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From PBS NewsHour. Friday on the News Hour, as crews rush to contain wildfires around Los Angeles, residents come to grips with the devastating loss. A judge gives Donald Trump no punishment during sentencing in his hush money case. Plus, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan reflects on his time in the Biden administration and weighs…
From PBS NewsHour. Firefighters are making some progress in the battle against a series of catastrophic wildfires in the Los Angeles area. More than 10,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed and at least 10 people have been killed. There’s still danger ahead as winds are expected to pick up once again this weekend. Stephanie…
From PBS NewsHour. New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President-elect Trump’s sentencing in New York, Trump’s comments about claiming Greenland and the Panama Canal and the state funeral for President Carter. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and…
From PBS NewsHour. On Monday, President Biden will give a farewell speech at the State Department focused on his foreign policy legacy. Ahead of that address, Nick Schifrin sat down with one of the key architects of Biden’s foreign policy, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, to discuss his time in the administration and the incoming…
From PBS NewsHour. In a matter of days, one of the most popular social media apps in the country could pull the plug if the Supreme Court doesn’t grant it a legal reprieve. Concerns about TikTok’s Chinese ownership led Congress to pass a law that would ban it in the United States unless its parent…
From PBS NewsHour. President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced in New York, months after a jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents to cover up an extramarital affair. The judge granted Trump an unconditional discharge, a sentence that affirms he’s a convicted felon, but one where he will face no further…
From PBS NewsHour. In our news wrap Friday, Venezuelan President Maduro was sworn in for a third term following a disputed election, the White House extended protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans and El Salvadorans living in the U.S., the Israeli military struck targets in Yemen after Houthis launched drones at Israel and the…
From PBS NewsHour. Prolonged drought and powerful Santa Ana winds set up extreme conditions that have fueled the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Those conditions were compounded by climate change. According to NOAA and NASA, the ten warmest years on record have all occurred in the past decade. Geoff Bennett and Daniel Schmidt…
From PBS NewsHour. “The Pacific Palisades are gone,” Los Angeles councilwoman Traci Park, who represents the Pacific Palisades, told PBS News’ Stephanie Sy. Thousands of firefighters have been battling the wildfires raging through the Los Angeles area with devastating force and have been exacerbated by historically strong winds. The Palisades fire is officially the most…
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From PBS NewsHour. On January 20, President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in again, this time as the 47th president of the United States. Leading up to Inauguration Day, PBS News correspondents are delivering 20 fun Inauguration Day facts as we count up to the big day. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live…
From PBS NewsHour. Americans paid their respects this week to former President Jimmy Carter, who died last month at age 100. Judy Woodruff, who has covered the former president and his family since the 1970s, hosts PBS News Weekly as we look back at the life and legacy of Carter, the longest-living U.S. president. Watch…
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From PBS NewsHour. he judge in President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case sentenced him Friday to unconditional discharge, meaning that he will not serve any jail time. Yet, the incoming president will still be the first person convicted of a felony that U.S. president to be convicted of a felony. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan…
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From PBS NewsHour. Thursday on the News Hour, devastating Los Angeles wildfires burn thousands of homes and buildings, force residents to flee and stretch emergency resources to their limit. Former President Carter’s life and legacy are remembered as he’s honored with a state funeral in Washington. Plus, we examine how U.S. foreign aid does, and…
From PBS NewsHour. One of the biggest challenges facing sub-Saharan African nations is how to help farmers withstand climate and economic headwinds and produce food for a growing population. Critics say most U.S. aid dollars are going to U.S.-based companies with little involvement by locally-led groups closest to the problem. Fred de Sam Lazaro looks…
From PBS NewsHour. The Republican majority is closing out the first week of the new Congress ready to push through President-elect Trump’s agenda and on the cusp of passing its first law. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports on that bill and the broader message it sends. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news,…
From PBS NewsHour. Former President Jimmy Carter was remembered Thursday with a state funeral in Washington. To discuss Carter’s life and legacy, Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz spoke with Judy Woodruff, who has covered Carter since before he was elected president, presidential historian Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia and Stuart Eizenstat, who was…
From PBS NewsHour. A tribute to Jimmy Carter penned by the man who served as his vice president was read at the former president’s funeral in Washington on Thursday. Walter Mondale had prepared the eulogy to be read at Carter’s funeral before his own death in 2021. Ted Mondale, the former vice president’s son, delivered…
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From PBS NewsHour. In our news wrap Thursday, Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested while leaving an anti-government protest in Caracas, Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president, Gaza health officials say the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has now topped 46,000 people and Defense Secretary Austin announced details of a $500 million…
From PBS NewsHour. Many questions are being asked about the response to the deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Amna Nawaz discussed some of those concerns with Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and faculty chair of the Homeland Security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School. Watch PBS News…
