PBS NewsHour

June 28, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

June 28, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

U.S. policy pushes migrants to take dangerous routes

7m 16s

The U.S. and Mexican governments are investigating the deadliest human smuggling case in modern U.S. history. At least 51 people died after they were trapped in a sweltering tractor-trailer abandoned on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director of the American Immigration Council, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss the context in which these migrant deaths occurred.

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  • Clinics ramp up aid for abortions across state lines: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Clinics ramp up aid for abortions across state lines

    S2022 E182 - 8m 25s

    In the days since the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, one state after another has outlawed abortion. Illinois is one of the few states in the middle of the country where people can legally access abortion care. In a report co-produced with the PBS NewsHour, Kaiser Health News correspondent Sarah Varney went to Illinois to see what's happening there.

  • Turkey removes opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Turkey removes opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO

    S2022 E182 - 3m 38s

    Historic news from the NATO meeting in Spain took place on Tuesday when Turkey removed its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining the alliance. The Scandinavian nations sought membership after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and a deal has now been struck. Nick Schifrin joins Judy Woodruff from Madrid, where a NATO summit begins this week.

  • What we learned on Day 6 of the Jan. 6 committee hearings: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What we learned on Day 6 of the Jan. 6 committee hearings

    S2022 E182 - 13m 39s

    The Jan. 6 panel met Tuesday for a quickly scheduled hearing, its sixth this month, to present new and "urgent” evidence about what former President Trump knew before, during and after the Capitol insurrection. The hearing included the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Lisa Desjardins and Laura Barrón-López join Judy Woodruff to discuss.

  • =U.S. ambassador to NATO on bolstering Europe's defenses: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    =U.S. ambassador to NATO on bolstering Europe's defenses

    S2022 E182 - 5m 3s

    As NATO's annual summit begins in Madrid this week amid the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the focus of member countries will be on historic shifts in European defenses. U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith joins Nick Schifrin to discuss.

  • White House aide testifies on Trump's actions during Jan. 6: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    White House aide testifies on Trump's actions during Jan. 6

    S2022 E182 - 8m 21s

    During the Jan. 6 committee hearing Tuesday, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows presented the most compelling and detailed account yet of the actions of the former President Trump's inner circle. Andrea Bernstein, co-host of the “Will Be Wild” podcast, and Jamil Jaffer, a law professor at George Mason University, join Judy Woodruff to discuss.

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