Oct 28 Watch 24:54 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 28, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 28, a conservative website funded by Republican donor Paul Singer is revealed to have funded the anti-Trump dossier, and Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s sentencing hearing has begun. Also, Russia decriminalizes certain acts of domestic violence. Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 7:09 Domestic abuse is not always criminal in Russia By PBS News Hour, Nick Schifrin In Russia, a woman is killed by domestic violence every 40 minutes, according to data from the Russian government. But earlier this year, President Vladimir Putin signed a law that downgrades “moderate” violence, causing bruises or bleeding once a year,… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 4:50 Military on verge of sentencing Bergdahl for desertion By PBS News Hour Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is in the middle of a sentencing hearing for his guilty plea to desertion, which prosecutors say injured and killed… Continue watching
Oct 28 Five years after Hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers call for action on climate change By Michael D. Regan Five years after Hurricane Sandy struck the shores of New York and New Jersey, advocacy groups and residents question whether the region is moving fast enough to prepare for the next major storm. Continue reading
Oct 28 WATCH: Mourners remember William T. Coleman Jr. By Corinne Segal Mourners have gathered to remember William T. Coleman Jr., who broke racial barriers as a lawyer and member of President Gerald Ford's cabinet. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 24:56 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 22, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 22, President Donald Trump continues to push his tax plan, and Buddhists protest ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. Also, a look at whether nuclear power is the right answer to global warming. Hari Sreenivasan anchors… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch 4:26 Dogged by controversies, Trump’s tactics get pushback By PBS News Hour From the Russian hacking investigation to the Gold Star controversy, the Trump administration continues to be dogged by scandals. This has hurt legislative efforts to pass the GOP’s health care and tax plans and made the potential path toward bipartisanship… Continue watching
Oct 22 As state protections stall, cities lead the way on LGBTQ rights By Corinne Segal As federal and state governments are threatening to roll back protections for the community, cities are becoming more progressive on LGBTQ issues. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 3:37 Myanmar Buddhists protest repatriation of Rohingya By PBS News Hour In Myanmar, hundreds of Buddhists this weekend protested the government's suggestion that it might take back the nearly 600,000 minority Muslims known as the Rohingya, who have fled into Bangladesh amid killings by government soldiers since late August. Farah Kabir,… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch 9:08 Should states rely on nuclear power to combat climate change? By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo As older nuclear energy plants approach retirement or are threatened by closure, states worried about climate change are figuring out whether to keep them running. While they are cleaner for the environment, they are radioactive and significantly more expensive than… Continue watching