Oct 05 Watch News Wrap: Coast Guard searches for sunken cargo ship survivors By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a cargo ship caught in the path of Hurricane Joaquin has sunk, along with 33 people on board. Also, a Russian fighter jet that crossed into Turkey over the weekend fared tensions over the air… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch 54:28 PBS NewsHour full episode October 5, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, nonstop rain in South Carolina has inundated the state with the worst flooding on record. Also: A look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, fallout from an airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan, the latest on… Continue watching
Oct 05 Afghans requested U.S. airstrike that hit hospital, U.S. commander says By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Afghan forces who reported being under Taliban fire requested the U.S. airstrike that killed 22 people at a medical clinic in northern Afghanistan over the weekend, the top commander of American and coalition forces in Afghanistan said Monday,… Continue reading
Oct 05 Agreement on Trans-Pacific trade deal reached By Joshua Barajas and Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is heralding an agreement on an ambitious Pacific Rim trade pact that he says “reflects America’s values” and gives U.S. workers a fair shot at success. 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 Pentagon chief promises investigation into strike that hit Afghan hospital By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Sunday promised a full and transparent investigation into whether a U.S. aircraft providing support for American and Afghan commandos was responsible for the explosions that destroyed a hospital in northern Afghanistan, killing 22 people. 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