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January 18, 2018
PBS News Hour - S43 - E14
Thursday on the NewsHour, the countdown begins on a potential government shutdown as Republicans struggle to pass a short-term funding fix. Also: A former CIA officer arrested on suspicion of helping China, USA gymnasts confront the man who abused them, President Trump's influence on the national economy, the science of perfect timing and seeing the world through the eyes of a child with autism.
PBS News Hour: Season 43 - 64 Episode s
43x1 - January 1, 2018
January 1, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, anti-government protests continue across Iran, leaving at least a dozen dead. Also, what signals did North Korean leader Kim Jong Un send with his New Year’s speech? And in the U.S., states ring in the New Year with a batch of brand new laws.
43x2 - January 2, 2018
January 2, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, Iran’s supreme leader breaks his silence about the growing tensions within his country, blaming “enemies” for nationwide protests and a rising death toll. Also: how the U.S. is responding to Iran’s unrest, the budget issues facing Congress after the holidays, and how having a dog could make you live longer.
43x3 - January 3, 2018
January 3, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Donald Trump takes aim at Steve Bannon on Twitter, saying the former White House chief strategist “lost his mind” after Bannon described a meeting between the Trump campaign and a group of Russians as “treasonous.” Also: how the president’s tweets on foreign policy resonate around the world and a new low-cost way to fight cavities.
43x4 - January 4, 2018
January 4, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, a massive winter storm blasts the East Coast with blizzard conditions stretching from the Carolinas to Maine. Plus: Judy Woodruff sits down with former Vice President Joe Biden, the Trump administration proposes opening large swaths of ocean to offshore drilling, and business leaders get a lesson on teamwork through music.
43x5 - January 5, 2018
January 5, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, new details emerge in the Russia investigation, intensifying focus on possible obstruction of justice. Also: Judy Woodruff talks with former TV anchor Gretchen Carlson about the #metoo movement and her new role as chair of the Miss America Organization, Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze the week’s news, and a look at how music can help patients with dementia.
43x6 - January 8, 2018
January 8, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, Judy Woodruff sits down with Michael Wolff, author of the explosive book “Fire and Fury,” which explores the first year of the Trump presidency. Also: Lebanon sees an economic opportunity in Syrian rebuilding efforts, how loss of temporary protected status will affect the more than 260,000 Salvadorans living in the U.S., and the Politics Monday team looks at the week ahead.
43x7 - January 9, 2018
January 9, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Trump negotiates immigration policies with congressional leaders. Also: New talks between the two Koreas, Sen. Feinstein releases a key testimony in the Russia probe, TV actor Tracee Ellis Ross on the #MeToo movement, teachers selling their lesson plans for profit, another national championship for Alabama and Errol Morris' Brief but Spectacular take.
43x8 - January 10, 2018
January 10, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, rescuers search for survivors as deadly mudslides slam Southern California. Also: Two leading conservatives react to fallout from “Fire and Fury,” a look at bipartisan efforts to protect the next election, Boston tries to protect itself from more extreme flooding, voter rights come into question in Ohio and using cameras to see how urbanization affects animals.
43x9 - January 11, 2018
January 11, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, a bipartisan group of senators say they have an immigration deal, but the White House is not on board. Also: The death toll rises from California’s mudslides, the House votes to maintain a key intelligence gathering tool, an update on recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, the impact of the drug war on Mexico’s top tourist beaches, the economic impact of #MeToo and more.
43x10 - January 12, 2018
January 12, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump sparks global outrage with reportedly vulgar comments about the home countries of some U.S. immigrants. Haiti’s ambassador responds. Also: The Trump administration’s latest moves to destabilize the Iran deal, an unprecedented wave of murders in Acapulco, Mark Shields and David Brooks on this week’s politics, and an immigrant’s path to belonging.
43x11 - January 15, 2018
January 15, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, accusations of racism against President Trump threaten the Republican Party's immigration efforts. Also: Kentucky's governor discusses implementing work requirements for Medicaid, undocumented immigrants seek sanctuary in churches, the political battle over DACA, an Iraqi minority finds a new home in Nebraska and a conversation with a star of the sitcom “black-ish.”
