February 16, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

Alexei Navalny was Vladimir Putin’s most prominent political opponent in Russia. Amna Nawaz talks with Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about Navalny’s reported death and legacy.

World leaders gathered in Germany on Friday for the start of the annual Munich Security Conference. Nick Schifrin reports from the conference and sits down with one of the attendees, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, for an interview.

A New York judge on Friday fined Donald Trump and his business associates more than $350 million, ruling they engaged in a yearslong effort to inflate the value of their assets to defraud banks and insurance companies. Judge Arthur Engoron also barred Trump from running any business in the state of New York for three years. William Brangham joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the case.

More than a year since a toxic train derailment devastated the small Ohio town of East Palestine, President Biden visited the community for the first time on Friday. The initial fire and controlled burn of chemicals a few days later have left residents concerned for their health and safety. Geoff Bennett reports.

A year after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spilling toxic chemicals, many questions remain about safety standards for all trains, but especially those carrying hazardous chemicals. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the Biden administration’s efforts to prevent future disasters, why rail accidents have increased, how Congress could help and more.

Caitlin Clark is now the all-time leading scorer for NCAA women’s basketball. The Iowa superstar made history Thursday night when she broke the record on her home court, leading fans to erupt in cheers. Amna Nawaz reports.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the death of outspoken Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a main source for the Republicans’ Biden impeachment case getting indicted for lying, plus a busy week of Trump-related court news in New York and Georgia.