Oct 10 Watch 3:27 Russia boosts air strike campaign against Assad foes in Syria By PBS News Hour In Syria, Russian forces stepped up attacks on opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bombing more than 50 targets over the past day. Sam Dagher, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Beirut, to… Continue watching
Oct 10 Twin blasts in Turkish capital kill dozens at peace rally By Elisabeth Ponsot Twin explosions carried out by suspected suicide bombers in Ankara, Turkey, killed dozens of people who had assembled in the capital city on Saturday to attend a peace rally. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 25:05 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode October 4, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, October 4th, 2015, the U.S. and Afghan governments investigate what led to the bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan, in our signature segment, inside a controversial voter ID law in North Carolina, and new limits… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 3:15 Behind the new environmental plans unveiled in the U.S., China and India By PBS News Hour This week, the EPA unveiled new rules to reduce polluting gasses emitted by U.S. factories and cars; India announced a $2 trillion plan to reduce its carbon emissions over the next 15 years; and China also released a new plan. Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 3:00 Afghan hospital bombing victims thought they were ‘imminently going to die’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 3:59 New ‘know before you owe’ mortgage rules may ease homebuyers’ burden By PBS News Hour New rules for home mortgages, designed to make lenders more transparent to borrowers, took effect Saturday. The so-called "know before you owe" rules are meant to protect home buyers from surprises at their closing. Wall Street Journal Reporter Joe Light… Continue watching
Oct 04 7 voices sound off on NC’s controversial voter ID law By Ivette Feliciano In North Carolina, which has had some of the most progressive voting practices and highest voter turnout rates in the country, some residents are grappling with the state's new voter ID law that goes into effect in 2016. Continue reading
Oct 03 Clinton to make LGBT rights a campaign focus By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday delivered the strongest statement of support for gay rights in the 2016 presidential race when she promised that ending discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people would be a central pillar of her administration. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode October 3, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, October 3, 2015, a United States airstrike against the Taliban in Afghanistan accidentally hits a hospital, killing and wounding dozens. In our signature segment, transforming how America's teachers are trained. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New… Continue watching
Oct 03 Airstrike hits Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan By Daniel Costa-Roberts An apparent U.S. airstrike wreaked havoc in the embattled Afghan city of Kunduz early Saturday, killing at least 19 civilians and seriously wounding dozens of others at a hospital run by the medical nonprofit Doctors Without Borders. Continue reading