43x12 - January 16, 2018
January 16, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, an immigration deal moves farther out of reach as a government shutdown looms. Also: Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discuss threats to democracy at home and abroad, a look at whether the U.S. is prepared for a nuclear disaster, actor John Lithgow talks about his one-man show and children’s dependence on mobile screens.
43x13 - January 17, 2018
January 17, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, Republicans scramble to avoid a looming government shutdown, pushing a short-term bill that would leave out the so-called “Dreamers.” Also: Sen. Dick Durbin on President Trump’s disparaging remarks, Navy officers face homicide charges in deadly ship collisions, sexual abuse against people with disabilities and tracking sea turtle poachers using 3-D printed eggs.
43x14 - January 18, 2018
January 18, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, the countdown begins on a potential government shutdown as Republicans struggle to pass a short-term funding fix. Also: A former CIA officer arrested on suspicion of helping China, USA gymnasts confront the man who abused them, President Trump's influence on the national economy, the science of perfect timing and seeing the world through the eyes of a child with autism.
43x15 - January 19, 2018
January 19, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, it's deadline day and President Trump and leading lawmakers are scrambling to reach a deal to avert a government shutdown. Also: The complicated Syrian war takes on a new dimension, Shields and Brooks analyze the week's news and dramatizing the decision to publish the Pentagon Papers.
43x16 - January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, the Senate reaches a compromise to end the government shutdown in exchange for immigration talks. Also: The status of President Trump’s proposed border wall, Vice President Pence's tense trip to the Middle East, the political stakes wrapped up in the shutdown, and the real story behind “The Post.”
43x17 - January 23, 2018
January 23, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, new details bring the Russia investigation to President Trump's Cabinet for the first time. Also: Sen. Susan Collins on dealing with Democrats after the shutdown, voters on the first year of the Trump administration, a sheriff who supports immigrants in Trump country, the Pope under fire for comments about sexual abuse and remembering the father of South African jazz.
43x18 - January 24, 2018
January 24, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, former U.S. Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced to up to 175 years in prison after more than 150 women testified about his abuse. Also: Mayors push back against a Justice Department threat to sanctuary cities, eyes on Davos ahead of President Trump's debut, the first female spokesperson for Saudi Arabia, and finding a new home for dolphins.
43x19 - January 25, 2018
January 25, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, President Trump brings his message of American success to Davos. Also: Gymnastics moves forward after sexual abuse, the classified document causing a stir on Capitol Hill, Puerto Rico still without power months after Hurricane Maria, kickstarting a sluggish New Mexico economy, insights into the Bush dynasty and a Brief but Spectacular take from a Holocaust survivor.
43x20 - January 26, 2018
January 26, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, President Donald Trump denies trying to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. Also: Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze the week’s news, a new book on Israel’s secret assassination program, how the United States became the hip-hop nation, and a humble opinion on planning for life’s end.
43x21 - January 29, 2018
January 29, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe steps down amid mounting criticism from Republicans and President Trump. Also: Fitness apps are revealing sensitive information about U.S. military bases,Texans still displaced five months after Hurricane Harvey, what Michigan State officials knew about Larry Nassar, government jobs left unfilled by the Trump administration and more.
43x22 - January 30, 2018
January 30, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Trump is set to deliver his first State of the Union address before a deeply divided nation. We preview what’s at stake, plus a historical look at presidential speeches. Also: The U.S. publicly names business people with ties to Vladimir Putin, an Ohio community responds to the opioid epidemic, teachers try to support "dreamers," and the science of perfect timing.
43x23 - January 31, 2018
January 31, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, the FBI pushes back on the accuracy of a controversial memo created by Republicans. Also: Breaking down the key moments from President Trump’s first State of the Union address, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ reaction to the speech, renewed attention on harmful diesel emissions and reading “Sing Unburied Sing” as part of the NewsHour/New York Times book club.
43x24 - February 1, 2018
February 1, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, the potential release of a controversial memo pits Republicans against national security. Also: Turkey clashes with U.S.-backed Kurds, the economics of fighting cancer, the #MeToo movement comes to the art world and a singer influenced by both Indian music and R&B.
43x25 - February 2, 2018
February 2, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, the stock market plunges to one of the worst weeks the U.S. has seen in years. Also: Republicans release their controversial and highly disputed memo, changes to U.S. nuclear weapons, outgoing Fed chair Janet Yellen on the nation's economy and Shields and Brooks analyze the week's news.
