Mar 08 Watch 10:22 Not all forgotten American cities are struggling By PBS News Hour It’s called flyover country -- low-profile parts of the U.S. the news media often forgets. But to husband-and-wife journalists James and Deborah Fallows, these areas are home to ‘cities that work,’ thriving communities that buck this election’s narrative of national… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 6:09 How do Americans become enemies of their own state? By PBS News Hour In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings and San Bernardino mass shooting, homegrown Islamic extremism has become one of the country’s most pressing national security concerns. Author Peter Bergen set out to document how and why Americans become enemies… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch In Israeli visit, Biden aspires to push peace talks forward By PBS News Hour On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden visited Israel to begin two days of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders currently mired in a deep and violent impasse. Biden also hopes to mend the relations between the Obama White House and… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 6:07 News Wrap: Violence in Israel leaves American dead By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, an American tourist was killed and a dozen Israelis were wounded in a wave of attacks by Palestinian militants in the cities of Jaffa and Jerusalem. Also, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has test-fired a series of… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 54:06 PBS NewsHour full episode March 8, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, presidential candidates prepare for another round of voting Tuesday, with all eyes on the top prize of Michigan. Also: Vice President Biden undertakes a new Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative, the SATs see their first major changes in… Continue watching
Mar 08 Tweet about Duckworth ‘standing up’ for veterans was a mistake, GOP group says By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press The National Republican Senatorial Committee briefly posted a tweet Tuesday that said a Democratic candidate from Illinois who lost both legs as an Army helicopter pilot "has a sad record of not standing up" for veterans. Continue reading
Mar 08 WATCH: Michelle Obama on why educating girls is vital By News Desk Gender inequalities in education are due, in part, to "attitudes and beliefs" that keep girls from attending school, First Lady Michelle Obama said on International Women's Day. Continue reading
Mar 08 Democrats denounce GOP ‘piñata’ comment on Supreme Court By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Democrats accused Republicans on Tuesday of taking their cues from Donald Trump after the Senate's No. 2 Republican said President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court should expect to be treated like a "piñata."… Continue reading
Mar 08 Trump University plaintiff seeks to withdraw from lawsuit By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Tarla Makaeff has had enough of Donald Trump after spending six years fighting him in court over Trump University. Continue reading
Mar 08 Shots that killed Oregon militant were ‘necessary,’ officials say By Amanda Peacher, OPB Investigators with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and the Harney and Malheur County District Attorneys found that the shots that killed Oregon militant LaVoy Finicum were “necessary."… Continue reading