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May 18, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

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.

Episodes

  • May 18, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • May 17, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

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

    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.

  • May 12, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • May 11, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • May 9, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

Extras and Features

  • Julian Assange tries to avoid extradition to the U.S.: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Julian Assange tries to avoid extradition to the U.S.

    S2024 E52 - 12m 28s

    A two-day hearing in a London court room began Tuesday over the fate of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. At stake is whether he'll be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges. Carrie DeCell, a senior staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute, and Jamil Jaffer, a former senior counsel for the House Intelligence Committee, join William Brangham to discuss.

  • Low demand for commercial office space fuels economic fears: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Low demand for commercial office space fuels economic fears

    S2024 E52 - 8m 10s

    Federal regulators in recent weeks have signaled concerns about commercial real estate, a financial sector that could spell economic trouble. A combination of decreased demand for office space and high interest rates have put pressure on lease holders and smaller banks in particular. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports from San Francisco.

  • Taiwan's top diplomat in the U.S. on tensions with China: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Taiwan's top diplomat in the U.S. on tensions with China

    S2024 E52 - 8m 19s

    Tensions in the Taiwan Strait increased this week following incidents near an island involving the Chinese and Taiwanese coast guards. It's happening at a sensitive moment, in between Taiwan's recent election and the upcoming inauguration of its new president. Nick Schifrin speaks to Taiwan’s new representative to the U.S., Alexander Tah-ray Yui, for his first broadcast interview.

  • A Minnesota shooting and the U.S. domestic violence problem: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Minnesota shooting and the U.S. domestic violence problem

    S2024 E52 - 6m 25s

    A shooting outside of Minneapolis over the weekend is putting the spotlight once again on domestic violence. Two police officers and a paramedic responding to a domestic-abuse call were killed. Rachel Louise Snyder, who covers domestic violence and is author of the memoir, “Women We Buried, Women We Burned,” joins William Brangham to discuss how the incident fits into a broader national picture.

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on building trust in school: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Brief But Spectacular take on building trust in school

    S2024 E51 - 5m 47s

    Valor Collegiate Academy in Nashville encourages students to share what's going on in their lives and to accept support, creating what they call a community of care. We hear from high school teacher Natalie Nikitas and Valor students as they give their Brief But Spectacular take on building trust at school.

  • Navalny's widow vows to continue his fight for a free Russia: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Navalny's widow vows to continue his fight for a free Russia

    S2024 E51 - 9m 8s

    Alexei Navalny's death Friday in a Russian Arctic prison continues reverberating around the globe. World leaders, including President Biden, spoke Monday of stepped-up sanctions against Russia as Navalny's widow picked up his fight against Vladimir Putin. Andrei Soldatov, an investigative journalist and Center for European Policy Analysis senior fellow, joins William Brangham to discuss.

  • Paul Giamatti on his Oscar-nominated role in 'The Holdovers': asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Paul Giamatti on his Oscar-nominated role in 'The Holdovers'

    S2024 E51 - 7m 20s

    In whatever he appears in, Paul Giamatti makes an impression, whether that's in films or television, or as lead or character actor. Last month he won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in the film, “The Holdovers," a role that has also brought him his first best actor Oscar nomination. He recently spoke with Jeffrey Brown for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS."

  • Poland's foreign minister on concerns US will abandon allies: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Poland's foreign minister on concerns US will abandon allies

    S2024 E51 - 7m 50s

    Along the eastern flank of NATO nations sit several former Soviet satellite states, with long and bitter memories of Russian dominance. They are among the strongest supporters of Ukraine's fight against a Russia's invasion and warn that more must be done to defeat Putin's army. During the Munich Security Conference, Nick Schifrin sat down with Radek Sikorski, Poland's foreign minister, to discuss.

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on South Carolina's primary: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on South Carolina's primary

    S2024 E51 - 10m 21s

    NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join William Brangham to discuss the latest political news, including how the presidential primary season may effectively come to a close this week after voters in South Carolina finish casting their votes, former president Trump’s legal troubles mount and the Capitol Hill debate on funding Ukraine’s defense carries on.

  • How 2020 election denialism became a litmus test for the GOP: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How 2020 election denialism became a litmus test for the GOP

    S2024 E51 - 7m 18s

    True the Vote, a group that spread false allegations about the 2020 election, recently admitted to a judge – reported first by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – that it has no evidence to back its claims. Yet these conspiracies are still repeated by former President Trump. Laura Barrón-López reports on the larger web of 2020 election denialism and how it became a litmus test for the GOP.

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