PBS NewsHour RSS feed for WNET programming.http://watch.thirteen.orgen-ushttp://watch.thirteen.orgWed, 16 May 2012 16:57:16 -0400Wed, 16 May 2012 16:57:16 -0400http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235525594/Gina Danford always imagined she would be a mother. But it wasn't until her third cancer scare that she took steps to preserve her fertility. Here, she describes her feelings after learning a third mass was growing near her left ovary.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235525594/05/16/2012Gina Danford describes how she felt after doctors discovered her third mass.News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsHealthHealthSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235532698/Gina Danford always imagined she would be a mother. But it wasn't until her third cancer scare that she took steps to preserve her fertility. Here, she describes her feelings after learning she had finally become pregnant.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235532698/05/16/2012Gina Danford describes her feelings after learning she had finally become pregnant.News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsHealthHealthSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235525977/Gina Danford always imagined she would be a mother. But it wasn't until her third cancer scare that she took steps to preserve her fertility. Here, she tells the story of her bout with ovarian cancer, at age 19.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235525977/05/16/2012Gina Danford tells the story of her bout with ovarian cancer.News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsHealthHealthSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235291178/At an annual shareholders meeting in Florida Tuesday, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon apologized for the company's recent losses and survived a pair of shareholder votes on his pay and job responsibilities. Judy Woodruff discusses the turmoil -- including news of an FBI inquiry of the company -- with Dawn Kopecki of Bloomberg News.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235291178/05/15/2012FBI to Probe JPMorgan Practices After Trading LossNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235307844/Greece's political turmoil intensified Tuesday amid calls for fresh elections. Ray Suarez gets the latest from reporter John Psaropoulos. He then turns to Fred Bergsten of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Nicholas Burns of Harvard Kennedy School for more analysis on the economic impact worldwide.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235307844/05/15/2012How Europe's Turmoil Rattles World MarketsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235318461/Ron Paul announced Monday that his campaign would not spend any more money in the presidential primaries. But he's not suspending his campaign. Judy Woodruff looks at Paul's chances of continuing to impact the GOP -- and its upcoming convention -- with Jon Ralson of the Las Vegas Sun and Brian Doherty of Reason magazine.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235318461/05/15/2012What Ron Paul Wants If His Supporters Will Back RomneyNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235161384/If all goes as planned, the commercial spaceflight company SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Dragon capsule into low-earth orbit and dock with the International Space Station on Saturday. Miles O'Brien fills us in on the details of the mission, the engineering challenges, and the other companies vying for a chance at delivering cargo and people to low-earth orbit.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235161384/05/15/2012Miles O'Brien behind-the-scenes on the SpaceX Dragon capsule launch.News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologySegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235299109/In other news Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused President Obama of putting the economy on a disastrous course by increasing federal spending and debt. In Syria, a roadside bomb struck a convoy that was part of the United Nations' observer mission.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235299109/05/15/2012News Wrap: In Iowa, Romney Attacks Obama Over StimulusNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-14http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235277650/Tonight on the program, we continue our look at JP Morgan Chase and its troubles following a $2 billion trading loss and reports of an FBI probe into the situation. Also: Continued shake-ups in the Eurozone with a new French president and Greece's unsure situation, an ambitious strategy to combat Alzheimer's, treating trauma injuries int he developing world, and a look at Ron Paul's campaign.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235277650/05/15/2012PBS NewsHour for Tuesday, May 15, 2012News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEpisodeend=2012-06-15http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235311962/At San Francisco General Hospital, surgeons from developing countries are learning the latest techniques from top U.S. specialists. With just over 100 orthopedic surgeons serving the 80 million people of Kenya and Tanzania, it's admittedly a small step. But doctors there say it's a worthy one. Spencer Michels reports.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235311962/05/15/2012How to Better Treat Trauma Injuries in the Developing WorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235307848/Nine days after voters divided sharply over drastic austerity measures, Greece teetered toward insolvency and the prospect of yet another round of elections. Other European nations braced for the fallout and worried yet again about the future of their common currency. Ray Suarez reports.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235307848/05/15/2012On the Brink of Insolvency, Greece to Hold Fresh ElectionsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-14http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235309334/As rates of Alzheimer's Disease continue to jump in the U.S., HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday the first Congressionally mandated plan to help prevent and treat the disease. Margaret Warner discusses the details with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and Eric Hall, CEO of Alzheimer's Foundation of America.