November 27, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

Investigators say the suspect in the brazen, daylight shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., drove across the country to carry out the attack. But they are still searching for a motive. This as President Trump announced one National Guard member has died. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports.

The shooting of two National Guard troops near the White House has intensified focus on the Trump administration’s use of military force to crack down on crime in cities led by Democrats. Juliette Kayyem, faculty director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Homeland Security Project and an assistant DHS secretary during the Obama administration, joins John Yang to discuss.

In our news wrap Thursday, the death toll climbs from a massive fire in Hong Kong, a 16-year-old American citizen was released from an Israeli prison after nine months in captivity, two Palestinian men were shot dead as they appeared to be surrendering to Israeli troops, Pope Leo kicks off his first international trip as head of the Catholic Church and millions braved the Thanksgiving travel rush.

Chances are that at some point in the next few days, a couch in your house will be occupied by someone watching football. It's America’s most popular sport and the National Football League unites much of the country in a shared passion. But the league faces a tricky potential threat to that: politics. Christine Brennan, a sports columnist for USA Today, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.

Millions are spending time with family and loved ones this Thanksgiving, but more time together can also mean more tension. The latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll shows that Americans are finding it difficult to talk politics with each other. We hear from a few of our poll respondents and Amna Nawaz discusses how to navigate challenging conversations with advice columnist R. Eric Thomas.