• News Wrap: Russia launches missile strikes in Syria

    News Wrap: Russia launches missile strikes in Syria

    Oct 08, 2015 12:41 AM EDT

    ... HARI SREENIVASAN: In a moment, Judy's and Gwen's headline interviews with Hillary Clinton and Bill and Melinda Gates, but first the day's news, starting with Clinton's decision to oppose the Trans-Pacific trade agreement. It's her biggest break yet with President Obama, but she ...

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    Are Teachers Too Easily Caught in Crossfire Over Student Achievement?

    Jun 05, 2012 10:30 PM EDT

    ... approach to teacher accountability. ... JEFFREY BROWN: And next, the second part of our series about teachers, testing, and accountability in public schools. Last night, we interviewed Melinda Gates, co-founder of the Gates Foundation, who's been an outspoken advocate for testing and tougher standards. Tonight, we get a different ...

  • As Russia probe continues, some lawmakers want Trump to leave Mueller alone

    As Russia probe continues, some lawmakers want Trump to leave Mueller alone

    Oct 31, 2017 02:05 PM EDT

    ... t even imagine" that Trump would fire Mueller. Jay Sekulow, Trump's personal lawyer, shot down both possibilities of firing Mueller and pardons in an interview Tuesday with ABC's "Good Morning America." "The president has not indicated to me or to anyone else that I work with that he ...

  • A quick guide to Kwanzaa

    A quick guide to Kwanzaa

    Dec 20, 2024 02:56 PM EDT

    ... of freedom and a practice of freedom.” Karenga, an African American author, activist and professor, founded Kwanzaa following the Watts Riots, also known as the Watts Rebellion, in Los Angeles in 1965. Karenga described Kwanzaa as a “political-motivator holiday” in an interview with Henry Lewis Gates Jr. for PBS.

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    Foreign Aid Facing Proposed Cuts and a Public Perception Problem

    Mar 10, 2011 08:32 PM EDT

    ... Department is allocated $47 billion, not including $8.7 billion for operations in certain countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. We'll talk to Kay Granger on Thursday's NewsHour. Watch Judy Woodruff's interview Laura Bush, Melinda Gates and Helene Gayle of CARE on aid for women's programs here.

  • U.S. officials say Travis King, soldier who crossed into North Korea, is in American custody

    U.S. officials say Travis King, soldier who crossed into North Korea, is in American custody

    Sep 27, 2023 01:25 PM EDT

    In an interview last month with The Associated Press, King's mother, Claudine Gates, said her son had "so many reasons" to want to come home. "I just can't see him ever wanting to just stay in Korea when he has family in America. He has so many reasons ...

  • Tom Hanks on Hollywood’s tipping point over sexual misconduct

    Tom Hanks on Hollywood’s tipping point over sexual misconduct

    Oct 23, 2017 10:40 PM EDT

    ... in New York, the state attorney general launched a civil rights probe into The Weinstein Company. As it happens, this weekend, Jeffrey Brown recorded an interview with actor Tom Hanks about a new project, his first book, a collection of short stories. We're going to be airing that interview ...

  • 'I am an American' -- George Takei on a lifetime of defying stereotypes

    'I am an American' -- George Takei on a lifetime of defying stereotypes

    May 14, 2017 05:55 PM EDT

    ... unthinkable when I was young.” In 2011, he offered his last name in replacement of the word "gay" when the Tennessee state legislature passed a bill that prohibited school teachers or students from talking about sexuality with students, including language that alluded to gay people. He suggested people instead say ...

  • Did President Trump deliver on his 100-day contract with voters?

    Did President Trump deliver on his 100-day contract with voters?

    Apr 25, 2017 06:42 PM EDT

    Of 38 specific promises Trump made in his 100-day "contract" with voters, he's accomplished 10, mostly through executive orders, according to an AP analysis.

  • Why college education isn't a bubble

    Why college education isn't a bubble

    Dec 04, 2014 05:10 PM EDT

    PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel has argued that college is overvalued in this country and that not everyone should go. He's even called it a bubble -- like housing. But entrepreneur and academic Vivek Wadhwa defends higher education, calling Thiel's ideas -- including his fellowship to pay students to drop out of college -- "a race...