Aug 20 Watch 3:48 Making sense of a chaotic week at the White House By PBS News Hour It was another turbulent week at the White House, featuring the departure of President Trump's senior strategist Steve Bannon, who promised to wage "war" at figures inside the White House and Republicans from his Breitbart website, and the collapse of… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch 4:03 Remembering Jerry Lewis and Dick Gregory, pioneering comedians By PBS News Hour In less than 24 hours, the world lost two comedic icons. Jerry Lewis, a comedy titan, film producer and screenwriter who entertained audiences with his uniquely zany brand of comedy, died Sunday at the age of 91. Dick Gregory, the… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch 4:01 Joint military drills to begin with U.S., South Korea By PBS News Hour Defense Secretary James Mattis said Sunday that the decision to reduce U.S. troop participation in joint military exercises with South Korea this week is unrelated to tensions with North Korea. Christopher Hill, former chief U.S. negotiator with North Korea and… Continue watching
Aug 20 Comedy legend Jerry Lewis dead at 91 By Michael D. Regan Famed comedian, actor and filmmaker Jerry Lewis died on Sunday at his home in Las Vegas, his publicist confirmed. He was 91. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 24:53 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Aug. 19, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, August 19, thousands of counter-protesters overpower a controversial “free speech” rally in Boston. Later, the tech community responds to hate speech in the wake of Charlottesville. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 4:19 Counter-protesters dwarf far-right marchers at Boston rally By PBS News Hour At the “Boston Free Speech Rally,” thousands of counter-protesters eclipsed a small group of far-right marchers on Saturday. The gathering took place just one week after a deadly white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. Phillip Martin, WGBH senior investigative reporter,… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 4:17 Tech companies shut down white nationalist sites By PBS News Hour Events in Charlottesville last week prompted the tech community to take steps against hate speech. Companies like Google have stopped hosting white nationalist websites, and Facebook and Twitter have shut down known white nationalists’ accounts. Cindy Cohn of the Electronic… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 4:12 Can students return a billion oysters to a New York harbor? By Laura Fong Oysters were once abundant in New York City, but decades of over-harvesting and pollution led to their near-extinction there. Now, an education initiative called the Billion Oyster Project teaches public school students how to help bring them back to the… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 4:30 Why are women joining the ‘alt-right’? By PBS News Hour After the violent “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last Saturday, the “alt-right” has come under renewed scrutiny. Its ideology rejects Jewish people, people of color, LGBTQ people and immigrants, and is dominated by white men --… Continue watching
Aug 19 Thousands counter-protest ‘free speech’ rally in Boston By Omar Etman Thousands of counter-protesters overpowered a scheduled "free speech" rally by far-right groups in Boston on Saturday. Continue reading