Nation Dec 07 News Wrap: U.S. will 'pay the price' for Beijing Olympics boycott, China says In our news wrap Tuesday, China warned that the U.S. will "pay the price" for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. French authorities have reportedly arrested one of the suspected killers of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The…
Nation Dec 07 Why Meadows will not cooperate with Jan. 6 panel, and what it means for the investigation It’s been 11 months since the attack on the United States Capitol on Jan. 6. The House Select Committee investigating the attack has issued more than 40 subpoenas, many aimed at Trump administration officials and allies. Josh Gerstein joins Judy…
Episode Dec 06 December 6, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Monday on the NewsHour, omicron appears in more states in the United States, even as health officials battle a surge of delta COVID cases. Then, the U.S. declares a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming winter Olympics in China, inflaming a…
Nation Dec 06 News Wrap: Tensions over Ukraine run high ahead of Biden-Putin call In our news wrap Monday, U.S.-Russian tensions over Ukraine are running high ahead of Tuesday's video call between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Three more members of a U.S. missionary group were freed in Haiti, after being held hostage…
World Dec 06 How the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics may play out for the U.S. The Biden administration will not send an official delegation to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Administration officials say the diplomatic boycott aims to protest China's human rights abuses. To break down what this means for U.S.-China relations, Amna Nawaz is…
Politics Dec 06 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Bob Dole, Georgia Gov. race, rising COVID cases NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including the passing of former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, the gubernatorial race in Georgia, and the current…
Episode Dec 05 December 5, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, December 5, tributes and honors pour in for Bob Dole, former Republican Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate, who died today. Also, communities pull together to help America's newest Afghan refugees amid a sky-high housing…
Nation Dec 05 Remembering Bob Dole: Veteran, GOP presidential nominee, Kansas senator Robert “Bob” Dole, who led the Republican party in the Senate for decades and was its presidential candidate, died on Sunday at 98. A veteran who was injured in World War II, and a politician for more than 50 years,…
Nation Dec 04 Maryland is the first state to formally reckon with its history of lynching and racial violence Healing wounds over and violence from years past can be an extremely difficult endeavor. South Africa's truth and reconciliation commission was the most famous attempt of its kind—but now, Maryland is the first U.S. state using the resolution model to…
Episode Dec 04 December 4, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, December 4th: the Michigan school shooter's parents are arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter; the latest on the spread of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron; In Maryland, a first-of-its-kind reckoning with the state's brutal history…