• Making NewsHour Weekend: A year of covering resilience and hope

    Making NewsHour Weekend: A year of covering resilience and hope

    Dec 29, 2019 08:51 PM EDT

    ... attack, Stephen Cohen, co-president of New Light Congregation, said he was feeling anxious. Ivette Feliciano: What’s on your mind? What are you thinking right now? Stephen Cohen: I'm afraid. I'm afraid because the High Holidays are a time of reflection, of introspection, of asking God for ...

  • The influential people we said goodbye to in 2019

    The influential people we said goodbye to in 2019

    Dec 28, 2019 12:08 AM EDT

    ... deadpan interviews of pro wrestling superstars like "Macho Man" Randy Savage, the Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan made him a ringside fixture in his own right. Jan. 2. Bob Einstein, 76. The veteran comedy writer and performer known for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," “Curb Your Enthusiasm" and his spoof ...

  • The Trump impeachment hearings highlight immigrants’ stories

    The Trump impeachment hearings highlight immigrants’ stories

    Nov 22, 2019 03:33 PM EDT

    ... to Steve Castor, the committee’s Republican attorney.Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., said the line of questioning “may have come cloaked in a Brooks Brothers suit and in parliamentary language,” but was “designed exclusively to give the right-wing media an opening to question your loyalties.” Hill was also ...

  • First-hand witnesses describe key Trump-Zelensky call on Day 3 of impeachment hearings

    First-hand witnesses describe key Trump-Zelensky call on Day 3 of impeachment hearings

    Nov 20, 2019 03:19 AM EDT

    Was Vindman attacked for being an immigrant? Vindman offered moving testimony about his family fleeing the Soviet Union in search of a better life in the United States. Vindman is a decorated veteran, and both of his brothers also served in the armed forces. Faced with a witness testifying in ...

  • What we learned from public testimony of officials on Trump's July 25 call

    What we learned from public testimony of officials on Trump's July 25 call

    Nov 19, 2019 11:55 PM EDT

    ... in the United States, so his three sons could have better and safer lives. His courageous decision inspired a deep sense of gratitude IN my brothers and myself and instilled in us a sense of duty and service. All three of us have served or are currently serving in the ...

  • Jewish community still healing one year after mass shooting

    Jewish community still healing one year after mass shooting

    Oct 27, 2019 09:16 PM EDT

    ... Light Congregation, said he was feeling anxious. Ivette Feliciano: As we go into the High Holidays, what’s on your mind? What are you thinking right now? Stephen Cohen: I'm afraid. I'm afraid because the High Holidays are a time of reflection, of introspection, of asking God for ...

  • Arabs in Israel strike to protest deadly crime wave

    Arabs in Israel strike to protest deadly crime wave

    Oct 03, 2019 06:33 PM EDT

    ... parliament skipped the swearing-in out of solidarity. Thousands took part in a protest in the northern Arab town of Majd al-Krum, where two brothers and a third man were killed in a brawl involving guns and knives earlier this week. The protesters waved signs and chanted slogans calling ...

  • What rising temperatures in the Gulf of Maine mean for the state's lobster industry

    What rising temperatures in the Gulf of Maine mean for the state's lobster industry

    Sep 18, 2019 10:35 PM EDT

    David Fields: Lobsters are carnivores. They feed really on other animals, and they're horribly cannibalistic. So, they eat also their brothers and sisters pretty regularly. Miles O'Brien: But David Fields is more interested in what lobsters eat when they are tiny. He is a senior research scientist at ...

  • As Hurricane Dorian batters the Carolinas, what's next for relief efforts in the Bahamas

    As Hurricane Dorian batters the Carolinas, what's next for relief efforts in the Bahamas

    Sep 05, 2019 10:55 PM EDT

    ... us that you have just seen widespread examples of this, of individuals moving to do what they can on their own. John Yang: That's right. In the spot, we talked about the group Restoration Abaco and heard from one of the organizers. Another organizer we met last night was ...

  • Billionaire, conservative donor David Koch dies at age 79

    Billionaire, conservative donor David Koch dies at age 79

    Aug 23, 2019 01:07 PM EDT

    ... s vice presidential candidate in 1980. He was a generous donor to conservative political causes as well as educational, medical and cultural groups. The Koch brothers were best known for a vast political network they built that became popularly known as the "Kochtopus" for its far-reaching tentacles in support ...