Episode Apr 12 PBS NewsHour full episode April 12, 2018 Thursday on the NewsHour, President Trump's pick for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, faces tough questions on Russia and North Korea in his confirmation hearing. Also: A Kansas senator on President Trump's trade policy, Missouri's governor accused of sexual assault,…
Politics Apr 12 Democrats press State pick Pompeo on Russia probe, Iran deal One of America's top spies set out to defend his qualifications to be its top diplomat on Thursday. Mike Pompeo, a former congressman, Army officer and self-professed hawk, stressed in his Senate confirmation hearing that he believes in diplomacy and…
World Apr 12 News Wrap: Trump to confer with UK, France on Syria action In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump and the Russians swapped warnings about striking Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack. White House officials said Trump plans to speak with French and British leaders about next steps. Also, the president…
Politics Apr 12 Lawmakers to Trump: Farmers and ranchers want trade, not aid President Trump made another surprising policy reversal when he told a group of mostly Midwestern lawmakers on Thursday that he is open to rejoining a sweeping trade deal with Asian nations. Republican Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas joins Judy Woodruff…
Politics Apr 12 Graphic testimony of sexual relationship deepens crisis for Missouri governor Missouri’s senate majority leader called on Gov. Eric Greitens to resign on Thursday. That comes a day after a the release of a report detailing graphic testimony by a woman who had an affair with Greitens, in which said she…
Politics Apr 12 Elizabeth Warren and Mick Mulvaney face off over consumer protection bureau President Trump and Acting Director Mick Mulvaney have charted a dramatically different course for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren that was created in 2010 to curb predatory practices and lending problems. Today those two…
World Apr 12 Most Americans who joined ISIS don't come back. What happens to the rest? The El Hassani family, now being held in Northern Syria by Kurdish forces, are not the only Americans who went to land controlled by the Islamic State -- there are dozens known to have ventured to the so-called caliphate since…
Arts Apr 12 Working-class people need to be seen, says Jamaican-born writer Nicole Dennis-Benn Nicole Dennis-Benn says she never could have become a writer if she had stayed in Jamaica -- that took living in the U.S. and encouragement from her wife. But returning to the land of her birth, she was confronted with…
Episode Apr 11 PBS NewsHour full episode April 11, 2018 Wednesday on the NewsHour, House Speaker Paul Ryan announces the end of his 20-year congressional career. What will it mean for the future of the GOP? Also: President Trump warns of impending strikes in Syria, Mark Zuckerberg's second day of…
Politics Apr 11 House Speaker Paul Ryan decides to leave on his own terms, adding pressure for GOP The man who is third in line of succession to the presidency, the most powerful Republican in Congress, is calling it a career and will not seek re-election. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's decision today rippled up and down…