May 16, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
Thursday on the NewsHour, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen returns to the witness stand in the former president's hush money trial. The top humanitarian official for the United Nations looks at current crises and his career helping manage global calamities. Plus, a three-year-old with a rare medical disorder stuck in Gaza and the American families working to evacuate her for treatment.
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April 22, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E114 - 57m 46s
April 22, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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April 21, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E113 - 26m 44s
Sunday on PBS News Weekend, we ask NATO’s Secretary General if the delayed U.S. aid to Ukraine is too late to make a difference. Then, how a Supreme Court case on laws limiting homeless encampments could reshape policy across the country. Plus, a look at the tensions in one Montana city over people experiencing homelessness camping in vehicles.
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April 20, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E112 - 26m 44s
Saturday on PBS News Weekend, Volkswagen workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize in a big win for the labor movement. Then, as polls open in the world’s largest election, we look at what’s at stake for India and its allies. Plus, what can be done to protect the lives of journalists reporting from the front lines of the Israel-Hamas war.
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April 19, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E111 - 57m 46s
Friday on the NewsHour, Israel allegedly strikes back at Iran, retaliating for last weekend's drone and missile attack. The House advances spending bills on foreign aid by bipartisan votes, but Speaker Johnson's cooperation with Democrats could cost him his job. Plus, how people in addiction recovery are helping a small town in Kentucky bounce back from economic decline and the opioid epidemic.
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President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address
2h 14m
Seeking reelection, President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union address to tout his first three years in office. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett host PBS NewsHour's special coverage of the speech with our panel of experts, including Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart.
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Super Tuesday 2024 - PBS NewsHour special coverage
26m 45s
Super Tuesday, the biggest primary election day of the 2024 cycle, has arrived and voters in 16 states and one U.S. territory are casting their ballots. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennet host PBS NewsHour's special coverage with our panel of analysts.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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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How young Michigan voters feel about the upcoming election
S2024 E124 - 9m 48s
Young people between the ages of 18 and 29 make up roughly 20 percent of eligible voters. A majority of them voted for President Biden in 2020 and are typically a reliable vote for Democrats. In Michigan, NewsHour sat down with four young voters to talk about the election. Most of them plan to vote in November but they aren’t enthusiastic about their options. Laura Barrón-López reports.
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Niece of American held in Gaza on efforts to bring him home
S2024 E124 - 6m 39s
Among the more than 100 hostages still held captive by Hamas in Gaza are five American captives believed to be alive and the bodies of three Americans confirmed dead. Israeli American Keith Siegel has been missing from his home in southern Israel since October. Amna Nawaz spoke with his niece, Hanna Siegel, about the status of hostage negotiations and the relentless work to bring them home.
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