Episode Sep 27 September 27, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, September 27, the partisan battle over the confirmation of SCOTUS nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, polls show Georgia in dead heat, and Puerto Rico’s renewed push for statehood. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.
Politics Sep 27 With Georgia in dead heat, Trump and Biden woo Black voters Polls show that Georgia, which President Trump won by nearly five points in 2016, has emerged as a hotly contested state with Biden and Trump battling it out for the Black vote. Meanwhile, officials are recruiting thousands of tech savvy…
Episode Sep 26 September 26, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, September 26, Amy Coney Barrett is President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court in our ongoing series “Roads to Election 2020,” Democrats are hoping to energize their base in deep red Louisiana. Also, racial injustice…
Politics Sep 26 GOP gears up for a speedy confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett President Trump officially announced Amy Coney Barrett as his SCOTUS nominee on Saturday. With just 38 days left for the election, the confirmation process is expected to be short and fast. Jami Floyd, legal analyst and senior editor of WNYC’s…
Politics Sep 26 Louisiana Dems are trying to redefine the party in the deep red state Our ongoing series “Roads to Election 2020” looks at the deep red state of Louisiana where the Democratic party has elected a new leader with the hope of energizing its base and bringing back voters who left the party as…
Episode Sep 25 September 25, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes the first woman and the first Jewish American to lie in state in the Capitol. Plus: The Trump administration moves to allow development in the country’s largest national forest, peace negotiations…
Nation Sep 25 News Wrap: Breonna Taylor's family demands grand jury transcripts In our news wrap Friday, Breonna Taylor’s family demanded Louisville officials release transcripts from grand jury proceedings over whether to charge police in her death. Kentucky’s attorney general said officers had acted in self-defense, after Taylor’s boyfriend fired first. Also,…
Politics Sep 25 Shields and Brooks on Ginsburg's legacy, Trump's election rhetoric Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the battle over filling her Supreme Court seat, President Trump’s continuing rhetoric…
Nation Sep 25 Remembering victims of COVID-19 The NewsHour has been honoring victims of the coronavirus pandemic for six months. With the number of American lives lost now over 200,000, we share the stories of five more.
Nation Sep 24 Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy -- and the Supreme Court's future Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of women’s rights and the Supreme Court's second female justice, died Sept. 18 at her home. Her work on sex discrimination cases early in her career helped accelerate gender equality in the U.S. Ginsburg…