Feb 03 Keystone XL's climate impacts need to be revisited, EPA says By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press With the recent dip in oil prices, the Environmental Protection Agency wants the State Department to "revisit" how much of a toll the Keystone XL oil pipeline would have on global warming. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 53:44 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 2, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, President Obama delivers a $4 trillion spending plan to Capitol Hill. We talk to budget director Shaun Donovan and Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. Also: Egypt continues its complicated crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the alarming new… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 5:06 Opting out of vaccination is 'recipe for outbreak' By PBS News Hour Parents who don’t vaccinate their children due to concerns about side effects can put others at risk -- even those who have been vaccinated. Gwen Ifill talks to Patsy Stinchfield of the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota about the… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 7:28 Director Richard Linklater collaborates with the future in 'Boyhood' By PBS News Hour As a storyteller, director Richard Linklater likes to play with the passage of time. For his acclaimed recent film "Boyhood," shooting lasted 12 years in order to tell the story of a boy who ages from 6 to 18. The… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 4:03 Tracing the origins of the anti-vaccine movement By PBS News Hour A measles outbreak has reached 14 states and infected more than 100 people. The disease had been considered eradicated in the U.S., but parents’ skepticism about the safety and usefulness of vaccines in recent years has made room for measles… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 7:12 How will Republicans act on Obama's budget proposals? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill gets analysis from Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Nia-Malika Henderson of The Washington Post on President Obama’s budget proposal and the shifting landscape for 2016 GOP contenders, plus an update on the political battles over… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 7:56 Dissecting Obama's 2016 budget proposal By PBS News Hour Shaun Donovan, the White House’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, talks to Gwen Ifill about whether President Obama’s budget proposal can find a political middle ground, especially when Democrats say “invest” and Republicans hear “spend.”… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch Budget priorities and nonstarters according to the GOP By PBS News Hour How are Republicans responding to President Obama’s 2016 budget? Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on issues like sequestration, the deficit, infrastructure spending and economic growth for the middle class. Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 5:26 News Wrap: First large-scale Ebola vaccine trials begin in Liberia By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, about 600 people will participate in the first large-scale Ebola vaccine trials. Tests of two potential vaccines may ultimately involve 27,000 people. Also, civilians in the embattled Donetsk province in Eastern Ukraine ran for cover… Continue watching
Feb 02 The Supreme Court won't be airing its same-sex marriage decision on live TV By Matt Sedensky, Sam Hananel, Associated Press News organizations, start training your interns for running now. The Supreme Court will not be broadcasting its historic arguments over gay marriage on live television. Continue reading