Nation Nov 26 News Wrap: Trump rejects finding of his own administration's climate report In our Monday news wrap, a new climate change report from the Trump administration predicts dire economic effects from global warming, but President Trump said he doesn't believe it. Also, Prime Minister Theresa May has begun her final push to…
Nation Nov 26 How Trump's border decisions represent 'completely new' American policy As immigration policy takes center stage, we analyze the administration's recent moves on border closures and asylum requests. Scott Shuchart worked on immigration for the Department of Homeland Security under both President Obama and President Trump. He's now a senior…
Nation Nov 26 After long, dangerous journey, this migrant's dream may end in Tijuana We followed Honduran Karla Cruz from southern Mexico to the U.S. border as she traveled with a caravan of migrants. She hoped to escape violence at home and make it to Texas, where her mother fled 15 years ago. But…
World Nov 26 Russian attack on Ukrainian ships sparks global condemnation A maritime confrontation between Ukraine and Russia has launched an unpredictable phase in their conflict. After a Russian ship rammed a Ukrainian tugboat and fired upon its sailors, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the actions “a dangerous escalation,” and…
Politics Nov 26 Amy Walter and Tamara Keith on Mississippi Senate race As the year's final election approaches, Lisa Desjardins reports on the controversy surrounding Mississippi's Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith as she takes on Democrat Mike Espy. Then, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Judy…
Episode Nov 25 November 25, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition, for Sunday, Nov. 25, asylum seekers are facing unknown policies at the U.S. southern border and how those displaced by Hurricane Michael in Florida spent Thanksgiving. Later, an astronaut documented almost a year on the International Space…
Nation Nov 25 Trump 'has no legal authority' to make asylum-seekers stay in Mexico With various updates from Mexico and the U.S. about asylum seekers approaching the border, lawyer and journalist Jami Floyd says Trump does not have the ability to rewrite immigration law. Floyd joins Megan Thompson for more on the U.S.’s legal…
Episode Nov 24 November 24, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, November 24, U.K. and Spain reach a deal on the eve of the Brexit Summit, and technology that aims to take humans out of the beginning stages of clinical trials. Later, how museums are chronicling…
Science Nov 24 Defense Department funds tech to test organ tissue in lieu of humans Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with funding from the Department of Defense, want to speed up the clinical trial process with a device that could enable researchers to test new drugs on organ tissue grown in a lab…
Episode Nov 23 November 23, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, a government report warns of dire consequences from climate change today and in the future. Plus: Save the Children finds 85,000 young children have died in the ongoing Yemeni conflict, Brooks and Marcus on how the…