployment report the same quality as those lost in…
Apr 06 What's the quality of the jobs gained in March? NewsHour takes another look tonight at the latest unemployment report. Bloomberg senior economist Nela Richardson speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about whether the the jobs counted as recovered are of the same quality as those lost in the Great Recession. Richardson…
World Apr 06 Boomtowns spur economic growth in Mexico Mexico is now the third biggest trading partner of the United States. But with poverty afflicting half of the country's 120 million people, the country faces an uphill battle toward future prosperity. Correspondent Martin Fletcher reports from Querétaro.…
Episode Apr 05 Saturday, April 5, 2014 On PBS NewsHour Weekend Saturday, a Chinese ship hunting for Malaysian flight 370 detects an underwater signal that could be coming from the missing plane's black box. Later, in our signature segment, is your tax preparer really prepared? And, meet…
World Apr 05 Voters head to the polls in Afghanistan Millions of voters came out for the presidential elections in Afghanistan on Saturday in the country’s first democratic transfer of power since the Taliban were ousted from power. The scene varied throughout the country with violence reported in some areas…
Arts Apr 05 Subway rider reads original poem Elizabeth Meriwether was approached by Madeline Schwartzman on the subway and asked to write a poem. Here she reads “Outpouring of My Emotion?”…