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April 24, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

57m 46s

Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Supreme Court weighs whether federal protections for emergency abortions override a near-total ban at the state level. After months of wrangling in the House, President Biden signs a major foreign aid package that includes tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine. Plus, we meet evangelical Christians in Ukraine caught in the crosshairs of Russia's invasion.

Episodes

  • April 24, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 24, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    S2024 E116 - 57m 46s

    Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Supreme Court weighs whether federal protections for emergency abortions override a near-total ban at the state level. After months of wrangling in the House, President Biden signs a major foreign aid package that includes tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine. Plus, we meet evangelical Christians in Ukraine caught in the crosshairs of Russia's invasion.

  • April 21, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 21, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E113 - 26m 44s

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, we ask NATO’s Secretary General if the delayed U.S. aid to Ukraine is too late to make a difference. Then, how a Supreme Court case on laws limiting homeless encampments could reshape policy across the country. Plus, a look at the tensions in one Montana city over people experiencing homelessness camping in vehicles.

  • April 20, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 20, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E112 - 26m 44s

    Saturday on PBS News Weekend, Volkswagen workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize in a big win for the labor movement. Then, as polls open in the world’s largest election, we look at what’s at stake for India and its allies. Plus, what can be done to protect the lives of journalists reporting from the front lines of the Israel-Hamas war.

  • April 19, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 19, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    S2024 E111 - 57m 46s

    Friday on the NewsHour, Israel allegedly strikes back at Iran, retaliating for last weekend's drone and missile attack. The House advances spending bills on foreign aid by bipartisan votes, but Speaker Johnson's cooperation with Democrats could cost him his job. Plus, how people in addiction recovery are helping a small town in Kentucky bounce back from economic decline and the opioid epidemic.

  • April 18, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 18, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    S2024 E110 - 57m 46s

    Thursday on the NewsHour, after some setbacks, the jury in the Donald Trump hush money trial is filled. The U.S. and Britain target Iran with new sanctions as the world waits for Israel's response to the weekend drone attack. Plus, scientists sound the alarm as warming waters trigger massive bleaching of the world's coral reefs.

Extras and Features

  • Appalachian cultural hub faces recovery after floods: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Appalachian cultural hub faces recovery after floods

    S2024 E101 - 8m 20s

    In the summer of 2022, historic flooding in eastern Kentucky washed away homes and entire communities, claiming more than 40 lives. It also devastated an important cultural hub for the larger region, Appalshop, home to a large archive of Appalachian history and culture. Jeffrey Brown first brought us Appalshop’s story in 2018 and recently returned for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • News Wrap: EPA cracks down on chemical plant pollution: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: EPA cracks down on chemical plant pollution

    S2024 E101 - 5m 16s

    In our news wrap Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on pollution from chemical plants, Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a lawsuit over last year's train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the parents of Ethan Crumbley, the teenager who killed four of his Michigan schoolmates in 2021, have been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.

  • Rahm Emanuel on building military cooperation with Japan: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Rahm Emanuel on building military cooperation with Japan

    S2024 E101 - 8m 41s

    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, will meet with President Biden on Wednesday for a trilateral summit. The Biden administration has been improving military cooperation with Asian countries as a means to counter China's increasingly assertive behavior. Geoff Bennett discussed more with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel.

  • King Charles presented with banknotes bearing his portrait: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    King Charles presented with banknotes bearing his portrait

    S2024 E101 - 2m

    British King Charles was presented with the new banknotes of his reign. The king, who is being treated for an undisclosed cancer, received the notes bearing his portrait at a brief ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Chris Ship of Independent Television News reports from London.

  • Examining the push to reform the Insurrection Act: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Examining the push to reform the Insurrection Act

    S2024 E100 - 5m 40s

    A bipartisan group of former senior officials are urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to reign in a president’s ability to deploy the U.S. military within the country through a provision in the centuries-old Insurrection Act. Harvard Law School's Jack Goldsmith, one of the leaders of these proposed reforms and former assistant attorney general, joins Geoff Bennet to discuss.

  • Leigh Ann Caldwell and Stephen Fowler on the GOP and Ukraine: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Leigh Ann Caldwell and Stephen Fowler on the GOP and Ukraine

    S2024 E100 - 9m 7s

    Leigh Ann Caldwell of The Washington Post and Stephen Fowler of NPR join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including Congress' packed agenda, the House speaker's attempts to hold together a fragile majority and the presidential candidates try to reach key voting blocs with new messages and policies.

  • News Wrap: Judge rejects Trump's bid to delay criminal trial: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Judge rejects Trump's bid to delay criminal trial

    S2024 E100 - 4m 34s

    In our news wrap Tuesday, an appeals judge in New York denied former President Trump's bid to delay his hush money criminal trial, the Vatican restates its opposition to gender-affirming surgery and surrogate parenting, dozens of people were killed near Mozambique when a boat sank, the FAA reviews a new incident with a Boeing 737 and the men's national basketball title is on the line.

  • Biden announces new plan to forgive student loan debt: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Biden announces new plan to forgive student loan debt

    S2024 E100 - 7m 34s

    President Biden on Monday announced new plans to cancel student debt for millions of borrowers, his broadest student loan forgiveness attempt since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his more sweeping plan over a year ago. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, who covers the economics of higher education for The Washington Post, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.

  • Minnesota on frontline in fight over fair pay for rideshares: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Minnesota on frontline in fight over fair pay for rideshares

    S2024 E100 - 5m 44s

    The latest battle over fair pay for rideshare drivers is taking place in Minneapolis, where Uber and Lyft have threatened to leave the city over a new ordinance that sets minimum wages for drivers. As special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports, it’s leading to bigger questions about the state of the gig economy.

  • Millions of people witness a rare total solar eclipse: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Millions of people witness a rare total solar eclipse

    S2024 E100 - 8m 50s

    Millions of people on Monday watched a rare total eclipse cut across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging some towns and cities into darkness for several minutes. In many other places it was a chance to view a partial eclipse. Miles O'Brien, who witnessed the spectacle from Dallas, has our report.

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on painting farmworkers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Brief But Spectacular take on painting farmworkers

    S2024 E100 - 3m 16s

    Narsiso Martinez is an artist whose work celebrates the vital and often invisible labor performed by farmworkers. Martinez’s work is informed by his own experiences as a farmworker, spending summers picking produce in Washington state to support himself while studying at California State University, Long Beach. He gives his Brief But Spectacular take on painting the people who feed America.

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    Apr 27

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    Apr 29

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