Episode Mar 12 PBS NewsHour full episode March 12, 2018 Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump moves ahead on plans to arm school officials, while dropping his call for a new age limit for purchasing guns. Also: A dead heat in a Pennsylvania special election, Politics Monday with Amy Walter…
Politics Mar 12 Trump defends reversal on gun purchase age limit as White House forms school safety commission President Trump unveiled his plan for school safety and gun violence, dialing back an earlier call he made to raise the age limit for buying some guns. Instead it includes support for a number of more modest measures, including fixes…
World Mar 12 News Wrap: UK's May gives Moscow 48 hours to explain former spy poisoning In our news wrap Monday, British Prime Minister Theresa May said that it’s highly likely that Russia is behind the poisoning of former Russian spy and his daughter. Also, Syrian civilians tried to flee the embattled suburbs of Damascus, with…
Nation Mar 12 What Trump's plan to prevent school shootings leaves out Will President Trump’s school safety plan help stop mass shootings? Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America and Katherine Newman, author of “Rampage,” on plans to arm educators, expand mental health…
Politics Mar 12 Amy Walter and Tamara Keith on the Pennsylvania election, Trump's gun safety plan Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Judy Woodruff to discuss a special election in a traditionally Republican district and President Trump’s evolving stance on gun control measures amid the latest push for greater…
Politics Mar 12 To solve opioid epidemic, governors say there need to be federal dollars behind pledges The governors of Maryland and Oregon are making an urgent call for greater federal help to deal with the opioid epidemic in their hard-hit states. Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., and Gov. Kate Brown, D-Ore., sit down with William Brangham to…
Arts Mar 12 How to retrain your shrinking attention span What’s the secret to writing novels? Or baking a perfect cake? Or even being a good friend? Author Ann Patchett says it’s all about the ability to stay focused and stop multitasking. Patchett gives her humble opinion on stretching your…
Episode Mar 11 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 11, 2018 On this edition for Sunday, March 11, President Trump makes big foreign policy decisions ahead of Pennsylvania polls, and a tour of the Armory Show, one of the world’s biggest art fairs. Also, what one couple learned from their shift…
Politics Mar 11 Could Trump's unconventional foreign policy decisions yield results? This week, President Trump made some announcements that took Washington by surprise. He accepted an invite to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and said he would impose import tariffs on steel and aluminum, a timely move ahead of…
Episode Mar 10 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 10, 2018 On this edition for Saturday March 10, President Trump accepts an invitation to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and a new documentary on Hedy Lamarr. Also, the worsening plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from…