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May 4, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

26m 44s

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, what the Biden administration’s expansion of health care privacy means for people seeking abortions. Then, as American troops leave Chad and Niger, concerns rise about security and stability in Africa. Plus, how one Ukrainian family is rebuilding their life in the U.S. after losing everything in the Russian invasion.

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  • Ukrainian family starts over in Minnesota after fleeing war: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ukrainian family starts over in Minnesota after fleeing war

    S2024 E126 - 5m 40s

    Since Russia invaded Ukraine more than two years ago, about 6.5 million Ukrainians have left the country. One of them is 10-year-old Artem Fedorenko, who lost part of his arm in a Russian bombing that killed his father and brother. Today, he and his mother Oksana are rebuilding their lives in suburban Minneapolis with help from the Minnesota-based Protez Foundation. MPR News brings us their story.

  • What Biden’s HIPAA expansion means for abortion seekers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What Biden’s HIPAA expansion means for abortion seekers

    S2024 E126 - 6m 25s

    In late April, the Biden administration issued new rules designed to keep prosecutors from obtaining medical records of patients who seek legal abortions. The expansion of HIPAA prohibits the disclosure of health information to state officials as part of a criminal investigation. Carmel Shachar, head of the Health Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard University, joins John Yang to discuss.

  • Security concerns rise as U.S. troops leave Chad and Niger: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Security concerns rise as U.S. troops leave Chad and Niger

    S2024 E126 - 7m 15s

    The African nations of Niger and Chad have both been key partners with the United States in combating terrorist groups in the region. But now that both countries are ruled by military regimes, that cooperation is in question. Ali Rogin speaks with J. Peter Pham, former U.S. ambassador and special envoy for the Sahel region, to learn more.

  • News Wrap: UN official warns famine is spreading in Gaza: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: UN official warns famine is spreading in Gaza

    S2024 E126 - 3m 26s

    In our news wrap Saturday, the head of the UN’s World Food Program said there is “full-blown famine” in northern Gaza and it is spreading south, tensions remain high on college campuses across the U.S. amid anti-war protests, new drone footage reveals the damage Russia inflicted on a village in eastern Ukraine, and hundreds of people have been rescued from severe flooding in the Houston area.

  • Gaza journalist fights to protect family while covering war: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Gaza journalist fights to protect family while covering war

    S2024 E125 - 5m

    On World Press Freedom Day, the Committee to Protect Journalists says some two dozen journalists have been killed so far this year, the vast majority of them dying in Gaza. At least 97 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon since the start of the war. Nick Schifrin has a look at the life of our journalist in Gaza, cameraman and producer Shams Odeh.

  • Vietnamese Americans honor communities in new art exhibit: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Vietnamese Americans honor communities in new art exhibit

    S2024 E125 - 7m 36s

    The two million Vietnamese Americans in this country often find their stories still told through the lens of the Vietnam War. But at an art exhibit in Biloxi, Mississippi, a new generation is telling a different story about their lives today. William Brangham reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • Google antitrust trial could change how we use the internet: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Google antitrust trial could change how we use the internet

    S2024 E125 - 5m 30s

    A landmark antitrust trial between the Department of Justice and Google is coming to an end. The tech giant is accused of monopolizing the internet search market, sidelining competitors and harming consumers. The DOJ claims Google struck illegal deals, but the company argues it has the best search engine. Stephanie Sy discussed the case with Rebecca Allensworth of Vanderbilt Law School.

  • Prisons with ISIS members a radicalization breeding ground: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Prisons with ISIS members a radicalization breeding ground

    S2024 E125 - 9m 13s

    It’s been five years since the Islamic State was defeated by a U.S.-led military campaign in Syria. But today some 10,000 ISIS fighters remain jailed inside Syrian detention centers. Human rights groups call conditions in the prisons abusive and local authorities warn they are a breeding ground for radicalization and an Islamic State revival. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports.

  • Biden awards Medal of Freedom to 19 at White House: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Biden awards Medal of Freedom to 19 at White House

    S2024 E125 - 2m 24s

    President Biden bestowed 19 individuals with the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The recipients hail from nearly all corners of American life, actors, astronauts, activists like Opal Lee and athletes like Katie Ledecky. At the White House, Biden called them all the "pinnacle of leadership in their fields."

  • What Hope Hicks said on the stand in Trump hush money trial: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What Hope Hicks said on the stand in Trump hush money trial

    S2024 E125 - 4m 48s

    One of former President Trump’s most senior aides took the stand during his trial in New York. Hope Hicks served as Trump’s press secretary during the 2016 campaign and was his White House communications director. She detailed how Trump handled revelations about alleged extramarital affairs and the payments made to bury those stories. William Brangham discussed more with Andrea Bernstein of NPR.

  • Brooks and Capehart on Trump's vision for a 2nd term: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Brooks and Capehart on Trump's vision for a 2nd term

    S2024 E125 - 10m 26s

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including protests against the war in Gaza growing on college campuses and Donald Trump gives the clearest vision yet for what he would do with a second term.

  • News Wrap: Report shows interest rates slowing job growth: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Report shows interest rates slowing job growth

    S2024 E125 - 5m 31s

    In our news wrap Friday, there are signs that high interest rates could finally be slowing U.S. job growth, Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife were arrested on federal charges of bribery and conspiracy, three people in Canada were charged with the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia and a Palestinian hospital reported at least seven people died in an Israeli strike on Rafah.

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