PBS News Hour

Season 41, Episode 3

Episode Title: January 5, 2016

Air Date: 2016-01-05

Overview:

Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Obama makes an emotional appeal for background checks and outlines other actions to curb gun violence. Also: A view from Tehran over tensions with Saudi Arabia, New Hampshire grapples with a heroin epidemic, a historic graduation for young Afghan women and MacArthur grant winner LaToya Ruby Frazier documents her struggling hometown.