Nov 20 Watch Is Uber's aggressive attitude bad for business? By PBS News Hour Uber, the popular ride-sharing mobile phone app, has developed a reputation for ruthlessness. The company's latest woes were generated by an executive who talked about hiring operatives to dig up dirt on reporters who criticize the company. Economics correspondent Paul… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Remembering Mike Nichols, legendary director of sophisticated crowd-pleasers By PBS News Hour Mike Nichols, a prolific figure in theater and film, directed numerous American classics, including “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “The Graduate,” a film known for its commentary and influence on American life. Nichols, who arrived in the U.S. at… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch 7:34 U.S. veteran leads clean-up of Vietnam War's lethal remnants By PBS NewsHour There are still ongoing lethal consequences of the Vietnam War that ended in 1975. Undetonated "bomblets," dropped by the U.S. military during the conflict, are killing and maiming people who discover them by accident. To help close a painful chapter… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Faced with 'mega-crisis,' UN warns of refugee suffering and security threats By PBS News Hour For the first time since World War II, there are more than 51 million people worldwide who are refugees or displaced; more than a quarter have been driven from their homes by the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Chief foreign… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Woman blinded in one eye by airbag accident testifies at Takata hearing By PBS News Hour Exploding airbags manufactured by the Japanese company Takata were the focus of a Senate committee hearing. One in about 8 million cars in the U.S. have been recalled for the problem, which occurs when the inflators fire too much force,… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch News Wrap: Last month was hottest October on record By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the world experienced its hottest month of October since recording began -- the fifth month this year to set new highs. Also, as State Secretary John Kerry arrives in Vienna for a new round of… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Obama's full immigration speech By News Desk At 8 p.m. EST, President Barack Obama will lay out his plan for "Immigration Accountability Executive Actions." Below are excerpts the White House released from that speech, which you can watch on our website. Continue reading
Nov 20 Obama's immigration plan could protect up to five million from deportation By Julie Pace, Associated Press Brushing aside Republican outrage, President Barack Obama is ordering far-reaching changes to the nation's immigration laws that will allow nearly 5 million people now here illegally to avoid deportation. The administration is also setting new enforcement priorities that could make… Continue reading
Nov 20 Five things to watch in Obama's immigration speech By Nancy Benac, Associated Press WASHINGTON — After years of wrangling with Congress over how to fix the country's immigration system, President Barack Obama is ready to announce his plan to take action alone. Just how far does he go? Who's going to be covered?… Continue reading
Nov 20 NSA dissenters warned of possible privacy backlash in 2009 By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press Dissenters within the National Security Agency, led by a senior agency executive, warned in 2009 that the program to secretly collect American phone records wasn't providing enough intelligence to justify the backlash it would cause if revealed, current and former… Continue reading