Dec 10 Watch 7:20 On eve of shutdown deadline, Congress has a trillion-dollar divide By PBS News Hour House Speaker John Boehner announced a budget deal just a day before the deadline for a possible federal government shutdown. The Republican-written bill has no sign of past shutdown flashpoints, but it doesn't mean everyone is happy. Political editor Lisa… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 6:12 Talking to dogs isn’t so far-fetched: Researchers translate canine with computer science By PBS News Hour Researchers at North Carolina State University are inventing technology to decode dog talk. Hari Sreenivasan visits a computer science lab that has designed a harness to monitor physiological and emotional changes and send wireless commands through vibrations, which could be… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 10:17 Why do you march? Young protesters explain what drives them – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 4:08 ‘Unprecedented’ Sony hack stirs concern over North Korea cyberwarfare By PBS News Hour Investigators have called the pre-Thanksgiving cyber attack on Sony Pictures “unprecedented.” The attack knocked out most of Sony’s network and while the culprits remain unknown, some are considering North Korea as a possible suspect. For more on North Korea’s possible… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 4:07 To remember Pearl Harbor, a debate on restoring a last-of-its-kind military plane By PBS News Hour Seventy-three years ago, an attack on Pearl Harbor catapulted the U.S. into World War II. National Air and Space Museum curator Jeremy Kinney shows off a rare survivor from that day -- a military seaplane -- and explains how specialists… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 5:41 Using poetry to uncover the moments that lead to racism By PBS News Hour Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine says that the small moments that carve gaps of misunderstanding between Americans lead to big, national moments of misunderstanding, like events in Ferguson and New York. Rankine explores these disruptions and how they lead to… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 0:50 Using poetry to uncover the moments that lead to racism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch How will NYPD respond to the Eric Garner choking death grand jury verdict? By PBS News Hour A white policeman in New York City will not be charged in the choking death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, which was caught on videotape. Hari Sreenivasan learns more about the decision and how New York has been… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 5:36 Cozy relationship between Fed and big banks draws scrutiny By PBS News Hour While monitoring Goldman Sachs, New York Federal Reserve supervisor Carmen Segarra made secret recordings that suggested the Fed was too soft on the big bank. She was fired a few months later, for reasons the Fed claimed were unrelated. Judy… Continue watching