November 9, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

At the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders are trying to reach new agreements and commitments toward reducing emissions and slowing the impacts of a warming planet. William Brangham reports from Glasgow on the key issue of getting enough assistance to the world’s most vulnerable nations.

After the contentious 2020 election, a new project from the Pew Research Center paints a portrait of a complicated American electorate and reveals the fractures and fissures that exist not just between political parties, but within them. Jocelyn Kiley is the associate director of research at the Pew Research Center and she joins Judy Woodruff to break down the report's findings.

Iraq has been rocked by violence following October's election, raising fears of deepening internal divisions and broader instability. Iranian-linked parties that lost last month have since staged protests and threatened U.N. and election officials. They are widely blamed for a drone attack Sunday that targeted the prime minister’s home. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports from Baghdad.

Cokie Roberts paved the way for many women in the field of journalism through her groundbreaking reporting and authoring best-selling books. To those who were closest to her, she was known as a fearless matriarch, outstanding mother and beloved wife. Judy Woodruff spoke with her husband Steven Roberts about his new book “Cokie: A Life Well Lived” and her legacy.

Bren Smith has spent his life on the water. After seeing firsthand the harsh effects of commercial fishing on the climate, he wanted to find a more environmentally friendly way to do what he loved. In 2013, he founded the non-profit GreenWave to teach regenerative ocean farming techniques to fishermen across the world. He gives his Brief But Spectacular take on making a living on a living planet.

In our news wrap Tuesday, the prosecution has rested its case in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial. Pfizer asked U.S. regulators to authorize its COVID booster shots for all American adults. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a death row inmate may have a chaplain touch him and pray out loud during a lethal injection.

Former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland from Georgia, a Vietnam War veteran, died Tuesday at age 79 in Atlanta after suffering congestive heart failure. He lost three limbs in a hand grenade blast in Vietnam, and championed veterans' rights. John Yang reports.