43x26 - February 5, 2018
February 5, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, a volatile day leaves the stock market down more than 1,100 points, the largest one-day drop ever. Also: How computational propaganda is central to Russia's information warfare, Houston prepares for the next big flood, a look at an effort to showcase more female playwrights and the Philadelphia Eagles finally celebrate a Super Bowl victory.
43x27 - February 6, 2018
February 6, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, the stock market gained back more than 500 points in another dizzying day on Wall Street. Also: How Houston could prepare for the next big flood after Hurricane Harvey, the plights of Puerto Rican students after Hurricane Maria, the gang that's become the focus of political debate and the most powerful rocket to launch in 45 years.
43x28 - February 7, 2018
February 7, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, Senate leaders reach a two-year budget deal, which will face political headwinds in the House. Also: The president's plan for a military parade, the fall of casino mogul Steve Wynn, a spike in crime is blamed on migrants in Germany and a new book on love and marriage in India.
43x29 - February 8, 2018
February 8, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, Congress rushes to make a deal to keep the government open before funding runs out at midnight. Also: A White House aide resigns amid abuse allegations, why the U.S. coalition struck Syrian government forces, the stock market’s wild ride, what to watch in the Olympics, a spy thriller in Nazi Germany, and a Brief but Spectacular take from one of the “2 Dope Queens.”
43x30 - February 9, 2018
February 9, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, President Donald Trump defends a former White House insider accused of domestic abuse. Also: What the new budget deal means for the federal deficit, tense diplomacy in the background of the Olympic Games, a look at the worst flu season in nearly a decade, a rural artist center maintaining its mission through tough times and Shields and Brooks discuss this week in politics.
43x31 - February 12, 2018
February 12, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump unveils his latest spending proposal that adds new plans to fix roads, bridges and airports, while discarding the goal of balancing the budget. Also: The Russian TV personality who is challenging Vladimir Putin for president, the Trump administration scales back the consumer protection bureau and a former border patrol agent's new book.
43x32 - February 13, 2018
February 13, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, top intelligence officials say the White House clearance system is broken, as questions swirl around disgraced aide Rob Porter. Also: The Senate kicks off immigration debate, Baltimore’s deteriorating school buildings, police officers convicted in a corruption scandal, the upcoming Medicaid work requirements in Indiana and snowboarder Chloe Kim dazzles at the Olympics.
43x33 - February 14, 2018
February 14, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, a shooting at a Florida high school results in numerous fatalities. Also: Trump administration officials use taxpayer money for lavish travel, the science of counting North Korea's nuclear weapons, Sen. David Perdue on the immigration debate and an Olympic snowboarder brings home the gold but faces past sexual harassment allegations.
43x34 - February 15, 2018
February 15, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, 17 die at a Florida high school and authorities investigate the shooter's violent past. What has made the U.S. from making meaningful change after so many murders? Also: People of color systematically refused home loans and a quirky art collective in Santa Fe.
43x35 - February 16, 2018
February 16, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, the Justice Department indicts more than a dozen Russian operatives for trying to influence the 2016 election. Also: The FBI apologizes for failing to follow a tip about the Florida school shooter, talking to kids about mass shootings, reports of an affair an coverup involving President Trump, Corn and Ponnuru on the week's news and the blockbuster movie “Black Panther.”
43x36 - February 19, 2018
February 19, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, survivors of the Florida shooting call for increased action on guns. Also: President Trump criticizes President Obama following the indictment of 13 Russian officials for meddling in the 2016 US Presidential election, how the home loan process affects gentrification in Philadelphia, Tamara Keith and Shawna Thomas discuss the week’s political news and a preview of the new documentary ‘Tell Them We Are Rising.’
43x37 - February 20, 2018
February 20, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, as Robert Mueller’s probe wins another guilty plea, a look at how Russian bots are still influencing U.S. politics. Also: President Trump announces new directives on guns, a trip to India by the president’s son under scrutiny, states debate teaching climate change, Morocco harnesses the sun, U.S. Olympic wins and disappointments and a novel about a marriage torn apart.
43x38 - February 21, 2018
February 21, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, survivors of the Parkland shooting demand change to the nation’s gun laws as President Trump meets with stakeholders about school safety. Also: How Scotland tackled gun violence after a school shooting in 1990, analyzing the real power of North Korea’s weapons, and the life and legacy of Billy Graham, likely the most influential preacher of the 20th century.