From PBS NewsHour. Firefighters continue to battle multiple major fires in the Los Angeles area. At least 5 people have been killed, a number officials expect to rise, and 180,000 are under evacuation orders. The fires that started on Tuesday are now among the most destructive in California state history and more than thousands of…
From PBS NewsHour. As Inauguration Day nears, President-elect Donald Trump has at times contradicted his campaign promise of ending the U.S.’ involvement in its so-called forever wars. Trump earlier this week talked about the possibility of using military force to secure Greenland and the Panama Canal. He also talked about using economic control to pressure…
From PBS NewsHour. The U.S. Navy conducted a missing man formation flyover in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter’s Navy service and his time as commander-in-chief. Carter graduated from the Naval Academy in 1946 and reached the rank of lieutenant. He served until 1953, when he was honorably discharged. Earlier in the day, a…
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From PBS NewsHour. Firefighters are currently fighting three major wildfires around Los Angeles. PBS News’ Stephanie Sy reports from the wreckage in Altadena, California as a result of the blazing Eaton Fire. Sy spoke to the 86-year-old Army veteran and widower who lived alone in his now burned-down house. “He was in the garage when…
From PBS NewsHour. On January 20, President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in again, this time as the 47th president of the United States. Leading up to Inauguration Day, PBS News correspondents are delivering 20 fun Inauguration Day facts as we count up to the big day. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live…
From PBS NewsHour. Former President Jimmy Carter’s official state funeral in Washington on Thursday caps a long farewell that began earlier this week— and will end today— in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100. The state funeral took place Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. In attendance were Carter family…
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From PBS NewsHour. Former President Jimmy Carter’s official state funeral in Washington on Thursday caps a long farewell that began earlier this week— and will end today— in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100. The state funeral took place Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. In attendance were Carter family…
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From PBS NewsHour. President Joe Biden gave a eulogy highlighting his long friendship with former President Jimmy Carter during the 39th president’s funeral on Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral. The pair’s friendship spanned decades to when President Biden was a young Delaware Senator and endorsed Carter’s White House bid in 1976. "Jimmy Carter taught…
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From PBS NewsHour. Speaking at Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday, President Joe Biden said Carter established a "model post-presidency," noting that the former president made "a powerful difference as a private citizen" in the United States and around the world. “Through it all, he showed us how character and faith start with ourselves and then…
From PBS NewsHour. Rev. Anthony Lowden, personal pastor to the late President Jimmy Carter, delivered part of the final prayer at the funeral services for Carter at the Washington National Cathedral. The official state funeral in Washington on Thursday caps a long farewell that began — and will end — in his hometown of Plains,…
From PBS NewsHour. Reverend Andrew Young, a prominent civil rights leader and former United Nations ambassador who served under Carter, began his eulogy at Carter’s funeral Thursday with a simple declaration: "Jimmy Carter, for me, was something of a miracle." Young recalled his disbelief that a president could hail from Plains, Georgia — a town…
From PBS NewsHour. Former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson and former Georgia senator, Jason Carter, paid tribute to his grandfather Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral. Jason Carter emphasized that his grandparents were “regular folks,” recalling his grandfather’s outfit of choice as “’70s short shorts and crocs” and their home decorated with fishing trophies, family photos…
From PBS NewsHour. Country artists Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed “Imagine” by John Lennon at the funeral for the late President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral Thursday. Brooks and Yearwood performed the same song just over a year prior at the funeral for Carter’s wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died…
From PBS NewsHour. James Carter, grandson to the late President Jimmy Carter, delivered a gospel reading at the former president’s funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral Thursday. James Carter read Matthew 5:1-16. The official state funeral in Washington on Thursday caps a long farewell that began — and will end — in his hometown…
From PBS NewsHour. All five living presidents — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden — attended former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral, paying tribute to the longest-living commander-in-chief. Four first ladies, as well as current Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, also…
From PBS NewsHour. Phyllis Adams and Leila Bolden, backed by the U.S. Marine Orchestra, performed the Christian hymn “Amazing Grace” at the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral. The official state funeral in Washington on Thursday caps a long farewell that began — and will end — in his hometown…
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From PBS NewsHour. Stuart Eizenstat, former adviser to the late President Jimmy Carter, offered in his eulogy at the National Cathedral what he called a redemption of Carter’s time in office. He detailed Carter’s domestic and international successes, from installing solar panels on the roof of the White House to negotiating a major nuclear arms…
From PBS NewsHour. The Armed Forces Chorus opened the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday at the National Cathedral with the hymn "Be Still My Soul." In attendance were Carter family members, world leaders and the five living U.S. presidents — Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. The official…
From PBS NewsHour. Former President Jimmy Carter was brought into the National Cathedral Thursday morning, beginning a state funeral attended by all living former presidents. Honor guard members carried Carter’s casket as a military band played the Christian hymn “Come, Thou Almighty King.” The official state funeral in Washington on Thursday caps a long farewell…