Episode Sep 22 September 22, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Joe Biden calls on world leaders and global business to "go big" to get the globe vaccinated and combat COVID-19. Then, leading progressive lawmaker Rep. Pramila Jayapal on conflicting priorities in her party. And, how…
Health Sep 22 U.S. plan to share Pfizer shots globally 'too little and too late,' ex-CDC director says The Biden administration announced Wednesday that the U.S. was purchasing an additional 500 million Pfizer COVID vaccines to donate to other nations. The move is what critics and organizations like the WHO have been calling for — a much more…
Nation Sep 22 News Wrap: Senate Dems, GOP end police reform talks, face stalemate over debt ceiling In our news wrap Wednesday, Democratic Senators say they ended bipartisan negotiations on police reform and collecting data on use of force. Senators have also reached a stalemate on the fight over the debt ceiling. There's word that large numbers…
Politics Sep 22 Extending government funding and raising debt ceiling face uphill Senate battle Congress must act soon just to keep the federal government functioning. But Democratic leaders are navigating internal divides and logjams as they try to pass two bills that would together dole out trillions of dollars toward infrastructure, child care and…
Politics Sep 22 Rep. Jayapal on progressive priorities, compromise on reconciliation and infrastructure Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss Congress' efforts around reconciliation and infrastructure.
Politics Sep 22 How America faced 'Peril' in final days of Trump presidency The first draft of history is being written about the final, chaotic days of Donald Trump's presidency and the earliest days of Joe Biden's. A new book by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa reveals the alarm and…
Episode Sep 21 September 21, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Joe Biden addresses world leaders at the United Nations. We talk to Bill Gates about the threats of COVID and climate change. Then, as the U.S. surpasses the number of lives lost to the 1918…
Nation Sep 21 News Wrap: White House continues deporting Haitian migrants in Texas as Dems decry move In our news wrap Tuesday, the Biden administration stepped up deportations of Haitian migrants gathered in Del Rio, Texas, on the border with Mexico. Johnson & Johnson says a booster for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine triggers a strong immune response.
Health Sep 21 Bill Gates on vaccine equity, boosters, climate, his foundation and Epstein meetings With world leaders visiting New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is calling on the world's richest nations to take what he says are urgent steps needed to end "the crisis…
Episode Sep 20 September 20, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Monday on the NewsHour, thousands of migrants who overwhelmed Del Rio, Texas are now being deported, most back to a chaotic Haiti. Then, Pfizer's COVID vaccine is shown to be safe in children as young as five, offering hope to…