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July 14, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

26m 45s

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, we get the very latest on the fallout from the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Then, combating the rise of political violence and violent rhetoric in the United States. Plus, Judy Woodruff reflects on the shooting of Donald Trump at this volatile moment in American history.

Episodes

  • June 19, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    June 19, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    S2024 E172 - 57m 46s

    Wednesday on the News Hour, millions face record-breaking temperatures as a dangerous heat wave scorches the Midwest and East Coast. Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a defense agreement with North Korea's Kim Jong Un which could increase weapons supplies for Russia's war in Ukraine. Plus, an investigation reveals America's broken promise to formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.

  • June 16, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    June 16, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E169 - 26m 45s

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, Nick Schifrin talks with national security adviser Jake Sullivan about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Then, a look at the conservative legal challenge to an Illinois city’s groundbreaking reparations program. Plus, graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier discusses her books that try to reassure anxious adolescents that they are not alone.

Extras and Features

  • Trump vows to defund schools requiring vaccines for students: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump vows to defund schools requiring vaccines for students

    S2024 E177 - 6m 28s

    On the campaign trail, Donald Trump again vowed to shut down the Education Department and endorsed a Louisiana law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. He has also pledged to cut funding to schools with vaccine requirements. Laura BarrĂ³n-LĂ³pez discussed that with Dr. Paul Offitt, a pediatrician and a professor of vaccinology at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • 'Monuments of Solidarity' highlights activism in art: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    'Monuments of Solidarity' highlights activism in art

    S2024 E177 - 7m 11s

    An artist, activist, community builder and teacher. LaToya Ruby Frazier's art-making ideas come together in her first retrospective exhibition. Jeffrey Brown has a look for our series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy and for our ongoing arts and culture coverage, CANVAS.

  • How private firms profit from veterans’ disability claims: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How private firms profit from veterans’ disability claims

    S2024 E176 - 7m 6s

    In the two years since the PACT Act brought about a landmark expansion of veterans’ benefits, more than 1 million disability claims have been approved. But a number of for-profit companies are also reaping benefits, even though what they do is against the law. Patrick Murray, legislative director at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.

  • News Wrap: U.S. denies slowdown in arms shipments to Israel: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: U.S. denies slowdown in arms shipments to Israel

    S2024 E176 - 2m 26s

    In our news wrap Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu doubled down on his complaints of a decline in U.S. arms deliveries, Saudi Arabia’s health minister said more than 1,300 Muslim pilgrims died amid scorching heat during this year’s Hajj, the motive in Friday’s shooting at an Arkansas grocery store remains a mystery, and star American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is headed to the Olympics.

  • Why little is known about what causes many miscarriages: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why little is known about what causes many miscarriages

    S2024 E176 - 4m 4s

    Every year, about 1 million pregnancies in the U.S. end in a miscarriage. In as many as half those cases, doctors are at a loss to explain why, and experts say stigma and shame are hampering efforts to learn about what causes miscarriages. PBS News Hour’s Courtney Norris reports.

  • How to reduce the number of teens aging out of foster care: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How to reduce the number of teens aging out of foster care

    S2024 E176 - 5m 7s

    More than 400,000 children in the U.S. are living in foster care. Each year, nearly 20,000 become adults and are left without the support of a guardian or the government. John Yang speaks with Darcy Olsen, CEO of the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, about a pilot project in Arizona designed to help teenagers in foster care find safe and permanent homes before they age out of the system.

  • Ninth grader helps restore Mississippi’s oyster reefs: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ninth grader helps restore Mississippi’s oyster reefs

    S2024 E176 - 4m 17s

    In the past two decades, the oyster population in Mississippi’s Gulf waters has been devastated by both natural and manmade disasters. Among those working to restore oyster habitats is ninth grader Demi Johnson, who was recently recognized by the National Geographic Society for growing more than 1,000 oysters, which are likely to spawn millions more. John Yang speaks with Johnson about her work.

  • The big environmental costs of big data for the internet: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The big environmental costs of big data for the internet

    S2024 E175 - 6m 27s

    The rise of artificial intelligence is requiring faster and bigger computations for even simple tasks compared to, say, a Google search. It’s adding to the demand for more internet data centers, but these facilities come at a big environmental cost, especially for the communities that host them. Science journalist Sachi Kitajima Mulkey joins Ali Rogin to discuss.

  • Bowel cancer is on the rise. How immunotherapy could help: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bowel cancer is on the rise. How immunotherapy could help

    S2024 E175 - 6m 8s

    Bowel cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, killing nearly 1 million people per year, and cases of colorectal cancer have been on the rise. But there are glimmers of hope after two studies found that using immunotherapy drugs before surgery dramatically increased the chance of curing bowel cancer in certain patients. John Yang speaks with Dr. Vikram Reddy to learn more.

  • Why Austin renters are struggling to find affordable housing: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why Austin renters are struggling to find affordable housing

    S2024 E175 - 6m 36s

    Rents nationwide have cooled from historic highs, according to the latest inflation figures. Austin, Texas, is one of the places where rents are showing a downward trend, but lower-income families say their rents are often staying the same or even increasing. Blair Waltman-Alexin of Austin PBS reports.

  • News Wrap: Heat and extreme weather sweeps across the U.S.: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Heat and extreme weather sweeps across the U.S.

    S2024 E175 - 3m 29s

    In our news wrap Saturday, heat, wildfires and flooding hit many parts of the U.S., an Arkansas man is facing murder charges stemming from a grocery store shooting, the death toll in Gaza climbed after two Israeli airstrikes, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said more Western help is needed after a day of deadly Russian attacks, and Las Vegas police removed a mysterious monolith from the desert.

  • Brooks and Capehart on Biden's immigration order: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Brooks and Capehart on Biden's immigration order

    S2024 E174 - 10m 46s

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including a Supreme Court ruling over access to guns, President Biden's latest order protecting migrants and Donald Trump's mixed messages on immigration.

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