Politics Jan 22 News Wrap: Court tosses out Pennsylvania's gerrymandered congressional map In our news wrap Monday, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court threw out the state's congressional map for being heavily gerrymandered to benefit Republicans. Also, Turkey continued its military offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria for a third day.
Politics Jan 22 Trump 'willing to have a conversation about citizenship' for DACA recipients, says White House official Immigration was one of the contentious issues that led Congress to its funding impasse and forced a government shutdown. Now that the shutdown has been resolved, can lawmakers make progress on other contentious topics? Judy Woodruff gets reactions to the…
Nation Jan 22 Will Trump's wall ever be built? President Donald Trump signed an executive order last year calling for the construction of a new border wall spanning the length of the U.S.-Mexico border. While prototypes have been built in California, there is still no funding from Congress to…
World Jan 22 Speeding up embassy move, Pence greeted by tensions on Middle East trip During a speech to the Israeli Knesset, Vice President Mike Pence said the U.S. would be speeding up the move of its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. What effect does that announcement have on the chance of jump-starting peace…
Politics Jan 22 Can Congress reconcile major immigration differences? The shutdown resolution clears the way for immigration talks in Congress, but actually striking a deal might not be so easy. Judy Woodruff talks with Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Stu Rothenberg of Inside Elections about the…
Episode Jan 21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode January 21, 2018 On this edition for Sunday Jan. 21, Republicans and Democrats remain far apart on an agreement to reopen the government. And, during a weekend of demonstrations one year into President Trump's term, women launch voter registration drives in swing states.
Politics Jan 21 Party leaders trade jabs as senators continue discussions As the government shutdown entered its second day, a group of lawmakers were working on a deal to reopen the government. Both the House and Senate were in session Sunday and leaders from both parties said they wanted to end…
Nation Jan 21 Women's March focuses on voter registration at Las Vegas event As cities across the U.S. held Women’s Marches to mark the anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration, thousands attended the “Power to the Polls” rally in Las Vegas on Sunday. Led by 2017 Women’s March organizers, the rally kicks off a…
Episode Jan 20 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode January 20, 2018 On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 20, Republicans and Democrats work to reverse a government shutdown. And, on the anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration, activists hold Women’s Marches in protest. Also, has the president been able to convince Republicans…
Politics Jan 20 White House involvement complicates government shutdown For the second time since 2013, Democrats and Republicans failed to reach a deal that would keep much of the government open. A late-night meeting between President Trump and Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer fell short of an agreement on…