February 7, 2023 - PBS NewsHour full episode

The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has reached 7,300 and it's feared many more victims have yet to be found. Search teams are working with ever-growing urgency across a huge swath of areas. Jane Ferguson has the story from Turkey and Nick Schifrin reports on the situation in Syria.

Tuesday night, President Joe Biden will deliver his assessment of where the country's been and where it's going. Lisa Desjardins and Laura Barrón-López joined Geoff Bennett to discuss what to expect from the State of the Union address.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is the second-highest-ranking Republican in the Senate. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss what he'd like to hear from President Biden's State of the Union address.

In the State of the Union, President Biden is expected to highlight what he's accomplished during his first two years in office and talk about his future plans. White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield joined Geoff Bennett to discuss the speech.

Attacks on electrical systems were up by nearly 80% in 2022 compared to the previous year. Monday, the FBI said it foiled an alleged neo-Nazi plot to attack multiple substations and transformers around Baltimore. It follows recent physical attacks on electrical stations in North Carolina, Oregon and Washington. William Brangham spoke with Brian Levin about the increasing attacks by extremists.

Kimiko Hahn, a professor at Queens College, City University of New York, is the author of 10 books of poetry and the winner of numerous awards. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on the power of poetry.