• April 3, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    April 3, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    Apr 03, 2022 10:27 PM EDT

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says Russia engaged in genocide following shocking images of civilians killed outside Kyiv. Then, we analyze the latest revelations from the Jan. 6 committee and look ahead to Ketanji Brown Jackson’s possible confirmation to the Supreme Court. Also, we spotlight ...

  • Dissecting Democrats' narrow path to a Supreme Court confirmation, pace of Jan. 6 probe

    Dissecting Democrats' narrow path to a Supreme Court confirmation, pace of Jan. 6 probe

    Apr 03, 2022 09:39 PM EDT

    ... few minutes that remain. Margaret, I want to come to you and ask about Senate Democrats, their goal of wrapping up the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week, she's on track for a narrow confirmation. But her hearings to a lot of folks I think really illustrated ...

  • News Wrap: Severe storms leave widespread damages across six state in the Deep South

    News Wrap: Severe storms leave widespread damages across six state in the Deep South

    Mar 31, 2022 10:50 PM EDT

    ... And the militant group Islamic Jihad announced a mobilization of its fighters. Back in this country, a leading Republican senator confirmed that he will oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina supported Jackson for a federal appeals court slot last ...

  • Justice Thomas joins Supreme Court arguments remotely after hospital stay

    Justice Thomas joins Supreme Court arguments remotely after hospital stay

    Mar 28, 2022 08:12 PM EDT

    ... of arguments last week while he was hospitalized, although he is planning to take part in the decisions, Roberts said. NEWS WRAP: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson picks up Sen. Joe Manchin’s support Thomas was admitted to the hospital March 18 after experiencing "flu-like symptoms" and was ...

  • WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee postpones Jackson's Supreme Court nomination to next week

    WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee postpones Jackson's Supreme Court nomination to next week

    Mar 28, 2022 05:56 PM EDT

    ... with a robust bipartisan vote, dashing Biden’s hopes for a grand reset after partisan battles over other high court nominees. WATCH: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘on track for confirmation’ On Thursday, just hours after the hearings came to a close, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said in ...

  • Black women feel sting of ‘traumatizing’ Jackson hearings

    Black women feel sting of ‘traumatizing’ Jackson hearings

    Mar 26, 2022 06:24 PM EDT

    ... the district court bench, Jackson presided over 14 total cases of child sexual abuse, interstate travel for child sexual abuse cases and child pornography. WATCH: Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court The American Bar Association’s standing committee on the federal judiciary said ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on Biden's handling of the war in Ukraine, Supreme Court hearings

    Brooks and Capehart on Biden's handling of the war in Ukraine, Supreme Court hearings

    Mar 25, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    ... over there. And it really wasn't until watching that that I really understood what that meant. I'm about three years older than Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. I'm an only child. I don't know her. I have never met her. But watching her sit there -- so, we ...

  • Manchin says he'll back Jackson for Supreme Court, likely assuring confirmation

    Manchin says he'll back Jackson for Supreme Court, likely assuring confirmation

    Mar 25, 2022 03:06 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday that he plans to vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court, likely assuring the confirmation of President Joe Biden's nominee. Manchin was a key vote to watch because he has bucked his party on some of ...

  • News Wrap: North Korea's launch of intercontinental ballistic missile draws condemnation

    News Wrap: North Korea's launch of intercontinental ballistic missile draws condemnation

    Mar 24, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    ... report found that Moscow did try to boost the Trump effort. The U.S. Senate's top Republican came out today in opposition to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court. Mitch McConnell accused her of disguising far left views after confirmation hearings ended today. The Democrat ...

  • March 23, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    March 23, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Mar 24, 2022 12:14 AM EDT

    ... shelling as civilians bear the brunt of the assault on Mariupol in the increasingly deadlocked conflict. Then, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the first woman to ever hold the position, passes away. Also, Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faces another round of interrogation from the Senate Judiciary Committee.