Nation Mar 21 What we know about the deceased Austin bombings suspect The prime suspect in a series of bombings that terrorized Austin, Texas, took his own life overnight, blowing himself up when a SWAT team approached and shot at 23-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt. Police say Conditt built the bombs that killed…
Nation Mar 21 News Wrap: U.S. needs way to audit elections, says Homeland Security chief In our news wrap Wednesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee criticized both the Trump and Obama administrations for a lack of urgency about Russian cyberattacks and election security. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen acknowledged there's a problem with making sure…
Nation Mar 21 Mark Zuckerberg promises change, but Facebook has failed to follow through in the past Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence about what he acknowledged was a "breach of trust" with the public, after news investigations found Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained data on 50 million Facebook users. Zuckerberg also said steps had been taken…
Politics Mar 21 Days behind schedule, can Congress pass its huge spending bill before the next shutdown? Congressional leaders have finalized their $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that will keep government funded through September, and now they have two days to pass it to avoid another government shutdown. John Yang learns more from Lisa Desjardins about what’s…
Nation Mar 21 Trump call to Putin draws condemnation as leaked details show widening rift with staff President Trump's phone call congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on his landslide re-election drew criticism on Wednesday from lawmakers and former national security officials. On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported that Trump had ignored instructions from advisors not to congratulate…
Nation Mar 21 Sen. King: 2018 elections are 'vulnerable' and U.S. is failing to deter our adversaries Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, says King joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the ongoing Russia investigation, failures by Facebook to regulate the use of its own data, President Trump’s congratulatory call to Russian President Vladimir Putin and securing state election systems.
Nation Mar 21 Black men face economic disadvantages even if they start out in wealthier households, new study shows White boys who grow up in rich households are likely to stay rich, but black boys who are also raised at the top are more likely to become poor. That's according to a new study that underscores just how big…
Nation Mar 21 For a woman with fainting spells, her dog is her lifesaver In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, Adele is a specially trained cardiac alert dog, who would jump into action whenever her owner’s blood pressure dropped.
Episode Mar 20 PBS NewsHour full episode March 20, 2018 Tuesday on the NewsHour, a data firm linked to the Trump campaign exploited millions of personal information from the social media giant Facebook. Also: Congress races toward another deadline to pass a spending bill, an abortion case before the Supreme…
Nation Mar 20 News Wrap: Investigators search Texas FedEx after package bound for Austin explodes In our news wrap Tuesday, the investigation of apparent serial bombings in Texas shifted after a package with an Austin address exploded at a FedEx shipping center outside San Antonio. Also, a 17-year-old student shot and wounded two fellow students…