May 30, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
Thursday on the NewsHour, former President Trump is found guilty on all counts in his criminal hush money trial. President Biden gives Ukraine permission to fire U.S. weapons into Russia. Plus, a former senior State Department official on why she resigned in protest of U.S. policy in Gaza.
Episodes
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May 18, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E140 - 26m 45s
Saturday on PBS News Weekend, with nearly 115,000 people waiting for a new organ in the U.S., we look at what can be done to improve the transplant system. Then, why students and teachers are pushing for climate change to be taught in schools. Plus, we examine what’s behind the recent popularity of Japanese comics and animations in America.
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May 17, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E139 - 56m 46s
Friday on the NewsHour, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 40,000 for the first time as the overall stock market reaches historic highs. We take a closer look at the governor of Texas pardoning an ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing an armed Black Lives Matter protester. Plus, we speak with a Methodist pastor about the major shift within the church.
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May 16, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E138 - 57m 46s
Thursday on the NewsHour, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen returns to the witness stand in the former president's hush money trial. The top humanitarian official for the United Nations looks at current crises and his career helping manage global calamities. Plus, a three-year-old with a rare medical disorder stuck in Gaza and the American families working to evacuate her for treatment.
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May 15, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E137 - 57m 46s
May 15, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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May 14, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E136 - 57m 46s
May 14, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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May 13, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E135 - 57m 46s
May 13, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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May 12, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E134 - 26m 45s
Sunday on PBS News Weekend, why millions of Americans are using apps to get paid between paychecks. Then, a new film documents the toll Russia’s invasion has taken on animals in Ukraine. Plus, what motherhood means to people with children, without children and those somewhere in between.
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May 11, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E133 - 26m 45s
Saturday on PBS News Weekend, an epidemiologist shares the latest updates about new COVID variants and a bird flu outbreak among cows. Then, why being around younger people is helping some older Americans stay healthier and happier. Plus, the hidden history of a photographer who captured the daily lives, struggles and contributions of Asian Americans.
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May 10, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E132 - 57m 46s
May 10, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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May 9, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E131 - 57m 46s
Thursday on the NewsHour, Israel bombards Rafah as its leaders respond with defiance to President Biden freezing some weapons deliveries. Stormy Daniels clashes with Donald Trump's legal team as she takes the stand for a second day in the former president's hush money trial. Plus, a look at a battery-powered aircraft that could lead the transition away from fossil-fueled flight.
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May 8, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E130 - 57m 46s
May 8, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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May 7, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E129 - 57m 46s
May 7, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
Extras and Features
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Trump's plans for healthcare, reproductive rights if he wins
S2024 E144 - 7m 20s
This week on the campaign trail, Donald Trump suggested he was open to restricting birth control or allowing states to do so. He later walked it back on Truth Social, saying he will “never advocate imposing restrictions on birth control.” President Biden and Trump are proposing vastly different visions for reproductive rights and healthcare. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.
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First Black astronaut flies in space after 63-year wait
S2024 E144 - 5m 52s
More than 60 years after he was selected but ultimately passed over to become this country’s first Black astronaut, Ed Dwight finally made it to space. He flew aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket as it skimmed space on a roughly ten-minute flight. Geoff Bennett sat down with Dwight to discuss his long journey.
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News Wrap: 3 more countries will recognize Palestinian state
S2024 E144 - 6m 25s
In our news wrap Wednesday, Norway, Ireland and Spain declared that they will formally recognize a Palestinian state, the families of 19 victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, are suing nearly 100 state police officers for the botched response, the Biden administration is canceling another round of student loans and Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Donald Trump in November.
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Turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight kills passenger
S2024 E143 - 5m 26s
One person is dead and roughly 70 others are injured after a Singapore Airlines flight headed from London to Singapore hit severe turbulence. The flight descended 6,000 feet in three minutes over the Indian Ocean, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Bangkok. Aviation correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.
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Exhibit explores humans put on display at 1904 World’s Fair
S2024 E143 - 4m 55s
In 1904, nearly 1,200 Filipinos were brought to the U.S. to take part in the World’s Fair in St. Louis. Some worked as guides, but others were put on display. More than a century later, a new exhibit explores the impact in St. Louis and beyond. Communities correspondent Gabrielle Hays reports.
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How Trump's alleged hush money payments led to his charges
S2024 E143 - 7m 58s
Donald Trump’s defense team rested its case Tuesday in the trial brought against the former president by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Next week, both sides will make their closing statements to the jury and then deliberations will begin. While this case is often called a hush money trial, the charges against the former president are more complicated. William Brangham explains.
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Taiwan's new president urges China to end threats
S2024 E143 - 5m 37s
Taiwan has a new president with Lai Ching-te inaugurated this past weekend. In the past, he has called himself a “political worker for Taiwanese independence,” words that enrage Beijing, which sees the island as a break-away province to be reunited with the mainland. President Biden has vowed to defend Taiwan, making it a potential flashpoint between the U.S. and China. Nick Schifrin reports.
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Giuliani, Trump allies arraigned in Ariz. electors scheme
S2024 E143 - 4m 31s
The legal fallout from alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election continued in Arizona on Tuesday. Rudy Giuliani and nearly a dozen other allies of Donald Trump were arraigned on charges connected to the plot to install fake electors to back Trump despite President Biden winning the state in the 2020 election. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Ned Foley.
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News Wrap: Mourning period starts in Iran for Raisi
S2024 E143 - 6m 13s
In our news wrap Tuesday, a five-day mourning period started in Iran for late President Ebrahim Raisi and other victims of Sunday's helicopter crash, the DOJ is suing Oklahoma over a law that would make it a crime to live in the state as an undocumented immigrant and more than a dozen companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence made renewed pledges to develop the technology safely.
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Bill Maher on book reflecting on his comedy and commentary
S2024 E143 - 8m 58s
Bill Maher is often a controversial figure in the world of politics and culture. He’s positioned himself as the ultimate truth-teller who takes equal pleasure in punching at the left and the right. Maher is taking stock of his decades of commentary in his new book, “What This Comedian Said Will Shock You.” Geoff Bennett sat down with Maher for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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'Climate refugees' sue Britain for failing to protect homes
S2024 E143 - 7m 53s
Europe’s most important court has ruled that protection from climate change is a human right. The judgment will be put to the test in Britain by a climate change refugee who lost his cliff top home to sea erosion. Rising sea waters and increasingly violent storms, caused by melting ice and warmer oceans, are a special concern on Britain’s east coast. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.
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How Trump’s legal team is trying to ruin Cohen's credibility
S2024 E142 - 4m 55s
Cross-examination wrapped up Monday for Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, who is a central witness in the hush-money trial against the former president. Trump’s lead defense lawyer portrayed Cohen as a serial liar and someone who profited by turning against his former boss. William Brangham reports.
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