Episodes
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March 17, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E78 - 26m 45s
Sunday on PBS News Weekend, with hundreds of thousands of Americans relying on Catholic hospitals, why some people are facing barriers to reproductive health care. Then, we look at concerns over declining support for LGBTQ+ rights, reversing years of increasing support. Plus, how pioneering chemist Stephanie Kwolek followed her passion and invented a revolutionary fiber.
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March 16, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E77 - 26m 44s
Saturday on PBS News Weekend, we examine the safety and reliability of helicopters after a string of fatal crashes. Then, the myth of plastic recycling and how the plastics industry knew for decades that it wasn’t a viable solution. Plus, the human implications of a shark conservation success story off the coast of Cape Cod.
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March 15, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E76 - 57m 46s
March 15, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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March 14, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E75 - 57m 46s
Thursday on the NewsHour, we hear from the European Union’s top diplomat on global efforts to get more aid into Gaza and to support Ukraine. A legal settlement allows Florida teachers and students to talk about LGBTQ+ issues, but some restrictions remain. Plus, the pregnancy struggles of both Israeli survivors of Oct. 7 and Gazans under siege.
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March 13, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E74 - 57m 46s
March 13, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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March 12, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E73 - 57m 46s
March 12, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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March 11, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E72 - 57m 46s
March 11, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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March 10, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E71 - 24m 9s
Sunday on PBS News Weekend, ahead of the 96th annual Academy Awards, we look at the role and recognition of women in front of and behind the camera. Then, a new book examines the relationship between Saddam Hussein and the U.S. across four administrations. Plus, what’s behind the recent push for legislation that gives fetuses the legal rights of a person.
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March 9, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E70 - 24m 8s
Saturday on PBS News Weekend, after Trump’s commanding win on Super Tuesday, we look at the present and future of the Republican Party. Then, what the SAT going digital means for accessibility and the role of the test in college admissions. Plus, the daughter of Somali immigrants gives her Brief But Spectacular take on caring for refugees and immigrants who have survived violence.
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March 8, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E69 - 57m 46s
March 8, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address
2h 14m
Seeking reelection, President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union address to tout his first three years in office. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett host PBS NewsHour's special coverage of the speech with our panel of experts, including Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart.
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March 7, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E68 - 57m 46s
Thursday on the NewsHour, President Biden prepares to speak to Congress and the American people in his annual State of the Union address. Then, a cyberattack on the nation's biggest medical payment processing company cripples much of the U.S. health care system. Plus, the UK government proposes new legislation to punish those responsible for the rising racial tensions triggered by the war in Gaza.
Extras and Features
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What’s behind a decline in U.S. support for LGBTQ+ rights
S2024 E78 - 6m 41s
For the last few decades, LGBTQ+ rights in America have seen increasing public support. But now, a new survey finds a slight decline in that support for the first time in years. William Brangham speaks with Melissa Deckman, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, to learn more about the data.
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News Wrap: Netanyahu calls Schumer’s remarks ‘inappropriate’
S2024 E78 - 3m 2s
In our news wrap Sunday, Netanyahu dismissed U.S. criticism of his leadership and handling of Israel’s war with Hamas, polls closed in Russia’s presidential election and early returns show Putin with 88 percent of the vote, a man has been charged with murder in Pennsylvania over Saturday’s shooting deaths of three family members, and another volcanic eruption in Iceland prompted evacuations.
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The life and achievements of chemist Stephanie Kwolek
S2024 E78 - 5m 46s
Kevlar is a fiber that’s stronger than steel, and it’s revolutionized everything from military and police body armor to sports equipment. For our “Hidden Histories” series this Women’s History Month, we learn about Stephanie Kwolek, the pioneering researcher who invented Kevlar in 1965.
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How Catholic-run hospitals restrict reproductive health care
S2024 E78 - 7m 13s
According to KFF Health News, more than half a million babies are delivered each year in Catholic-run hospitals across the United States. In most cases, there are no complications, but during an emergency, patients can find themselves caught between accepted medical standards and these facilities’ religious-based policies. KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan joins John Yang to discuss.
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News Wrap: Israel conducts airstrikes in central Gaza
S2024 E77 - 3m 15s
In our news wrap Saturday, more aid was airdropped across northern Gaza while Israel moves toward sending ground forces into Rafah in the south, a shooting suspect barricaded himself in a house in New Jersey, the FAA is investigating another incident involving a Boeing 737, Russia saw protests on day two of its presidential election, and the CDC says U.S. marriages are back to pre-pandemic levels.
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Conservationists track surge in sharks off Cape Cod’s coast
S2024 E77 - 5m 56s
Environmental efforts to protect sharks in recent years have resulted in a huge increase in the great white shark population off the New England coast. It’s a conservation success story, with potentially unnerving implications for beachgoers. Rhode Island PBS Weekly’s David Wright reports.
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Aviation expert weighs in on the safety of helicopters
S2024 E77 - 6m 4s
From fatal crashes during U.S. military operations to high-profile accidents like the one that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, a string of incidents in recent years have raised questions in people’s minds about the safety of helicopters. John Goglia, a former member of the NTSB and former chair of the National Coalition for Aviation Education, joins John Yang to discuss.
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Plastic industry pushed myth of recycling, new report finds
S2024 E77 - 6m 32s
The world produces an average of 430 million metric tons of plastic each year. The United States alone produces tens of millions of tons of plastic waste annually. Yet on average, only about 5 to 6 percent of plastic in the U.S. is recycled. NPR correspondent Michael Copley joins Ali Rogin to discuss a new report on the plastic industry’s tactics to push recycling and avoid regulation.
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Mayorkas: ‘We have not given up on Congress’ to act
S2024 E76 - 8m 58s
What the U.S. is experiencing at the southern border reflects what’s happening around the world, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday. And that’s “the largest number of displaced people” since World War II or longer. Mayorkas talks to Amna Nawaz about whether the president will take action on immigration, the rising number of people fleeing Haiti and growing terror warnings.
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‘To Be A Jew Today’ examines modern, multifaceted faith
S2024 E76 - 7m 30s
In Noah Feldman’s latest book, “To Be A Jew Today,” the Harvard Law professor turns his focus to his own faith in order to understand identity, politics and culture. Feldman sits down with Amna Nawaz to discuss Jews’ relationship to Israel, persistent and subtle forms of antisemitism, and all of the different ways to be Jewish.
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Fani Willis allowed to stay on Trump’s Georgia case
S2024 E76 - 5m 28s
District Attorney Fani Willis will stay on to lead Georgia’s election interference case against Donald Trump, but the top prosecutor, with whom she had a romantic relationship, is stepping aside. That departure came after the judge in the case said one of them would have to resign. William Brangham joins Amna Nawaz to catch up on a week of legal developments for the former president.
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U.S. skeptical Israel can protect civilians in Rafah
S2024 E76 - 5m 32s
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday announced he had approved plans to assault Rafah, where more than half of all Gazans have fled. At the same time, Netanyahu and international mediators also acknowledged that negotiations for a cease-fire have advanced. Nick Schifrin talks with Amna Nawaz to break it all down.
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Mar 19
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PBS NewsHour
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PBS NewsHour
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Mar 20
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PBS NewsHour
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PBS NewsHour
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PBS NewsHour
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Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
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PBS NewsHour
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Mar 20
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Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
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PBS NewsHour
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Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
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Mar 20
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Mar 21
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