Nation Jul 09 News Wrap: Trump administration won't meet court deadline to reunite youngest migrant children In our news wrap Monday, the Trump administration says it will not meet Tuesday’s court-ordered deadline to reunite 102 migrant children under the age of 5 with their parents. A Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge that the administration…
Politics Jul 09 How the next justice could reshape the Supreme Court President Trump has a second opportunity to leave a lasting mark on the high court. Judy Woodruff gets context and analysis on the possible nominees from Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal, former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal and…
World Jul 09 Is Theresa May's government in peril over Brexit? The British government is in crisis over how to separate from the E.U., and two abrupt resignations over the last day have only escalated tensions. Prime Minister Theresa May has asked her Cabinet to speed up preparations, but she faces…
Politics Jul 09 Amy Walter and Susan Page on Congress' Supreme Court fight, Trump's NATO tensions Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Susan Page of USA Today join William Brangham to discuss the week's political news, including the coming political fight over President Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, plus what to expect from the upcoming…
Nation Jul 09 How the FBI tracks down child pornography predators Millions of images of sexually abused children are traded with like-minded predators all over the U.S. and beyond. Special correspondent John Ferrugia of Rocky Mountain PBS tells the story of one family who was victimized, and one FBI team that…
Episode Jul 08 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 8, 2018 On this edition for Sunday, July 8, why a conservative Supreme Court could impact the midterms, and how artist communities are thriving along the disappearing Salton Sea. Also, adults born of sexual assault during the Bosnian war are grappling with…
Politics Jul 08 Intense political fight brews over SCOTUS nomination as midterms loom U.S. Supreme Court nominations grew more politically controversial in 1990, when President George H.W. Bush appointed former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who was thought to be conservative but often sided with the court’s liberal justices. Now, Trump’s appointee may…
World Jul 08 Children of Bosnian wartime rape victims seek justice Serbian men raped tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslim women during the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995, a genocidal tactic to terrorize and destroy Muslim communities. Now, the people conceived by those assaults are adults and finding ways to…
Episode Jul 07 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 7, 2018 On this edition for Saturday, July 7, chronicling extreme poverty in the U.S., and how Memphis youth carry on the legacy of Stax Records soul music. Also, a trade war between the U.S. and China has officially begun. Hari Sreenivasan…
World Jul 07 Settlement with China over trade war unlikely The trade war between the world’s two largest economies officially began Friday as tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods went into effect. Calling it the “biggest trade war in economic history,” Chinese officials had said China would raise similar…