May 19 Watch 54:15 PBS NewsHour full episode May 19, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, airbag manufacturer Takata doubles its auto recall to 33.8 million cars, making it the biggest auto recall in U.S. history. Also: Hillary Clinton controversies that don’t seem to go away, protecting relics of Syrian history from… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 7:14 Saying goodnight to stupid pet tricks, top 10 lists and David Letterman By PBS News Hour In the fall, Stephen Colbert will take over the TV time slot that has belonged to David Letterman for 22 years. The host of CBS' Late Night with David Letterman influenced generations of comedians and brought a new voice to… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 6:11 News Wrap: Shiite forces prepare for Ramadi counterattack By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Shiite militiamen -- allied with the Iraqi army -- massed near Ramadi to ready a counterattack, days after the Islamic State captured the Iraqi city. Also, in a historic peace-making gesture, Britain’s Prince Charles shook… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 11:02 Questions keep coming for Clinton about emails and money By PBS News Hour The wrangling over Hillary Clinton's emails as secretary of state has continued for months. After addressing the issue in March, Clinton hasn't discussed the matter or taken substantive questions until today. Gwen Ifill talks to Matea Gold of The Washington… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 6:40 What Takata's largest auto recall in U.S. history means for you By PBS News Hour Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata doubled its recall to nearly 34 million cars, making it one of the largest product recalls in U.S. history. The airbags can spew metal fragments when deployed, and have been linked to six deaths and more… Continue watching
May 19 KFC dusts off Colonel Sanders for new ad campaign By Joshua Barajas "I'm back, America." And with a throaty chuckle, another fast food chain dusts off an old mascot to address the nation. A couple of weeks after McDonald's Hamburglar robble-robbled back into our lives, KFC announced Tuesday that the fried… Continue reading
May 19 Japanese manufacturer Takata expands defective airbag recall By Anna Sillers The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed on Tuesday that the Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata will declare 33.8 million cars unsafe due to airbag defects. The move would double the company’s previous recall of 17 million vehicles. Continue reading
May 19 Federal Trade Commission files complaint in one of the biggest charity fraud cases ever By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press A Tennessee man and his family used much of the $187 million it collected for cancer patients to buy themselves cars, gym memberships and take luxury cruise vacations, pay for college tuition and employ family members with six-figure salaries, federal… Continue reading
May 19 Feds propose plan to bolster decline in bees By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The federal government hopes to reverse America's declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more federal land bee-friendly, spending more money on research and considering the use of less pesticides. Continue reading
May 18 Watch 5:17 How social media led to a 'renaissance' of public shaming By PBS News Hour Continue watching