What do you think? Leave a respectful comment.

PBS NewsHour Logo: Home

December 30, 2015PBS NewsHour full episode

Dec 30, 2015 8:29 PM EDT

Wednesday on the NewsHour...

Wednesday on the NewsHour, Bill Cosby is charged with sexual assault, stemming from a 2004 allegation. Also: Espionage amid Israel’s lobbying of Congress over the Iran deal, lawmakers make compromises to finish out 2015, the biggest scientific breakthrough of 2015 raises questions and taking control back from the food industry over what we eat.

Segments From This Episode

Support Provided By: Learn more

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Additional Support Provided By:

Read May 22 Mnuchin says he has no idea who wrote IRS memo on tax returns
Watch May 21 Why Rep. Raskin says he’s changed his mind on impeaching Trump
Read May 22 Judge refuses to block Trump bank subpoenas
Read May 22 Michael Avenatti charged with defrauding Stormy Daniels
Read May 21 Washington becomes 1st state to allow composting of human remains

U.S. Border Patrol's central processing center in McAllen, Texas, on July 17, 2018. Photo by Loren Elliott/Reuters

Nation May 22

Border holding center to reopen after 32 migrants get the flu

By Colleen Long, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

bookclub21

Politics May 22

In Iowa, even a book club is a 2020 campaign stop

By Matt Loffman

Arts May 22

Welcome to CANVAS, our new site for the arts

By Joshua Barajas

President Donald Trump speaks about the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, on May 22, 2019. Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters

Politics May 22

Judge refuses to block Trump bank subpoenas

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

An employee checks sheets of the newly-designed $20 bill, coming off the printing press at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Facility in Fort Worth, Texas on Aug. 19, 2003. Photo by Jeff Mitchell/Reuters

Nation May 22

Harriet Tubman $20 bill design delayed past 2020

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

A picture of John Walker Lindh is shown on the attendance register of the madrassa (Islamic school) Arabia Hassani Kalan Surani Bannu, in Bannu in Pakistan, January 26, 2002. Photo by Haider Shah/Reuters File Photo

Nation May 22

‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh to be released

By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press

Adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, speaks to media along with lawyer Michael Avenatti (right) outside federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, on April 16, 2018. Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

Politics May 22

Michael Avenatti charged with defrauding Stormy Daniels

By Jim Mustian, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

President Donald Trump presents the Public Safety Medal of Valor to one of 14 recipients in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on May 22, 2019. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters

Nation May 22

WATCH: Trump presents the Medal of Valor to police officers, firefighters

By Gretchen Frazee

Participants hold signs as Democratic U.S. presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a news conference to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2019" on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 10, 2019. Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters

Economy May 22

Column: Why Medicare needs to be fixed before it works ‘for All’

By Philip Moeller

President Donald Trump before boarding Air Force One on May 20, 2019. Photo by REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Politics May 22

New York puts Democrats a step closer to getting Trump’s state tax returns

By Chris Carola, David Klepper, Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on "The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial System" in Washington, on May 22, 2019. Photo by Mary F. Calvert/Reuters

Politics May 22

Mnuchin says he has no idea who wrote IRS memo on tax returns

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sign is seen on the podium at EPA headquarters in Washington. Photo by Ting Shen/Reuters

Health May 22

Children’s health research at risk over lack of EPA funding

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speak to the media with House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and Assistant House Speaker Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) at their sides after returning to the U.S. Capitol from a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, on May 22, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics May 22

WATCH: Pelosi says Trump ‘took a pass’ on negotiating infrastructure plan

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about the investigations by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the U.S. Congress into himself and his administration in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, on May 22, 2019. Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters

Politics May 22

WATCH: Trump says he refuses to work with Democrats while they investigate him

Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former attorney, exits the United States Court house after his sentencing, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on December 12, 2018. Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Politics May 22

Search warrants linked to former Trump lawyer Cohen made public

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 2, 2019. Photo by Yuri Gripas/Reuters

Politics May 22

Pelosi says Trump is ‘engaged in a cover up,’ but urges patience

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the media outside 10 Downing Street in London. Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters

World May 22

May’s leadership in peril after offer of compromise rejected

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, accompanied by his wife Pamela Northam announces he will not resign during a news conference Richmond, Virginia. Photo by Jay Paul/Reuters

Politics May 22

Probe inconclusive on Virginia governor’s racist yearbook pic

By Ben Finley, Associated Press

Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) speaks after Attorney General Jeff Sessions attended a closed door interview with the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Politics May 22

Justice Department agrees to turn over some Mueller documents

By Associated Press

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan speaks at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advanced Training Facility in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia on March 13, 2019. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Nation May 22

WATCH: McAleenan addresses child migrant deaths in budget hearing

By Colleen Long, Associated Press