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2235309334/05/15/2012U.S. Launches National Strategy to Combat Alzheimer's DiseaseNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234862614/After news broke last week of $2 billion in trading losses, JPMorgan Chase had its first major casualty Monday when CEO Jamie Dimon disclosed the retirement of longtime executive Ina Drew. Margaret Warner and Bloomberg News' Dawn Kopecki discuss the case and the debate it has spurred over financial regulation.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234862614/05/14/2012JPMorgan Says Farewell to a Top Executive Amid Fallout From Huge LossesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234865135/Without heads, hands or feet, 49 bodies were discovered outside Monterrey, Mexico -- the latest casualties of a brutal five-year-old war between the country's top two drug cartels. Ray Suarez reports.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234865135/05/14/2012Nearly 50 Headless Bodies Found in Mexico Amid Brutal Drug WarNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-13http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234867931/Some 5 million Americans have been looking for work for more than six months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute who say the "human disaster" has potential generations-long effects.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234867931/05/14/2012Unemployment: Addressing a Worsening 'Human Disaster' in U.S.News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234862620/In other news Monday, rival party leaders in Greece began a last-ditch effort to form a new government while European leaders faced the growing possibility that Greece's days in the eurozone might be numbered if it rejects austerity measures. Also, plans to close some 600 U.S. post offices have officially been put on hold.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234862620/05/14/2012News Wrap: Greece Tries Again to Form New Government, Fears of Euro Exit GrowNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234867359/Since 2006, an estimated 50,000 people have died in drug- and gang-related violence in Mexico -- 49 of whom were found this weekend without heads, hands or feet outside Monterrey. Ray Suarez discusses the latest brutality with Alejandro Junco, owner of Grupo Reforma, one of the largest print media operations in Latin America.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234867359/05/14/2012Kidnapping Can Be a Family Affair in Mexico's Drug WarNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234860075/Tonight on the program, we analyze the aftermath of JP Morgan Chase's $2 billion trading blunder which resulted in chief investment officer Ina Drew's retirement. We then talk with Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan about the political ramifications. Also: more drug violence in Mexico, getting core reading in for children, and unemployment numbers.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234860075/05/14/2012PBS NewsHour for Monday, May 14, 2012News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEpisodeend=2012-06-14http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234864275/Amid a $2 billion trading loss disclosed last week by banking giant JPMorgan Chase and the announcement of a top executive's retirement Monday, Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speak with Judy Woodruff about calls for more Wall Street reform and the future of implementing Dodd-Frank regulations.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234864275/05/14/2012JPMorgan Losses: Sens. Levin, Corker Debate Implementing Financial RegulationNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234867356/Called the "Common Core," a new set of state guidelines spell out what young students are expected to learn and what books they're expected to read. Forty five states and the District of Colombia have already adopted the standards. Learning Matters' John Merrow reports on the design and the aim of the new guidelines.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234867356/05/14/2012Boosting Reading Skills: Will 'Common Core' Experiment Pay Off?News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233786433/The DoubleHeader is ready for your weekend viewing pleasure. Today syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the surprise results of the Senate race in Indiana this week and the consequences. On our lighter politics of sports segment, we also talk about how the NHL playoffs are defeating the NBA playoffs in ticket sales.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233786433/05/11/2012Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the politics of sports and sport of politics.News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233488990/A profile of poet Natalie Diaz and her language preservation work will air on the NewsHour soon, but here below is sneak peak of our interview with the 33-year-old writer, conducted along the banks of the Colorado River.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233488990/05/11/2012Jeffrey Brown talks to poet Natalie Diaz.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentLiterature & WritingLiterature & WritingSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233847887/Tonight on the program, we examine calls for more regulation as JPMorgan Chase announced a $2 billion loss. Also: the FDA gave the go-ahead to a drug combination aimed at preventing the spread of HIV,President Obama and Mitt Romney shift campaign focus back to the economy, and Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze the week's political news.