Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/september-29-2021-pbs-newshour-full-episode Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Wednesday on the News Hour... Wednesday on the NewsHour, the president's economic agenda hangs in the balance as negotiations intensify between Democrats on Capitol Hill and the White House. Then, a former FDA commissioner on the latest strategies to ramp up America's low vaccination rates. And, fire crews in California scramble to contain wildfires threatening to torch some of the oldest trees in the world. Listen to the Broadcast Subscribe to the Full Show Podcast Segments From This Episode White House races against the clock to save infrastructure bill from doom 4 min Sen. Durbin on fate of infrastructure and reconciliation bills, debt ceiling, abortion 6 min News Wrap: Milley says years of bad decisions to blame for Afghanistan pullout failures 4 min Vaccine mandates can become a ‘political battleground,’ former FDA commissioner says 6 min Two experts on how $3.5T spending bill could affect health and child care, taxes and more 10 min California’s giant sequoias are pillars of living history. Climate change may kill them 9 min Here’s what contributed to the extinction of ivory-billed woodpecker, 22 other species 5 min The show must go on: Broadway hopes reopening boom will pay off debts worsened by pandemic 6 min