Episode May 07 May 7, 2022 – PBS News Weekend full episode Saturday on PBS News Weekend, Russia prepares to celebrate Victory Day amid a stalemate in the battle for eastern Ukraine as the last civilians evacuate Mariupol plant. Then, the latest jobs report shows a year of solid growth, but inequality…
Nation May 07 News Wrap: Havana hotel blast kills dozens in Cuba In our news wrap Saturday, rescue efforts continue in Cuba after a powerful gas explosion at a hotel in Havana killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more. Also, the Taliban have ordered all women in Afghanistan to cover…
Economy May 07 Inequality persists as the U.S. economy recovers from the pandemic The latest jobs report for April shows the U.S. capping a year of solid growth. Employers added 428,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remains steady at 3.6 percent, a pandemic-era low. But inequality continues as the economy recovers from the…
Episode May 01 May 1, 2022 – PBS News Weekend full episode Sunday on PBS News Weekend, as fighting in eastern Ukraine intensifies, evacuations of a steel plant in the war-torn city Mariupol are underway. Then, what this week's sentencing of a vocal Turkish activist and philanthropist says about the state of…
Nation May 01 News Wrap: New Mexico issues mandatory evacuation order as massive wildfire spreads In our news wrap Sunday, New Mexico has issued mandatory evacuation orders as a huge wildfire east of Sante Fe grows rapidly, forecasters issued severe storm warnings for parts of the South and Midwest, former President Trump is holding a…
Episode Apr 30 April 30, 2022 – PBS News Weekend full episode Saturday on PBS News Weekend, the siege of Mariupol continues with no agreement in sight to evacuate women and children from the city's remaining Ukrainian stronghold. Then, we talk to a public health expert about the next phase of the…
Nation Apr 30 News Wrap: Biden weighs canceling at least $10,000 in student loans per borrower In our news wrap Saturday, the Biden administration is considering canceling at least $10,000 in student loans per borrower through executive action, a 22-year-old Marine Corps veteran who joined the war in Ukraine was killed in fighting there, China's capital…
Episode Apr 24 April 24, 2022 – PBS News Weekend full episode Sunday on the NewsHour, French President Emmanuel Macron won a second term Sunday, over far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. Russian shelling continues in Ukraine, despite calls for a truce on Orthodox Easter and U.S. officials were expected for their first…
World Apr 24 Russian shelling continues as U.S. officials expected in Ukraine Russian shelling continued in Ukraine Sunday despite calls for a truce for Orthodox Easter. President Volodomyr Zelenskyy also pressed the West for more powerful weapons as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are expected to become…
Politics Apr 24 What could be expected in the upcoming Jan. 6 committee hearings The Jan. 6 Congressional Committee's upcoming hearings that are slated to begin in June, will provide evidence, per Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin, that former President Donald Trump and his allies helped coordinate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol…