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March 28, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

57m 46s

Thursday on the NewsHour, disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried is sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding investors. The sister of the American journalist jailed in Russia for a year speaks out about his detention. Plus, the legacy and impact of the late senator and vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman.

Episodes

  • March 28, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 28, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    S2024 E89 - 57m 46s

    Thursday on the NewsHour, disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried is sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding investors. The sister of the American journalist jailed in Russia for a year speaks out about his detention. Plus, the legacy and impact of the late senator and vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman.

  • March 24, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 24, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E85 - 26m 44s

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, with the Supreme Court set to hear arguments Tuesday in a case about mifepristone, we look at the ways the executive branch can shape reproductive rights and abortion access in post-Roe America. Then, as a cease-fire remains elusive, what the Israel-Hamas war is doing to education in Gaza. Plus, fears of a wider regional conflict rise as fighting in the Congo worsens.

  • March 23, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 23, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E84 - 26m 45s

    Saturday on PBS News Weekend, the deadliest massacre in Russia in decades leaves the country on edge, just days after President Putin was re-elected. Then, we look at working conditions for migrant farm workers and the role they play in U.S. economic growth. Plus, how the residents of a small Wisconsin town are dealing with a surge of migrants.

  • March 21, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 21, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    S2024 E82 - 57m 46s

    Thursday on the NewsHour, the Justice Department and 16 state attorneys general sue Apple for maintaining a monopoly. With a vote to avoid a government shutdown set for Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson works to keep his chaotic majority intact. Plus, an Arizona lawmaker talks about why she publicly announced her decision to terminate her non-viable pregnancy.

  • March 17, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 17, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E78 - 26m 45s

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, with hundreds of thousands of Americans relying on Catholic hospitals, why some people are facing barriers to reproductive health care. Then, we look at concerns over declining support for LGBTQ+ rights, reversing years of increasing support. Plus, how pioneering chemist Stephanie Kwolek followed her passion and invented a revolutionary fiber.

Extras and Features

  • Rep. Cuellar on Texas border dispute after migrant deaths: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Rep. Cuellar on Texas border dispute after migrant deaths

    S2024 E15 - 7m 5s

    Following the death of a woman and two children in the Rio Grande along the southern border, a dispute between Texas and federal officials has intensified. The migrants drowned while attempting to cross into Eagle Pass at a section of the border recently seized by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Laura BarrĂ³n-LĂ³pez discussed more with Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who represents a Texas border district.

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Iowa caucus expectations: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Iowa caucus expectations

    S2024 E15 - 8m 33s

    NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the Iowa caucuses and what the GOP candidates need to accomplish to stay in the race.

  • Arctic blast grips much of U.S. bringing brutal temperatures: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Arctic blast grips much of U.S. bringing brutal temperatures

    S2024 E15 - 2m 20s

    The same deep freeze that's put Iowa on ice has millions of other Americans in its grip as well. Most of the country shivered through a long day of power outages and flight cancellations, with at least six deaths blamed on the weather. William Brangham reports.

  • How a $100M donation is a game-changer for HBCUs: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How a $100M donation is a game-changer for HBCUs

    S2024 E15 - 6m 20s

    The United Negro College Fund received a $100 million grant to help increase endowments for historically Black colleges and universities. The donation from the Lilly Endowment is the single largest unrestricted private grant in the organization's history and its purpose is to increase funding for its 37 member institutions. Geoff Bennett discussed more with UNCF President and CEO Michael Lomax.

  • Iranian-backed groups raise threat of wider Mideast conflict: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Iranian-backed groups raise threat of wider Mideast conflict

    S2024 E15 - 5m 19s

    Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and Israel’s military response in Gaza, Iranian-backed militias in the region have escalated attacks. Hezbollah and the IDF have traded barrages while the Houthis have lobbed missiles and attacked ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Amna Nawaz discussed Iran’s objectives and influence with Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

  • 'Eve' dispels human evolution myths and female body's role: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    'Eve' dispels human evolution myths and female body's role

    S2024 E15 - 6m 49s

    Where do we come from and how did we evolve into the beings and bodies we are today? The new book "Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution" argues for a better understanding of our origins with critical implications for our present. Jeffrey Brown spoke with author Cat Bohannon for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • Iowans face freezing temperatures in 1st contest of 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Iowans face freezing temperatures in 1st contest of 2024

    S2024 E15 - 10m 33s

    Republicans are enduring frigid weather to participate in the Iowa caucuses. An Arctic blast brought record-setting snowfall, powerful gusts and wind chill readings 40 degrees below zero. It choked campaigns to a near-halt at one point. When candidates did return, the storm still took center stage. Lisa Desjardins reports from West Des Moines.

  • Inside Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian disaster: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Inside Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian disaster

    S2024 E14 - 6m 36s

    Since the Taliban reclaimed control of Afghanistan in 2021, the country has plummeted further into political and economic instability. Frequent natural disasters and shortfalls in donor funding make the dire situation one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Dayne Curry, the Afghanistan country director for Mercy Corps, joins Ali Rogin to discuss.

  • How communities are tackling a suicide crisis among farmers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How communities are tackling a suicide crisis among farmers

    S2024 E14 - 9m 9s

    More than 50,000 Americans took their own lives in 2023, the nation’s highest yearly rate of suicide on record. Farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to the National Rural Health Association. Special correspondent Megan Thompson reports from Wisconsin on the burden farmers often deal with and what’s being done to help them.

  • What Iowa voters are thinking on frigid eve of 2024 caucuses: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What Iowa voters are thinking on frigid eve of 2024 caucuses

    S2024 E14 - 5m 43s

    On the eve of the 2024 presidential election’s first contest, GOP candidates are making last-minute appeals in a bitterly cold Iowa. The National Weather Service warns of wind chills as low as 45 below zero Monday night, when Iowa Republicans are gathering for caucuses. Lisa Desjardins reports from Indianola, Iowa, with the latest updates.

  • The rise of impeachment as a weapon of partisan politics: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The rise of impeachment as a weapon of partisan politics

    S2024 E13 - 7m 1s

    House Republicans are pressing ahead with efforts to impeach both President Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas. Only one cabinet official has ever been impeached, in 1876. Sarah Binder, a professor of political science at George Washington University, joins John Yang to discuss whether what was intended to be a check on presidential power has become a modern-day political weapon.

  • Why you may be ingesting more microplastics than you thought: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why you may be ingesting more microplastics than you thought

    S2024 E13 - 6m 24s

    From takeout containers to water bottles, plastic seems unavoidable in our daily lives. Now, two new studies have found that we’re eating and drinking more plastic than we might have realized. George Leonard, a co-author of one of the studies and chief scientist at Ocean Conservancy, joins John Yang to discuss the findings.

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