World Jan 21 News Wrap: Taliban execute deadly attack on Afghan intelligence base In our Monday news wrap, Taliban fighters carried out a brazen and deadly attack at a heavily fortified Afghan intelligence base, killing dozens of military personnel. The attackers detonated a stolen military vehicle packed with explosives, allowing more militants to…
Politics Jan 21 Why Trump is 'edging closer' to declaring a national emergency over border wall On day 31 of the partial government shutdown, the only deal on the table is the one President Trump proposed Saturday, which would provide temporary protection for DACA recipients in exchange for $5.7 billion for a border wall. Democrats immediately…
Politics Jan 21 How the shutdown is affecting programs that support survivors of domestic violence The government shutdown has blocked funding to programs providing protection and economic stability to survivors of domestic violence. Diana Brown and Cato Kraft of Estes Valley Crisis Associates in Colorado explain what the lack of resources means for the population…
World Jan 21 The 'remarkable' courtroom revelations in trial of 'El Chapo' Joaquín Guzmán, commonly known as the Mexican drug lord “El Chapo,” is on trial in federal court in New York City for running a multimillion-dollar narcotics operation across the United States border. Keegan Hamilton of VICE joins Hari Sreenivasan to…
Nation Jan 21 Can the Women's March sustain momentum and overcome internal tension? Three years in, the Women's March is facing criticism as it strives to sustain political momentum. While the first march is believed to be the largest single-day protest in American history, organizers have since come under fire from groups claiming…
Politics Jan 21 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on shutdown pressure, Mueller's BuzzFeed rebuttal NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter from the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the now month-long partial government shutdown and whether congressional Democrats will begin to feel political pressure to compromise, a BuzzFeed article that was disputed…
Nation Jan 21 On MLK Day, the need for a 'deeply moral argument' about American injustice On Martin Luther King Day, we return to a segment we first aired last year, about an effort to revive one of Dr. King’s signature programs, what he called the Poor People’s Campaign. Judy Woodruff sat down with Reverend William…
World Jan 21 Honor Roll for January 21, 2019 A silent tribute to Americans killed in military operations in Afghanistan and Syria.
Episode Jan 20 January 20, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 20, no compromise in sight as the government shutdown enters day 30, and troubling details emerge on how Purdue Pharma allegedly marketed prescription painkiller OxyContin. Also, after two decades, a paralyzed outdoorsman designs a…
Nation Jan 20 Day 30 of shutdown: If compromise seems hopeless, what next? The hardest part about ending the government shutdown, now in it’s 30th day, is that both parties have long standing ideals about immigration that align with the people they represent, says NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield. So it might…