Politics Jan 17 Week in preview: impeachment, inauguration, potential protests loom With what is sure to be a historic week ahead of us, NewsHour Weekend’s Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss Donald Trump’s impending second impeachment trial in the Senate, President-elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ swearing in under extraordinary…
Episode Jan 16 January 16, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, January 16, state capitals brace for more potential protests in the lead-up to Biden’s inauguration, the Capitol Hill siege, its participants, and the online radicalization that led them there, and the latest in the ongoing…
Health Jan 16 With the highest cases in the country, CA has one of the lowest inoculation rates California has one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country, as the state struggles to contain the virus, which has been raging to new highs since the holidays. LA Times reporter Soumya Karlamangla joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss…
Nation Jan 16 Internet radicalization experts knew violence was brewing. What did they see? While the events at the nation’s Capitol last week caught many by surprise, those who monitor extremism on the internet had already seen a rebellion brewing. Charlie Warzel is the New York Times Opinion Writer-at-Large and reports on online radicalization.
Episode Jan 15 January 15, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, extraordinary security measures are put in place amid nationwide threats of violence as the presidential transfer of power approaches, we discuss President-elect Biden's plan to control COVID and provide economic relief with one of his top…
Nation Jan 15 American Reckoning - A PBS NewsHour Special Report Following the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, “American Reckoning – A PBS NewsHour Special Report” looks at the economic and racial history that led to a political divide between Americans, the impact of President…
Politics Jan 15 Biden unveils $1.9 trillion plan to address crises on multiple fronts President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a major legislative package to address the twin health and economic crises now facing his administration. The $1.9 trillion plan would bolster funding for states, schools and small business, among other proposals. Heather Boushey,…
Nation Jan 15 News Wrap: COVID-19 has killed more than 2 million people worldwide In our news wrap Friday, COVID-19 has now killed more than 2 million people worldwide since it emerged in China just over a year ago, White House says President Trump will depart Washington on the morning of the inauguration, the…
Politics Jan 15 Brooks and Capehart on Trump's impeachment and Biden's relief plan New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump’s historic impeachment, the fallout from the Capitol insurrection and President-elect Biden’s economic relief plan.
Nation Jan 15 Remembering 5 people who lost their lives to the pandemic As the nation nears 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus, we honor five people who lost their lives due to COVID-19.