Health Dec 27

NewsHour Weekend’s Connie Kargbo joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss some of her most impactful work from 2020: necessary ‘elective’ surgeries being suspended during the pandemic due to hospital overflow; vaccine hesitancy; and how aging caregivers, at risk for COVID, ask…

Politics Dec 27

NewsHour Weekend producer Sam Weber joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss this year’s "Roads to Election 2020" coverage: taking a whole show on the road during the pandemic, keeping climate change front and center and finding and telling election stories that…

Nation Dec 27

Millions of Americans faced economic, housing and food uncertainty even before the pandemic. Two years ago, the mayor of Stockton, California piloted a universal basic income program in an effort to ease the pain of his constituents, sending monthly assistance…

Episode Dec 26

On this edition for Saturday, December 26, a stimulus standoff between the White House and Congress as pandemic relief benefits for millions of Americans are set to expire, sweeping outages continue after an explosion in downtown Nashville, and in a…

Nation Dec 26

NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss some of her biggest stories in 2020: criminal justice and COVID-19 concerns in prisons and jails, how technology was helping artists connect with each other, and activists who were organizing over…

Episode Dec 25

Friday on the NewsHour, police investigate an explosion in Nashville they believe to be intentional, what’s behind a surge of COVID-19 in California, and a Christmas tribute to a few of the more than 330,000 people who have died this…

Nation Dec 25

A recreational vehicle parked in downtown Nashville exploded early Christmas morning, injuring three and causing widespread outages, including for the police emergency system. Police believe the explosion was intentional. As authorities continue to investigate, Kimberlee Kruesi of the Associated Press…

Nation Dec 25

In our news wrap Friday, U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 330,000 as hospitalizations hit another record high. Firefighters in Southern California continue to battle the "Creek Fire,” which forced more than 7,000 residents to evacuate on Christmas Eve. And the U.S.

Politics Dec 25

The ability to pardon criminals is a unique power of a president, one that can be politically motivated and often draws criticism But as Reveal's Michael Schiller explains, pardons can also change lives.

Nation Dec 25

California has become an epicenter for COVID infections. The state has been averaging about 40,000 new cases a day over the last week and recently passed its 2 millionth case. Amna Nawaz speaks with Dr. Christina Ghaly, director of the…