October 10, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

For a closer look at the federal response to Hurricanes Milton and Helene, Geoff Bennett spoke with Keith Turi, acting associate administrator for response and recovery at FEMA.

In our news wrap Thursday, Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza killed at least 27 people, Ukraine's parliament approved its largest wartime tax hike aimed at funding the country's fight against Russia and an economic report shows the highest number of jobless claims all year and the lowest inflation in more than three years.

Former President Trump made big promises to the American auto industry in a wide-ranging speech at the Detroit Economic Club. Meanwhile, team Harris embraced new campaign strategies. Laura Barrón-López reports.

This November, it's not just the presidency that's up for grabs. A handful of races could determine control of the U.S. Senate. Democrats currently hold a razor-thin majority but are facing tough challenges in some key states this election cycle. Lisa Desjardins takes a look at the Senate landscape.

The United Nations said its peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon came under attack by Israeli forces. Israel invaded last month to press its military campaign against Hezbollah militants. The UN peacekeeping force is charged with keeping the border between Lebanon and Israel quiet and demilitarized on the Lebanese side. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports.

As attacks between Israel and Hezbollah escalate, Nick Schifrin reports on how the U.S. is responding to Israel's campaign in Lebanon and what Israel's goals are.

The Nobel Prize in chemistry went to three scientists for groundbreaking work using artificial intelligence to advance biomedical and protein research. AlphaFold uses databases of protein structures and sequences to predict and even design protein structures. It speeds up a months or years-long process to mere hours or minutes. Amna Nawaz discussed more with one of the winners, Demis Hassabis.

In 2011, some 60 art institutions in Southern California got together to create a region-wide art collaboration called Pacific Standard Time. PST Art, as it is now known, is on its third iteration and is an enormous undertaking, the largest art event in the nation this fall. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown sampled some of it for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.