Sep 13 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 13, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition of PBS NewsHour Weekend for Saturday, Sept. 13, Islamic State militants circulate a new video purporting to show the beheading of a third hostage, a British aid worker named David Haines. Later, how will China feed its… Continue watching
Sep 13 Sen. Rubio takes harder line on illegal immigration By Michael J. Mishak, Associated Press After the first-term senator saw his political standing fall among conservatives who balked at his immigration advocacy, Rubio is now focusing on border security - more in line with the GOP activists who wield great influence in how a White… Continue reading
Sep 13 Syrian extremists may pose more direct threat to US than Islamic State By Ken Dilanian, Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press While the Islamic State group is getting the most attention now, another band of extremists in Syria - a mix of hardened jihadis from Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and Europe - poses a more direct and imminent threat to the United… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama as reluctant warrior, sacrificing immigration reform before midterms By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including how lawmakers are reacting to President Obama’s airstrike plan against the Islamic State, the president’s decision to delay executive action… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Bill Clinton celebrates 20 years of AmeriCorps, talks Islamic State strategy and midterm election outlook By PBS News Hour In the 20 years since President Bill Clinton signed the AmeriCorps National Service Program into existence, more than 900,000 participants have worked on service projects across the U.S. They've tutored kids, aided communities after disaster and fought hunger. The former… Continue watching
Sep 12 Bill Clinton: Putin's media control enables him to hang on to power By News Desk President Bill Clinton thinks that Vladimir Putin won’t be able to deny the hit that U.S. and European sanctions will have on Russia, but his control of the media will enable him to hang on. In an interview with PBS… Continue reading
Sep 12 Can Obama wage war on the Islamic State group without congressional approval? By Stephen Braun, Associated Press WASHINGTON — As a U.S. senator from Illinois running for the White House in 2007, Barack Obama sponsored a resolution to prohibit President George W. Bush’s administration from taking military action against Iran unless it was explicitly authorized by Congress. Continue reading
Sep 12 U.S. threatened Yahoo with daily fine if it did not comply with data handover By Pete Yost, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Yahoo's free email service could have cost the company an extra quarter of a million dollars a day. The government called for the huge fine in 2008 if Yahoo didn't go along with an expansion of U.S. surveillance… Continue reading
Sep 12 There are more Islamic State group fighters than U.S. thought By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: When it comes to war, what's in a name? President promising to "go as far as he can" on immigration by end of the year Boehner tries to show a united front… Continue reading
Sep 12 Gwen's Take: A strategy in four points By Gwen Ifill I found myself chuckling aloud at the otherwise most unremarkable line in President Obama's Wednesday night address to the nation. "This is our strategy," he intoned. Then he ticked off four points. It was hard not to believe the leader… Continue reading