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December 4, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

57m 46s

December 4, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

Episodes

  • November 10, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 10, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    S2025 E314 - 57m 46s

    Monday on the News Hour, a group of Senate Democrats breaks with party leadership and makes a deal with Republicans to end the government shutdown. During a meeting with President Trump, Syria's leader announces his country is joining an anti-ISIS coalition. Plus, we speak with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary about the agency's decision to lift warnings on hormone replacement therapy for menopause.

  • November 8, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 8, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2025 E312 - 26m 44s

    Saturday on PBS News Weekend, air travelers cope with reduced airline schedules, while the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to withhold food benefits for tens of millions of Americans for now. How a new federal investment may help struggling rural hospitals keep their doors open. Plus, what a trending relationship test reveals about the importance of life’s little moments.

  • November 7, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 7, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    S2025 E311 - 56m 41s

    Friday on the News Hour, flights are canceled amid the longest-ever government shutdown, while SNAP food benefits remain in legal limbo. As President Trump targets the agency in charge of jobs reports, we examine what other labor market data says about unemployment. Plus, Tucker Carlson hosts white nationalist and antisemite Nick Fuentes on his show, causing a rift in the Republican Party.

  • November 5, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 5, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    S2025 E309 - 57m 46s

    Wednesday on the News Hour, Democrats dominate election night as economic anxieties and discontent with President Trump’s leadership weigh heavily on Republican candidates. The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case questioning whether the president overstepped his authority when he imposed tariffs on nearly every country in the world. Plus, we speak with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Extras and Features

  • Why many full-time workers can’t afford a place to live: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why many full-time workers can’t afford a place to live

    S2025 E333 - 5m 42s

    The skyrocketing cost of living has left millions of people struggling to afford a place to live despite working at full-time jobs or a number of part-time jobs. Journalist Brian Goldstone, author of “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America,” joins Ali Rogin to discuss this growing nationwide crisis.

  • Top Zelenskyy aide resigns in midst of corruption scandal: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Top Zelenskyy aide resigns in midst of corruption scandal

    S2025 E332 - 4m 17s

    A political earthquake in Ukraine has taken place as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andrii Yermak, the country’s second-most-powerful person, was forced to resign amid a corruption scandal. This comes as Ukraine is enmeshed in negotiations with the Trump administration on a possible end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Jack Hewson joins John Yang with the latest from Kyiv.

  • Marvel of ancient Indigenous engineering gets validation: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Marvel of ancient Indigenous engineering gets validation

    S2025 E332 - 7m 29s

    On Native American Heritage Day, we examine a long-overlooked marvel of ancient engineering that had been tucked away beneath a golf course in Ohio. It is a place some archaeologists say is on par with Stonehenge. But its struggle for recognition spanned decades, ending only recently with validation as the state’s only World Heritage site. Stephanie Sy has more.

  • Trump vows to stop immigration from poorer countries: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump vows to stop immigration from poorer countries

    S2025 E332 - 5m 15s

    President Trump said Friday he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting of two National Guard members. David Bier, director of immigration studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, joins Liz Landers for more on the president's call for immigration reforms.

  • Capehart and Wehner on the National Guard shooting: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Capehart and Wehner on the National Guard shooting

    S2025 E332 - 10m 33s

    Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW and Peter Wehner, a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum, join John Yang to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump's push for an even tougher crackdown on immigration in the days following the shooting of two National Guard members by an Afghan national on the streets of Washington.

  • Tips for holiday shopping in a year when prices are rising: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tips for holiday shopping in a year when prices are rising

    S2025 E332 - 6m 47s

    The internet has already revolutionized holiday shopping but worries about the labor market and the effect of tariffs are prompting even more Americans to search for holiday deals online. Annemarie Conte, deputy editor for The New York Times’ Wirecutter, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss.

  • Questions emerge about National Guard shooter's motives: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Questions emerge about National Guard shooter's motives

    S2025 E332 - 2m 23s

    More details are coming to light about the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members that happened earlier this week blocks from the White House. New questions are also emerging about the motives of the shooter, and what the attack could mean for immigrants across the country. White House correspondent Liz Landers has the story.

  • The long road from a Christmas tree farm to your home: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The long road from a Christmas tree farm to your home

    S2025 E332 - 4m 3s

    'Tis the season to buy a Christmas tree, but it takes a lot of people and business planning to get that perfect tree all the way to your home. PBS News digital video producer Tim McPhillips visited one stop along the route.

  • PBS News launches 'Settle In' podcast: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    PBS News launches 'Settle In' podcast

    S2025 E332 - 5m 45s

    This week we're launching our new video podcast “Settle In.” In the premiere episode, Amna Nawaz has a fascinating discussion with financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin about his new book, “1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History and How It Shattered a Nation.” Sorkin describes how Wall Street titans persuaded everyday Americans to invest in the stock market using borrowed money.

  • News Wrap: Trump plans to cancel Biden's executive actions: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Trump plans to cancel Biden's executive actions

    S2025 E332 - 4m 48s

    In our news wrap Friday, President Trump said he would cancel all executive actions signed by former President Biden using an autopen, police in Hong Kong arrest more people involved with renovating an apartment complex that caught fire, torrential rains battered Southeast Asia and more than 50 million Americans were under some sort of winter weather advisory from Idaho to the Great Lakes region.

  • Trump tries to put his stamp on the NFL, with mixed results: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump tries to put his stamp on the NFL, with mixed results

    S2025 E331 - 7m 20s

    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.

  • Trump's deployment of National Guard gets renewed scrutiny: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump's deployment of National Guard gets renewed scrutiny

    S2025 E331 - 7m 31s

    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.

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    Dec 5

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Friday
    Dec 5

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Friday
    Dec 5

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Friday
    Dec 5

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Friday
    Dec 5

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Friday
    Dec 5

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Friday
    Dec 5

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Saturday
    Dec 6

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Saturday
    Dec 6

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Saturday
    Dec 6

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Monday
    Dec 8

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Monday
    Dec 8

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Monday
    Dec 8

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Monday
    Dec 8

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Tuesday
    Dec 9

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Tuesday
    Dec 9

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Tuesday
    Dec 9

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Tuesday
    Dec 9

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Tuesday
    Dec 9

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    PBS News Hour

    Tuesday
    Dec 9

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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