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March 27, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

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March 27, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

Episodes

  • March 24, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 24, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E85 - 26m 44s

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, with the Supreme Court set to hear arguments Tuesday in a case about mifepristone, we look at the ways the executive branch can shape reproductive rights and abortion access in post-Roe America. Then, as a cease-fire remains elusive, what the Israel-Hamas war is doing to education in Gaza. Plus, fears of a wider regional conflict rise as fighting in the Congo worsens.

  • March 23, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 23, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E84 - 26m 45s

    Saturday on PBS News Weekend, the deadliest massacre in Russia in decades leaves the country on edge, just days after President Putin was re-elected. Then, we look at working conditions for migrant farm workers and the role they play in U.S. economic growth. Plus, how the residents of a small Wisconsin town are dealing with a surge of migrants.

  • March 21, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 21, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    S2024 E82 - 57m 46s

    Thursday on the NewsHour, the Justice Department and 16 state attorneys general sue Apple for maintaining a monopoly. With a vote to avoid a government shutdown set for Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson works to keep his chaotic majority intact. Plus, an Arizona lawmaker talks about why she publicly announced her decision to terminate her non-viable pregnancy.

  • March 17, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 17, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E78 - 26m 45s

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, with hundreds of thousands of Americans relying on Catholic hospitals, why some people are facing barriers to reproductive health care. Then, we look at concerns over declining support for LGBTQ+ rights, reversing years of increasing support. Plus, how pioneering chemist Stephanie Kwolek followed her passion and invented a revolutionary fiber.

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

    March 16, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E77 - 26m 44s

    Saturday on PBS News Weekend, we examine the safety and reliability of helicopters after a string of fatal crashes. Then, the myth of plastic recycling and how the plastics industry knew for decades that it wasn’t a viable solution. Plus, the human implications of a shark conservation success story off the coast of Cape Cod.

Extras and Features

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on harnessing AI in schools: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Brief But Spectacular take on harnessing AI in schools

    S2024 E79 - 4m 3s

    Adrian Antao is a high school English teacher at KIPP NYC. Adrian has worked with educators, coders and designers at the nonprofit Playlab.ai to develop Project Toni, an AI tool to support his students with their writing revisions. While many are worried about using AI in the classroom, Adrian has found real benefits. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on harnessing AI in schools.

  • Trump under fire for dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump under fire for dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric

    S2024 E79 - 3m 41s

    Former President Donald Trump is under fire again for comments made during a controversial speech at a campaign event for Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno over the weekend. Extremism experts say it’s just part of escalating violent rhetoric on the campaign trail. Geoff Bennett reports.

  • News Wrap: Netanyahu calls Schumer’s remarks ‘inappropriate’: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Netanyahu calls Schumer’s remarks ‘inappropriate’

    S2024 E78 - 3m 2s

    In our news wrap Sunday, Netanyahu dismissed U.S. criticism of his leadership and handling of Israel’s war with Hamas, polls closed in Russia’s presidential election and early returns show Putin with 88 percent of the vote, a man has been charged with murder in Pennsylvania over Saturday’s shooting deaths of three family members, and another volcanic eruption in Iceland prompted evacuations.

  • The life and achievements of chemist Stephanie Kwolek: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The life and achievements of chemist Stephanie Kwolek

    S2024 E78 - 5m 46s

    Kevlar is a fiber that’s stronger than steel, and it’s revolutionized everything from military and police body armor to sports equipment. For our “Hidden Histories” series this Women’s History Month, we learn about Stephanie Kwolek, the pioneering researcher who invented Kevlar in 1965.

  • How Catholic-run hospitals restrict reproductive health care: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Catholic-run hospitals restrict reproductive health care

    S2024 E78 - 7m 13s

    According to KFF Health News, more than half a million babies are delivered each year in Catholic-run hospitals across the United States. In most cases, there are no complications, but during an emergency, patients can find themselves caught between accepted medical standards and these facilities’ religious-based policies. KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan joins John Yang to discuss.

