Dec 06 Obama will meet with special ops forces, talk strategy By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will use a visit with special operations forces on Tuesday to highlight gains the U.S. has made against extremist organizations such as the Islamic State group and to promote what he sees as the most… Continue reading
Dec 05 Biden in 2020? He says he's not ruling it out By Alan Fram, Associated Press It's more than a month before Donald Trump even enters the White House, but Joe Biden says he's running for president in 2020. Maybe. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 3:48 Neurosurgeon and former rival Ben Carson is Trump's HUD nominee By PBS News Hour Once a rival for the GOP nomination, Dr. Ben Carson is now President-elect Donald Trump's pick for housing secretary. On Monday, Mr. Trump called Carson “a brilliant mind … passionate about strengthening communities.” Meanwhile, at Trump Tower, former Vice President… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 3:15 News Wrap: Mistrial for South Carolina police officer who killed Walter Scott By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a South Carolina judge declared a mistrial in a police killing after the jury deadlocked. North Charleston officer Michael Slager was charged with murdering an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, as he ran from a… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 5:15 Oakland's horrific fire leads to worries for other warehouses By PBS News Hour As the death toll from Friday's Oakland warehouse fire mounts, officials are investigating how the building known as the Ghost Ship was allowed to stay open despite repeated complaints of dangerous conditions. Special correspondent Joanne Jennings interviews a survivor and… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 10:04 What we can infer from Trump's initial actions -- and what we can't By PBS News Hour On Friday, President-elect Donald Trump placed a controversial call to the president of Taiwan. On Monday, he joined Ivanka Trump in her meeting with former Vice President Al Gore on climate change. Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, Karen… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 5:03 What's the long-term outlook for the Dakota Access Pipeline? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, the Army Corps of Engineers denied a crucial permit for construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which was set to snake half a mile south of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. But is the victory for the tribe… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 53:26 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 5, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump chooses Ben Carson for housing secretary. Also: a mistrial in a fatal police shooting in South Carolina, more deaths in the Oakland warehouse fire, Tony Blair urges a policy ‘center ground,’ the political… Continue watching
Dec 05 Mistrial declared in case against officer charged with killing Walter Scott By Joshua Barajas After more than 22 hours of deliberations over four days, jurors told Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday afternoon they could not come to an unanimous decision in the case against the 34-year-old ex-patrolman, who faced a possible sentence of… Continue reading
Dec 05 Al Gore calls meeting with Trump 'productive' By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore said Monday that he had a "productive" meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. Continue reading