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April 16, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

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April 16, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

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  • Johnson faces threat to speakership over aid plans: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Johnson faces threat to speakership over aid plans

    S2024 E108 - 8m 10s

    On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson spent the day juggling his foreign aid priorities for Ukraine and Israel with potential threats to his job from members of his own party. Lisa Desjardins reports.

  • News Wrap: First 7 jurors chosen in Trump's hush money trial: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: First 7 jurors chosen in Trump's hush money trial

    S2024 E108 - 5m 27s

    In our news wrap Tuesday, seven jurors have been chosen to serve in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial in New York, Israel's war cabinet postponed a planned meeting to address any planned response to Iran's weekend attacks and federal regulators issued new protections for coal miners against black lung disease.

  • Supreme Court weighs obstruction charge in Jan. 6 cases: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Supreme Court weighs obstruction charge in Jan. 6 cases

    S2024 E108 - 4m 15s

    The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case looking at an obstruction law used to prosecute hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters. The obstruction statute is also key to various legal challenges facing former President Donald Trump. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Politico’s Kyle Cheney, who has been following the Jan. 6 legal fallout.

  • Sudan humanitarian crisis worsens after 1 year of civil war: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sudan humanitarian crisis worsens after 1 year of civil war

    S2024 E108 - 10m 12s

    This week marks one year since the start of war in Sudan. What began as an internal power struggle has produced the world’s largest displacement crisis. More than 8 million people have fled their homes, around 16 million are facing catastrophic levels of hunger and tens of thousands have been killed. Nick Schifrin reports in collaboration with North African media company, Ayin.

  • Study links petrochemical plants to poor birth outcomes: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Study links petrochemical plants to poor birth outcomes

    S2024 E108 - 8m 59s

    About a fifth of America’s petrochemical production is concentrated on a stretch of land along the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana. That production comes with serious risks. The area has been known as ‘Cancer Alley’ because of the high rates of cancer among people who live nearby. A new study now shows how those risks may fall on the next generation as well. William Brangham reports.

  • Russian attacks on power plants ravage Ukraine energy system: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Russian attacks on power plants ravage Ukraine energy system

    S2024 E108 - 7m 5s

    This year, Russia has launched a deliberate and devastating series of attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Taking advantage of gaps and shortages in Ukraine’s air defenses, Russia has systematically targeted nearly every single power plant in the country. As Amna Nawaz reports, officials say the last few weeks have been unlike any they’ve seen before in this war.

  • 'Civil War' explores a divided America at war with itself: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    'Civil War' explores a divided America at war with itself

    S2024 E108 - 7m 26s

    The new film "Civil War” is stirring debate and provoking conversation about where a divided nation could lead. It topped the domestic box office this weekend with a nearly $26 million opening, the biggest ever for the independent production company A24. Jeffrey Brown spoke with director Alex Garland for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • Here's how tax policies proposed by Biden and Trump differ: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Here's how tax policies proposed by Biden and Trump differ

    S2024 E107 - 7m 18s

    It’s tax day and millions of people are filing at the last minute. What many may not know is that the clock is ticking on some potentially big changes that will be decided by the outcome of the 2024 election. Lisa Desjardins has a closer look at what's at stake with Richard Rubin of The Wall Street Journal.

  • News Wrap: FBI opens probe into Baltimore bridge collapse: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: FBI opens probe into Baltimore bridge collapse

    S2024 E107 - 5m 10s

    In our news wrap Monday, the FBI has opened a criminal probe into why a cargo ship crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, the weapons supervisor on the set of the movie "Rust" was sentenced to 18 months in prison, international donors pledged more than $2.1 billion in aid for Sudan and Tesla is laying off more than 10 percent of its global workforce in a bid to cut costs.

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on what it means to be human: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Brief But Spectacular take on what it means to be human

    S2024 E107 - 3m 37s

    Yuval Noah Harari is a professor renowned for his broad and thought-provoking perspectives on human history. Harari, who is the bestselling author of "Sapiens," recently released a new volume of this work for younger readers. He gives his Brief But Spectacular take on what it means to be human.

  • Zelenskyy says 'no chance of winning’ without U.S. aid: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Zelenskyy says 'no chance of winning’ without U.S. aid

    S2024 E107 - 17m 42s

    Ukraine is facing challenges on multiple fronts, from critical shortages of munitions and manpower to Russia ramping up its attacks. It comes amid uncertainty around future aid from the U.S. Amna Nawaz sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv to discuss that and more.

  • Jury selection begins in Trump’s hush money trial: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jury selection begins in Trump’s hush money trial

    S2024 E107 - 5m 54s

    Donald Trump’s first criminal trial started Monday in New York City. In the first criminal trial of any former president, he faces 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up an alleged extramarital affair that surfaced during his 2016 campaign. William Brangham has been covering the former president’s legal cases and reports from New York.

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    Apr 19

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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