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July 26, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

57m 46s

July 26, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

Episodes

  • What happened in the first Biden-Trump debate of 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What happened in the first Biden-Trump debate of 2024

    17m 48s

    Join Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennet as they host a post-debate discussion with Lisa Desjardins, Laura Barrón-López, Kevin Madden, Guy Cecil, and Amy Walter. Plus, reports from Pamela Kirkland of Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Extras and Features

  • Social media's role in the rise of youth violence: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Social media's role in the rise of youth violence

    S2024 E144 - 8m 6s

    Violent crime has been on a downward trend across the country since the pandemic-era spike. But today, several cities are reporting a new rise in violent crimes involving youth. In many of these cases, police say social media played a central role. Stephanie Sy reports on the challenges of addressing teen violence.

  • Amy Tan turns her literary gaze on the world of birds: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Amy Tan turns her literary gaze on the world of birds

    S2024 E144 - 7m 35s

    She’s a novelist turned naturalist. New York Times best-selling author Amy Tan has turned her intense gaze to the world of birds and shared her private drawings and musings in a new book. Jeffrey Brown joined Tan at her Northern California home to discuss "The Backyard Bird Chronicles" for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • Giuliani, Trump allies arraigned in Ariz. electors scheme: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Giuliani, Trump allies arraigned in Ariz. electors scheme

    S2024 E143 - 4m 31s

    The legal fallout from alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election continued in Arizona on Tuesday. Rudy Giuliani and nearly a dozen other allies of Donald Trump were arraigned on charges connected to the plot to install fake electors to back Trump despite President Biden winning the state in the 2020 election. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Ned Foley.

  • Turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight kills passenger: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight kills passenger

    S2024 E143 - 5m 26s

    One person is dead and roughly 70 others are injured after a Singapore Airlines flight headed from London to Singapore hit severe turbulence. The flight descended 6,000 feet in three minutes over the Indian Ocean, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Bangkok. Aviation correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.

  • Exhibit explores humans put on display at 1904 World’s Fair: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Exhibit explores humans put on display at 1904 World’s Fair

    S2024 E143 - 4m 55s

    In 1904, nearly 1,200 Filipinos were brought to the U.S. to take part in the World’s Fair in St. Louis. Some worked as guides, but others were put on display. More than a century later, a new exhibit explores the impact in St. Louis and beyond. Communities correspondent Gabrielle Hays reports.

  • 'Climate refugees' sue Britain for failing to protect homes: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    'Climate refugees' sue Britain for failing to protect homes

    S2024 E143 - 7m 53s

    Europe’s most important court has ruled that protection from climate change is a human right. The judgment will be put to the test in Britain by a climate change refugee who lost his cliff top home to sea erosion. Rising sea waters and increasingly violent storms, caused by melting ice and warmer oceans, are a special concern on Britain’s east coast. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.

  • Taiwan's new president urges China to end threats: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Taiwan's new president urges China to end threats

    S2024 E143 - 5m 37s

    Taiwan has a new president with Lai Ching-te inaugurated this past weekend. In the past, he has called himself a “political worker for Taiwanese independence,” words that enrage Beijing, which sees the island as a break-away province to be reunited with the mainland. President Biden has vowed to defend Taiwan, making it a potential flashpoint between the U.S. and China. Nick Schifrin reports.

  • How Trump's alleged hush money payments led to his charges: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Trump's alleged hush money payments led to his charges

    S2024 E143 - 7m 58s

    Donald Trump’s defense team rested its case Tuesday in the trial brought against the former president by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Next week, both sides will make their closing statements to the jury and then deliberations will begin. While this case is often called a hush money trial, the charges against the former president are more complicated. William Brangham explains.

  • Bill Maher on book reflecting on his comedy and commentary: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bill Maher on book reflecting on his comedy and commentary

    S2024 E143 - 8m 58s

    Bill Maher is often a controversial figure in the world of politics and culture. He’s positioned himself as the ultimate truth-teller who takes equal pleasure in punching at the left and the right. Maher is taking stock of his decades of commentary in his new book, “What This Comedian Said Will Shock You.” Geoff Bennett sat down with Maher for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • Deaths leave Iran without key leadership at crucial moment: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Deaths leave Iran without key leadership at crucial moment

    S2024 E142 - 9m 15s

    The deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country's foreign minister left the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. The deaths mark yet another blow to a country beset by pressures at home and abroad. Reza Sayah reports from Tehran and Amna Nawaz discusses what this means for Iran’s future with Suzanne Maloney.

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on GOP leaders at Trump's trial: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on GOP leaders at Trump's trial

    S2024 E142 - 8m 52s

    NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including Republican allies continue to make appearances at the courthouse to show their support for Trump and why Democrats wanted an early presidential debate.

  • ICC seeks war crimes charges for Israeli and Hamas leaders: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    ICC seeks war crimes charges for Israeli and Hamas leaders

    S2024 E142 - 2m 58s

    In an unprecedented announcement, the International Criminal Court said it was seeking warrants to arrest the leaders of Hamas and the elected leadership of Israel on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. President Biden called it “outrageous” and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called it “blood libel.” But prosecutor Karim Khan defended his decision. Nick Schifrin reports.

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