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January 19, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode

26m 44s

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, the first hostages return to Israel and aid trucks enter Gaza as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas goes into effect. Then, some of the world’s biggest companies make record-breaking donations to Trump’s inauguration. Plus, a look at a little-known White House tradition of outgoing presidents leaving personal notes for their successors.

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  • Tech and AI leaders make big donations to Trump inauguration: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tech and AI leaders make big donations to Trump inauguration

    S2025 E19 - 5m 42s

    President-elect Trump’s inaugural committee has smashed fundraising records, racking up more than $200 million in pledges. Donations have come from some of the world’s biggest companies, and top tech CEOs will be front and center at the festivities. Ali Rogin speaks with ethics and campaign finance expert Craig Holman and New York Times technology reporter Cecilia Kang for more.

  • The history and tradition of presidential transition letters: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The history and tradition of presidential transition letters

    S2025 E19 - 4m 20s

    Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush on stationery with a whimsical bit of advice. John Yang speaks with Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library, to learn more about this tradition.

  • News Wrap: Biden thanks supporters on last day of his term: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Biden thanks supporters on last day of his term

    S2025 E19 - 2m 18s

    In our news wrap Sunday, Biden spent the final full day of his presidency visiting supporters in South Carolina, Trump laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, TikTok restored service to U.S. users after temporarily going dark due to a federal ban, a polar vortex is bringing dangerously cold conditions south from the Arctic, and Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Garvey.

  • Sen. Wyden offers way forward for progressives in new book: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sen. Wyden offers way forward for progressives in new book

    S2025 E19 - 5m 30s

    As Trump returns to the White House with Republicans in charge of the House and Senate, Democrats are searching for a way forward. Ron Wyden, the second-most senior Senate Democrat, offers strategies in a new book, “It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change.” Amna Nawaz recently sat down with Wyden.

  • Father of U.S. hostage hopeful for son’s release by Hamas: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Father of U.S. hostage hopeful for son’s release by Hamas

    S2025 E19 - 5m 29s

    Three women are back on Israeli soil for the first time in 15 months since they were kidnapped in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and held captive in Gaza, as a long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect Sunday. Two U.S. citizens are on Hamas’ list of hostages to be released in the deal’s first phase. John Yang speaks with the father of one American hostage who is not on that list.

  • Why Ethel Rosenberg’s family is pushing for her exoneration: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why Ethel Rosenberg’s family is pushing for her exoneration

    S2025 E18 - 7m 48s

    In 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed after being convicted as Soviet spies in a sensational Cold War espionage case. Now, a recently declassified document is seen as the strongest evidence yet of Ethel’s innocence. As Biden leaves office, he’s being asked to exonerate her and right a historic wrong. John Yang speaks with the Rosenbergs’ younger son, Robert Meeropol, for more.

  • News Wrap: TikTok plans to go dark in the U.S. on Sunday: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: TikTok plans to go dark in the U.S. on Sunday

    S2025 E18 - 3m 3s

    In our news wrap Saturday, TikTok says it will go dark for its U.S. users on Sunday as Trump signaled he may give the app a 90-day reprieve, crews are working to move Trump’s inauguration into the Capitol Rotunda due to sub-freezing temperatures, Russia launched a deadly attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight, and the wildfires in Los Angeles continue to burn despite improving conditions.

  • How hormone therapy for menopause got a bad reputation: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How hormone therapy for menopause got a bad reputation

    S2025 E18 - 7m 27s

    Menopause is a chapter in women’s lives that brings a myriad of sometimes debilitating medical issues that can last for more than a decade. It’s an area of medicine that for years has been overlooked and underfunded. Rhode Island PBS Weekly’s Isabella Jibilian reports for our ongoing series, “Unequal Treatment.”

  • Israel announces last-minute snag in hostage deal with Hamas: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Israel announces last-minute snag in hostage deal with Hamas

    S2025 E18 - 4m 16s

    Just 12 hours before the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is supposed to go into effect, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said it would not go forward until Hamas made good on its agreement to provide a list of hostages they’re going to release. John Yang speaks with Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent for The Economist, for the latest.

  • News Wrap: Noem questioned about Trump's immigration policy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Noem questioned about Trump's immigration policy

    S2025 E17 - 7m 54s

    In our news wrap Friday, Department of Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem faced questions from senators at a confirmation hearing, President-elect Trump says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will 'solve many problems together' after the two leaders spoke on the phone and Russia and Iran deepened their ties with a “comprehensive strategic partnership treaty.”

  • McGurk breaks down complex negotiations to reach ceasefire: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    McGurk breaks down complex negotiations to reach ceasefire

    S2025 E17 - 6m 56s

    The negotiations that led to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement took months and months. At the center of the talks representing the United States was Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the deal.

  • Amanda Gorman pens tribute to crews battling LA wildfires: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Amanda Gorman pens tribute to crews battling LA wildfires

    S2025 E17 - 4m 30s

    Renowned poet and Los Angeles native Amanda Gorman has penned a heartfelt tribute to first responders battling the wildfires and helping those in need. In "Smoldering Dawn," she expresses her fears and hopes and celebrates how the community is coming together to face this trauma. Amna Nawaz spoke with Gorman about how the poem came to be and her new children’s book, “Girls on the Rise.”

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