Nation Jul 19 The American athletes to watch during the Tokyo Olympics The opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games are just four days away. But the specter of COVID hangs over the games as more than 50 people involved, including athletes, contractors and staff, test positive. Olympics officials say they still hope…
Episode Jul 18 July 18, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, July 18, COVID-19 cases are climbing in the U.S. while vaccination rates remain stagnant, up-and-coming indie rocker Lucy Dacus on her songwriting process, and in our signature segment, we follow political refugees fleeing Belarus after…
Episode Jul 17 July 17, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, July 17, COVID-19 cases rise across all 50 states fueled by the delta variant and slowing vaccinations. And in our signature segment, we speak to Yazidi survivors who are struggling to rebuild their future seven…
Health Jul 17 COVID-19 update: the delta variant, school openings and more The COVID-19 delta variant has been surging worldwide and in certain areas of the U.S. What will this mean for school openings, and for children not yet eligible for vaccines? And how are vaccine efforts going in America? ProPublica reporter…
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…