Jul 08 Watch 25:09 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 8, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, July 8, world leaders wrap up the G20 summit and a new report shows the number of refugees and migrants into Europe has spiked. Later, Seattle is retraining its police to reduce their use of… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 3:33 Report highlights EU’s shortcomings as refugee numbers surge By PBS News Hour Migrants and refugees are continuing to flee wars and persecution in the Middle East and North Africa as they attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe. In the first half of 2017, 73,000 have reached Italy over that route,… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 9:43 Seattle sticks to Obama-era police reforms amid review By PBS News Hour Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a sweeping review of police reforms initiated under the Obama administration, suggesting a potential rollback in federal oversight of police nationwide. One city still committed to reform is Seattle. Special Correspondent Joanne Elgart Jennings… Continue watching
Jul 08 Baton Rouge officer wounded by lone shooter sues Black Lives Matter By Kamala Kelkar A federal lawsuit claims that Black Lives Matter and its leaders are responsible for the wounding of a police officer by a lone shooter after protests in Baton Rouge one year ago. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 25:07 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 2, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, July 2, warming oceans are affecting coral reefs and what the Antarctic melt means for sea level rise. Later, the nationwide effort to locate and identify homeless veterans. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 4:36 Antarctica is melting faster than scientists expected By PBS News Hour Scientists predict a sheet of ice 110 miles long -- the size of Delaware -- will break off Antarctica in the coming days or weeks. In its July issue, National Geographic covers the effects that warming oceans will have on… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 2:49 EPA launching program to challenge climate science By PBS News Hour In the latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change, Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has recruited a team of researchers to challenge climate science. Emily Holden, who broke the story for E&E News’s ClimateWire,… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 3:27 Nationwide effort gives homeless veterans an honorable burial By PBS News Hour There are an estimated 39,000 homeless military veterans in the United States, according to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Missing in America project works to locate, identify, and grant honorable burials to those who have died. Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 5:40 ‘Chasing Coral’ documents destruction of coral reefs By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman In the new documentary “Chasing Coral,” a team of photographers, divers and scientists analyze more than 650 hours of underwater footage to illustrate the real-time effects warming seas. The film will premiere on Netflix on July 14. NewsHour Weekend’s Saskia… Continue watching
Jul 02 Damascus bombing kills at least 21 people By Omar Etman A suicide car bomber killed at least 21 people on Sunday in a rare attack on Damascus, the seat of power for President Bashar Assad. Continue reading