Jan 06 Watch 8:42 How should the world respond to North Korea's bombshell claim? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill talks with former Obama administration official Wendy Sherman and Siegfried Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, about why we should be worried about North Korea’s purported test of a hydrogen bomb, how world powers should… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 1:03 The 20-year effort to draw a map unearthing Alaska's treasures By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the U.S. Geological Survey released its first-ever digital map of Alaska, revealing thousands of geological details that can be used to contribute to new scientific assessments of the northern-most state. Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 8:41 Young returnees start over in Mexico after growing up in the U.S. By PBS News Hour Even before recent raids by the Department of Homeland Security, hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants have been deported annually. And those who grew up in the U.S. have found themselves living in what feels like a foreign country. Special… Continue watching
Jan 06 AP: U.S. sees Assad staying in Syria until March 2017 By Bradley Klapper, Matthew Lee, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's best-case scenario for political transition in Syria does not foresee Bashar Assad stepping down as the country's leader before March 2017, outlasting Barack Obama's presidency by at least two months, according to a document obtained… Continue reading
Jan 06 North Korea claims successful hydrogen bomb test, but nuclear experts are skeptical By Joshua Barajas Hours after South Korea officials detected an "artificial earthquake" Wednesday, North Korea said it successfully tested a "miniaturized" hydrogen bomb. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 54:58 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 5, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Obama makes an emotional appeal for background checks and outlines other actions to curb gun violence. Also: A view from Tehran over tensions with Saudi Arabia, New Hampshire grapples with a heroin epidemic, a historic… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 6:11 A day of pride for Afghan girl grads amid growing threats By PBS News Hour It was a very special day for the Zabuli Education Center, located about 100 miles north of Kabul. For the first time, girls in that village graduated from high school. Special correspondent Beth Murphy of the Ground Truth Project reports… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 5:07 A view from Iran on heightened conflict with Saudi Arabia By PBS News Hour As the diplomatic fallout continues over Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and the ensuing destructive protests, how does Iran see the crisis? William Brangham talks to Thomas Erdbrink of The New York Times. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 5:06 News Wrap: Yemen fighting ramps up after shaky truce ends By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Shiite rebels in Yemen blasted a city with a rocket barrage, while Saudi Arabia launched new airstrikes just days after a shaky truce ended. Also, an American soldier died and two other U.S. service members… Continue watching
Jan 05 1 U.S. service member killed, 2 wounded in southern Afghanistan By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A number of U.S. special operations troops were killed or wounded in fighting in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, U.S. defense officials said. Continue reading