Episode Aug 05 August 5, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, Aug 5, 40 years since the Love Canal environmental crisis, residents say that chemicals there continue to make them sick. Also, hundreds of toxic sites await cleanup under the Superfund program. Megan Thompson anchors from…
Nation Aug 05 Hundreds of toxic sites await cleanup under Superfund program In 1980, the Congress approved the Superfund program, generating money to clean up the country’s most hazardous toxic sites by imposing a tax on industries that polluted the most. Since 2000, the program’s purchasing power has declined by 40 percent…
Episode Aug 04 August 4, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, Aug 4, the long-term implications of top cybersecurity officials leaving the FBI. Later, lawmakers and scientists try to establish when someone may be too high to drive and the Trump administration gets blowback for proposing…
Politics Aug 04 Trump administration set to face off with California over fuel standards The Trump administration proposed on Thursday to rescind an Obama-era regulation that aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring automakers to design vehicles that would average 50 miles per gallon by 2025. The move pits the federal government against…
Nation Aug 04 The FBI's cybersecurity brain drain has long-term implications As the Trump administration grapples with cybersecurity concerns in the upcoming elections, it is also facing the loss of four top cybersecurity experts from the FBI. These exits could have a potentially long-term impact on strategy decisions for the division.
Episode Aug 03 August 3, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa declares victory as the opposition challenges the results of the highly contested election. Also: Who is responsible for reuniting separated migrant families, mapping poverty in Kenya, David Brooks and Ezra Klein analyze…
Economy Aug 03 News Wrap: Jobs report shows hiring slowed in July In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department says employers added 157,000 jobs in July, fewer than expected, while overall unemployment dipped to 3.9 percent. Also, Beijing announced says its ready to impose levies on another $60 billion of imported…
World Aug 03 Mnangagwa, disputed winner of Zimbabwe election, urges unity While Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged citizens to unite after he was named the winner of the presidential election, opponent Nelson Chamisa said he did not accept the outcome and would explore all legal means to challenge it. Mnangagwa says…
World Aug 03 Legal challenge necessary for Zimbabwe election legitimacy, Chamisa adviser says With President Emmerson Mnangagwa claiming election victory in Zimbabwe, opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa says it’s a day of “mourning over democracy” and that he does not accept the outcome. Alex Magaisa, adviser to Chamisa, tells Judy Woodruff that the ballot…
Politics Aug 03 Brooks and Klein on 2018 election security threats, Koch-Trump brawl New York Times columnist David Brooks and Ezra Klein of Vox join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the contrast between President Trump’s lambasting of the Russia investigation and his administration’s heightened warnings about election threats, plus a…