PBS NewsHour

Thursday, October 11, 2012

10/11/2012 | 52m 48s

Tonight on the program, we preview tonight's Vice Presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, with insight from Mark Shields and David Brooks. Also: Turkey stops a Syrian plane and confiscates military weaponry, demand for illegal Ivory goes up in Asia, Mixed reactions to Writer Mo Yan's Nobel Prize, and a poet on grieving and healing at the end of marriage.

Aired: 10/11/12

Expired: 11/10/12

Rating: NR

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