March 15, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

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.

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.

The 2024 rematch between President Biden and former President Trump is officially set, but third-party candidates and well-funded organizations are attempting to carve out their own paths. Laura Barrón-López and Geoff Bennett discuss the different efforts to field an alternative ticket.

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.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including whether President Biden should act on his own on immigration, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s call for political change in Israel, plus the appetite for third-party candidates in the upcoming presidential election.