Jun 01 Watch Sunday, June 1, 2014 By PBS News Hour On tonight’s program, reaction to the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl after five years in Taliban captivity. Later, why Indian tech entrepreneurs are heading home and Americans are joining them. And, animals and plants on the brink of a great… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch Prisoner swap for Bergdahl’s release alarms some critics in Washington By PBS News Hour Critics weighed in on the Sunday morning talk shows about potential foreign policy ramifications of the prisoner exchange with the Taliban for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Adam Entous of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan to take… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch New report suggests Earth on the brink of a great extinction By PBS News Hour According to new research published in the journal Science this week, plant and animal extinctions are happening at a rate one thousand times greater than before humans walked the Earth. Stuart Pimm of Duke University joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss… Continue watching
May 31 Watch Saturday, May 31, 2014 By PBS News Hour On Saturday's program, a U.S. soldier is released after being held captive by the Taliban since 2009. Later, scientists explore the minds of rampage killers. And, the government’s push for more transparency from companies that collect data about you. Continue watching
May 31 Watch Clashes continue in eastern Ukraine By PBS News Hour Since the election last weekend, the Ukraine story seems to have slid off many of the front pages here in the U.S. At the border on the eastern part of the country, however, there have been continued clashes throughout the… Continue watching
May 31 Watch FTC report warns consumers about big data brokers By PBS News Hour The Federal Trade Commission issued a report this week suggesting consumer protections be put in place to combat the collection and selling of consumer information. “Big data” companies collect and sell billions of bits of information about all aspects of… Continue watching
May 25 Watch Sunday, May 25, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, May 25, President Obama makes a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Margaret Warner reports from Kiev with the latest on the presidential election in Ukraine. In our signature segment, what can the U.S. learn from Mexico's… Continue watching
May 25 Watch Can Mexico’s health program teach the U.S. to lose weight? By PBS News Hour With obesity levels rivaling those seen in the United States, Mexico has launched a rigorous campaign to combat the epidemic, including taxes on sugary drinks and other high-calorie snack foods. How well is that strategy is working -- and what… Continue watching
May 24 Watch Saturday, May 24, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday May 24, on the eve of Ukraine’s presidential election, we hear from a small group of reporters who met with Vladimir Putin today. The Pope begins a trip to the Middle East. What impact can… Continue watching
May 24 Watch Pope Francis stresses commonalities in trip to Middle East By PBS News Hour Pope Francis met with King Abdullah in Jordan Saturday on the first day of a three-day tour of the Middle East, stressing the relationships between Christianity, Judaism and Islam. This is only the fourth visit of a pope to the… Continue watching