Dec 14 Watch 3:53 Legal challenges cause woes for Wall Street darling Uber By PBS News Hour Valued at $41.2 billion, on-demand taxi service Uber is both the darling of Wall Street and the bane of local regulators across the country and around the world. Liz Gannes of Re/code joins Hari Sreenivasan from San Francisco with more… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 4:00 Climate talks in Lima: What did the global community actually agree on? By PBS News Hour For the first time in history, climate change negotiators have come up with a plant to limit greenhouse gas emissions in every single nation. The agreement requires all 196 countries to create a detailed plan within the next six months… Continue watching
Dec 14 Another major deadline for health insurance sign-ups looms By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Barack Obama's push to cover America's uninsured faces another big test Monday. This time, it's not only how the website functions, but how well the program itself works for millions who are starting to count on it. Continue reading
Dec 14 Poll: Would you support more restrictive gun laws in your state? By News Desk In April of 2013 Gov. Malloy signed into Connecticut law some of the most restrictive gun policies in the country. Would you support similar regulations on guns in your state? Take NewsHour Weekend's poll and sound off. Continue reading
Dec 14 Will Jeb Bush run in 2016? By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Jeb Bush's big donors and allies are tantalized by his promise to decide "in short order" whether to run for president. But supporters are struggling to understand what his actions mean and whether they can predict his political intentions. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 3:04 Inside the Senate’s last-minute passage of $1.1 trillion spending bill By PBS News Hour Late Saturday night the Senate passed a sweeping $1.1 trillion spending bill, heading off a government shutdown. The budget plan, which has drawn criticism from both Democrats and Tea Party Republicans, clears the way for larger campaign contributions by wealthy… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 10:36 Two years after Sandy Hook, how have gun laws changed? By PBS News Hour In the two years since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the state of Connecticut adopted some of the most restrictive gun policies in the country, including a controversial law enacted last year to keep weapons out of the… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch 25:21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 13, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 13, protests against killings by police continue in New York and Washington D.C. Later, a look inside a covert United States government hip-hop program in Cuba. And, from California, a historic drought has farmers… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch 4:23 Is there a down side to the recent plunge in oil prices? By PBS News Hour Over the last few weeks, the price of oil has dropped dramatically. While this may be good news for consumers, for Wall Street the numbers tell a different story. The Wall Street Journal's Nick Timiraos joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington,… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch 3:17 Behind USAID’s failed attempt to infiltrate Cuban hip-hop By PBS News Hour This week the Associated Press revealed that the U.S. government attempted and failed to co-opt the hip-hop scene in Cuba to "spark a youth movement against the government." Trish Wilson of the Associated Press joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C… Continue watching