Nation Jun 25 News Wrap: Funeral held for Antwon Rose, black teen killed by police officer In our news wrap Monday, mourners lined up outside a school to mourn Antwon Rose, a black teenager shot to death by a white policeman near Pittsburgh. Also, Algeria’s government sent 13,000 migrants into the Sahara Desert in the past…
Politics Jun 25 Border security and legal asylum process not mutually inconsistent, Rep. Lance says Outrage over separated immigrant families boiled over into a new week, while President Trump said on Sunday that the U.S. should immediately deport immigrants who cross the border illegally without legal proceedings. Yamiche Alcindor reports, then Judy Woodruff talks with…
Politics Jun 25 Supreme Court upholds Texas voting districts in racial gerrymandering case The Supreme Court upheld current state and congressional districts in Texas in a much-awaited 5-4 decision on racial gerrymandering. The majority rejected a lower court's findings that Texas had engaged in racial discrimination, primarily against black and Hispanic voters, in…
Politics Jun 25 Susan Page and Stuart Rothenberg on Trump's core supporters, GOP's immigration options As the immigration crisis continues, recent polling finds Republican support for President Trump is as strong as ever. Susan Page of USA Today and Stuart Rothenberg of Inside Elections join Judy Woodruff to discuss what’s behind those numbers, plus the…
Poetry Jun 25 Donald Hall, 89, saw poetry as 'school for feeling' Donald Hall, a former U.S. poet laureate who was widely considered one of the greatest poets of his generation, died over the weekend at the age of 89. Jeffrey Brown remembers the renowned writer with a look back at a…
Episode Jun 24 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 24, 2018 On this edition for Sunday, June 24, the Trump administration says it has a plan to reunite separated immigrant families, and violence in Nicaragua as citizens demand the president's resignation. Later, Tony Hawk reflects on a half-century of skateboarding. Hari…
Politics Jun 24 Amid outrage at family separations, Trump supporters dig in As thousands of children were separated from their parents at the Mexican border, President Trump and his supporters doubled down, advancing his Republican approval rating to the highest in history. Many in his base came together to either deny the…
World Jun 24 Violence interrupts peace talks in Nicaragua More than 180 people have died in violent clashes between citizens and pro-government forces over the last two months in Nicaragua. People are demanding the resignation of President Daniel Ortega, who has dominated Nicaraguan politics for nearly 40 years, and…
World Jun 23 Rivals challenge Erdogan's iron grip on eve of Turkey's election Even though Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has acquired a fervent voter base since he became prime minister in 2003 and then president in 2014, opponents ahead of the election on Sunday are proving that his victory is no longer a…
Episode Jun 23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 23, 2018 On this edition for Saturday, June 23, lawyers and advocates across the country are tracking down migrant children who were separated from their parents at the Mexico border. Later, school safety on campuses in Philadelphia has improved since police reversed…