Episode Aug 17 August 17, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, more than 500 migrant children are still separated from their parents weeks after a court-ordered deadline. Also: The Catholic Church speaks out about allegations of systematic sexual abuse, what's at stake if the U.K. can't make…
Nation Aug 17 News Wrap: Trump threatens to revoke more security clearances In our news wrap Friday, President Trump warned he might continue to revoke security clearances. In his sights is Bruce Ohr, a current official at the U.S. Department of Justice. Ohr had contacts with the former British agent who compiled…
Nation Aug 17 Immigrant families still separated face 'tough choices,' trauma According to the latest numbers filed by the Trump administration, 565 children separated from their parents at the U.S. border remain in government custody. Amna Nawaz speaks with Lee Gelernt of the American Civil Liberties Union about the challenges of…
Nation Aug 17 'A failure of leadership' allowed widespread church sex abuse, says Pennsylvania bishop A Pennsylvania grand jury report this week revealed disturbing new details about widespread child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. Of the six dioceses under investigation, only Erie's Bishop Lawrence Persico testified in person. He talks to Judy Woodruff about…
World Aug 17 Leaving EU without a Brexit deal could cause major disruptions in UK Two years ago, British voters decided in a bitter referendum to quit the European Union. Now the country's imminent departure, possibly without an agreement between the two bodies, could cause chaos. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on how Brexit has…
Politics Aug 17 Shields and Brooks on 'reality show' rules and midterm prospects Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including how President Trump has "politicized" security clearances, the rules of a reality TV White House and why diversity and loyalty…
Nation Aug 17 Viral sensation Flossie Lewis is still a spectacular teacher at 94 More than 7 million people viewed teacher Flossie Lewis's Brief but Spectacular take on growing old in 2016. When it aired, her former students contacted us by the dozen, many to express appreciation for the profound impact she had on…
Episode Aug 16 August 16, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, former CIA director John Brennan claims President Trump is trying to silence critics by revoking his security clearance. Also: Newspapers speak out about being labeled "fake news," what happens to unaccompanied immigrant children, the last rebel…
World Aug 16 News Wrap: Omarosa airs secret tape of Trump campaign job offer In our news wrap Thursday, the president’s former adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman is out with another secretly made recording, and says it proves he tried to buy her silence. Also, the Vatican says it feels shame and sorrow over the…
Politics Aug 16 Trump using his unique power to punish and intimidate critics, former CIA official says President Trump's move to revoke John Brennan's security clearance rippled across Washington, and the former CIA director cast it as a disturbing power play. And Brennan might not be the only former intelligence or national security official to have his…