Episode Dec 29 December 29, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, December 2019, a suspect was arraigned in the stabbing attack that injured five people during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home in New York. Also, NewsHour Weekend producers and reporters discuss some of their…
World Dec 29 Making NewsHour Weekend: A year of covering resilience and hope This year, NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano and Zachary Green reported on stories that epitomized human resilience, including a Haitian doctor’s fight against HIV and AIDS, how the Jewish community in Pittsburgh is healing a year after the Tree of Life…
Arts Dec 29 Making NewsHour Weekend: Tuning into bigger conversations through music This year, NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker and Tom Casciato reported on the notion of masculinity through the lens of music and also profiled musician Carlos Santana. They join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss their mutual love for music and how it…
Episode Dec 28 December 28, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, December 28, a truck bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, killed at least 78 people and injured more than 120 others, and how winter storms across the southeast and plains are affecting travel this holiday weekend. Also,…
Nation Dec 28 Making NewsHour Weekend: Filming in challenging locations, tracking climate change This year, NewsHour Weekend producers Sam Weber and Connie Kargbo’s reporting took them from a slave rebellion reenactment in Louisiana to a moon landing 50th anniversary celebration in Houston to covering climate change’s effects on mangroves in Florida. They recently…
World Dec 27 News Wrap: Plane carrying 98 crashes shortly after takeoff in Kazakhstan In our news wrap Friday, at least 12 people died after a passenger jet in the central Asian country of Kazakhstan crashed shortly after take-off. The Bek Air plane, with 98 people aboard, smashed into a concrete wall and building.
World Dec 27 How Iranian military exercises, mass protests are connected to U.S. sanctions While the United States keeps up its maximum pressure campaign on Iran, tensions are building within Iran as mass protests there continue to grow. Meanwhile, for the first time, Iran is engaged in joint naval exercises with both Russia and…
World Dec 27 What ongoing Indian protests say about the country's secular identity Mass protests continue in India over a new citizenship law the government says will protect non-Muslim immigrants -- but critics see as a thinly veiled attack on Muslims. Many of the demonstrations have remained peaceful, but in some areas, police…
Politics Dec 27 Shields and Brooks on 2019 in review, 2020 predictions Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week’s political news, including the battle between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over rules for a Senate impeachment…