World Mar 19 Re-elected by a landslide, Putin projects unchallenged power It was a surprise to no one: Russian President Vladimir Putin won another six-year term in a landslide election over the weekend. His main challenger, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was barred from running, because of what he says are politically…
Nation Mar 19 Will Trump's focus on prosecution, not treatment, make a dent in opioid addiction? President Trump announced his plan to combat nationwide opioid drug addiction at an event in New Hampshire on Monday, calling for aggressive prosecution for traffickers, including using the death penalty. William Brangham discusses these proposals with Sam Quinones, author of…
Nation Mar 19 Amid Cambridge Analytica revelations, Facebook needs 'rules of the road,' says Sen. Klobuchar Facebook is at the center of a new firestorm, sparked by media reports that political data firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked for the Trump campaign, harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook profiles -- and Facebook never told…
Politics Mar 19 Amy Walter and Tamara Keith on Trump's Mueller attack, Democrats' midterm momentum Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Judy Woodruff to discuss President Trump’s tweeting about special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation, a new poll that gives Democrats an advantage for the 2018 midterms and…
Episode Mar 18 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 18, 2018 On this edition for Sunday, March 18, Vladimir Putin is declared the winner of Russia’s presidential elections, and how a fellowship program helps former incarcerated artists push for criminal justice reform. Also, Facebook suspends firm for allegedly manipulating user data…
Politics Mar 18 How a data analytics firm allegedly 'weaponized' Facebook to swing votes in 2016 On Friday, Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica, a UK-headquartered data analytics firm, for allegedly using user data to devise election advertising strategy, particularly for undecided voters, in the run-up to the 2016 election. The U.S. arm of the firm reportedly received…
World Mar 18 Putin re-elected in Russia with large margin As the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election continues in this country, Russia on Sunday held its own presidential election. Even before the final votes were tallied, it was clear that President Vladimir Putin would be…
Episode Mar 17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 17, 2018 On this edition for Saturday, March 17, officials continue the search for victims in the Miami bridge collapse, and what the firing of FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe means for the Russia investigation. Also, how displaced Puerto Rican students are…
Politics Mar 17 What does McCabe's firing mean for the Russia investigation? Two days before he was set to retire, FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe was fired on Friday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. McCabe, a possible witness in the Russia investigation case, said his dismissal was part of the president’s “ongoing…
World Mar 17 Thousands still trapped amid fighting in Eastern Ghouta Over five million Syrians have fled the country and at least half a million people are estimated to have been killed in the seven-year Syrian war. As fighting continues in Eastern Ghouta, the last rebel-held area near Damascus, little progress…