Politics Mar 06 News Wrap: Kellyanne Conway broke law by advocating for Roy Moore, says federal watchdog In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal watchdog office says White House Senior Adviser Kellyanne Conway illegally tried to influence last year's Senate race in Alabama by advocating for Alabama Republican Roy Moore in TV appearances. Also, President Trump played…
Politics Mar 06 Sen. Heitkamp: Critics overstating case against bill loosening banking regulations A decade after the financial crisis spurred tough financial regulation, the Senate took a step toward rolling back some of those rules on Tuesday. Republicans were joined by more than a dozen Democrats in moving forward with a bill easing…
World Mar 06 North Korea puts denuclearization on the negotiating table. Is it a breakthrough or stalling tactic? South Korean officials say North Korea has offered to stop testing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles if the U.S. agrees to direct talks, and that Kim Jong Un is reportedly open to denuclearization negotiations if assured of his regime’s long-term…
World Mar 06 What Trump and Netanyahu unity means for Mideast peace, Iran deal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed an enthusiastic crowd at AIPAC in Washington on Tuesday, while facing deep political and possibly criminal problems back at home. Nick Schifrin talks with Aaron David Miller of the Wilson Center about Netanyahu’s chance…
Education Mar 06 Many preschool teachers are scared of teaching STEM. Here's a solution that might help Everyone knows that 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds ask a lot of questions. But that unrestrained curiosity can unsettle preschool teachers who feel they lack sufficient understanding of science, technology, engineering and math, often referred to as STEM. Hari Sreenivasan reports…
Nation Mar 06 States are seeing startling increases in opioid overdoses The opioids crisis appears to be deepening across the country. That’s according to a stark new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found that emergency room visits for suspected overdoses rose by an average of 30…
Episode Mar 05 PBS NewsHour full episode March 5, 2018 Monday on the NewsHour, court rulings delay the deadline for DACA. Also: A victory for populism and the far-right in Italy, political stakes of President Trump's steel tariffs, a Salvadoran garment factory that's offering jobs and hope, West Virginia teachers…
Politics Mar 05 News Wrap: Trump 'not backing down' on tariffs plan In our news wrap Monday, President Trump insisted that he is going ahead with plans to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. House Speaker Paul Ryan said through a spokeswoman that he’s “extremely worried” the tariffs could incite…
World Mar 05 Italian populist parties just defeated the political establishment. Here's why. Italians went to the polls Sunday in Europe's latest test of the political strength of populist and right-wing parties. The two biggest winners -- the populist Five Star Movement and the right-wing League -- earned better than 50 percent of…
Politics Mar 05 DACA sits in limbo as symbolic deadline passes Last fall, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the DACA program would end by March 5 unless Congress acted. But that day has come and Congress has not acted, despite efforts to strike a deal that was ultimately rejected by President…