PBS News Hour

February 7, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

Friday on the News Hour, President Trump charges ahead with his agenda, reshaping foreign policy, sending migrants to Guantanamo and pushing out government workers. We speak with the United Nations' top humanitarian official about the situation in Gaza as displaced Palestinians are returning home. Plus, hiring slows but the unemployment rate ticks down, we look at what it means for the economy.

Congress struggles to keep up as Trump reshapes government

8m 19s

Courts and Congress are struggling to keep up with the breakneck pace as the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the American government, national politics and international order. The president promised more cuts and further political payback, even as the courts stepped in to stand in the way of big changes he began days earlier. Lisa Desjardins reports.

Previews + Extras

  • Displaced Gazans return to face uncertain future: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Displaced Gazans return to face uncertain future

    S2025 E38 - 3m 32s

    President Trump said he is in “no rush to do anything” in Gaza. Earlier this week, he talked about the need for Palestinians to leave Gaza and for the United States to take over the area and develop it. Also this week, Hamas accused Israel of delaying the entry of hundreds of trucks carrying food and other humanitarian supplies agreed to in the ceasefire deal. Stephanie Sy reports.

  • Top UN humanitarian official on the situation in Gaza: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Top UN humanitarian official on the situation in Gaza

    S2025 E38 - 5m 12s

    One of the key United Nations agencies overseeing the provision of aid into Gaza is the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA. Its leader, Tom Fletcher, just visited Gaza and joined Geoff Bennett to discuss what he saw there.

  • Capehart and Continetti on Trump's executive power: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Capehart and Continetti on Trump's executive power

    S2025 E38 - 10m 53s

    Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Matthew Continetti from the American Enterprise Institute join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, President Trump and his allies making quick progress on their goal of "deconstructing the administrative state," Elon Musk gaining unprecedented access to information, Congress ceding power to the White House and the new DNC chair.

  • Chicago Fed president on the new jobs report and economy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Chicago Fed president on the new jobs report and economy

    S2025 E38 - 6m 37s

    The new jobs report shows the pace of hiring slowed slightly in January with the economy adding 143,000 jobs. The report also revised down jobs numbers between April 2023 and March of 2024 by nearly 600,000, the largest annual revision in more than 15 years. To help make sense of it all, Amna Nawaz spoke with Austan Goolsbee, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

  • The growing concerns around the boom in sport betting: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The growing concerns around the boom in sport betting

    S2025 E38 - 8m 31s

    This Sunday in New Orleans, the Philadelphia Eagles will try to block the Kansas City Chiefs from taking home a historic third consecutive Super Bowl title. But there will also be a historic $1.4 billion riding on the game. Paul Solman reports on the snowballing and potentially perilous sports betting craze.

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on making each day opening day: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Brief But Spectacular take on making each day opening day

    S2025 E38 - 3m 50s

    Lawrence Chu is the heart and soul behind Chef Chu's, a beloved dining destination in the Bay Area for over five decades. Known for his culinary artistry and commitment to community, Lawrence reflects on the power food has to bring people together. Chef Chu shares his Brief But Spectacular take on treating each day like opening day.

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