  • What’s behind a decline in U.S. support for LGBTQ+ rights: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What’s behind a decline in U.S. support for LGBTQ+ rights

    S2024 E78 - 6m 41s

    For the last few decades, LGBTQ+ rights in America have seen increasing public support. But now, a new survey finds a slight decline in that support for the first time in years. William Brangham speaks with Melissa Deckman, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, to learn more about the data.

  • Plastic industry pushed myth of recycling, new report finds: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Plastic industry pushed myth of recycling, new report finds

    S2024 E77 - 6m 32s

    The world produces an average of 430 million metric tons of plastic each year. The United States alone produces tens of millions of tons of plastic waste annually. Yet on average, only about 5 to 6 percent of plastic in the U.S. is recycled. NPR correspondent Michael Copley joins Ali Rogin to discuss a new report on the plastic industry’s tactics to push recycling and avoid regulation.

  • News Wrap: Israel conducts airstrikes in central Gaza: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Israel conducts airstrikes in central Gaza

    S2024 E77 - 3m 15s

    In our news wrap Saturday, more aid was airdropped across northern Gaza while Israel moves toward sending ground forces into Rafah in the south, a shooting suspect barricaded himself in a house in New Jersey, the FAA is investigating another incident involving a Boeing 737, Russia saw protests on day two of its presidential election, and the CDC says U.S. marriages are back to pre-pandemic levels.

  • Conservationists track surge in sharks off Cape Cod’s coast: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Conservationists track surge in sharks off Cape Cod’s coast

    S2024 E77 - 5m 56s

    Environmental efforts to protect sharks in recent years have resulted in a huge increase in the great white shark population off the New England coast. It’s a conservation success story, with potentially unnerving implications for beachgoers. Rhode Island PBS Weekly’s David Wright reports.

  • Aviation expert weighs in on the safety of helicopters: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Aviation expert weighs in on the safety of helicopters

    S2024 E77 - 6m 4s

    From fatal crashes during U.S. military operations to high-profile accidents like the one that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, a string of incidents in recent years have raised questions in people’s minds about the safety of helicopters. John Goglia, a former member of the NTSB and former chair of the National Coalition for Aviation Education, joins John Yang to discuss.

  • U.S. skeptical Israel can protect civilians in Rafah: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    U.S. skeptical Israel can protect civilians in Rafah

    S2024 E76 - 5m 32s

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday announced he had approved plans to assault Rafah, where more than half of all Gazans have fled. At the same time, Netanyahu and international mediators also acknowledged that negotiations for a cease-fire have advanced. Nick Schifrin talks with Amna Nawaz to break it all down.

  • Fani Willis allowed to stay on Trump’s Georgia case: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fani Willis allowed to stay on Trump’s Georgia case

    S2024 E76 - 5m 28s

    District Attorney Fani Willis will stay on to lead Georgia’s election interference case against Donald Trump, but the top prosecutor, with whom she had a romantic relationship, is stepping aside. That departure came after the judge in the case said one of them would have to resign. William Brangham joins Amna Nawaz to catch up on a week of legal developments for the former president.

Schedule

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    Friday
    Mar 29

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Friday
    Mar 29

    1 Hour

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

    Friday
    Mar 29

    1 Hour

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

    Friday
    Mar 29

    1 Hour

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

    Friday
    Mar 29

    1 Hour

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

    Friday
    Mar 29

    1 Hour

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

    Friday
    Mar 29

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Saturday
    Mar 30

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Saturday
    Mar 30

    1 Hour

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

    Saturday
    Mar 30

    1 Hour

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

    Monday
    Apr 1

    1 Hour

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

    Monday
    Apr 1

    1 Hour

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

    Monday
    Apr 1

    1 Hour

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

    Monday
    Apr 1

    1 Hour

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

    Tuesday
    Apr 2

    1 Hour

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

    Tuesday
    Apr 2

    1 Hour

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

    Tuesday
    Apr 2

    1 Hour

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

    Tuesday
    Apr 2

    1 Hour

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

    Tuesday
    Apr 2

    1 Hour

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

    Tuesday
    Apr 2

    1 Hour

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