Politics Jan 30 News Wrap: Trump order on immigrants challenged by lawsuits, protests, State Department memo In our news wrap Monday, facing mass protests, chaos at airports and a growing backlash overseas, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer insisted that the uproar over President Donald Trump's executive action on refugees and immigrants is an overreaction. Also,…
Politics Jan 30 Will the refugee ban reinforce political division? President Donald Trump had promised a crackdown on immigration on the campaign trail. Now he’s done it, following through with a ban on refugees that was popular with his supporters. Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith…
Episode Jan 29 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 29, 2017 On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 29, federal judges halt a portion of President Trump’s order banning immigrants from seven majority-Muslim nations as protestors of the ban take to the streets. Also, analysis on the executive order and other actions…
Nation Jan 29 Refugees already settled in U.S. concerned over Trump order The U.S. admitted 12,500 Syrian refugees in 2016, but President Donald Trump’s executive order Friday indefinitely bans any more from entering the U.S. NewsHour Weekend Correspondent Megan Thompson reports on how the Trump administration's policy has left some refugees already…
Politics Jan 29 A breakdown of Trump's first week in office In President Donald Trump’s first week in office, he signed a number of executive orders that shifted policies on health care, immigration, oil, reproductive rights, federal hiring and trade. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss…
Nation Jan 29 How the ACLU challenged Trump's immigration order A federal judge on Saturday issued a stay to halt portions of President Trump's executive order banning entry to the U.S. for people from seven countries. The order prevents the government from deporting people that are detained at U.S. airports.
Nation Jan 29 In Trump's immigration order, a tangle of legal issues Protests erupted across the country following President Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from seven countries. The administration cited national security concerns as the reason for the order, even as a federal judge blocked part of it on Saturday night. USA…
Economy Jan 29 Positive fiscal signs amid a slow-growth economy The U.S. economy has slowed since the 1990s, but in the final month of President Obama’s term, 156,000 jobs were added and unemployment held at 4.7 percent. As President Donald Trump took office last week, the Dow Jones closed above…
Episode Jan 28 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 28, 2017 On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 28, confusion at airports around the world as President Donald Trump’s executive order bans refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries. And, as the president plans to renegotiate NAFTA, a free trade agreement with…