Episode Apr 08 April 8, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, Russian forces attack thousands of fleeing civilians at a Ukrainian rail station as the country's president warns of more atrocities. Then, economists sound the alarm over cryptocurrency's volatility as the future of digital assets remains in…
Nation Apr 08 News Wrap: Second Proud Boys member pleaded guilty to conspiracy in Capitol attack In our news wrap Friday, a second Proud Boys member pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attacks, the White House celebrated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation, Pakistan's prime minister accepts ruling blocking bid to dissolve parliament,…
Episode Apr 07 April 7, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, Western nations pledge more military aid for Ukraine as investigators gather additional evidence of war crimes, including Russia's apparent use of civilians as human shields. Then, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated…
Nation Apr 07 News Wrap: Congress votes to ban Russian oil and cut off normal trade relations In our news wrap Thursday, a near-unanimous Congress voted to cut off normal trade relations with Russia and ban imports of Russian oil, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive COVID, Pakistan's supreme court rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan's bid to…
Episode Apr 06 April 6, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Wednesday on the NewsHour, Russia refocuses attacks in Ukraine as Western nations announce more sanctions in response to the atrocities against civilians. Then, U.S. lawmakers grill oil executives about the sharp rise in gas prices that are squeezing Americans' wallets.
World Apr 06 EU foreign policy head Josep Borrell on a possible Russian coal ban and war in Ukraine n Brussels, European Union leaders met to consider a ban on Russian coal, while U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gathered with NATO alliance leaders to discuss the war in Ukraine. Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign policy,…
World Apr 06 News Wrap: U.S. charges Russian media baron over sanctions violations In our news wrap Wednesday, the U.S. charged a Russian media baron with spreading propaganda on Ukraine in violation of U.S. sanctions and seized $10 million in assets, Israel's parliament is in disarray after a single lawmaker's defection erased its…
Episode Apr 05 April 5, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Tuesday on the NewsHour, Ukraine's president speaks to the United Nations as Russian forces refocus their attacks and more atrocities are uncovered. Then, the Biden administration, joined by former President Obama, proposes an expansion of the Affordable Care Act. Also,…
World Apr 05 U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas Greenfield on the atrocities uncovered in Ukraine The atrocities apparently committed by Russia in Ukraine echoed in the halls of the United Nations Tuesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a condemnation of the world body, and the UN Security Council in particular, where Russia sits as a…
Nation Apr 05 News Wrap: Senate moves to debate Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to Supreme Court In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. Senate moved ahead with debating the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, China's COVID lockdown in Shanghai has been extended indefinitely in the face of a spreading outbreak, Peru's president…