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233847887/05/11/2012Shields and Brooks on Obama, Romney Split on Gay MarriageNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEpisodeend=2012-06-11http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233821409/The Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead Thursday to a drug combination called Truvada that is aimed at preventing the spread of HIV. Until now, it had only approved drugs for treating the disease. Ray Suarez discusses the details with Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233821409/05/11/2012A Drug to Prevent HIV's Spread: Truvada's Promises and ProblemsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233821409/The Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead Thursday to a drug combination called Truvada that is aimed at preventing the spread of HIV. Until now, it had only approved drugs for treating the disease. Ray Suarez discusses the details with Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233821409/05/11/2012A Drug to Prevent HIV's Spread: Truvada's Promises and ProblemsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233825569/Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news including President Obama's new support for gay marriage, Mitt Romney's "subtle gradations" on the issue, the backlash over austerity in European elections and the House Republicans' votes on the defense budget.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233825569/05/11/2012Shields, Brooks on Obama, Romney Split on Gay Marriage, Austerity BacklashNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPoliticsPoliticsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233825000/After days of campaign rhetoric over same-sex marriage, President Obama and Mitt Romney shifted back to the economy Friday. In North Carolina, Romney took aim at President Obama's "liberal policies" while the president alluded to Republican ideas having caused the financial crisis. Judy Woodruff reports.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233825000/05/11/2012Romney, Obama Shift Campaign Focus Back to EconomyNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPoliticsPoliticsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233633019/Investigative reporter Leslie Maitland reads from her book, "Crossing the Borders of Time."http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233633019/05/11/2012Leslie Maitland reads from her book, "Crossing the Borders of Time."Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentLiterature & WritingLiterature & WritingSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233827692/Tonight on the program, we examine calls for more regulation as JPMorgan Chase announced a $2 billion loss. Also: the FDA gave the go-ahead to a drug combination aimed at preventing the spread of HIV,President Obama and Mitt Romney shift campaign focus back to the economy, and Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze the week's political news.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233827692/05/11/2012Shields and Brooks on Obama, Romney Split on Gay MarriageNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPoliticsPoliticsEpisodeend=2012-06-11http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233827018/Author Leslie Maitland speaks with Margaret Warner about her new book, "Crossing the Borders of Time," which chronicles the story of a 15-year-old Jewish girl raised in Germany as the Nazis came to power and her star-crossed romance with an older French Catholic man.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233827018/05/11/2012'Crossing the Borders of Time': a Tale of Reclaimed Love Lost Amid WWIINews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233324695/In other news Thursday, House Republicans pushed through a bill to prevent a 10 percent cut in the U.S. defense budget by cutting $300 billion in food stamps, health care and federal pensions, over 10 years. Also, Greece's struggle to form a new government entered a third round.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233324695/05/10/2012News Wrap: House GOP Targets Food Stamps, Health Care to Spare Defense BudgetNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-09http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233326848/Millions of women grapple with whether to take bone-density-building drugs to treat or prevent osteoporosis, but the FDA this week warned that long-term use of bisphosphonates can lead to rare fractures and side effects. Margaret Warner and Maine Medical Center's Dr. Clifford Rosen discuss the risks outlined by the FDA.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233326848/05/10/2012FDA Urges Caution Over Long-Term Use of Bone-Density-Building DrugsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233321528/Tonight on the program, we examine the state of Kofi Annan's cease-fire plan with Syria in the wake of two bombings that killed over 80 people and left hundreds injured. Also: the political aftermath from President Obama's announced support of gay marriage, the future of chimpanzee testing, FDA urges caution on bone desnity medicine, and LBJ's "Passage of Power".http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233321528/05/10/2012PBS NewsHour for Thursday, May 10, 2012News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEpisodeend=2012-06-10http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233327952/The political reverberations continued Thursday, a day after President Obama announced his support for gay marriage. Judy Woodruff, Politico's Charlie Mahtesian and The Grio's Perry Bacon discuss how the issue is likely to play out this election year with different voting blocs and voters in different areas of the country.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233327952/05/10/2012Obama's Support for Gay Marriage: How Will it Help, Hurt Politically?News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233328328/Historian Robert Caro has spent nearly four decades telling the story of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Gwen Ifill and Caro discuss the pivotal four years between 1960 and 1964 when Johnson rose from senator to an overshadowed vice president, and then to president -- the premise of his latest biography, "The Passage of Power."http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233328328/05/10/2012LBJ's 'Passage of Power': The Transformation of a 'Legislative Genius'News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233323153/Suicide bombers struck Thursday in the heart of Syria's capital of Damascus, killing at least 55 people and wounding at least 370. Jeffrey Brown and NPR's Kelly McEvers, reporting from Beirut, discuss the finger pointing over who's behind the attacks and the state of plans to stop the country's ongoing fighting.