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…
Nation Apr 05 Kansas erases historic deficit to take the men's national basketball title The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels Monday after trailing by 16 points in the first half. It was the biggest comeback in a national championship in men's college basketball history in a tournament with many historic moments,…
Arts Apr 05 Ocean Vuong's Brief But Spectacular take on grief and language "Time Is a Mother" is Ocean Vuong's second collection of poems being released this week. A winner of major literary prizes and a MacArthur Fellowship, Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother’s death. He shares his brief…
Nation Apr 04 News Wrap: China sends 10,000 health care worker to battle COVID outbreak in Shanghai In our news wrap Monday, China sent more than 10,000 health workers to Shanghai as a COVID-19 outbreak spreads, police in Sacramento, California made an arrest after a mass shooting Sunday killed six people, Hungary's pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orban…
Politics Apr 04 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on funding to fight COVID and Sarah Palin's political pursuit NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including an emerging bipartisan deal on Capitol Hill to give the White House some of the money…