• PBS NewsHour full episode May 4, 2017

    PBS NewsHour full episode May 4, 2017

    May 05, 2017 02:37 AM EST

    Thursday on the NewsHour, House Republicans narrowly pass a bill to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. How will it fare in the Senate? Also: Rep. Adam Schiff on the Russia investigation, a Wisconsin town's complicated economic recovery, refugees flee to Uganda from South Sudan, summer movies you won't ...

  • In this struggling Wisconsin town, families come to terms with needing help

    In this struggling Wisconsin town, families come to terms with needing help

    May 04, 2017 08:01 PM EST

    Editor’s Note: In Janesville, Wisconsin, the nation’s oldest operating General Motors assembly plant shut down in the midst of the Great Recession, two days before Christmas of 2008. As many as 9,000 people lost their jobs, and families tumbled out of the middle class in a cascade ...

  • PBS NewsHour full episode April 6, 2016

    PBS NewsHour full episode April 6, 2016

    Apr 06, 2016 11:49 PM EST

    Wednesday on the NewsHour, how will Sen. Bernie Sanders’s and Sen. Ted Cruz’s victories in Wisconsin affect the 2016 race going forward? Also: Why diabetes cases quadrupled worldwide over the last 40 years, scientists search for El Niño secrets, weighing peace prospects in Israel, empowering India’s street ...

  • Cruz, Sanders emerge victorious in Wisconsin primaries

    Cruz, Sanders emerge victorious in Wisconsin primaries

    Apr 06, 2016 01:58 AM EST

    ... of his decline. "Tonight is a turning point," Cruz told cheering supporters at a victory rally. "It is a call from the hardworking people of Wisconsin to America. We have a choice. A real choice." MORE: PBS NewsHour's delegate tracker Cruz, a Texas senator with a complicated relationship with ...

  • PBS NewsHour full episode April 5, 2016

    PBS NewsHour full episode April 5, 2016

    Apr 06, 2016 12:41 AM EST

    Tuesday on the NewsHour, presidential candidates make their final pitches before the Wisconsin primary. Also: Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland visits Congress, how digital education could compromise privacy, exploring the racial care gap in medicine, archaeologists return to sites once held by ISIS, the NCAA tournament makes history, inside the ...

  • Here are the paths to victory for candidates in Wisconsin

    Here are the paths to victory for candidates in Wisconsin

    Apr 05, 2016 11:00 AM EST

    ... operations will be key in today’s Wisconsin presidential primary. For the Republicans, Charles Franklin, head of the widely respected Marquette Law School Poll, says Wisconsin can be seen as essentially two regions: The Milwaukee suburbs and the rural northwest. READ MORE: Cruz benefits from Wisconsin republicans’ unified front Three ...

  • PBS NewsHour full episode April 4, 2016

    PBS NewsHour full episode April 4, 2016

    Apr 04, 2016 11:41 PM EST

    Monday on the NewsHour, Greece begins deporting migrants back to Turkey as some Syrian refugees are transported to Germany. Also: The Panama Papers expose dirty dealings behind shell companies, what’s on the minds of Wisconsin voters, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, Kurdistan teeters on the brink of ...

  • What to expect from Wisconsin voters

    What to expect from Wisconsin voters

    Apr 04, 2016 11:28 PM EST

    ... minute. When I walk in there, I won't know until I'm going to -- when I actually get the ballot on Tuesday morning. JOHN YANG: It's a dilemma, no doubt, that many voters across Wisconsin are facing tonight. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm John Yang in Milwaukee.

  • In Wisconsin, the path to the voting booth now means a stop at the DMV for many

    In Wisconsin, the path to the voting booth now means a stop at the DMV for many

    Apr 02, 2016 12:28 AM EST

    ... driver's license, a state I.D. or a passport. Proponents say the new law prevents voter fraud. Rick Esenberg is president of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. RICK ESENBERG, Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty: We don't think it's unreasonable to take some precautions ...

  • PBS NewsHour full episode April 1, 2016

    PBS NewsHour full episode April 1, 2016

    Apr 02, 2016 12:14 AM EST

    Friday on the NewsHour, leaders from around the globe conclude a summit on keeping nuclear material away from terrorists. Also: Two of largest states raise the minimum wage to $15, how a new voter ID law affects Wisconsin voters, Shields and Brooks on the week's news, a visit to ...