Episode
PBS News Hour: January 14, 2016
Overview
Thursday on the NewsHour, Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a terror attack that killed seven in Jakarta. Also, the story beyond the tragic image of a dead Syrian refugee that went viral, the White House’s vow to end cancer in America, the Academy Awards struggle with diversity, older women may have more trouble finding jobs and a photographer looks at how his passion has evolved.
Details
- Series
- PBS News Hour
- Season
- Season 41
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2016-01-14
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
January 14, 2016 is Episode 10 in Season 42 of PBS News Hour. It aired on 2016-01-14. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 9: January 13, 2016
Wednesday on the NewsHour, 10 U.S. sailors are released after their boats were seized for entering Iranian waters. Also, President Obama uses his State of the Union address to critique the 2016 race, a former NRA chief talks gun policy, Germany’s migrant stance draws local backlash, the St. Louis Rams prepare to return to Los Angeles and architecture’s highest award goes to Alejandro Aravena.
Episode 11: January 15, 2016
Friday on the NewsHour, Chinese market struggles and plummeting oil prices lead to big losses on Wall Street. Also: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz dominate the Republican debate, Shields and Brooks discuss the 2016 presidential race, Silicon Valley tries to fix its diversity problem and Civil War trauma meets medical drama in the PBS miniseries “Mercy Street.”
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Episode 8: January 12, 2016
Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Obama prepares to set the tone for his final year in office with his last State of the Union address. Also: A deadly suicide bombing rips through Istanbul, the UN delivers aid to a besieged Syrian city, college graduates help first-generation students with applications, a former convict finds poetry and a new life and why the Internet may not be bad for you.
Episode 12: January 18, 2016
Monday on the NewsHour, sanctions are lifted and prisoners are freed in what could be a new era of relations with Iran. Also: Democratic presidential candidates meet up for their final debate before voting, a massive natural gas leak displaces families in California and the words of Martin Luther King Jr.
Episode 7: January 11, 2016
Monday on the NewsHour, with weeks to go until the Iowa Caucuses, the race between Democrats Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders tightens. Also: A campaign to bridge the partisan divide, the legacy of David Bowie, the Supreme Court considers mandatory union dues, the ethics of interviewing.
Episode 13: January 19, 2016
Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Supreme Court will hear the case against President Obama’s executive action allowing 4 million undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S. Also: U.S. Envoy Brett McGurk reflects on the prisoner exchange with Iran, China’s economy grows at its slowest rate in decades, an author explores the autism spectrum and a new nursing program is boosting kids’ brainpower.
Episode 6: January 8, 2016
Friday on the NewsHour, the last jobs report of 2015 shows signs of sustained growth in the U.S. economy despite global turmoil. Also: Mexican drug lord El Chapo recaptured, sexual assault stoke tensions over migrants in Germany, rising interest in personal health technology and David Brooks and David Corn analyze the week's news.
Episode 14: January 20, 2016
Wednesday on the NewsHour, a water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has the governor on the defensive and residents outraged. Also: A warning for pregnant women about the Zika virus, rethinking what’s important on the college application, reporters on the campaign trail to go beyond the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, telling the story of autism and a tribute young photographer killed in Burkina Faso.
Episode 5: January 7, 2016
Thursday on the NewsHour, China's market makes a great fall, routing stocks around the world. Also: How the 2016 election is playing out in advertisements, new guidelines for how to eat, getting happiness by giving to others, the lifelong consequences of segregated schools, a new true crime documentary raises questions about the justice system and how a graphic journalist uses art to tell stories.
Episode 15: January 21, 2016
Thursday on the NewsHour, a British inquiry concludes that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely approved the killing of Alexander Litvinenko. Also: Sen. Rand Paul shares his secret to winning Iowa, the Buffalo Bills hire the NFL’s first female coach, an author examines the ingredients for genius, dangers for women on the refugee trail and TV ads that make smokers want to quit.
Episode 4: January 6, 2016
Wednesday on the NewsHour, North Korea claims it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. Also: Why Americans are buying more and bigger cars, efforts to cap sky-high interest rates, a look at life in Mexico after deportation and using cardboard to help children with disabilities.
Episode 16: January 22, 2016
Friday on the NewsHour, Washington joined other parts of the East Coast in declaring a state of emergency ahead of a massive snowstorm. Also: Presidential candidates sharpen their attacks as voting draws closer, Brooks and Marcus discuss the week in politics, a possible new ninth planet, schools add Wi-Fi to busses, a debate over the growing feral cat crisis and why the world needs a Muslim jedi.