Episode Oct 09 October 9, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, October 9, the nation’s most restrictive abortion law reinstated in Texas, protesters in Iraq plan to boycott Sunday’s elections, and how to talk about race and racism with children. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.
Nation Oct 09 2021 saw a record number of abortion restrictions enacted While the latest ruling in a US court of appeals has reinstated the near-total ban on abortions in Texas – two days after the restrictive law was challenged by the Biden administration – an analysis found that more than 19…
Episode Oct 08 October 8, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, employment numbers in the United States fall short of expectations as workers continue to leave their jobs in the wake of the pandemic. Then, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to news editors from Russia and…
Nation Oct 08 News Wrap: Biden rejects Trump request to withhold WH records from Jan. 6 committee In our news wrap Friday, President Joe Biden has rejected former President Donald Trump's request to withhold White House records from a congressional probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Biden also restored to protected status three national monuments cut…
Politics Oct 08 Brooks and Tumulty on debt, social spending, Jan. 6 investigation, Supreme Court New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including debt ceiling negotiations in Congress, debate over President Joe Biden’s social spending bills, new revelations about former President…
Episode Oct 07 October 7, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, Senate Democrats and Republicans strike a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling, avoiding a financial crisis. Meanwhile, lawmakers spar in a heated hearing on election integrity as an alarming new report reveals then-President Donald Trump's…
Nation Oct 07 News Wrap: More than 120,000 U.S. children lost a caregiver to COVID-19 In our news wrap Thursday, a new study published in the medical journal "Pediatrics" found more than 120,000 American children lost a primary caregiver during the pandemic. The U.S. Labor Department reported the number of new jobless claims fell by…
Episode Oct 06 October 6, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Wednesday on the NewsHour, Senate Democrats and republicans reach a surprise agreement aimed at avoiding a government shutdown — for now. Then, children in Ethiopia's Tigray region are dying as the ongoing war exacerbates widespread food shortages. And, how scientists…
Health Oct 06 News Wrap: White House to invest $1 billion to boost at-home rapid COVID testing In our news wrap Wednesday, the White House announced plans to expand access to at-home rapid COVID-19 tests, and said it would double the number of pharmacies providing free testing. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments over letting a Guantanamo…
Politics Oct 06 Congress should raise debt ceiling for the long term, White House economic adviser says With a new but possibly temporary deal providing a potential pathway out of the impasse between congressional Democrats and Republicans over raising the federal debt limit, Judy Woodruff gets more on the state of play and what's at stake with…