Episode
PBS News Hour: February 17, 2016
Overview
Wednesday on the NewsHour, high-ranking senators weigh in on the fight over nominating Justice Antonin Scalia's successor. Also: Apple opposes a judge's order to unlock the iPhone for the FBI, campaign dispatches from battleground states South Carolina and Nevada, an Apartheid-era police official helps those he once brutalized and film composer Carter Burwell on the craft of storytelling.
Details
- Series
- PBS News Hour
- Season
- Season 41
- Episode
- Episode 34
- Air date
- 2016-02-17
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
February 17, 2016 is Episode 34 in Season 42 of PBS News Hour. It aired on 2016-02-17. The runtime is 60 min.
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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.
Episode 35: February 18, 2016
Thursday on the NewsHour, Pope Francis calls Donald Trump's immigration ideas un-Christian. Also: An historic presidential visit to Cuba, using political betting markets for White House predictions, righting the wrongs of the civil rights era, a look behind the leading destination for celebrity news, old allegations renewed about Peyton Manning and a playwright and performer on passion.
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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 36: February 19, 2016
Friday on the NewsHour, with less than 24 hours to go before polls open in South Carolina’s Republican primary, trailing GOP contenders make one last push for support. Also: a look at South Carolina’s sharp-edged political scene, Shields and Brooks talk the week in politics, Europe works to save refugees in the Aegean Sea, how Iran will choose its next Supreme Leader and the legacy of Harper Lee.
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 37: February 22, 2016
Monday on the NewsHour, following the latest round of voting, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk the changing face of the 2016 race. Also: The proposed Syrian ceasefire takes effect next week, the Supreme Court remembers Antonin Scalia, U.K. considers European Union exit, how elephants could help cure cancer, a son celebrates his father’s activism with poetry and a 106-year-old dances with Obama.
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 38: February 23, 2016
Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Obama announces plans to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, drawing vocal opposition from GOP lawmakers. Also: Republican candidates prepare for the Nevada caucuses, sea levels rise faster than ever before, Los Angeles’ plan to reform special education, how governors are tackling the opioid epidemic and a historic dance company prepares for new steps.
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 39: February 24, 2016
Wednesday on the NewsHour, presidential candidates scramble for votes across dozens of states as Super Tuesday looms on the horizon. Also: A look inside today’s divided political landscape, critics question the extent of America’s nuclear arsenal in a post-Cold War world, how intelligence policies have changed after 9/11 and a former banker wants to dismantle big banks.
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.
Episode 40: February 25, 2016
Thursday on the NewsHour, Republican presidential candidates prepare for the 10th GOP debate in Houston. Also: Doubts swirl about the looming Syrian ceasefire agreement, how economic fears feed into populist politics, the mother of a Columbine shooter writes on her son, Tijuana police step up efforts against the homeless, a former model’s plan to diversify fashion and why Black Girl Magic matters.