Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tuesday-december-24-2013 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Tuesday on the News Hour... PBS NewsHour for Tuesday, December 24, 2013 Listen to the Broadcast Subscribe to the Full Show Podcast Segments From This Episode Will new Common Core standards succeed in centralizing student learning? Why fewer Monarch butterflies are surviving their winter migration to Mexico Snowden feels ‘vindicated’ that NSA revelations raised questions on surveillance UN Ambassador Power: U.S. engaged in ‘relentless’ diplomacy in South Sudan UN Security Council votes to double peacekeeping mission in South Sudan News Wrap: Christmas Eve celebrated around the world; Airstrikes in Syria Dick Davis reads poems three short Persian poems Dick Davis on "Faces of Love" and poetry in Iranian culture Students explore an entrepreneurial alternative to higher ed with Enstitute