November 4, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

Opening statements begin Friday in the trial of three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, in Southeast Georgia last year. Arbery's death triggered national protests after cellphone video of the incident showed him being chased down and shot over suspected robbery. Questions raised during jury selection continue to put race at the heart of this trial. John Yang reports.

In the days and months following former President Donald Trump's re-election defeat in 2020, several American election officials faced threats and an intense pressure campaign by Trump officials desperate to stay in power. Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was one such official. He joins Judy Woodruff to recount his experience, explained in his new book, "Integrity Counts."

The U.S. State Department is now allowing non-essential workers and family members to leave Ethiopia as rebel forces from the Northern Tigray region approach the capital. The two sides and their allies have been fighting for exactly one year, and as Nick Schifrin reports, the conflict is on the brink of an all-out civil war that threatens to tear apart the country.

In our news wrap Thursday, a judge in Kenosha, Wisconsin, dismissed a white juror in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial because he had joked about the police killing of Jacob Blake, a Black man. A Russian analyst was charged by a special counsel probing the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. More than 20 countries at the U.N. climate summit pledged to phase out coal use within two decades.

With narrow margins in Congress, Democratic leaders continue their struggle to build a coalition to pass President Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports, with new details about how it will be paid for and the specifics Democrats are working on to push it over the finish line.

The impacts of a warming world and changing climate are more evident every day. Many of the Earth's tropical glaciers are in jeopardy because of human activity's effect on the atmosphere. William Brangham reports on a couple in Columbus, Ohio, who have dedicated their scientific careers to preserving and studying these crucial, endangered parts of the planet's ecosystem.

The U.S. has passed another tragic pandemic milestone — 750,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. Dr. Sanjay Gupta's new book, "World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One," focuses in part on what America could have done differently to save lives. Gupta joins Judy Woodruff with more.