October 29, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including progress on President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan, how that affects Biden’s overseas trip and the latest on the gubernatorial election in Virginia.

President Joe Biden is in Rome, after a day of high-profile meetings with Pope Francis and France's President Emmanuel Macron. Nick Schifrin has more on how Biden spent the day.

In our news wrap Friday, there's more evidence of inflation as a key barometer of prices is up nearly 4.5% from a year ago — the most in 30 years. The Food and Drug Administration formally recommended Pfizer's COVID vaccine for young children. Southern Australia is recovering from the strongest winds in at least a decade. The White House will try again to stop making asylum seekers wait in Mexico.

It's been two-and-a-half months since the Afghan government's collapse and the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. Since the U.S. withdrawal, the country's economy has cratered, and a major humanitarian crisis is underway. The threat of famine looms and the hard afghan winter is on its way. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson was in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal, and joins Amna Nawaz with more.

Friday afternoon was the deadline for all New York City workers to get at least one COVID vaccine dose or go on unpaid leave. It could mean several thousand officers may have to stay home as early as Monday. In New York and other cities around the country, some of the loudest opposition voices belong to police union officials. John Yang reports.

Voters in Minneapolis will head to the polls next week for the first city election since a police officer killed George Floyd, in a race that could be the most expensive in the city's history. And as special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports, it’s dividing the community over the issue of public safety.

Acclaimed film director Ava Duvernay, whose projects include “The 13th," “When They See Us," and "Selma”, is behind a new Netflix series called "Colin in Black and White.” It is the coming of age story of Colin Kaepernick, years before he became a quarterback in the NFL, and a leader in the fight for racial justice. Amna Nawaz spoke with DuVernay about it for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

On Monday, we heard from the PBS NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs about the TikTok trend “devious licks” — videos of students stealing or vandalizing school property. Now, a counter-response has emerged. Dubbed “angelic yields,” these TikTok videos encourage students to replace stolen items or do kind acts to improve their school. Here's the latest from the Student Reporting Labs.