Politics Oct 15 As Democrats raise record cash, which voters are favoring Biden? President Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are holding televised town hall events Thursday night, on different networks, in lieu of the originally scheduled debate. With only 19 days until the election, Democrats are pulling in record amounts of cash,…
Politics Oct 15 News Wrap: Senate Judiciary Committee schedules Barrett vote In our news wrap Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote in one week on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. The panel’s Republican majority set the schedule after a discussion that split along party lines. Also, the president of…
Economy Oct 15 The moral questions about how traders may have profited off the pandemic In late February, when the pandemic was beginning to take hold in the U.S., President Trump and his team downplayed the risk to the American public. But a new report finds that key advisers to the president were conveying a…
Politics Oct 15 Why the media is still struggling with how to cover Trump With President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden set to participate Thursday night in separate televised town halls on different broadcast networks, we take a look at how the media is covering the candidates during this highly unusual presidential…
Health Oct 15 A nurse practitioner's Brief But Spectacular take on end-of-life care for children Pediatric nurse practitioner Deborah Fisher spent her early career working in intensive care units. The experience convinced her that more needed to be done to improve end-of-life care for children. Now specializing in palliative care at Children’s National Hospital in…
Episode Oct 14 October 14, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode Wednesday on the NewsHour, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee conclude their questioning of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Plus: Legal and political analysis of Barrett’s testimony, early voting in Georgia, the security of mail-in ballots compared to older…
Politics Oct 14 The unusual tone and timeline of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing Amy Coney Barrett faced another day of questioning from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Lawmakers again brought up highly charged political issues such as abortion and the Affordable Care Act, but overall the hearing's tone was more…
Politics Oct 14 How these 2 legal scholars see Amy Coney Barrett's testimony Questions of judicial philosophy and Supreme Court precedent arose again on Day 3 of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Judy Woodruff talks to Georgetown University’s Victoria Nourse, who was chief counsel to Vice President Joe…
World Oct 14 News Wrap: Fighting escalates between Armenia, Azerbaijan In our news wrap Wednesday, Russia reiterated appeals to Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. Instead, fighting escalated in the disputed territory, with each side accusing the other of breaking a ceasefire. Moscow is attempting to broker an…
Politics Oct 14 Gov. Cuomo on why he isn't sure Biden's position is 'as strong as the polls' New York is one of 37 states seeing a rise in coronavirus cases over the past week, with officials there trying to target "microclusters" of disease. The state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, writes about New York’s COVID-19 battle in his new…