Politics Feb 05 Can a State of the Union address ease tensions in Washington? How will President Trump's 2019 State of the Union address fit into American history? And can the president’s annual speech change the dynamics on Capitol Hill? Presidential historian Michael Beschloss joins Judy Woodruff to put this moment of political division…
Politics Feb 05 Perdue: Split Congress has 'historic opportunity' to make big deals Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., says President Trump is “a dealmaker first and last,” and that Americans can expect to hear a more conciliatory tone at the State of the Union on Tuesday despite the impasse over a southern border wall.
World Feb 05 News Wrap: Trump court nominee says her past statements on date rape make her 'cringe' In our news wrap Tuesday, Neomi Rao, the woman nominated to take the federal appeals court seat formerly held by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, voiced regrets for her past statements on rape, race and equal rights before the Senate…
World Feb 05 How Trump's remarks on Iran strain U.S.'s welcome in Iraq Over the weekend, President Trump told CBS News that the U.S. mission in Iraq should expand to include watching Iran -- a change that would exceed what Iraq has invited the U.S. to do in its country. The statement sparked…
Episode Feb 04 February 4, 2019 - PBS NewsHour full episode Monday on the NewsHour, uproar grows around a racist photo from the medical school yearbook page of Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., sparking calls for his resignation. Plus: The UK’s countdown to Brexit, Politics Monday on the Northam scandal, the New…
World Feb 04 News Wrap: Iraqi president objects to Trump's comments on monitoring Iran In our Monday news wrap, Iraqi President Barham Salih slammed President Trump for suggesting U.S. troops might stay in Iraq to monitor Iran, saying Iraq had not been consulted about the possibility and that U.S. troops are in Salih’s country…
Politics Feb 04 The racist role of blackface in American society Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam now says he is not pictured in a 1984 yearbook photo of people in blackface and Ku Klux Klan costumes, although he admits he wore blackface on a separate occasion. Regardless, he is facing calls to…
Politics Feb 04 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Northam scandal, State of the Union expectations NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter from the Cook Political Report join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the week’s political news, including a call from Democratic leaders for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign, the broader implications of the Northam scandal for…
Nation Feb 04 Why New England Patriots' coach Bill Belichick is football's 'greatest tactician' The New England Patriots have won their sixth Super Bowl. It was a contest between the oldest coach-quarterback duo, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, and the youngest, the Los Angeles Rams’ Sean McVay and Jason Goff. It was also the…
Arts Feb 04 Author Dani Shapiro on the power and danger of family secrets After taking a DNA test on a whim, author Dani Shapiro discovered that her beloved late father had not been, in fact, her biological parent. She had been conceived using a sperm donor, and as was common at the time,…