Episode Jul 09 PBS NewsHour full episode July 9, 2018 Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump is set to announce his nominee to replace Justice Kennedy and reshape the high court. Also: the U.S. ambassador to NATO ahead of a likely tense summit with European allies, top UK politicians quit…
Politics Jul 09 Congress ready for battle on Trump's second high court pick President Trump will announce his Supreme Court nominee during a primetime address on Monday evening. And already, the political storms are brewing as Washington braces for a contentious confirmation battle. Judy Woodruff previews the announcement from both sides of the…
Nation Jul 09 News Wrap: Trump administration won't meet court deadline to reunite youngest migrant children In our news wrap Monday, the Trump administration says it will not meet Tuesday’s court-ordered deadline to reunite 102 migrant children under the age of 5 with their parents. A Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge that the administration…
Politics Jul 09 How the next justice could reshape the Supreme Court President Trump has a second opportunity to leave a lasting mark on the high court. Judy Woodruff gets context and analysis on the possible nominees from Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal, former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal and…
World Jul 09 Is Theresa May's government in peril over Brexit? The British government is in crisis over how to separate from the E.U., and two abrupt resignations over the last day have only escalated tensions. Prime Minister Theresa May has asked her Cabinet to speed up preparations, but she faces…
Politics Jul 09 Amy Walter and Susan Page on Congress' Supreme Court fight, Trump's NATO tensions Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Susan Page of USA Today join William Brangham to discuss the week's political news, including the coming political fight over President Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, plus what to expect from the upcoming…
Nation Jul 09 How the FBI tracks down child pornography predators Millions of images of sexually abused children are traded with like-minded predators all over the U.S. and beyond. Special correspondent John Ferrugia of Rocky Mountain PBS tells the story of one family who was victimized, and one FBI team that…
Episode Jul 08 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 8, 2018 On this edition for Sunday, July 8, why a conservative Supreme Court could impact the midterms, and how artist communities are thriving along the disappearing Salton Sea. Also, adults born of sexual assault during the Bosnian war are grappling with…
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…