Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pbs-newshour-full-episode-dec-29-2016 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Thursday on the NewsHour... Thursday on the NewsHour, the Obama administration strikes back, issuing new sanctions on Russia for meddling in the U.S. Also: A Russian-brokered cease-fire in Syria, the global economic outlook of a newly tapped Trump adviser, how a California county is managing the growth of marijuana, the best movies and performances of 2016 and letters to Gwen Ifill from female journalists of color. Listen to the Broadcast Subscribe to the Full Show Podcast Segments From This Episode The most spellbinding movies of 2016 9 min News Wrap: Obama announces U.S. retaliation against Russia for election meddling 4 min Budding regulation in one of California’s marijuana meccas 7 min What it means that the U.S. is not part of the Syria cease-fire 10 min U.S. retaliation meant to expose, dissuade increasing Russian aggression 6 min