Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pbs-newshour-full-episode-dec-30-2016 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Friday on the News Hour... Friday on the NewsHour, Vladimir Putin slams U.S. expulsion of diplomats but says he will not follow suit. Also: A Syrian cease-fire is holding, the political analysis of David Brooks and David Corn, the year's best songs, looking back at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, a reprise of a book about poverty and housing in America, and a singer's self-doubt. Listen to the Broadcast Subscribe to the Full Show Podcast Segments From This Episode News Wrap: In Syria, fragile cease-fire appears to hold 4 min Why deterring Putin from foreign meddling is practically impossible 6 min In 2016, what stood out in music 8 min Brooks and Corn on Obama’s active final weeks and the Trump-Putin ‘bromance’ 12 min