World Oct 27 How will the success of the U.S. raid impact Middle East relations? In his announcement Sunday morning, President Trump thanked Russia, Turkey, Syria, Iraq and the Syrian Kurds for supporting the military mission that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Vali Nasr, a former senior U.S. State Department advisor and a Middle East scholar…
World Oct 27 What al-Baghdadi's death means for Islamic State leadership A U.S. military raid this weekend achieved the long-standing goal of killing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State. But with the group’s continued presence around the globe, who will fill the leadership vacuum left by his death?…
World Oct 27 How a U.S. military raid killed the Islamic State's leader President Trump on Sunday described a harrowing U.S. military assault that led to the death this weekend of the long-sought leader of the Islamic State group. Nick Schifrin, foreign affairs and defense correspondent for NewsHour, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington,…
Episode Oct 26 October 26, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, October 26, rising winds and forced power outages stoke new fears as California wildfires continue to burn, a look at how Miami is tackling an affordable housing crisis, and the band Spoon is staying afloat…
Episode Oct 25 October 25, 2019 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, wildfires rake California, closing schools and forcing evacuations. Plus: Washington political figures say goodbye to Elijah Cummings, what’s behind protests in Lebanon and Chile, President Trump’s federal appeals court nominations, political analysis from Mark Shields and…
World Oct 25 News Wrap: Federal judge orders Justice Department to turn over Mueller information In our news wrap Friday, a federal judge in Washington ruled that the House impeachment inquiry is legal and ordered the Department of Justice to share secret grand jury testimony from the Mueller report with House investigators. Also, more children…
Politics Oct 25 Shields and Brooks on Trump's judicial picks, Bill Taylor's testimony Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including trends around the federal judges President Trump is appointing, the Department of Justice’s criminal probe of the Russia investigation,…
Segment Oct 24 October 24, 2019 - PBS NewsHour West full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, Republicans step up criticism of the House impeachment inquiry after stunning testimony about President Trump’s handling of military aid to Ukraine. Plus: Rep. Jackie Speier on impeachment criticism, Andrew Brunson's Turkish imprisonment ordeal, children held in…
Episode Oct 24 October 24, 2019 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, Republicans step up criticism of the House impeachment inquiry after stunning testimony about President Trump’s handling of military aid to Ukraine. Plus: Rep. Jackie Speier on impeachment criticism, Andrew Brunson's Turkish imprisonment ordeal, children held in…
Politics Oct 24 Under pressure to defend Trump, GOP lawmakers decry House impeachment inquiry In the impeachment inquiry roiling Washington, Republican lawmakers are attacking the way their Democratic counterparts are handling critical interviews. Complaints escalated following testimony from the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine that directly links President Trump to withholding military aid to…