Episode Feb 16 Sunday, February 16, 2014 On Sunday’s program, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discusses climate change on the latest leg of his Asia trip. Later, a rigorous health campaign in Mexico uses soda taxes and public workout programs to fight the country’s obesity epidemic.
World Feb 16 Kerry talks climate change during Asia trip U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has discussed climate change in both China and Indonesia during his latest diplomatic mission in Asia. Why has climate change grabbed a top spot on Kerry’s agenda in Asia? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Geoff…
Health Feb 16 What's behind the nation's prescription drug shortage? The Government Accountability Office has issued a report detailing serious and growing drug shortages in the United States. Sabrina Tavernise of the New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to detail some of the reasons behind the shortfall.
Nation Feb 15 Union suffers significant loss in Tennessee Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee voted to reject what would have been United Auto Workers’ first successful organization of workers at a foreign automaker in the South. Jim Efstathiou of Bloomberg News speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about the…
World Feb 15 Mobile phone usage explodes in Africa, spurring innovation A drive through Kenya’s bustling capital of Nairobi reveals a nation in love -- with the mobile phone. Across the African continent, improvements in mobile phone technology and greater access to the internet are spurring new innovations in the tech…
Episode Feb 14 Friday, February 14, 2014 Tonight on the program, we examine how the extreme winter weather has had widespread impact on the U.S. economy. Also: Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter on fighting poverty, a historic drought drains California's towns and farms, how no "big news" has…