Politics Sep 07 Witnesses voice concern about and defend Kavanaugh on final day of hearing On the final day of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, Republicans called on colleagues and others who depicted him as a thoughtful man, while Democrats countered with former Nixon White House counsel John Dean, who voiced concerns about…
World Sep 07 With millions of lives in the balance, Iran, Russia and Turkey discuss Syria's fate Russia, Iran and Bashar al-Assad's regime are on the verge of launching a major assault on Idlib, the remaining Syrian holdout of both radical militants and more moderate opposition, in what is likely the last big battle of the war.
Politics Sep 07 Obama: 'You cannot sit back and wait for a savior' Former President Obama aimed sharp criticism at President Trump in a speech at the University of Illinois, where he also called on Democrats to vote in the midterm elections and warned that the biggest threat to democracy is indifference.
Politics Sep 07 Shields and Brooks on Trump tell-all fallout, Kavanaugh confirmation hearing Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including tough questioning for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, plus two damning portraits of President Trump, including a new book by…
Episode Sep 06 September 6, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, the fallout from the scathing essay by an anonymous senior Trump administration official describing acts of resistance to the president. Also: Highlights from the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing, how companies in Wisconsin are filling jobs in a…
Politics Sep 06 After NYT essay, Trump confronted with idea that senior officials are working against him A slew of top-ranking Trump administration officials say they did not write the explosive, anonymous essay in The New York Times that suggested appointees have vowed to thwart President Trump's "more misguided impulses.” The president on Thursday refused to comment…
Politics Sep 06 White House on NYT anonymous essay author: Resigning is the right thing to do In the past few days, a new book suggested that top advisers were taking documents off President Trump's desk, and an incendiary essay in the New York Times claims that senior officials are thwarting the commander in chief. White House…
Politics Sep 06 Panetta: Senior officials undermining the president 'puts the country at risk' Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, who also served as White House chief of staff, says that it’s not tenable for the United States as a country if the president’s staff is working around him and trying to thwart parts…
Politics Sep 06 News Wrap: Trump administration rejects rules on detaining migrant children In our news wrap Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security says it wants to detain migrant families together until their cases are resolved. That goes against the 1997 Flores agreement that requires migrant children be held in the least restrictive…
Politics Sep 06 Release of emails and documents rock Day 3 of Kavanaugh hearing It was another day of discord in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh, as the release of some of Kavanaugh’s documents and emails from the George W. Bush administration sparked a heated exchange. Judy Woodruff gets analysis from…