Episode Jun 09 June 9, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Biden makes his first overseas trip to Europe to reengage with allies and meet with adversaries, a U.S. Capitol Police officer gives his first interview since the attack on Congress by Trump supporters, and the…
Politics Jun 09 Biden to reengage with allies and meet adversaries in first overseas trip as president President Biden landed in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, the first stop on his three-nation European trip. The president will begin by meeting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday, then the three-day G-7 summit that begins Friday in southwest England.
Nation Jun 09 News Wrap: U.S. secures deal with Pfizer to send millions of vaccine doses overseas In our news wrap Wednesday, the U.S. will reportedly buy 500 million more doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to donate to 92 countries and the African Union, the United Kingdom recorded its highest daily count of new COVID cases since…
Politics Jun 09 Wave of new voting laws raises questions about voter access and integrity Since the 2020 election, laws restricting voter access passed in 14 states across the U.S., all with Republican-controlled state legislatures. They've sparked outrage from voting rights groups and from two former co-chairs of the Presidential Election Commission. Democrat Bob Bauer,…
World Jun 09 Mastercard Foundation gives $1.3 billion to boost vaccinations in Africa In one of the largest private sector donations of its kind, the Mastercard Foundation announced it will give $1.3 billion over the next three years to vaccinate 50 million people in Africa. Fewer than 2 percent of the people there…
Education Jun 09 Why this former U.S. education secretary believes community college should be free This week, we heard the case against President Biden's plan to create free tuition for community college students nationwide. And now, we hear from John King, former U.S. secretary of education under President Obama, who is seeking the Democratic nomination…
Nation Jun 09 U.S. Capitol Police officer gives firsthand account of Jan. 6 attack A day after the release of a Senate report detailing the widespread security failures in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, we spoke with one of the police officers on the scene that day. Officer James Blassingame, a 17-year veteran of…
Episode Jun 08 June 8, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Senate releases its report on the security failures during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, Vice President Harris discusses the Biden administration's immigration agenda in Central America as the region struggles with rampant corruption,…
Politics Jun 08 Congressional report details security failures during U.S. Capitol attack The first congressional report detailing what went wrong on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol was released on Tuesday. The 128-page bipartisan Senate document recounts significant intelligence and security failures leading up to and on the day of the attack…
Politics Jun 08 Sen. Klobuchar: 'There was just no preparation' for Jan. 6 insurrection Sen. Amy Klobuchar chairs the rules committee that released Tuesday’s bipartisan Senate report on the security failures surrounding the Capitol insurrection in a joint effort with a Homeland Security committee. She joins Judy Woodruff to discuss some of the findings…