Episode
PBS News Hour: February 8, 2016
Overview
Monday on the NewsHour, presidential candidates make one last push for support in New Hampshire on the eve of the nation’s first primary. Also: Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton fight for middle class voters, a look inside the presidential campaigns, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, Brazil wages war on the Zika epidemic and a NATO build-up threatens to reignite Cold War tensions.
Details
- Series
- PBS News Hour
- Season
- Season 41
- Episode
- Episode 27
- Air date
- 2016-02-08
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
February 8, 2016 is Episode 27 in Season 42 of PBS News Hour. It aired on 2016-02-08. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 26: February 5, 2016
Friday on the NewsHour, Democrats square off in a contentious debate as Republican candidates jockey for survival days before the New Hampshire primary. Also: A report from the epicenter of the Zika outbreak, the many lives of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, the political analysis of Shields and Brooks, the psychology of sports teams and their fans and the end of trust in America.
Episode 28: February 9, 2016
Tuesday on the NewsHour, presidential candidates make one last push for votes in the New Hampshire primary. Also: GOP factions fight for the future of their party, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith make primary predictions, Granite State voters by the numbers, Shields and Brooks talk New Hampshire influence, a battle for Aleppo could trap thousands and Detroit teachers protest inadequate schools.
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Episode 25: February 4, 2016
Thursday on the NewsHour, candidates double down on attacks as the New Hampshire primary approaches. Also: Colombia’s president asks for U.S. aid to help FARC peace efforts, new Syrian hostilities threaten diplomatic talks, the controversy over online daily fantasy sports, a brand new natural wonder, the search for life’s meaning in the face of death and the role of fearlessness in black art.
Episode 29: February 10, 2016
Wednesday on the NewsHour, presidential candidates move on to South Carolina after Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders claim New Hampshire victories. Also: Analyzing the next phase of the White House race, checking in on Egyptian leaders of the Arab Spring, assessing the top global threats, the Supreme Court halts Obama’s climate change plan and a new play examines the decline of the Rust Belt.
Episode 24: February 3, 2016
Wednesday on the NewsHour, Democratic candidates debate liberal credentials while Republicans brawl over victory margins. Also: How to fight the Zika virus, Sweden suffers vigilante violence over refugees, Yahoo faces financial struggles, a three-parent DNA treatment raises debate, big data meets modern medicine and how women are changing the way America works.
Episode 30: February 11, 2016
Thursday on the NewsHour, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders ready for PBS’s Democratic debate in Milwaukee. Also: How Egypt’s courts enforce the government crackdown, spacetime ripples prove the theory of relativity, puppies conceived by IVF may help save endangered animals, how economics can help you find love, a look inside the world’s largest refugee camp and comedian Billy Eichner.
Episode 23: February 2, 2016
Tuesday on the NewsHour, after Cruz and Clinton claim victory in Iowa, candidates shift their focus to New Hampshire. Also: What’s at stake going into the next round of primaries, the Islamic State’s expansion in Libya, San Francisco police face review after a fatal shooting, Oklahoma leads the nation in preschool education and lost photographs illuminate black history.
Episode 31: February 12, 2016
Friday on the NewsHour, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders meet for their sixth Democratic debate. Also: World powers strike a fragile cease-fire agreement for Syria, Egypt’s women fight sexual violence through activism, a moment 1,000 years in the making for two religious leaders, Shields and Brooks talk the week in politics and the Holocaust’s silenced violins speak for horror and hope.
Episode 22: February 1, 2016
Monday on the NewsHour, it’s caucus night in Iowa. We preview the nation’s first voting contest with a look at Evangelicals' role in shaking out a crowded GOP field, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith update what's happening on the ground, David Brooks and Michelle Cottle analyze the state of the race, plus a fight over core conservative principles.
Episode 32: February 15, 2016
Monday on the NewsHour, what the death of Justice Antonin Scalia means for the future of the Supreme Court and the race for the White House. Also: Attacks on hospitals and schools kill dozens in Syria and why the residents of Freddie Gray's Baltimore neighborhood don't trust the city's big hospitals.
Episode 21: January 29, 2016
Friday on the NewsHour, days before the Iowa caucus, Democratic candidates fight for Iowa women voters. Also: Sen. Ted Cruz plays defense in the latest GOP debate, Brooks and Dionne talk the week in politics, Barbie gets a makeover, prescription drug shortages force doctors to make tough decisions, a Danish dance troupe stands up for refugees and a female JROTC officer takes command.
Episode 33: February 16, 2016
In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama vowed to nominate a Supreme Court justice to succeed the late Antonin Scalia, despite calls from Senate Republicans to leave the appointment to his successor. Also, a winter storm whipped up trouble overnight. Millions faced an icy morning commute on the East Coast, while tornadoes ripped through the Florida panhandle and Mississippi.