June 7, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

U.S. senators raced on Tuesday to craft a bipartisan deal on gun law reform, aiming to reach an agreement by the end of the week. This comes as pressure is building on Congress to act on gun violence. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to discuss potential legislation.

The U.S. Supreme Court is soon expected to issue what could be a momentous decision upending abortion rights. Last month, a leaked draft revealed the conservative justices were preparing to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving abortion regulation to the states. NewsHour's Adam Kemp in Oklahoma City, Gabrielle Hays in St. Louis and Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado in Fresno join Judy Woodruff to discuss.

For the past several years, Lebanon has been in economic freefall. Its currency is close to worthless; its government is fractured and ineffective; there is almost no electric power, and there is less security. Lebanon's people are suffering. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Tripoli on a country in collapse.

A series of recently opened Vatican archives are shedding new light on the relationship between Pope Pius XII and Hitler as he led Nazi Germany during World War II. A new book takes a deeper look at these revelations. Historian David Kertzer, author of “The Pope At War: The Secret History of Pope Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler,” joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.

Writer and director George Stevens Jr.'s life has long been at the center of culture and politics. He details his extraordinary life and fascinating career in his book, "My Place in the Sun." Judy Woodruff spoke with Stevens about his life, career and growing up as the son of a legendary director.