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May 15, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

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May 15, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

Episodes

  • 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.

  • President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address

    2h 14m

    Seeking reelection, President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union address to tout his first three years in office. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett host PBS NewsHour's special coverage of the speech with our panel of experts, including Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart.

  • Super Tuesday 2024 - PBS NewsHour special coverage: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Super Tuesday 2024 - PBS NewsHour special coverage

    26m 45s

    Super Tuesday, the biggest primary election day of the 2024 cycle, has arrived and voters in 16 states and one U.S. territory are casting their ballots. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennet host PBS NewsHour's special coverage with our panel of analysts.

Extras and Features

  • Tamara Keith and Andrew Desiderio on passing Ukraine aid: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tamara Keith and Andrew Desiderio on passing Ukraine aid

    S2024 E114 - 10m 10s

    NPR’s Tamara Keith and Andrew Desiderio of Punchbowl News join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the House passing foreign aid for Ukraine after months of debate and political gamesmanship and the turmoil surrounding Speaker Mike Johnson.

  • Supreme Court hears case on criminalizing homelessness: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Supreme Court hears case on criminalizing homelessness

    S2024 E114 - 7m 33s

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the most significant case on homelessness in decades. The case looks at challenges to laws in a small Oregon town fining homeless people up to $300 for setting up camps in public parks. The heart of the question is whether these laws classify as cruel and unusual punishment. Geoff Bennett and NewsHour Supreme Court analyst Marcia Coyle discussed the case.

  • More than 200 bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Gaza: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    More than 200 bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Gaza

    S2024 E114 - 5m

    Many Palestinians have returned to Khan Younis to search for their dead after Israeli forces withdrew from the city. For more than a week now, they’ve unearthed graves where hundreds of bodies were buried. Ali Rogin reports.

  • What’s at stake in SCOTUS case on laws limiting homelessness: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What’s at stake in SCOTUS case on laws limiting homelessness

    S2024 E113 - 6m 18s

    The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday on whether laws limiting homelessness are unconstitutional because they punish people for being unhoused. The case is about laws in a small city in Oregon, but the outcome could reshape policies nationwide for years to come. John Yang speaks with Charley Willison, who teaches public health at Cornell University, to learn more.

  • News Wrap: Zelenskyy hails House approval of aid to Ukraine: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Zelenskyy hails House approval of aid to Ukraine

    S2024 E113 - 2m 34s

    In our news wrap Sunday, Zelenskyy and other Western leaders praised Saturday’s House vote approving $61 billion in aid to Ukraine, Palestinian health officials said Israeli airstrikes killed 22 people, including 18 children, in Rafah in southern Gaza, and Roman Gabriel, one of the leading pro quarterbacks of the 1960s and ‘70s, died at age 83.

  • Montana city grapples with rise of people living in vehicles: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Montana city grapples with rise of people living in vehicles

    S2024 E113 - 6m 33s

    In some cities with growing numbers of people experiencing homelessness, the issue goes beyond encampments in public places — they’re also coping with more people living in cars and RVs parked on city streets. City leaders in Bozeman, Montana, are dealing with the tensions brought on by this more visible display of homelessness. Joe Lesar of Montana PBS reports.

  • NATO head Stoltenberg on impact of U.S. aid to Ukraine: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    NATO head Stoltenberg on impact of U.S. aid to Ukraine

    S2024 E113 - 7m 51s

    Among the Western leaders welcoming Saturday’s House approval of Ukraine aid was NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who called it a move that “makes us all safer, in Europe and North America.” Earlier, John Yang spoke with Stoltenberg from NATO headquarters in Brussels, and discussed how the aid will affect Ukraine’s war against Russia.

  • News Wrap: House passes $95 billion foreign aid package: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: House passes $95 billion foreign aid package

    S2024 E112 - 2m 40s

    In our news wrap Saturday, the House passed a long-delayed $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the Senate approved an extension of a controversial surveillance law, hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Gaza killed at least nine people including six children, and former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor died at the age of 89.

  • What can be done to protect journalists in Israel-Hamas war: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What can be done to protect journalists in Israel-Hamas war

    S2024 E112 - 5m 45s

    The Israel-Hamas war is inflicting a devastating toll on civilians. The Committee to Protect Journalists says it’s also the deadliest conflict for reporters, photographers and camera operators since the group began tracking casualties in 1992. Ali Rogin speaks with CPJ head Jodie Ginsberg about what’s driving the mounting death toll and what can be done to better protect these journalists.

  • Why the unionization of Tennessee auto workers is a big deal: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why the unionization of Tennessee auto workers is a big deal

    S2024 E112 - 5m 10s

    Employees at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union. It’s the first time workers at a foreign car maker’s plant in the American South have unionized, giving UAW a foothold in the least-unionized region of the country. John Yang speaks with New York Times reporter Noam Scheiber to learn more.

  • What’s at stake as India begins voting in 6-week election: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What’s at stake as India begins voting in 6-week election

    S2024 E112 - 9m 10s

    In India, voting in the world’s largest election is underway for the next six weeks. Prime Minister Modi is heavily favored to win a third term, but his consolidation of power and crackdown on dissent have raised questions about his commitment to democratic values. Irfan Nooruddin, professor of Indian politics at Georgetown University, joins John Yang to discuss what issues are on voters’ minds.

  • Title IX adds protections against harassment, discrimination: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Title IX adds protections against harassment, discrimination

    S2024 E111 - 6m 19s

    The Biden administration put out new Title IX rules that will increase protections for LGBTQ+ students and change how schools handle cases of campus sexual assault. It reverses several moves made by the Trump administration. William Brangham discussed the changes with Laura Meckler of The Washington Post.

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    May 17

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    May 17

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    May 17

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    May 18

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    May 18

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    May 18

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    May 20

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    May 21

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    May 21

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    May 21

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    May 21

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