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June 2, 2018PBS NewsHour full episode

Jun 2, 2018 6:30 PM EDT

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On this edition for Saturday, June 2, the U.S. holds trade talks with China after imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum produced in Canada, Mexico and the European Union. Also, Trump cites national security in a bid to save coal and nuclear power plants, and how disability advocates are bringing accessible design to more people. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Segments From This Episode

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs the White House June 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Canada to attend the G7 summit before heading to Singapore on Saturday for a planned U.S.-North Korea summit. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Nation Aug 16

Hundreds of newspapers defend press freedom against President Trump’s attacks

By David Bauder, Associated Press

Arts Aug 16

Aretha Franklin, queen of soul, dies at 76

A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico Border near Mission, Texas. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ending family separation at the border. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images

Nation Aug 16

Little progress made to safeguard unaccompanied migrant children, subcommittee says

By Patty Gorena Morales

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan participates in a session at the third annual Intelligence and National Security Summit in Washington, U.S., September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

Politics Aug 16

Former CIA Director John Brennan says Trump is trying to silence critics

By Associated Press

Migrant children from Honduras and Mexico play at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico June 22, 2018. Photo by Daniel Becerril/Reuters

World Aug 15

What happens when migrant children are deported home

By Joshua Barajas

Pregnant woman undergoes an ultrasound scan. Most women receive intensive medical care while they’re pregnant, but care drops off after childbirth. Photo by John Fedele/via Getty Images

Health Aug 15

The year after childbirth is the deadliest for addicted women

By Christine Vestal, Stateline

Storm clouds pass over a Roman Catholic church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo by Jason Cohn/Reuters

Nation Aug 15

How Catholic churches in Pennsylvania hid decades of abuse

By Joshua Barajas, Courtney Norris, Patty Gorena Morales

In a “Hothouse Earth” scenario, temperatures would be irreversibly warmer than pre-industrial levels, by 4 to 5 degrees Celsius or 7 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit.

Science Aug 15

How to avoid a catastrophic ‘Hothouse Earth’

By Julia Griffin, Nsikan Akpan

Economy Aug 15

Hackers are preparing an ‘unlimited’ ATM cash heist. Here’s how to protect yourself

By Gretchen Frazee

Photo by REUTERS/Scott Audette

Nation Aug 15

Pennsylvania church helped former priest accused of sexual abuse get job at Disney World

By Marc Levy, Associated Press

Senior businessman with hard hat at factory with laptop

Making Sen$e Aug 15

What to ask about your employer health coverage after age 65

By Philip Moeller

Politics Aug 15

Trump to revoke security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan

A fluorescence micrograph of Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living transparent nematode (roundworm), about 1 millimeter in length. Image by heitipaves/via Adobe Stock

Science Aug 15

These tiny worms can survive forces 400,000 times stronger than Earth’s gravity

By Katherine Kornei, Scientific American

File photo of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders by Yuri Gripas/Reuters

Politics Aug 15

WATCH: White House says it values diversity, won’t disclose numbers

By Associated Press

The seal of the Drug Enforcement Administration is seen on a lectern before the start of a 2013 press conference at DEA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Nation Aug 15

WATCH: U.S., Mexico announces new plans on cartels

By Michael Tarm, Associated Press

Politics Aug 15

‘Manafort and his lies’ are at the heart of the case, prosecution argues in closing arguments

By Chad Day, Matthew Barakat, Stephen Braun, Associated Press

Politics Aug 15

A handful of firsts, an upset and a surprise concession in Tuesday’s primaries

By Matt Loffman

An aerial view shows Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

Nation Aug 15

Parkland students start the school year with tightened security

By Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press

White House aide Omarosa Manigault speaks during a panel discussion at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo by Omar Negrin/Reuters

Politics Aug 15

Black Americans aren’t buying Omarosa’s turn against Trump

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press

Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images

Politics Aug 14

In upset, Bob Stefanowski wins GOP nod for Connecticut governor

By Susan Haigh, Associated Press