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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

  • How a North Carolina community is confronting divisions: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How a North Carolina community is confronting divisions

    S2024 E116 - 11m 19s

    Issues such as inequality, gender identity and education have become the subjects of national debate, with the focus often on what elected leaders in Washington say and do about them. Yet many of these issues play out on the local level in communities with their own histories and challenges. Judy Woodruff traveled to one such community in North Carolina for her series, America at a Crossroads.

  • Father's fight for change persists 25 years after Columbine: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Father's fight for change persists 25 years after Columbine

    S2024 E116 - 6m 9s

    It’s been 25 years since 12 students and one teacher were killed in the Columbine massacre in Littleton, Colorado. It was the largest mass killing at a high school in U.S. history at the time. But since then, school shootings have grown to higher levels. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Tom Mauser, whose son, Daniel, was killed at Columbine that day.

  • News Wrap: Blinken visits China for 3 days of talks: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Blinken visits China for 3 days of talks

    S2024 E116 - 6m 30s

    In our news wrap Wednesday, Secretary of State Blinken arrived in China for three days of talks aimed at stabilizing relations, Hamas released video of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American-Israeli hostage who was abducted on Oct. 7, Arizona's Republican-led House voted to repeal the state's near-total ban on abortions and the Biden administration issued new protections for airline travelers.

  • Fragments of bird flu virus detected in cow's milk: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fragments of bird flu virus detected in cow's milk

    S2024 E116 - 5m 44s

    The FDA says samples of milk taken from grocery stores have tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows. But the agency says it's confident the milk in stores is safe. It suggests the virus is spreading more prevalently among dairy herds than previously thought. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo of the Pandemic Center at Brown University.

  • Supreme Court weighs federal law on emergency abortions: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Supreme Court weighs federal law on emergency abortions

    S2024 E116 - 6m 30s

    It was a charged atmosphere at the Supreme Court as justices heard arguments in a major abortion case. The court looked at whether a federal law requiring hospitals to provide abortion care in emergencies would apply to states with strict bans. More than two dozen states ban or severely restrict abortion and six states have no health exceptions. Geoff Bennett discussed the case with Sarah Varney.

  • Ukrainian pastors show resilience while facing persecution: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ukrainian pastors show resilience while facing persecution

    S2024 E116 - 9m 22s

    After Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, some 20,000 Ukrainian children were forcefully transferred to Russia. As the city of Mariupol was being surrounded by Russian troops, the head of a Christian orphanage decided to take matters into his own hands to get 19 children to safety. With support from the Pulitzer Center, special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports.

  • How the $95 billion foreign aid package will be spent: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How the $95 billion foreign aid package will be spent

    S2024 E116 - 5m 25s

    President Biden signed the massive foreign aid package after months of delay amid Republican opposition. The $95 billion measure includes assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Lisa Desjardins reports on what happens next.

  • U.S. effort to force TikTok sale faces complicated path: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    U.S. effort to force TikTok sale faces complicated path

    S2024 E115 - 5m 47s

    TikTok might soon be banned or sold to new ownership in the U.S. with the Senate expected to approve legislation as part of a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies. But TikTok doesn’t plan to go down without a fight and says this is an unconstitutional violation of free speech. Lisa Desjardins discussed more with David McCabe of the New York Times.

  • Colleges struggle with balancing free speech, campus safety: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Colleges struggle with balancing free speech, campus safety

    S2024 E115 - 13m 23s

    Colleges in several parts of the country are struggling with where to draw the line between allowing protests and free speech and preventing antisemitism and intimidation. Columbia University's administration faces criticism for how it's handled protests and concerns about the safety of Jewish staff and students. Geoff Bennett has perspectives from Irene Mulve and Dr. Andrew R. Marks.

  • NLRB power faces challenge in Starbucks Supreme Court case: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    NLRB power faces challenge in Starbucks Supreme Court case

    S2024 E115 - 4m 37s

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a key case that could have major implications for labor rights. The court looked at a challenge brought by Starbucks against a lower court decision to reinstate seven baristas in Memphis who were fired by the company after they announced plans to unionize. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Washington Post labor reporter Lauren Gurley.

  • Salman Rushdie reflects on attack in new memoir 'Knife': asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Salman Rushdie reflects on attack in new memoir 'Knife'

    S2024 E115 - 7m 56s

    On August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie, one of the world’s best-known writers, was attacked and nearly killed by a young man with a knife. Rushdie has written of that harrowing day and all that’s followed in a new book. He discussed it with Jeffrey Brown for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • News Wrap: Senate advances Ukraine aid bill: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Senate advances Ukraine aid bill

    S2024 E115 - 5m 35s

    In our news wrap Tuesday, the Senate advanced a bill to send billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, Israel ordered new evacuations of Northern Gaza as it carried out a wave of strikes throughout the strip, Norway called on international donors to resume payments to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees and a Moscow court rejected the latest appeal from American journalist Evan Gershkovich.

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