43x39 - February 22, 2018
February 22, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, the NRA backs President Trump's calls for arming teachers as the debate over gun control heats up. Also: Trump wants to change a migration system that benefitted his in-laws, an Oscar nominee about the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges from the 2008 financial crisis, what to expect from the final days of the Olympics and including women in the quest for peace.
43x40 - February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump doubles down on arming teachers, as Florida’s Republican governor breaks with the NRA to call for raising the age to purchase a gun. Also: A former Trump campaign aide pleads guilty and plans to cooperate in the Russia probe, Brooks and Marcus on the national gun debate, a drama depicting the hunt for Osama bin Laden before 9/11 and more.
43x41 - February 26, 2018
February 26, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump puts pressure on Congress for gun reform in the wake of the Florida school shooting. Also: How the NRA shaped Florida's gun laws, China moves to eliminate presidential term limits, American forces aid Somalia's fight against al-Shabab, what the Democratic memo means for the Russia probe and the female director behind "Homeland."
43x42 - February 27, 2018
February 27, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, students of the Parkland Florida High School take to Capitol Hill as lawmakers struggle to move forward on gun control. Also: Jared Kushner loses his top security clearance, a Supreme Court case on privacy and overseas data, the debate over arming teachers, Salvadorans caught in the middle of a changing immigration policy, and author David Grann takes readers’ questions.
43x43 - February 28, 2018
February 28, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, students return to the Florida high school after a deadly shooting, as President Trump meets with senators to talk new gun measures. Also: Whether states can secure their voting systems in time for midterm elections, spying on North Korea, a mysterious disease affecting sugarcane workers in El Salvador, and a new look at race in the U.S. 50 years after a seminal report.
43x44 - March 1, 2018
March 1, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, tensions brew among White House staff as one of the president's closest aides leaves. Also: President Trump's controversial new tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, Russia's boasts about new weapons, Jared Kushner's business dealings, women claim pattern of discrimination at the U.S. Forest Service, corporate responses to the gun debate and why music is key to learning.
43x45 - March 2, 2018
March 2, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump declares "trade wars are good," rattling Republicans and global markets and prompting talk of retaliation. Also: The unimaginable destruction of a Damascus suburb, women face retaliation in the U.S. Forest Service, developing a coffee plant that is climate-change resistant, Shields and Brooks on the week's news and Jennifer Lawrence plays a Russian spy.
43x46 - March 5, 2018
March 5, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, court rulings delay the deadline for DACA. Also: A victory for populism and the far-right in Italy, political stakes of President Trump's steel tariffs, a Salvadoran garment factory that's offering jobs and hope, West Virginia teachers on strike, getting Afghan women into public service and a call for inclusion at the Oscars.
43x47 - March 6, 2018
March 6, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Trump's top economic advisor resigns after disputes over trade. Also: How Congress might roll back banking regulations, North Korea puts denuclearization on the negotiating table, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the U.S., stemming preschool teachers' anxiety about teaching math and science and a spike in opioid overdoses.
43x48 - March 7, 2018
March 7, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Justice Department sues California over its immigration policy. Also: An industry stakeholder weighs in on proposed tariffs, why famine is becoming more frequent in East Africa, a documentary series on the nation's opioid crisis and more.
43x49 - March 8, 2018
March 8, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, President Trump raises the stakes in a potential trade war amid warnings from his own party and threats of global retaliation. Also: America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist sketches the faces of homelessness, a small women's college basketball team plays for more than wins and more.
43x50 - March 9, 2018
March 9, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump's decision to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un changes the U.S. approach to nuclear negotiations. Also: Changes at the U.S. Forest Service after claims of sexual misconduct, Mark Shields and Kathleen Parker analyze the week's news, director Ava DuVernay brings us "A Wrinkle in Time," and Swedish skaters test thin ice.
43x51 - March 12, 2018
March 12, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump moves ahead on plans to arm school officials, while dropping his call for a new age limit for purchasing guns. Also: A dead heat in a Pennsylvania special election, Politics Monday with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith, two governors weigh in on the opioid crisis and writer Ann Patchett on our dwindling attention spans.
