PBS News Hour

August 2, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

Friday on the News Hour, slower job growth and rising unemployment puts more pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. As Americans who were detained in Russia arrive home, we speak with the family of one of those released. Plus, the Harris campaign pivots from labeling Trump a threat to democracy and leans into calling him weird.

'You Are Here' project celebrates poetry in natural world

7m 52s

A year-long project by the nation’s poet laureate focuses on the natural world and what’s at stake due to climate change. Ada Limon’s "You Are Here" exhibition will take her to National Parks around the country. Jeffrey Brown spoke with Limon for our series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy and for our ongoing arts and culture coverage, CANVAS.

Previews + Extras

  • How a formerly enslaved man helped create Jack Daniel's: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How a formerly enslaved man helped create Jack Daniel's

    S2024 E216 - 8m 57s

    Jack Daniel's is a famous whiskey brand, but Daniel didn’t create the method for distilling Tennessee whiskey. He learned it from a formerly enslaved man named Nearest Green. Fawn Weaver created Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey to honor and preserve Green’s legacy and it's now the most successful Black-owned liquor empire. Geoff Bennett sat down with Weaver to discuss her book, “Love and Whiskey."

  • Harris campaign, Democrats lean into calling Trump 'weird': asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Harris campaign, Democrats lean into calling Trump 'weird'

    S2024 E216 - 4m 26s

    The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the number of delegates in a virtual roll call to win the party’s nomination. While on the campaign trail, Harris is calling her opponent Donald Trump “weird.” It's a kind of rhetoric that her supporters and allies are repeating widely. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.

  • Kurmasheva’s husband describes reunion after her release: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Kurmasheva’s husband describes reunion after her release

    S2024 E216 - 6m 21s

    Alsu Kurmasheva is one of the Americans detained in Russia to come home in a prisoner exchange. To discuss the emotional family reunions, Nick Schifrin spoke with Kurmasheva's husband, Pavel Butorin, and their older daughter, Bibi.

  • Americans freed from Russia reunite with families: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Americans freed from Russia reunite with families

    S2024 E216 - 3m 25s

    Rarely has an airport seen such joy after very long delays. But Thursday night was no ordinary night at Joint Base Andrews near Washington where three Americans held by Russia returned home to a presidential welcome. Nick Schifrin reports.

  • Economist says Fed too slow to cut rates, hurting economy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Economist says Fed too slow to cut rates, hurting economy

    S2024 E216 - 5m 28s

    The U.S. labor market slowed down in July and looked weaker than expected, creating 114,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate also ticked up to 4.3 percent. It's raising questions about whether the Federal Reserve has waited too long to cut interest rates. Economist Mohamed El-Erian is among those who have been very vocal about this. He joined Geoff Bennett to discuss his concerns.

  • Capehart and Johnson on Harris' running mate shortlist: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Capehart and Johnson on Harris' running mate shortlist

    S2024 E216 - 9m 15s

    Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the success of Kamala Harris' campaign launch, Donald Trump's latest attacks on his opponent, the Democratic veepstakes and President Biden securing a prisoner swap to bring Americans home from Russia.

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