Feb 10 Watch 25:47 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 10, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 10, a conflict in the skies over Syria and Israel, and an effort to monitor political ads on Facebook through crowdsourcing. Later, pirates are returning to their old fishing jobs in Somalia. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch 4:35 ProPublica tool finds misleading political ads on Facebook By PBS News Hour Amid an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Facebook came under fire for its opacity on how it targets political ads. A few months ago, ProPublica released Political Ad Collector, a tool that crowdsources the job of… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch 4:22 Israel strikes Syria after downing Iranian drone By PBS News Hour Tensions are high in the Middle East as Iran and Israel exchange fire over Syrian skies. It started Friday night, when Israel shot down an Iranian drone that entered the Israeli airspace from a Syria. Then Syria shot down an… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch 8:37 Can Somalia’s fishing industry keep pirates out of business? By PBS News Hour From 2010 to 2012, pirates ruled Somali waters, costing commercial ships billions of dollars in ransoms. Over the last few years, increased naval patrolling and security improved the situation drastically and many former pirates turned to fishing to earn an… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 4, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 4, the Nunes memo released this week is still the talk of the town in Washington, D.C., but are other important issues being overlooked? And, inside the NAFTA provision that has the Trump administration… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 3:11 What economic and political issues were eclipsed by the Nunes memo? By PBS News Hour The controversial House Intelligence Committee memo earlier this week has grabbed headlines, but Washington is mired in other significant issues. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Megan Thompson from Santa Barbara to discuss the Treasury, which wants to borrow… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 9:13 White House, some progressives have common ground on NAFTA clause By Melanie Saltzman, Christopher Booker In less than eight weeks, ongoing talks over the North American Free Trade Agreement are set to expire. The White House has found common ground with some progressives over the Investor State Dispute Settlement, a NAFTA clause that allows foreign… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 5:06 Taylor Mac turns U.S. history inside out in epic, 24-hour show By Corinne Segal, Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green For years, artist Taylor Mac has challenged mainstream ideas around gender and sexuality with shows that spotlight LGBTQ identity. Now Mac, who received a MacArthur grant last fall, is touring “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,” a show with 24… Continue watching
Feb 04 Greeks protest Macedonia’s name as leaders try to end decades-long dispute By Michael D. Regan More than 100,000 protesters met in Athens to demonstrate against a possible plan by Greece's government to accept the name "Macedonia" for the neighboring former Yugoslavian country. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 3, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 3, President Trump claims vindication over the controversial congressional memo, and a DACA recipient and lawyer defends undocumented immigrants. Also, the dairy trade emerges as a major point of contention in NAFTA negotiations between… Continue watching