Politics Jun 19 This Koch-funded advocacy group wants Trump to embrace free trade The conservative, libertarian political advocacy group funded by David and Charles Koch is undertaking a multi-million dollar campaign opposing President Trump's trade policies. John Yang talks with Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, who says the president deserves a…
Health Jun 19 Questionable diabetes treatment that raised hopes now at the center of criminal charges A national network of clinics claims it offers a miraculous procedure to treat diabetes, but many in the medical community are not convinced. Special correspondent Cheryl Clark from inewsource tells the story of a couple in rural Montana who believed…
Episode Jun 18 PBS NewsHour full episode June 18, 2018 Monday on the NewsHour, amid a growing outcry to end the separation of immigrant families, President Trump defends his policy. We talk with the former head of Border Protection and examine the political stakes. Also: South Korea's view of President…
Nation Jun 18 As outrage over family separation grows, Trump administration doubles down National outcry over the separation of immigrant families at the U.S. Southern border grows with every new report. Democratic lawmakers have joined protests, and Republicans are increasingly expressing their outrage. On Monday, President Trump again falsely blamed Democrats for his…
Politics Jun 18 News Wrap: High court sidesteps gerrymandering rulings In our news wrap Monday, Supreme Court cases on partisan redistricting from Wisconsin and Maryland will return to lower courts. Also, Supreme Court cases on partisan redistricting from Wisconsin and Maryland will return to lower courts. Also, Democrats and Republicans…
Nation Jun 18 'Unconscionable' to put Border Patrol agents in position of separating families, former commissioner says The former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the nation's largest federal law enforcement agency, says it’s not only heartbreaking that migrant children are being torn away from their parents; he’s also worried about how it affects Border Patrol…
World Jun 18 U.S. and South Korea 'on the same page,' vice foreign minister says South Korean Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Lim Sung-nam sits down with Judy Woodruff to discuss what he sees as the foundations of North Korea’s possible denuclearization and next steps in the process.
Politics Jun 18 Amy Walter and Stu Rothenberg on Trump separating families, Supreme Court on gerrymandering Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Stu Rothenberg of Inside Elections join Judy Woodruff to discuss the human and political consequences of the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant children and parents at the U.S. border, plus a…
Nation Jun 18 Remembering NewsHour special correspondent Elizabeth Brackett Elizabeth Brackett, an award-winning special correspondent for the NewsHour for more than 25 years, has died at the age of 76. Across her 40 years in journalism, her reports stood out in the way she captured the voices of those…
Episode Jun 17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 17, 2018 On this edition for Sunday, June 17, a policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the border draws condemnation, and the surprising source of medical marijuana in Italy. Also, unearthing the unlikely love story of a nurse and…