Jan 23 Watch 3:30 U.S. rolls out tighter Visa Waiver Program rules in wake of terror attacks By PBS News Hour As more radicalized foreigners join ISIS militants, U.S. officials this week tightened the Visa Waiver Program, which allows visitors from 38 countries to enter the U.S. for 90 days without a visa. This week, anyone from a Visa Waiver country… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 10:13 To avoid deadly shootings, police deploy new training tactics By PBS News Hour Following two years of highly publicized deadly shootings by police officers, some police departments around the country are looking into new training methods they hope will not only reduce the number of officer-involved shootings, but also keep their officers in… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 4:52 Inside the fight to save the bananas we know (and love) By PBS News Hour A deadly fungus, known as Panama disease, is decimating banana plantations around the world and threatens to wipe out the most common species, the Cavendish banana. Scientists in Honduras are working to create a resistant banana before the disease hits… Continue watching
Jan 18 California natural gas leak just one of thousands across country By Elisabeth Ponsot Experts estimate there are thousands of methane leaks across the U.S., compounding the nation’s greenhouse gas inventory and foisting political pressure onto federal regulators to deal with the global warming contributor. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 4:38 What’s the economic impact of the Iran deal? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, the Treasury Department announced new sanctions on 11 foreign companies or individuals supplying parts for Iran's ballistic missile program. Bloomberg News White House correspondent Angela Greiling Keane joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to discuss the economic impact of… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 17, 2016 By PBS News Hour Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: President Obama defends the Iran deal, as American prisoners are released and many U.S. sanctions are lifted, and later, how 2.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey are struggling to live outside traditional refugee camps. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 1:53 New titanosaur discovery exhibits state-of-the-art paleontology By PBS News Hour Starting this weekend, visitors to New York's American Museum of Natural History can get close up view of what scientists believe may be the biggest creature to have ever walked the earth. The discovery represents huge gains for modern paleontology. Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 9:02 Inside the harsh living conditions for Syrian refugees in Turkey By PBS News Hour More than 2.5 million refugees fleeing Syria's civil war, currently live in Turkey. Nearly 90 percent of those refugees are now living outside of traditional refugee camps, presenting a whole new set of challenges for international relief agencies. NewsHour special… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch Jason Rezaian’s imprisonment was ‘simply unacceptable,’ Washington Post staff say By PBS News Hour The Washington Post's executive editor Marty Baron and foreign editor Douglas Jehl join Hari Sreenivasan over the phone to discuss the return of the paper's former Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian. Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 16, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 16, the UN says Iran has complied with last year's nuclear disarmament deal and sanctions are lifted. In a prisoner swap, Iran also freed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and four other Americans it… Continue watching