Sep 02 Watch 5:33 Extreme heat in China threatens major water source and hydropower abilities By Patrick Fok China’s record-breaking heat wave, which lasted more than two months, has finally begun to ease. But the power shortages that came with the searing temperatures have raised questions about the region’s heavy reliance on hydropower and China’s ambitions to end… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 8:22 Years late and billions over budget, NASA's most powerful rocket finally set for takeoff By Miles O'Brien If all goes as planned, NASA will launch a rocket to return to the moon Saturday afternoon. This first phase will send an unmanned capsule to lunar orbit and back, but NASA wants humans to land on the moon in… Continue watching
Sep 02 WATCH: NASA officials hold news briefing on next attempt at ground-breaking Artemis launch By Associated Press NASA is aiming for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that foiled the first try. Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch 5:48 News Wrap: Biden set to step up attack on 'extremist' threats to democracy In our news wrap Thursday, President Biden is set to step up his attack on what he calls "extremist" threats to democracy by former President Trump and his most zealous supporters. A federal judge heard arguments on whether an outside… Continue watching
Sep 01 WATCH: NASA holds news briefing on upcoming Artemis launch By Associated Press The agency will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight, after engine trouble halted the first countdown this week. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 5:57 News Wrap: FDA authorizes omicron boosters, inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant In our news wrap Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized two updated COVID-19 boosters to target the omicron strain of the virus, life expectancy in the U.S. fell to just over 76 years as the pandemic continued to take… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 7:23 Children's hospitals become targets of anti-transgender attacks and harassment By Stephanie Sy In recent weeks, several children’s hospitals have become targets of far-right attacks and harassment. Anti-transgender activists have been using social media to spread disinformation about gender-affirming medical care. Jay Brown of the Human Rights Campaign joins Stephanie Sy to discuss… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 7:01 Millions of flood victims in Pakistan now at risk of waterborne disease By Nick Schifrin The World Health Organization warned that millions of Pakistanis affected by historic floods are now at risk of waterborne disease. Areas in central and southern Pakistan are still underwater and 70,000 more homes have been damaged, adding to the one… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 8:45 Historic drought followed by flooding threatens crops and farms in East Africa By Fred de Sam Lazaro The toll from extreme weather has devastated vast regions of sub-Saharan Africa which are suffering from the worst drought conditions on record and a food crisis that ranges from severe to catastrophic. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro looks at one… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 6:45 Artists find inspiration in nature and history of Everglades National Park By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet Artists have long taken to the outdoors to do their work. Now, a new program, Artist in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE), puts a new emphasis on that important synergy. Jeffrey Brown visited Everglades National Park to see how artists are… Continue watching