Sep 09 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode September 9, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, European nations address the massive influx of migrants and refugees. Also: Republicans attempt to delay a vote on the Iran nuclear deal, thousands put their lives on the line to keep Western wildfires from spreading, the… Continue watching
Sep 09 Trump, Cruz team up against Iran deal at Capitol Hill rally By Steve Peoples and Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press Republican presidential rivals and friends-for-now Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Wednesday savaged the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran, calling it an incompetently negotiated deal that will cost "countless" American and Israeli lives. Continue reading
Sep 09 Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox buys National Geographic media By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins National Geographic's media properties, including its iconic magazine, will join a new venture with 21st Century Fox in a $725 million deal to expand the partnership between the two companies. Continue reading
Sep 09 Officials: U.S. to increase number of refugees by 5,000 next year By Mary Clare Jalonick, Bradley Klapper, Associated Press Officials say the United States is prepared to increase the number of refugees it resettles by 5,000 next year as European countries struggle to accommodate tens of thousands of refugees from the Middle East and Africa. Continue reading
Sep 09 Baltimore approves $6.4 million settlement with family of Freddie Gray By Joshua Barajas The Baltimore city board approved a $6.4 million settlement Wednesday in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who sustained a fatal spinal injury while in police custody in April. Continue reading
Sep 09 Congress starts Planned Parenthood hearings By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Accusations and strong emotions mark the start of long-awaited congressional hearings on Planned Parenthood, with a prominent abortion foe contending the group is breaking laws that bar for-profit sales of fetal tissue, while an advocate says there's no… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 6:41 Winning new Democratic support, Iran deal passage is all over but the shouting By PBS News Hour Three remaining Senate Democratic holdouts announced they will back the Iran nuclear deal, bringing the number of supporters to at least 41 votes. That's enough to block majority Republicans -- who unanimously oppose the deal -- from disapproving the agreement. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 9:26 What Andrew Jackson has in common with Donald Trump By PBS News Hour Of the nearly two dozen major candidates running for president, the ones getting the most attention are the political outsiders. Is this a rare situation, or have American voters seen this before? Gwen Ifill talks to presidential historians Michael Beschloss… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 7:10 Salman Rushdie unleashes the genies in his new novel By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson In "Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights," the genies are out of the bottle and on the loose in New York City. Author Salman Rushdie combines magic and reality, myth and history in his latest novel. Jeffrey Brown interviews… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 4:58 Learning classical guitar helps kids in trouble change their tune By PBS News Hour In Texas, a nonprofit partners with a juvenile justice center to help students finish their high school education by learning classical guitar. Student Reporting Labs special correspondent Kennedy Huff reports for KLRU in Austin. Continue watching