Nation Oct 29 News Wrap: Bomb suspect faces judge as another suspicious package is intercepted In our news wrap Monday, federal prosecutors asked a Miami judge to deny bail for Cesar Sayoc, the man who allegedly sent bombs to top Democrats and critics of President Trump. The FBI said a new package sent to CNN…
Politics Oct 29 Who will be Florida's next governor and senator? Candidates face the final sprint Florida’s governor’s race is one of the most watched in the country. It pits former congressman Ron DeSantis against Andrew Gillum, the mayor of Tallahassee. The outgoing governor, Rick Scott, is challenging incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. Close races are…
Politics Oct 29 Tamara Keith and Susan MacManus on what Florida's midterms mean for Trump in 2020 Tamara Keith of NPR and Florida political expert Susan MacManus join Judy Woodruff in Tampa for a special Politics Monday. They discuss Trump’s strategy in the “Sunshine State”, his response to recent violence and voters’ concerns about the direction of…
Episode Oct 28 October 28, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 28, grief and prayers in Pittsburgh after this weekend's deadly rampage at a Jewish synagogue, and the catastrophic human cost of the ongoing war in Yemen. Also, poverty on Skid Row of Los Angeles…
World Oct 28 Yemen on brink of catastrophic famine orchestrated by Saudis In addition to thousands of civilians in Yemen who have already died in a war between a Saudi-led coalition and Iran-backed Houthi rebels, less documented war tactics may also push the poorest Arab country into a catastrophic famine. Declan Walsh…
Episode Oct 27 October 27, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 27, 11 people killed in a shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and tracing the life of pipe bomb suspect, Cesar Sayoc. Later, migrants who declined to stay in Mexico continue on a…
Nation Oct 27 Shooter opens fire in Pittsburgh synagogue, kills 11 On Saturday morning, a man opened fire during a naming ceremony at Tree of Life Congregation, a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and killed 11 people while injuring six, including four police officers. Law enforcement took into custody a man they…
Nation Oct 27 Declining Mexico's offer to stay, migrants head to U.S. Thousands of migrants from Central America are expected to reach the U.S. - Mexico border in coming weeks, after declining an offer by Mexico to stay. The Trump administration, which has already stationed thousands of troops and guardsmen there, aims…
Nation Oct 27 Tracing Cesar Sayoc's past through his recent shift into politics Cesar Sayoc, who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of sending more than a dozen mail bombs to Democratic party leaders, traversed many lifestyles until he started engaging in politics in 2015. Trevor Aaronson of the Florida Center of Investigative…
Episode Oct 26 October 26, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, additional explosive devices are discovered as the investigation yields an arrest. Plus: the latest on a migrant caravan making its way through Mexico, an unexpectedly close congressional election in West Virginia, Mark Shields and David Brooks…