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233323153/05/10/2012U.N.'s Syria Cease-Fire Plan: The 'Least-Worst Option'?News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233319856/Twin bombings tore through the Syrian capital of Damascus Thursday, in the deadliest attacks since the uprising began last year -- killing at least 55 people and wounding more than 370, according to state media. There were claims and counterclaims about the blame for the attacks. Jeffrey Brown reports.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233319856/05/10/2012Syria Suffers Deadliest Attack Since Uprising BeganNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-09http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233324695/In other news Thursday, House Republicans pushed through a bill to prevent a 10 percent cut in the U.S. defense budget by cutting $300 billion in food stamps, health care and federal pensions, over 10 years. Also, Greece's struggle to form a new government entered a third round.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233324695/05/10/2012News Wrap: House GOP Targets Food Stamps, Health Care to Spare Defense BudgetNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-09http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232728326/Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff and Christina Bellantoni discuss Sen. Richard Lugar's primary loss in Indiana, the death of bipartisanship and new PAC appeals to female voters.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232728326/05/09/2012Political Checklist: Lugar's downfall and voter dividesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232812450/President Obama said Wednesday that he now believes "same-sex couples should be able to get married." Judy Woodruff and author Kerry Eleveld discuss the president's "evolution" on the subject, then Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry and the Rev. Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church debate the legal future of same-sex marriage.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232812450/05/09/2012Obama Supports Same-Sex Marriage: Now What?News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232805791/In other news Wednesday, the U.S. Postal Service abandoned a plan to shutter 3,700 service locations. Under the new plan, more than 13,000 rural mail facilities may have to cut back hours of operation but no locations will close. Also, a key adviser to presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Nicholas Katzenbach, has died.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232805791/05/09/2012News Wrap: Postal Service Drops Plans to Close 3,700 LocationsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-08http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232810796/A would-be bomber who was supposed to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner turned out to be a Saudi who had infiltrated al-Qaida's Yemen-based branch. Jeffrey Brown, NPR's Dina Temple Raston and security consultant Philip Mudd discuss what details are known about the operation and how it compares with other counterterrorism efforts.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232810796/05/09/2012How Unusual Was al-Qaida Infiltration Effort That Stopped Bomb Plot?News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232723137/Tonight on the program, we analyze President Obama's declaration of support for same-sex marriage and what that means. Also: Sen. Richard Lugar's primary loss to a Tea Party competitor, examining the CIA infiltration of al-Qaida and the subsequent bomb plot uncovering, and Friends International helping street kids get a better life in Cambodia.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232723137/05/09/2012Wednesday, May 9, 2012News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEpisodeend=2012-06-08http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232807683/Indiana voters sent Richard Lugar to the U.S. Senate six times, but not again this year. He lost Tuesday to Tea Party-backed state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. Gwen Ifill, Greg Fettig of Hoosiers for a Conservative Senate and political analyst Brian Howey discuss why Lugar lost and preview the race to fill his seat in the Senate.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232807683/05/09/2012Assessing the Indiana Senate Race After Lugar's LossNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232812452/From Cambodia, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one group, Friends International, and its efforts to help homeless children and their families have a brighter future through education, shelter and health services.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232812452/05/09/2012For Cambodian Street Kids, Friends International Works to Redefine NormalNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232820014/Ray Suarez speaks with Steven Lee Myers, diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times, about the latest developments in the saga of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and how his situation rankled American and Chinese officials during high-level diplomatic meetings.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232820014/05/09/2012After Chen Changed Mind, China Was 'Beyond Furious' Over Renegotiating With U.S.News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232809038/The would-be terrorist targeting a U.S.-bound plane was in fact an undercover agent from Saudi Arabia who had infiltrated al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. He was supposed to slip past airport security wearing a sophisticated bomb in his underwear, but he delivered the device into Saudi and U.S. hands. Jeffrey Brown reports.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232809038/05/09/2012Undercover Saudi Agent Reportedly Foiled al-Qaida Airliner Bomb PlotNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-08http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232301018/Tonight on the program, we analyze the reaches of terrorism across the globe in the wake of the CIA-foiled bomb plot for an airliner headed from Yemen to the United States. Also: the rise in obesity and its effect on life expectancy, Tom Coburn on the "Debt Bomb", the best and worst places in the world to be a mother, and remembering "Where the Wild Things Are" author Maurice Sendak.