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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

  • How gun violence outside of schools harms millions of kids: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How gun violence outside of schools harms millions of kids

    S2024 E182 - 6m 18s

    From 2014 to 2023, communities across the U.S. saw more than 188,000 shootings within 500 yards of a school, an average of 57 shootings per day, according to a new analysis by The Trace. The report found that in 2023 alone, 6 million students had a shooting occur near their school. Olga Pierce, one of the journalists who did this analysis, joins William Brangham to discuss the findings.

  • News Wrap: Iowa Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Iowa Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban

    S2024 E181 - 4m 45s

    In our news wrap Friday, Iowa's Supreme Court is allowing a law that bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, Iran voters cast their ballots for a new president, choosing between three hard-liners and one reformist candidate and the Pentagon announced the temporary pier it built off Gaza has been removed once again amid rough seas.

  • Fact-checking the claims Biden, Trump made during the debate: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fact-checking the claims Biden, Trump made during the debate

    S2024 E181 - 5m 14s

    Thursday night’s debate may be the first time millions of Americans have paid attention to the presidential race this year. They heard a lot of claims that have been familiar refrains on the campaign trail and not all of them true. To help put it in context, Geoff Bennett spoke with Samantha Putterman of PolitiFact.

  • Breaking down the latest decisions from the Supreme Court: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Breaking down the latest decisions from the Supreme Court

    S2024 E181 - 6m 17s

    With just one day left in its term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a trio of major decisions Friday. The justices upheld a law making it a crime for unhoused people to camp in public areas like parks, sidewalks and plazas, narrowed the scope of a law being used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters and weakened the rule-making powers of regulatory agencies. John Yang reports.

  • The fallout from a debate full of fumbles and falsehoods: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The fallout from a debate full of fumbles and falsehoods

    S2024 E181 - 8m 55s

    Over a 90-minute presidential debate, former President Trump repeatedly made false claims and President Biden repeatedly struggled to dispel concerns about his age. It opened new concerns over the stakes of a possible Trump presidency and sparked discussion about whether Biden should be his party's nominee. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.

  • Brooks and Atkins Stohr on the debate shaking up the race: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Brooks and Atkins Stohr on the debate shaking up the race

    S2024 E181 - 11m 19s

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including how Thursday night’s debate is shaking up the race for the White House, if panic among Democrats after President Biden's performance is warranted, if Trump's lies matter to voters and the latest Supreme Court rulings.

  • Supreme Court decision curbs federal regulatory power: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Supreme Court decision curbs federal regulatory power

    S2024 E181 - 6m 31s

    The Supreme Court has swept aside long standing legal precedent in its ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine, majorly curtailing the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they regulate. The decision is expected to have far-reaching implications on everything from the environment to healthcare. Geoff Bennett took a closer look with Andrew Mergen.

  • Minnesota Gov. Walz on Biden's debate performance: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Minnesota Gov. Walz on Biden's debate performance

    S2024 E181 - 7m 35s

    After President Biden’s debate performance, there has been discussion among Democrats about whether Biden should be the nominee. To discuss the fallout, Amna Nawaz spoke with Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, a surrogate for the president’s campaign.

  • Detroit showcases queer art in pioneering exhibition: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Detroit showcases queer art in pioneering exhibition

    S2024 E180 - 5m 50s

    This pride month, the city of Detroit plays host to a pioneering exhibition thought to be the first queer international art biennial. "I’ll Be Your Mirror: Reflections of the Contemporary Queer,” showcases more than 800 works from 170 artists from across the world. Special correspondent Christopher Booker has the story for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • News Wrap: NTSB sanctions Boeing for releasing information: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: NTSB sanctions Boeing for releasing information

    S2024 E180 - 6m 2s

    In our news wrap Thursday, the NTSB sanctioned Boeing after an executive disclosed non-public information in a media briefing, around 20 critically ill children were cleared to leave Gaza, more than a dozen military officers in Bolivia were arrested after a failed coup attempt and European Union leaders signed security agreements with Ukraine during a two-day summit in Brussels.

  • Study: Infant mortality spiked in Texas after abortion ban: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Study: Infant mortality spiked in Texas after abortion ban

    S2024 E180 - 6m 17s

    A new study focused on Texas looks at the year after its law banning all abortions after six weeks with no exceptions for rape, incest or fetal abnormalities. The research found a significant increase in infant deaths, much higher than the rest of the country. Amna Nawaz discussed more with one of the authors of the study, Suzanne Bell of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

  • Supreme Court majority takes aim at 'administrative state': asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Supreme Court majority takes aim at 'administrative state'

    S2024 E180 - 6m 55s

    The U.S. Supreme Court handed down several high-profile decisions Thursday morning. One case blocked a controversial bankruptcy deal involving the opioid crisis, another reinstated access to abortions for those facing medical emergencies in Idaho and a third blocked an EPA rule regulating air pollution from taking effect. John Yang reports on the significance of the rulings.

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