A rise in cases of a contagious lung infection across the United States is causing alarm, especially for parents of young children. Walking pneumonia usually sickens school-aged children and teens, but this year, toddlers are being hit the hardest. Ali Rogin speaks with Dr. Donald Dumford, infectious disease specialist at Cleveland Clinic, to learn…

As relatives and officials gather for a memorial service for the victims of the deadly attack on a Christmas market in eastern Germany, we ask what’s known about the Saudi man who has been arrested and what might have motivated him. Also on the programme: why the US is sanctioning Pakistan's long range missiles; and the ultra-orthodox Jewish sect i…

Dec 20, 2024 – The stock market sold off this week after the Fed cut rates by another 25 basis points. Why? Financial Sense Newshour speaks with Jim Bianco about the important events happening in the bond market, particularly with long-term bond yields...Av fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense)

A type of white-tailed deer unique to the Florida Keys has been on the endangered species list for nearly 60 years. Only about 800 Key deer remain, and their habitat is under growing threat from rising sea levels. William Brangham reports for our series, "Saving Species." PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders Episode…

The suspect is a doctor from Saudi Arabia, living in Germany since 2006. We hear from a local member of the state parliament and a counter-extremism expert in Berlin. Also on the programme: Both houses of the US Congress have voted in favour of a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown; and the wonders of swimming mice, dwarf squirr…

Days of chaos and uncertainty on Capitol Hill appear to be winding down. A bill backed by President-elect Trump to keep the government open was rejected by the House Thursday night. But on Friday, an apparent breakthrough was announced by Speaker Mike Johnson. Lisa Desjardins is tracking it all on Capitol Hill. PBS News is supported by - https://ww…

The back-and-forth on the stopgap spending bill has created fault lines among House Republicans. Many were unsatisfied with the original text, but some also rejected the revised bill, which included President-elect Trump's demands to suspend the debt limit. One of those members is Rep. David Schweikert of Arizona. He joined Geoff Bennett to discuss…

In our news wrap Friday, a car drove through a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Germany, Ukraine struck inside Russia's Kursk region with U.S.-supplied weapons, the Biden administration announced it would forgive another $4 billion in student loan debt for roughly 55,000 borrowers who work in public service and Party City is closing its doo…

American diplomats were in Syria for the first time since the U.S. shut its embassy in Damascus in 2012. They met with Syria's new ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and announced the $10 million bounty the U.S. placed on him would be removed. For perspective on the latest developments, Geoff Bennett spoke with Theodore Kattouf, the U.S. ambassador to Syria d…

Overnight in the occupied West Bank, a mosque was vandalized and set on fire by Israeli settlers. Attacks against Palestinians there have increased greatly since the Oct. 7 terror attacks. Israel describes the West Bank as one of seven fronts it is fighting on, stoked by Iranian support of militants. Nick Schifrin reports from the Jenin refugee cam…

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including yet another chaotic, down-to-the-wire funding battle in Congress, how President-elect Trump will govern during his second term and the political influence of Elon Musk. PBS News is supported by -…

US Congress races to avoid government shutdown after bipartisan spending agreement was derailed following interventions by President-elect Donald Trump and his efficiency czar, Elon Musk. Also in the programme: A high level US delegation holds talks with Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Shara’a; At least two dead and 68 injured after a car drove into a …

Dec 20, 2024 – The stock market sold off this week after the Fed cut rates by another 25 basis points. Why? Financial Sense Newshour speaks with Jim Bianco about the important events happening in the bond market, particularly with long-term bond yields...Av fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense)

Dec 20, 2024 – In today's Smart Macro edition of the Financial Sense Newshour, Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, discusses recent market developments and why it's caused us to make adjustments to our...Av fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense)

Dec 20, 2024 – In today's Smart Macro edition of the Financial Sense Newshour, Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, discusses recent market developments and why it's caused us to make adjustments to our...Av fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense)

What is happening now in Syria “is paving the way” for the Islamic State group to re-emerge. That’s according to a leading Kurdish commander who played a key role in defeating the group in Syria in 2019. General Mazloum Abdi told the BBC that IS activity has “increased significantly” and the danger of a resurgence has doubled. Our senior internatio…

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In our news wrap Thursday, Russian President Putin reaffirmed his commitment to continuing the war in Ukraine, Luigi Mangione returned to New York as he faces additional federal murder charges and the 15-year-old girl who shot and killed two people at her school in Wisconsin had been in contact with a man in California who was plotting a shooting a…

In France, a panel of judges found dozens of men guilty of raping a woman whose then-husband had drugged her unconscious over a decade. The scale and brutality of the abuse prompted thousands to take to the streets and sparked a nationwide conversation about consent. Ali Rogin discussed more with Catherine Porter of The New York Times. A warning: t…

