PLUS (PT)

10:30 am 

Everyday Edisons  "I Can Finally Grasp It!"  We've all heard that "a friend in need, is a friend indeed," but for inventor, Mark Stark, it was no question that his friend needed a helping hand. Born without his left hand, Mark's friend, Dave Vogt never knew what his friend was working on in his shop and garage for months and months until one day, he presented Dave with an artificial hand that would change his life. A heart-warming story of compassion and friendship, this episode brings to light a need, an idea, a prototype and, of course, a challenge to our Everyday Edisons team. D

11:00 am 

Wild!  "Animal Inventors: Animal It"  This film explores the world of animal senses and animal intelligence. We may think we're the smartest creatures on earth but animals often see and hear far more than we can. Their senses are more finely tuned and their responses much faster. D

12:00 pm 

Globe Trekker  "Globe Trekker Food Hour: Brazil"  Merrilees starts her journey in the Afro-influenced coastal city of Salvador.G

1:00 pm 

Need to Know   In the wake of the Newtown tragedy, NEED TO KNOW retraces an earlier shooting incident, exploring the ripple effects that continue to reverberate years later. The program takes an in-depth look at the traumatic results on the victim's family, the killer and the killer's family, others wounded that day and on the community at large. D

1:30 pm 

McLaughlin Group   TOPICS: Sequester Showdown; War Crimes in Syria? PANELISTS: Pat Buchanan, Author and Columnist; Eleanor Clift, Newsweek; Paul Glastris, The Washington Monthly; Susan Ferrechio, The Washington Examiner. D

2:00 pm 

Biz Kid$  "Don't Blow Your Dough"  Biz Kids Beware. Protect the money you already have by putting it in a safe place. Beware of scams and schemers. D

2:30 pm 

Oregon Field Guide  "Whiteheaded Woodpeckers/Broken Top Winter"  The changing ecosystem of central Oregon's high Cascades spells trouble for some bird species. Adventurers head to Broken Top Mountain in the heart of the Three Sister's Wilderness by dogsled and skis.G

3:00 pm 

Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen  "Super-Easy Comfort Food"  Host Christopher Kimball shares the test kitchen's tips and techniques for selecting the perfect beef roast. Then, test cook Bridget Lancaster shows Chris how to make the best Chuck Roast in Foil. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top picks for inexpensive stockpots. D

3:30 pm 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Andalucia, Gibraltar and Tangier"  Exploring the quintessence of Spanish culture in Andalucia, Rick rolls down from whitewashed hill towns to the coast and takes in the windsurfing at Tarifa. He catches a bit of Britain on the Rock of Gibraltar and then sails to Africa for a Moroccan finale in Tangier.G

4:00 pm 

NOVA  "Mind of a Rampage Killer"  NOVA correspondent Miles O'Brien investigates new theories about why some people become destructive rampage killers. O'Brien also explores what science can reveal about a brain at risk for violence and whether there is a way to recognize dangerous minds in time to stop violence.G

5:00 pm 

Half The Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide   Diane Lane and Nicholas Kristof are in Somaliland, where one in 12 women dies in childbirth. They meet with the founder of the country's first maternal health facility and visit villages where hospital-trained midwives work. America Ferrera and Kristof visit India's Kaighat red-light district where a woman and her shelter program working to break the tradition of forced prostitution passed from mother to daughter. Olivia Wilde joins Kristof in Kenya to see how women entrepreneurs are changing their lives and their communities through micro-financing. Part 2 of 2G

7:00 pm 

Billy The Kid: American Experience   Peeling back the layers of myths surrounding Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, this is a story of a child born to impoverished Irish immigrants, who leads a hardscrabble, itinerant life, coming of age in a lawless corner of New Mexico. An Irish immigrant ring controls all money-making endeavors, with the Mexican population frequently cheated out of property. McCarty is ensnared in a centuries-old Irish-English conflict on the plains of the Southwest.G

8:00 pm 

After Newtown: Guns In America   AFTER NEWTOWN: GUNS IN AMERICA is an unprecedented exploration of America's enduring relationship with firearMs. From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th-century immigrant riots to gangland violence in the Roaring Twenties; from the Civil War to civil rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative. Americans have relied on guns to sustain communities, challenge authority and keep the peace. Efforts to curtail their distribution and ownership have triggered epic political battles. D

9:00 pm 

Half The Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide   Diane Lane and Nicholas Kristof are in Somaliland, where one in 12 women dies in childbirth. They meet with the founder of the country's first maternal health facility and visit villages where hospital-trained midwives work. America Ferrera and Kristof visit India's Kaighat red-light district where a woman and her shelter program working to break the tradition of forced prostitution passed from mother to daughter. Olivia Wilde joins Kristof in Kenya to see how women entrepreneurs are changing their lives and their communities through micro-financing. Part 2 of 2G

11:00 pm 

Billy The Kid: American Experience   Peeling back the layers of myths surrounding Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, this is a story of a child born to impoverished Irish immigrants, who leads a hardscrabble, itinerant life, coming of age in a lawless corner of New Mexico. An Irish immigrant ring controls all money-making endeavors, with the Mexican population frequently cheated out of property. McCarty is ensnared in a centuries-old Irish-English conflict on the plains of the Southwest.G