Episode Jan 20 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 20, 2017 Friday on the NewsHour, Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. We analyze the events of Inauguration Day as the nation's political power shifts. Also: Scores of inauguration protesters are arrested while inauguration…
Politics Jan 20 The Obama White House, from the man behind the lens For the past eight years, Pete Souza has visually chronicled the Obama era. He was in the situation room when U.S. special forces killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 and at the prayer service for victims of the Newtown, Connecticut,…
Politics Jan 20 Trump offers vision for his presidency: ‘only America first’ Donald Trump started his day with a tweet, declaring, "the work begins!" It was Inauguration Day in Washington, where despite traditions of democracy and civility, political divisions were still on display. Judy Woodruff and William Brangham offer a look at…
Politics Jan 20 Anti-Trump protests break out across D.C. While many people ventured to the National Mall on Friday to cheer the new president, other groups were not so celebratory. Protests erupted across Washington, D.C., as opponents of President Trump expressed their disapproval, sometimes clashing chaotically with police and…
Politics Jan 20 On the Mall, Trump supporters exult, ‘We’re here!’ Turnout may have been lower this Inauguration Day than the previous two, but attendees who did make the trip to the National Mall exhibited no shortage of enthusiasm. Lisa Desjardins speaks with out-of-town visitors hopeful that President Trump will usher…
Politics Jan 20 News Wrap: Senate confirms Mattis, Kelly In our news wrap Friday, Congress signed off on the first of President Trump's picks to fill out his cabinet, nearly unanimously voting to approve Defense Secretary James Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. Also, Mexican drug lord "El…
World Jan 19 Why Trump’s National Security transition is off to a rocky start A day before inauguration, the incoming Trump administration was forced to defend the pace of its staffing for important national security and diplomatic jobs. Judy Woodruff talks with Roger Cressey, a former National Security Council staff member, and Mark Landler…
Episode Jan 19 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 19, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, the nation prepares for a new leader. Also: The president-elect's picks for Treasury and Energy face Senate scrutiny, a rocky presidential transition on national security, one woman's story about…
Politics Jan 19 News Wrap: Obama issues hundreds of commutations on his last day In our news wrap Thursday, President Obama shortened the prison sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes on his last fill day in office. That's the most ever in a single day. Also, the Pentagon says it targeted…
Economy Jan 19 55, unemployed and faking normal: One woman’s story of barely scraping by Elizabeth White has been on the edge of the financial cliff for years, but you'd never know it from outside appearances. "Everybody is pretending," she says. In her self-published book "Fifty-Five, Unemployed, and Faking Normal" she painfully chronicles the crash…