PBS News Hour

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including a major endorsement from Liz Cheney and the latest in the Trump election interference case.

The Labor Department issued one of the last jobs reports before the presidential election, and the numbers are strong. It shows 254,000 jobs were added in September, beating expectations. Overall, the report paints a picture of a robust American economy which remains a top issue this election year. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo.

A week after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the Southeast, residents in some states are still trying to get the very basics. More than 200 are confirmed dead and hundreds remain unaccounted for. That makes it the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005. William Brangham reports.

Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning across Michigan while former President Donald Trump touched down in Georgia, a state still reeling from Hurricane Helene. All this as President Biden weighed in on election security in his first-ever appearance in the White House briefing room. Lisa Desjardins reports.

The Israeli bombing campaign and ground invasion of Lebanon continue with a quarter of the country's population displaced, most in just the last two weeks. Leila Molana-Allen reports from Saida, on Lebanon's southern coast, as the exhausted and terrified seek shelter.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including a major endorsement from Liz Cheney and the latest in the Trump election interference case.

Israeli forces kept up their punishing attacks across southern Lebanon and in the capital Beirut. Civilians have increasingly become victims of this escalating conflict, and now, medical workers are under fire. As special correspondent Leila Molana Allen reports, the strikes in Beirut have left residents of a weary city feeling nowhere is safe.

Three former Memphis police officers were found guilty of witness tampering following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in January 2023. John Yang reports.

A year ago, Hezbollah opened fire on northern Israel one day after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in what it called solidarity with Hamas. Soon after, the Israeli government evacuated more than 60,000 residents living near the border. Nick Schifrin has been traveling across northern Israel and begins his report from Kiryat Shmona, just a mile and a half from the Lebanese border.

With just over a month to go until Election Day, the presidential race is still neck and neck. Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins breaks down the findings from the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

Diagnoses of autism have risen sharply in recent years across the U.S. The number of care providers has also grown, as have concerns about oversight. What's not in dispute is a public crisis around autism, acute among children of color, and alarming among Somali Americans in particular. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Minnesota, home to the largest Somali community in the U.S.

In our news wrap Thursday, Hurricane Helene's death toll has risen to 200, Typhoon Krathon made landfall in southwestern Taiwan, NATO's new leader made his first official visit to Ukraine, at least 78 people have died after an overcrowded boat capsized in Congo and the nation's biggest retailers are ramping up their hiring for the holiday season.