July 10, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

Despite his repeated pledges to stay in the race, there is growing pressure for President Biden to step aside as his party’s nominee. Longtime Biden ally Nancy Pelosi praised the president but stopped short of endorsing his candidacy, and major Democratic fundraiser George Clooney called for Biden to end his bid. Amna Nawaz discussed the latest with Lisa Desjardins and Laura Barrón-Lopez.

Adding to Democratic concerns about President Biden's candidacy, new data forecasts an electoral map leaning more heavily towards Donald Trump. To walk us through these new numbers and the current electoral landscape, Geoff Bennett spoke with Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.

In our news wrap Wednesday, Israel is ordering Palestinians to leave Gaza City as it ramps up strikes, the remnants of Hurricane Beryl continue pushing farther north, Secretary of State Blinken said that F-16 jets will be flying in the skies of Ukraine this summer and two astronauts who should­ have returned to Earth weeks ago expressed optimism that Boeing and NASA will bring them back safely.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer burst onto the national scene in 2020, delivering the Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union. Today, she is mentioned as someone who could occupy the White House. Amna Nawaz spoke with Whitner about the 2024 presidential race and her book, "True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership and Everything in Between."

While much of the attention is focused on President Biden right now, there have been worries around the age of both Biden and former President Trump. Many of those questions have focused on cognitive skills, memory lapses and how they speak in public. Stephanie Sy discussed some of those concerns with Dr. Brad Dickerson of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

World leaders have gathered at the NATO Summit in Washington to address pressing international challenges. At the top of the agenda is how to sustain Western support for Ukraine. Few leaders understand Ukrainian challenges and the NATO alliance as deeply as Czech President Petr Pavel who once served as chairman of NATO’s military committee. Geoff Bennett sat down with Pavel to discuss more.

Every year for 50 years, some 500,000 students from across the country have competed in National History Day, using arts to portray their researched stories. Jeffrey Brown spent a day with the finalists to see how they defined turning points in history. It's part of our series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy and for our ongoing arts and culture coverage, CANVAS.