43x52 - March 13, 2018
March 13, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is abruptly shown the door after months of tension. We explore the president's decision and the ramifications for U.S. diplomacy around the world. Also: Rep. Adam Schiff on the end of the House Intelligence Committee's Russia probe and a look ahead at a planned nationwide student walkout.
43x53 - March 14, 2018
March 14, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, students across the nation walk out of school to protest gun violence, one month after a mass shooting at a Florida high school. Also: The UK retaliates for the death of a former Russian spy, remembering the life of Stephen Hawking, Germany's plan to combat growing anti-Semitism and a program that teaches self-defense to people with disabilities.
43x54 - March 15, 2018
March 15, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, the Trump administration hits Russia with new sanctions targeting hackers and spy agencies for Moscow's election meddling. Also: Turmoil at the top of the Veterans Affairs Department, the potential for conflict between Israel, Hezbollah and its allies and the market focused on the sneaker trade.
43x55 - March 16, 2018
March 16, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, an exclusive interview with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha about President Trump's trade threats and diplomacy with the North. Also: Could Russia shut down the U.S. power grid, Shields and Brooks on the White House's revolving door, a view of the border from Arizona's first poet laureate and why a high-end tailor is giving his suits away.
43x56 - March 19, 2018
March 19, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump takes aim at special counsel Robert Mueller for the first time. Also: What the firing of Andrew McCabe means for the Russia probe, President Trump lays out a plan to combat the opioid crisis, Vladimir Putin's landslide election victory, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith on Politics Monday and writing your own story after a traumatic event.
43x57 - March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, a data firm linked to the Trump campaign exploited millions of personal information from the social media giant Facebook. Also: Congress races toward another deadline to pass a spending bill, an abortion case before the Supreme Court, keeping chronically absent students in the classroom, and two Nigerian women who survived kidnapping by Boko Haram tell their stories.
43x58 - March 21, 2018
March 21, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, a bombing suspect in Austin blows himself up after being cornered by police. Also: Mark Zuckerberg breaks his silence on a data firm scandal, what's in Congress' massive spending bill, safeguarding state elections against Russian interference, taking 3D printing to the next level, setbacks for black boys even if they grow up in wealthy families and more.
43x59 - March 22, 2018
March 22, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, President Trump hits China with billion in tariffs for stealing U.S. technology and trade secrets. Also: Congress rushes to pass a .3 trillion spending bill, a view from South Korea as the U.S. considers talks with the North, what a journalist's family background reveals about China, a father of a Parkland school shooting victim speaks out and more.
43x60 - March 23, 2018
March 23, 2018
Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump signs a .3 trillion spending bill that sets a record for funding the military. Also: Trump's pick for national security adviser, students from around the nation prepare to protest in gun violence, Shields and Brooks on the shakeups at the White House and cutting-edge technology reveals Bermuda's shipwrecks.
43x61 - March 26, 2018
March 26, 2018
Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump expels 60 Russian diplomats and closes a consulate in a worldwide effort to punish Moscow for poisoning a former Russian spy in the UK. Also: Could lawsuits from Stormy Daniels and other women undermine Trump, American farmers' hopes and fears about NAFTA renegotiations, inside the Yemen conflict and what it means to live every day like it's your last.
43x62 - March 27, 2018
March 27, 2018
Tuesday on the NewsHour, California sues the Trump administration over a new census question on citizenship. Also: Former President Jimmy Carter discusses North Korea and President Trump, low-wage workers struggling to keep a roof over their heads, friends who survived mass shootings and National Geographic addresses its own racist history.
43x63 - March 28, 2018
March 28, 2018
Wednesday on the NewsHour, Kim Jong Un meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his first trip outside of North Korea since becoming its leader. Also: The Supreme Court takes on gerrymandering, Egyptians head to the polls, Jimmy Carter on the upcoming midterm elections, a Scottish island welcomes refugees and antibiotic use spikes worldwide, flaming superbug fears.
43x64 - March 29, 2018
March 29, 2018
Thursday on the NewsHour, outgoing VA Secretary David Shulkin discusses what led to his departure and where the department goes from here. Also: Unrest in Sacramento after a controversial police shooting, New Orleans' mayor confronts the South's confederate past, big money in the sneaker business, American Indian history intertwined with today's culture and more.
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