PBS News Hour

June 26, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, June 26, search and rescue continues in Florida’s deadly condo collapse amid efforts to put out fires in the rubble, a record-breaking heat wave sweeps the Pacific Northwest, and in our signature segment, new legislation attempts to reconcile lingering tensions 30 years after the end of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

No new survivors found as search rescue ops continue

3m 36s

A fire underneath the rubble of the collapsed residential building in Florida is slowing the work of the search and rescue teams. At least 150 people are still missing and four deaths have been confirmed. While the Miami-Dade mayor has announced an investigation into the collapse, a 2018 report released overnight points to a “major error” in the design of the building. NPR's Brian Mann joins.

Previews + Extras

  • Northern Ireland Troubles commission is opening old wounds: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Northern Ireland Troubles commission is opening old wounds

    S2021 E177 - 8m 33s

    The British government promised a new law to deal with the so-called legacy cases from the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland or the Troubles, in which 3,500 people were killed between 1968 and 1998. Part of the proposal is to set up a Nelson Mandela-style truth and reconciliation process, but as Special Correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports, many groups are opposing the new legislation.

  • Waves of antisemitism after latest Israel-Gaza conflict: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Waves of antisemitism after latest Israel-Gaza conflict

    S2021 E177 - 6m 32s

    Last month as the latest war between Israel and Hamas escalated, a wave of anger directed at Jews swept across the U.S., with watchdog groups reporting a sharp increase in antisemitic attacks. Simon Ostrovsky speaks with Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of the human rights organization T’ruah, as part of our ongoing series: “Exploring Hate, antisemitism, racism and extremism.”

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