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Extreme drought plunges southern Africa into hunger crisis
S2024 E106 - 5m 45s
A devastating drought induced by El Nino has scorched crops and left millions hungry in southern Africa. As aid groups face budget cuts and broaden their operations to other conflicts, the region’s crisis is expected to worsen. Ali Rogin speaks with Zimbabwe-based journalist Tendai Marima to learn more.
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Israel weighs its response to Iran’s attack
S2024 E106 - 11m 4s
World leaders are scrambling to keep conflict in the Middle East from spiraling out of control a day after Iran carried out its first-ever direct assault on Israel with drones and missiles. Nick Schifrin reports on the attack and John Yang speaks with Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about its ramifications.
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A Brief But Spectacular take on the miracle of flight
S2024 E105 - 2m 31s
Entrepreneur and author Derrick Fennell has been a flight attendant for more than 14 years. Many of his passengers know him for his in-flight poems reflecting on his time in the skies. Fennell shares one of his poems and his Brief But Spectacular take on the miracle of flight.
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How Arizona’s abortion ban revival affects close 2024 races
S2024 E105 - 5m 22s
The near-total abortion ban that the Arizona Supreme Court revived this week dates back to 1864, a time when Arizona wasn’t a state, slavery was legal and only white men could vote. Many GOP officeholders and candidates scrambled to distance themselves from the law. John Yang speaks with Republican strategist Barrett Marson for more about how party members are navigating the political fallout.
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How golfer Charlie Sifford broke the PGA’s color barrier
S2024 E105 - 10m 28s
Charlie Sifford was the first Black player to get a PGA card, qualifying him for the professional golf tour. It came in 1961, a full decade after the color barrier had fallen in professional football, baseball and basketball. John Yang speaks with Sifford’s elder son, Charles Sifford Jr., and sportswriter Peter May about Sifford’s legacy on and off the golf course.
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News Wrap: Israel closes airspace as Iran launches drones
S2024 E105 - 3m 34s
In our news wrap Saturday, Iran’s much-anticipated attack on Israel is unfolding slowly, violent unrest continued in the West Bank as the body of a missing Israeli teen was found, an attacker stabbed six people to death at a mall in Australia, Russian troops escalated their assaults across southeastern Ukraine, and 174 people stranded mid-air in cable cars were rescued in Turkey.
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Robert MacNeil's colleagues remember his life and legacy
S2024 E104 - 9m 6s
Former colleagues of NewsHour co-founder Robert MacNeil joined to reflect on his life and career after his death at the age of 93. Judy Woodruff, Jeffrey Brown and former executive producer Linda Winslow worked with MacNeil over many years and counted him as a dear friend.
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What to expect when Trump's 1st criminal trial begins Monday
S2024 E104 - 7m 26s
The nation is about to enter uncharted territory. On Monday, for the first time in American history, a former president will be tried in a court of law. Donald Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to prevent news of an alleged extramarital affair from becoming public. William Brangham previews this complicated, historic case.
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Brooks and Marcus on abortion restrictions motivating voters
S2024 E104 - 10m 40s
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Ruth Marcus join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including a major abortion decision out of Arizona weighs on the minds of voters and Republicans on Capitol Hill navigate their agenda with influence from Donald Trump.
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Israel awaits possible retaliatory attack from Iran
S2024 E104 - 4m 43s
Warning signs are flashing red throughout the Middle East and beyond as Israel and the U.S. await a possible Iranian response to the attack on its last week in Damascus, Syria. That Israeli airstrike killed one of Iran's senior military leaders. The Islamic Republic has vowed vengeance. Nick Schifrin reports.
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Renowned journalist, NewsHour co-founder Robert MacNeil dies
S2024 E104 - 13m 2s
Robert MacNeil died Friday morning at the age of 93. He was the visionary and driving force in the creation of the institution that, with Jim Lehrer, became the NewsHour. Jeffrey Brown looks back at his life and legacy.
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News Wrap: House approves reauthorization of FISA
S2024 E104 - 3m 50s
In our news wrap Friday, House lawmakers approved the reauthorization of FISA for two years, the Biden administration announced a new wave of student loan cancellations, Vice President Harris visited Arizona in the wake of the state's near-total abortion ban and one person died and 14 others injured after a driver intentionally drove a semi-trailer truck into a Texas public safety office.
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