WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, MAY 29 @ 9:00PM It has been a whirlwind week for President Obama: a surprise trip to Afghanistan just prior to announcing troop reductions in that conflict; a major speech on his vision for the military and the U.S. role in the world; new calls to replace Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki amid allegation of scandal and misconduct in VA hospitals around the...

YELLOWSTONE

LAND TO LIFE FRIDAY, MAY 29 @ 8:30PM People come to Yellowstone to visit the unusual thermal features and to view wildlife, often not realizing they are standing on one of the world’s largest active volcanoes. In Yellowstone: Land to Life, environmental filmmaker John Grabowska (Ribbon of Sand, Crown of the Continent) presents a lyrical interpretation of the sweeping geologic story of...

NOVA

D-DAY’S SUNKEN SECRETS SATURDAY, JUNE 11 @ 10:00PM On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the biggest armada in history to invade the Normandy beaches and liberate Europe from the Nazis. In less than 24 hours, more than 5,000 ships crossed the English Channel, along with thousands of tanks and landing craft and nearly 200,000 men. Throughout the operation, hundreds of ships sank running the...

NATURE

AMERICAN EAGLE SUNDAY, JUNE 1 @ 10:00PM Everything about them is big. They are one of nature’s largest raptors, with wings that can span eight feet, and nests that can weigh up to a ton. Unique to North America, the bald eagle is the continent’s most recognizable aerial predator, with a shocking white head, electric yellow beak and penetrating eyes. Yet most people know little about it...

D-DAY 360

TUESDAY, JUNE 3 @ 9:00PM After two years on the drawing board, D-Day was the most meticulously planned operation in military history, a logistical effort on a scale never seen before or since. On June 6, 1944, 3,000 planes dropped 23,000 airborne troops behind German lines, and 7,000 ships delivered around 20,000 military vehicles and 130,000 allied soldiers, who stormed five heavily defended...