Jun 01 Watch 53:02 PBS NewsHour full episode June 1, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, a look at President Obama’s interview with Gwen Ifill ahead of the PBS NewsHour town hall in Elkhart, Indiana. Also: Shields and Brooks analyze the president’s interview, NASA experiments with inflatable modules, why American families are… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 5:44 News Wrap: Trump University used high-pressure tactics, court documents say By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Donald Trump faced new scrutiny over his “Trump University” seminar business when a judge released lawsuit documents alleging the school’s employees were told to use high-pressure tactics. Hillary Clinton pounced, saying it’s more evidence the… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 3:37 Keeping your family safe and dealing with the ‘what ifs?’ By PBS News Hour With horror stories of extremist violence dominating headlines around the globe, it’s easy to get worked up over the threat, however improbable, of domestic terrorism. National security analyst and mom Juliette Kayyem says there’s no such thing as perfect safety,… Continue watching
Jun 01 Insurance rates going up: New concerns for Obamacare By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Fresh problems for "Obamacare": The largest health insurer in Texas wants to raise its rates on individual policies by an average of nearly 60 percent, a new sign that President Barack Obama's overhaul hasn't solved the problem of… Continue reading
Jun 01 Now-defunct Trump University opens presidential hopeful to criticism By Associated Press Newly released documents about a now-defunct business owned by Donald Trump reveal strategies for enticing people to enroll in real estate seminars even if they couldn't afford it, opening the presumptive Republican nominee up to fresh criticism from Hillary Clinton… Continue reading
Jun 01 UCLA gunman was a former doctoral student, police say By News Desk A Los Angeles Police spokeswoman has identified the gunman in Wednesday's apparent murder-suicide on the University of California-Los Angeles campus as Mainak Sarkar. Continue reading
Jun 01 Here’s why low-income households may gamble with homeownership By Sophie Quinton, Stateline Texas passed a law last year that will help McKinney and homebuyers like him claim titles to the properties they’re paying for, the latest in a series of reforms. Other states also are adding protections for buyers involved in this… Continue reading
May 31 Watch 3:04 News Wrap: Terror fears in Europe stoke new warning for U.S. travelers By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the State Department warned American traveling in Europe this summer to watch out for terrorist attacks, saying that while there is no specific threat, upcoming events such as the Tour de France could be targets. Continue watching
May 31 Watch 53:04 PBS NewsHour full episode May 31, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump attacks the media for questioning his donations to veterans. Also: Why migrant deaths on the Mediterranean are rising, violence flares in Brazil’s slums months before the Olympics, torrential rains leave Texas submerged, Obama prepares… Continue watching
May 31 Watch 6:45 Floods hit historic levels in Texas — and more rain is on the way By PBS News Hour Torrential rains have inundated central and west Texas these last few weeks, leaving large sections of Fort Bend County underwater. Residents have evacuated, but more rain is expected as the weather pattern begins to turn toward Houston. Hari Sreenivasan talks… Continue watching