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232301018/05/08/2012PBS NewsHour for Tuesday, May 8, 2012News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEpisodeend=2012-06-08http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232286774/A day after news broke that the CIA foiled a new al-Qaida plot to bomb an airliner, the official responses were low key on Tuesday. Margaret Warner, former National Counterterrorism Center director Michael Leiter and former FBI supervisory special agent Ali Soufan assess the current reach of the terror network.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232286774/05/08/2012Al-Qaida Bomb Plot: How Alarmed Should U.S. Be?News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232128365/With more than two-thirds of U.S. adults age 20 and over now overweight or obese, a new four-part documentary series produced by HBO outlines the scope of the problem, common myths, and the costs of inaction. John Hoffman, executive producer of the "Weight of the Nation" series, sat down with Ray Suarez to discuss the filmmaker's approach to the public health problem.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232128365/05/08/2012John Hoffman, executive producer of HBO's "Weight of the Nation" series, talks obesity.News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsHealthHealthSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232290818/Known for illuminating fantastic nightmares in picture book form -- like his most famous book "Where the Wild Things Are," writer and artist Maurice Sendak died Tuesday at age 83. Jeffrey Brown spoke with Sendak in 2002.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232290818/05/08/2012Remembering Maurice Sendak and His 'Riotous and Strange' Inner ChildNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232287110/Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., speaks with Judy Woodruff about his plan to tackle the nation's escalating fiscal crisis, as outlined in his new book "The Debt Bomb." Coburn says "everyone," from both the right and the left, must sacrifice to fix the country's mounting debt problems.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232287110/05/08/2012Sen. Tom Coburn's Solution for 'Debt Bomb': Everybody Must SacrificeNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232291901/In other news Tuesday, a bill to continue low interest rates on federal student loans stalled in the Senate. Republicans blocked a plan by Democrats who wanted to cover the cost by raising taxes on wealthy stockholders in privately owned companies. Also, political leaders in Israel formed a new coalition government.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232291901/05/08/2012News Wrap: Senate Bill to Extend Stafford Loan Rates StalledNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-07http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232286778/"Our adversaries are very creative, and they are very determined, and they are very persistent," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday in the wake of the CIA thwarting another al-Qaida plot to attack an airliner. The FBI is now studying the explosive device. Gwen Ifill has the latest.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232286778/05/08/2012In Light of New Bomb Plot, U.S. Must Be 'Proactive,' Napolitano SaysNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-07http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232288316/Norway is the healthiest country in the world to be a mother, according to a new report released by the international non-profit Save the Children. The worst: West Africa's Niger. Gwen Ifill and Save the Children President Carolyn Miles discuss what countries are best and worth at creating healthy children and mothers.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232288316/05/08/2012The Best and Worst Places to Be a MomNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232290813/Public health experts have long warned of a growing obesity epidemic in America. This week, the Institute of Medicine and others launched a major campaign in hopes of curbing the problem. Ray Suarez and Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institutes of Health discuss the personal and public consequences of obesity.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2232290813/05/08/2012Will Obesity Reverse Rise in U.S. Life Expectancy?News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231889139/Most Americans would squirm when even thinking of eating a grasshopper or locust. But a movement is afoot to encourage insect eating with advocates praising bugs' low fat and high protein. Spencer Michels tasted wax moth larvae tacos and crispy mealworms over ice cream to prepare this report on efforts to put bugs on U.S. menus.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231889139/05/07/2012Incredible, Edible Bugs: Will Meals of Mealworms Catch on in U.S.?News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231874657/Tonight on the program, we examine France's presidential election as Francois Hollande defeated French president Nicholas Sarkozy on Sunday. Also: analyzing the gay marriage debate in the wake of Vice President Biden's comments, insects as a cuisine, and a trial at Guantanamo Bay for 9/11 conspirators,http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231874657/05/07/2012PBS NewsHour for Monday, May 7, 2012News & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEpisodeend=2012-06-06http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231885342/In other news Monday, The Associated Press reported that the CIA disrupted a plot to bomb an airliner -- around the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death. Also, a key suspect in the 2002 nightclub bombings in Bali apologized in an Indonesian courtroom.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231885342/05/07/2012News Wrap: CIA Reportedly Foils New al-Qaida Underwear Bomb PlotNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-06http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231888583/Saturday's arraignment at Guantanamo Bay marked the first court appearance in more than three years for the self-professed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and his alleged conspirators. Margaret Warner reports.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231888583/05/07/2012Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Makes First Court Appearance in 3 YearsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmentend=2012-06-06