Arts Feb 27 'Killers of the Flower Moon' author David Grann answers your questions As part of the NewsHour and New York Times book club, Now Read This, author David Grann answers your questions about “Killers of the Flower Moon,” his true crime book on the 20th century Osage murders. And Jeffrey Brown announces…
Episode Feb 26 PBS NewsHour full episode February 26, 2018 Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump puts pressure on Congress for gun reform in the wake of the Florida school shooting. Also: How the NRA shaped Florida's gun laws, China moves to eliminate presidential term limits, American forces aid Somalia's…
Politics Feb 26 Trump says it's O.K. to fight the NRA 'every once in a while' President Trump called again for banning bump stocks during a listening session with the nation's governors, even if it means breaking with the NRA. But in returning to the idea of arming trained teachers, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee urged him…
Politics Feb 26 News Wrap: High court hears pivotal labor union case In our news wrap Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a pivotal case for more than 5 million Americans in public sector unions. The case hinges on whether workers who are not union members should be required to pay dues…
Nation Feb 26 How this powerful NRA lobbyist transformed U.S. gun laws As Florida's legislature begins to consider changes to gun laws in the wake of the deadly shooting at a Parkland high school, the question of whether anything will pass has a great deal to do with the powerful voice of…
World Feb 26 China might make Xi Jinping president for life. What does that mean for the U.S.? Chinese President Xi Jinping may never have to leave office under a proposal to amend the country’s constitution in order to abolish the two-term limit on the office of the president. Christopher Johnson of the Center for Strategic and International…
Politics Feb 26 What the House Democratic memo means for the Russia probe Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released on Saturday a memo that rebuts key claims made in a Republican memo that alleged federal law enforcement abused its powers when it sought so-called FISA wiretaps on a former Trump campaign aide.
Politics Feb 26 Amy Walter and Tamara Keith on Congress' gun struggle Is political momentum building for some greater gun restrictions? Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Lisa Desjardins to discuss President Trump’s influence and mixed messages on the subject, as well as a primary…
Arts Feb 26 The 'Homeland' TV director who made it her mission to mentor women Behind the scenes of the acclaimed Showtime series “Homeland” is Lesli Linka Glatter, a prolific TV director whose success she tries to make less of an anomaly. As Hollywood comes to terms with issues of gender inequity and sexual misconduct,…
Episode Feb 25 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 25, 2018 On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 25, fallout from the intelligence memo released by Democrats, and how a program is training Salvadoran youth to join the workforce. Also, meet Five Star Movement, a rising populist party in Italy. Hari Sreenivasan…