Episode Apr 02 April 2, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode Saturday on PBS News Weekend, Russian forces retreat from Ukraine's capital region while evacuation attempts continue in the hard-hit city of Mariupol. Then, we explore the road to economic recovery as the U.S. experiences the lowest unemployment rate since the…
Episode Apr 01 April 1, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, Russia claims Ukrainian air forces struck a fuel depot inside Russia as peace talks make little progress. Then, China orders the millions of residents of Shanghai to shelter in place, testing its zero-COVID policy. Also, David…
Nation Apr 01 News Wrap: Pope Francis apologizes to Canada's Indigenous for Catholic school abuse In our news wrap Friday, Pope Francis apologized to Indigenous peoples in Canada for abuses in Catholic-run residential schools, a Saudi Arabian coalition and rebels backed by Iran agreed to a two-month truce in Yemen, Sri Lanka was rocked by…
Politics Apr 01 Brooks and Capehart on Biden's shifting immigration policy, the Jan. 6 investigation New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden's decision to tap the country's strategic petroleum reserve, a return to pre-pandemic border policies and the…
Episode Mar 31 March 31, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, Russia repositions some troops but increases attacks in the Ukraine's south as civilians resort to desperate attempts to evacuate from the war zone. Then, President Biden announces plans to release 1 million barrels from the nation's…
Nation Mar 31 News Wrap: Severe storms leave widespread damages across six state in the Deep South In our news wrap, a huge weather system blasted its way across six states killing at least two people, the defense rested in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the space-tourism venture…
Politics Mar 31 Rep. Zoe Lofgren on the Jan. 6 probe and why it's 'far more serious' than Watergate The select congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Thursday heard from the closest witness to former President Donald Trump yet -- his son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was also his top aide at the White House. Rep. Zoe…
Episode Mar 30 March 30, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Wednesday on the NewsHour, attacks on Ukrainian cities persist despite Russian pledges to de-escalate as the number of civilians displaced by the war grows. Then, teachers in Florida face new restrictions after the "Don't Say Gay" bill is signed into…
Nation Mar 30 News Wrap: Republican Sen. Susan Collins backs Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson picked up the support of Republican Sen. Susan Collins, President Biden is officially boosted for a second time, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate negotiate on a…
Episode Mar 29 March 29, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Tuesday on the NewsHour, Russia and Ukraine discuss a potential path to peace as Ukrainian forces retake a critical Kyiv suburb. Then, an anti-lynching bill bearing the name of slain teen Emmett Till is signed into law by the president…