Episode Jul 16 July 16, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, COVID infections and hospitalizations increase in low vaccination, high misinformation areas. Then, a look at climate change as major flooding turns deadly across Europe. And, advocates wonder if systemic change is possible as the pandemic has…
Nation Jul 16 Arkansas hospitals expect COVID admissions to double by August due to the unvaccinated The White House warned Friday about a surge of COVID cases in some states and the connection with low vaccination rates and misinformation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported about 33,000 new cases Thursday — up from a…
World Jul 16 News Wrap: Fire crews pull away from Oregon Bootleg Fire over safety concerns In our news wrap Friday, Oregon's Bootleg Fire — the largest of dozens of wildfires now burning in the U.S.— became so intense that fire crews had to pull back overnight for their own safety. Russia warned that the U.S.
Nation Jul 16 Sec. Haaland on healing from the indoctrination, dehumanization at Indian boarding schools Like Canada, America has a painful history of creating boarding schools to assimilate Native American children, leading to trauma, abuse and death. For more than 150 years, Indigenous children were taken from their families and forced into far away boarding…
Politics Jul 16 Brooks and Capehart on Indigenous boarding schools, Biden budget, child tax credit New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the assimilation of Indigenous students in Indian boarding schools, President Joe Biden's budget plan, the child tax credit,…
Episode Jul 15 July 15, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen discusses the state of the economy as an expanded child tax credit payment lands in millions of American bank accounts. Also, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on the revelation that members…
World Jul 15 U.S. Surgeon General warns against vaccine misinformation on social media In our news wrap Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy urged social media platforms to take action against vaccine misinformation arguing false claims are feeding vaccine resistance. President Biden met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House and faced…
Economy Jul 15 Child tax credit should boost working families, Treasury Secretary Yellen says Critics say monthly child tax credit payments, now available for more than 35 million American families, could discourage people from working, but Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen disagrees. The credit can help parents play for childcare to enable them to work,…
Nation Jul 15 New revelations show Trump's threats against democracy are 'still very real,' Panetta says “Fears and suspicions” about how far former President Trump would have gone to remain in power are still alive, says former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. New revelations that Pentagon leaders were concerned Trump might try to use the armed…
Episode Jul 14 July 14, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Wednesday on the NewsHour, critical infrastructure legislation moves forward in Congress after a tumultuous weekend of negotiations. Then, an uncertain future for young Afghans who grew up without Taliban rule, as the group continues its conquest amid the American withdrawal.