Episode Apr 27 April 27, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode Monday on the NewsHour, some states begin to lift their pandemic restrictions as U.S. cases and deaths continue to rise. Plus: A bipartisan plan to expand U.S. contact tracing, how business owners and consumers feel about reopening, rural COVID-19 health…
Health Apr 27 How this bipartisan plan proposes scaling up contact tracing As the U.S. grapples with the novel coronavirus, a bipartisan group is putting together an ambitious plan to scale capacity to track and contain the virus. Andy Slavitt, former director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, joins Judy…
World Apr 27 News Wrap: South Korea urges caution over Kim Jong Un rumors In our news wrap Monday, South Korean officials renewed calls for caution amid speculation about Kim Jong Un. Rumors regarding the North Korean leader’s well-being have swirled as he has disappeared from view in recent weeks. Also, the United Nations…
Nation Apr 27 What businesses and consumers think about state moves to reopen Weeks into the social distancing driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, some states are beginning to lift restrictions -- while others are extending them. How do business owners and customers feel about the decision to reopen? John Yang talks to Bill…
Health Apr 27 Health care in rural America was already fragile. Can it survive COVID-19? Cases of COVID-19 have been rising in some rural parts of the U.S. -- many of which were already squeezed for medical care before the pandemic. With fewer resources available in these places, a spike in patients requiring hospitalization and…
Politics Apr 27 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's briefings, key Senate races NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including the evolution of the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, President Trump’s shifting approval ratings and possible electoral implications…
Arts Apr 27 A mother and daughter's Brief But Spectacular take on the pandemic -- and each other Medical student Choumika Simonis is sheltering in place in Harlem but will soon be a doctor on New York City's front lines. Her mother, Clemene Vertus, who emigrated from Haiti in the 1980s, lives in Queens and has been working…
Nation Apr 27 America, Interrupted America, Interrupted is an original podcast from the PBS NewsHour about how our lives have been turned upside down and how we’re making sense of it.
Episode Apr 26 April 26, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, April 26, the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, the wait for life-saving elective surgeries may be over for some, and the city of Louisville, Kentucky with a new song for the times. Hari Sreenivasan anchors…
Episode Apr 25 April 25, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, April 25, the latest on the coronavirus as businesses around the globe slowly start to reopen, a look at regime stability in North Korea and claims from the country that it has zero cases of…