MARTIN FLETCHER: When the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939, tens of thousands of Jews applied for visas to anywhere. And among them, Paul Strnad and his wife Hedwig, nicknamed Hedy. Their best hope to save their lives was help from their cousin
GWEN IFILL: Brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder are two well-known signature wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But there is another injury, lung disease, that afflicts tens of thousands of veterans. Many blame a single defense c
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now, stopping the rapid rise of the Islamic State group by addressing a main engine driving the militants, money, a lot of it. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner explains. MARGARET WARNER: While media attention to the
JUDY WOODRUFF: It's deadliest attack in Jerusalem since 2008. Four people were brutally murdered at a synagogue today, before their Palestinian attackers were shot dead. Later, an Israeli police officer died of his wounds. The attack built on growing
GWEN IFILL: Now one of the nation's most famous veterans takes a look at American heroes from each of the nation's conflicts, most largely unknown, in a new book, Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War. The authors are Sen. John Mc
HARI SREENIVASAN: During the past week, there have been at least three separate attacks launched by what are referred to as lone wolf terrorists, who are often inspired by propaganda from groups like ISIS. Last Monday in Quebec, a man who had convert
GWEN IFILL: During President Obama's first term as commander in chief, his administration signaled a new priority in America's foreign policy, the so-called Asia pivot. But three years of multiple crises on other continents, and at home, have distrac
HARI SREENIVASAN: On any given afternoon in Braddock Pennsylvania on the outskirts of Pittsburgh you'll find Drew Whitley in Stambolis Meat Shop helping to clean up. It's about all he can do now. He takes valium for an anxiety that is very real for h
JOHN CARLOS FREY: Miguel Angel Gomez, a 30-year-old taxi driver here in El Salvador spends a lot of time looking in his rear-view mirror, worried that he'll be the next victim of a notoriously violent street gang that already murdered Miguel's brothe
GWEN IFILL: And Miles joins me now.What is the latest on this feathering device that you talked about in that piece? MILES O'BRIEN: Well, the idea with the feathering device is that you should never deploy it going up and you should always deploy it
HARI SREENIVASAN: This week marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. And here in New York City, the recovery has been very uneven. It's something that photographer Nathan Kensiger has documented in a series of photo essays for the website, C
GWEN IFILL: Early voting has already begun in key states that could determine the balance of the Senate and the direction the nation may be heading in the final two years of the Obama presidency. One of those states is North Carolina, where a Democra
GWEN IFILL: As worries grow about technology, surveillance and privacy, it turns out the government is watching your snail mail too. A new report from The New York Times finds the U.S. Postal Service approved nearly 50,000 requests from law enforceme
JUDY WOODRUFF: And in North Carolina, the libertarian on the ballot could help tip the result. Across the country, in at least 10 races, both parties are wondering what effect independent and third-party candidates will have. Where do they have a cha
WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Dr. Richard Flyer has been my family's pediatrician for thirteen years, and to be totally honest: I love the guy. I admire him and I trust him. But three years ago when my son, Jack was ten Flyer said something that floored us. He t
JUDY WOODRUFF: We now turn to two longtime Palestinian-Israeli watchers. Dennis Ross was a U.S. diplomat and Middle East envoy who served in the George H.W. Bush, Clinton and Obama administrations. He's now a counselor at the Washington Institute for
GWEN IFILL: In a vote on the Senate floor last night, lawmakers blocked a bill that would have drastically changed the way the National Security Agency currently monitors American citizens. MAN: On this vote, the yeas are 58, the nays are 42. GWEN IF
GWEN IFILL: Hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants have been deported since President Obama took office, as efforts at comprehensive immigration reform have fallen by the wayside in Congress. Today, the White House announced the president h
WILLIAM BRANGHAM, PBS NEWSHOUR ANCHOR: We're turning now to the threat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Just a few months ago, some U.S. officials worried that ISIS fighters could actually overtake Baghdad, but there are new signs of confidence in the figh
ALISON STEWART: Experts expect tomorrow's so-called Cyber Monday sales to see an uptick over last year, but will it be enough for businesses to consider the extended shopping weekend a success? For some insight, we're joined now by Shelly Banjo of Th
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