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…
World Jul 07 Global temperatures reach extreme highs, breaking records Heat waves broke records around the world this week. While Burbank airport in California touched 114 degrees, Montreal in Canada recorded a high of 97.9 degrees. In Glasgow, Scotland, the temperature was a record-breaking 89.4 degrees on June 28 and…
Nation Jul 07 The story of American poverty, as told by one Alabama county More than 18 million Americans live in “extreme poverty,” according to a report from the United Nations, which ranked poverty in the U.S. alongside some of the poorest areas in the world. The UN Special Rapporteur for Extreme Poverty paid…
Episode Jul 06 PBS NewsHour full episode July 6, 2018 Friday on the NewsHour, the Trump administration asks for more time to reunite separated families. Also: A trade war begins between the world's two largest economies, immigrants who have joined the military in limbo, President Trump makes light of the…
Nation Jul 06 Inside the government's frantic scramble to locate migrant parents separated from their children The Trump administration says it needs more time to meet a federal court deadline to reunite immigrant children who were separated under the president’s “zero tolerance” policy. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to explain the numbers of children who are…
Economy Jul 06 News Wrap: U.S. added 213,000 new jobs in June, Labor Department reports In our news wrap Friday, the latest jobs report shows a resilient economy despite fears of a trade war with China. The number of new jobs exceeded projections and the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4 percent. Also, Secretary of…
Economy Jul 06 What are the ripple effects of a U.S.-China trade war? President Trump set into motion on Friday a 25 percent fee on more than 800 Chinese imported goods and China hit back with tariffs of its own on products like soybeans, pork and corn, which target areas that voted heavily…