The French prime minister Francois Bayrou has praised the courage of Gisèle Pelicot, following a mass rape trial in which her ex-husband and fifty other defendants were found guilty. Dominique Pelicot was jailed for twenty years for organising the repeated drugging and rape of his former wife by dozens of strangers over a decade. Also in the progra…

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Gisèle Pelicot thanks supporters after 'difficult ordeal' of rape trial as ex-husband jailed for 20 years. All fifty of other defendants were also convicted, with sentences of between 3and 15 years in jail. Also on the programme, the new de facto leader of Syria has told the BBC that the country is too exhausted by war to be a threat to other natio…

Dec 18, 2024 – Adam Rozencwajg, managing partner at Goehring and Rozencwajg, discusses the challenges of "drill baby drill" under a potential Trump administration, emphasizing that U.S. oil production faces geological depletion rather than political...Av fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense)

Dec 18, 2024 – Adam Rozencwajg, managing partner at Goehring and Rozencwajg, discusses the challenges of "drill baby drill" under a potential Trump administration, emphasizing that U.S. oil production faces geological depletion rather than political...Av fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense)

Wednesday on the News Hour, the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again but concerns over inflation and the incoming Trump administration raise questions about future cuts. We report from the site of an infamous chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime as the Syrian people search for their dead. Plus, why one of the most promising treatments f…

The Federal Reserve lowered rates for the third consecutive time but also suggested there won't be as many interest rate cuts in the year ahead as it once planned. Chairman Jerome Powell said the cut wasn't an easy decision because of higher inflation in recent months. Geoff Bennett discussed the decision with Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journ…

In our news wrap Wednesday, California declared a state of emergency over a bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle, Russian authorities detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow, Israel's military is preparing another offensive in central Gaza, and is telling Palestinians to evacuate the area and the U.S. repatriated three Guant…

Not even 24 hours after congressional leaders released a 1,500-page bill that would keep the government funded for the next three months, the threat of a shutdown at the end of this week is back. Republicans in Congress are being pressured by President-elect Trump to block the bill. Lisa Desjardins reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pb…

There are a few weeks left until the Democratic Party faces Republican majorities in Congress. After a decisive loss in the presidential election, Democrats have been at odds over their future and direction during the new Trump era. Rep. Greg Casar of Texas was elected as the new chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and discussed his visio…

Syrians are celebrating their hard-won freedoms throughout the nation, but that joy is tempered by the absence of so many imprisoned and never heard from again. In some ways, Syria is a land of ghosts, and the job of speaking for the dead falls to their loved ones and the new Syrian government. Leila Molana-Allen reports from the suburbs of Damascu…

Since Syria's President Assad fell from power, the full horror of his regime has begun to be revealed. Mass graves have been discovered around the country. And a vast amount of documentation confirming many of the crimes is emerging. We hear from Canadian lawyer Bill Wiley who has been gathering evidence of atrocities by the Assad regime for years.…

Dec 17, 2024 – In this compelling interview, legendary investor Felix Zulauf shares his bold predictions with FS Insider for the financial markets in 2025. He warns that the US stock market is currently in a bubble, trading at extremely overvalued levels...Av fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense)

Dec 17, 2024 – In this compelling interview, legendary investor Felix Zulauf shares his bold predictions with FS Insider for the financial markets in 2025. He warns that the US stock market is currently in a bubble, trading at extremely overvalued levels...Av fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense)

After visiting sites close to Syria's capital Damascus, Stephen Rapp, who led prosecutors for the tribunals investigating war crimes in Rwanda and Sierra Leone, said "we really haven't seen anything quite like this since the Nazis." The Syrian Emergency Taskforce, a humanitarian and activist organisation, estimates half a million bodies could be bu…

Ukraine says it was behind the killing of a senior Russian general, Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, who died in scooter blast in Moscow.. The head of Russia's Radiation, Biological and Chemical Protection Unit was at the entrance to a residential block when a device hidden in an electric scooter went off. On Monday, Lt Gen Kirillov was charged in Kyiv for th…

Dec 16, 2024 – Where are wealthy Americans choosing to relocate outside the US? In today's Lifetime Planning episode on the Financial Sense Newshour, Jim Puplava speaks with Christopher Willis, Managing Director of Latitude Consultancy, about...Av fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense)

Dec 16, 2024 – Where are wealthy Americans choosing to relocate outside the US? In today's Lifetime Planning episode on the Financial Sense Newshour, Jim Puplava speaks with Christopher Willis, Managing Director of Latitude Consultancy, about...Av fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense)