World May 09 News Wrap: North Korea releases American detainees In the news wrap Wednesday, three detainees are on their way home to the U.S. after being held in North Korea. The Korean-Americans were freed ahead of a planned summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump. Also, a war…
World May 09 Gina Haspel vows never to resume CIA interrogation as Senate presses her on moral code Gina Haspel couldn't talk about her work for three decades. On Wednesday, she had to defend it. Haspel, who played pivotal roles in the agency's most controversial recent actions in the years after 9/11, promised to never restart brutal interrogation…
World May 09 The arguments for and against Gina Haspel as CIA director Should the Senate confirm CIA director nominee Gina Haspel? Nick Schifrin gets two views on her background and role in a controversial detention and interrogation program from John Rizzo, a former DIA chief legal officer, and retired U.S. Army Brig.
World May 09 How will Iran navigate new pressures after U.S. quits nuclear deal? Iranian lawmakers expressed outright fury over the U.S. decision to walk away from the 2015 nuclear agreement. Iran's supreme leader was no more measured, lashing out at President Trump and accusing him of lying. William Brangham gets analysis on what’s…
Politics May 09 Why did major companies pay Trump's personal lawyer through a shell company? Payments totalling more than $4 million were made to a shell company set up by Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, and included about $500,000 from a U.S. company with ties to a Russian oligarch who is close to Vladimir…
Arts May 09 The stark, chaotic power of Donald Glover's 'This Is America' Infectious in beat, jarring in violence and imagery, Donald Glover's new music video "This Is America" touches on painful racial history and our contemporary culture of mass entertainment and murder. Jeffrey Brown talks with Rolling Stone contributor Tre Johnson about…
Episode May 08 PBS NewsHour full episode May 8, 2018 Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Trump pulls out of the Iran nuclear deal. Also: New York's attorney general accused of sexual abuse, a university tries to reverse a trend of fewer black men going to medical school and author Barbara…
World May 08 How Iran might respond to U.S. withdrawing from the nuclear deal From nuclear deal to no deal, President Trump on Tuesday made good on his vow to get out of the 2015 agreement with Iran -- his predecessor’s signature foreign policy achievement. Nick Schifrin looks back at Trump’s determination to derail…
World May 08 News Wrap: Quitting Iran deal won't jeopardize Kim Jong Un meeting, says Trump In our news wrap Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo headed for North Korea to finalize a planned summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. He's also expected to push Pyongyang to release three Americans. Also, the president's nominee…
Politics May 08 Trump's Iran deal announcement leaves 'America alone,' Sen. Kaine says President Trump's announcement that the U.S. is leaving the Iran nuclear deal is going to raise the risk of unnecessary war in the Middle East, says Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kaine also…