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…
Science Jun 17 Sea levels could rise three feet by 2100, study projects Antarctica is losing ice three times faster than it was in 2007 as greenhouse gas emissions by human activity contribute to global warming. A study in Nature says that sea levels could rise between three and six feet by 2100,…
World Jun 17 Italy's only medical marijuana producer can't keep up with demand Italy’s lone medical marijuana facility is controlled by the military, which officials say helps prevent patients from buying it on the black market. However, the government's yield can't keep up with an increasing demand, creating a shortages for cancer patients…
Episode Jun 16 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 16, 2018 On this edition for Saturday, June 16, how the escalating trade tensions between U.S. and China will impact American jobs and the world economy, and a new wave of refugees tries to reach Europe through Bosnia. Also, hundreds of women…
Economy Jun 16 Will escalating trade tensions with China affect U.S. jobs? After the Trump administration added a 25 percent tariff on over 1,000 Chinese products this week, China responded with tariffs on $50 billion worth of U.S. imports. Effective July 6, the tariffs could impact prices, interest rates and the overall…