PBS News Hour full episode, May 8, 2025

From PBS NewsHour. Thursday on the News Hour, the first American pope is elected to lead the Catholic Church. The United States and United Kingdom announce a trade framework that would alleviate some of the tariffs President Trump has imposed. Plus, we speak with Bill Gates about why he plans to give away virtually all…

A Brief But Spectacular take on building a brighter future

From PBS NewsHour. Our Brief But Spectacular is shining a light on three aspiring builders from a hands-on vocational construction program in Salinas, California. Many of the students there are pushing past significant personal obstacles as they learn to frame walls, pour foundations and design homes with sustainability in mind. They share their Brief But…

Bill Gates on why he’s donating his remaining wealth and his concerns about U.S. aid cuts

From PBS NewsHour. Billionaire Bill Gates announced a major change to his philanthropic Gates Foundation. There will be a doubling of its giving, to more than $200 billion over the next 20 years, when the foundation will close permanently. The move comes at a moment of significant cuts to foreign aid from the U.S. and…

What it will take to update the aging U.S. air traffic control system

From PBS NewsHour. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled an ambitious new plan to modernize the air traffic control system aimed at improving safety and reducing delays. The overhaul would cost tens of billions of dollars and replace outdated equipment that is showing its age. But the plan faces other hurdles. Geoff Bennett discussed more with…

The impact Trump’s tariffs are already having on global supply chains and U.S. businesses

From PBS NewsHour. President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new trade agreement. Other countries, including China, remain open to negotiating with the U.S, but some of the impacts of tariffs are having real impacts on American businesses and their supply chains. William Brangham discussed more with Ryan Petersen, the founder and…

Trump claims slowing of import traffic is ‘a good thing’

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News Wrap: White House asks Supreme Court to allow it to remove deportation protections

From PBS NewsHour. In our news wrap Thursday, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to remove deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of migrants, Secretary of State Rubio says his agency is reviewing the visa status of protesters who clashed with security guards at Columbia University and the acting head…

U.S. pushes for de-escalation as India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations

From PBS NewsHour. Tensions in South Asia are running high after India and Pakistan accused each other of firing at their respective military sites. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called leaders in both countries and pushed for what he called immediate de-escalation and direct dialogue. But there is heavy shelling on both sides of the…

What Pope Leo XIV’s election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide

From PBS NewsHour. To discuss the implications of Robert Prevost’s election as pope, for both for the church and for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Amna Nawaz spoke with Kim Daniels, the director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, and Father Tom Reese, the senior analyst for Religion…

Pope Leo XIV selected as first American to lead Catholic Church

From PBS NewsHour. A new pope has been elected, and in a major surprise, an American has been chosen for the first time. Robert Francis Prevost will now be known as Pope Leo XIV. In his first remarks as the leader of more than one billion Roman Catholics around the world, the pope spoke of…

PBS News Hour West live episode, May 8, 2025

From PBS NewsHour. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. We are home to PBS News Hour, ranked the most credible and objective TV news show. Subscribe for exclusive content in our newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe PBS News podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from…

The world reacts to Pope Leo XIV

From PBS NewsHour. The first American-born pontiff in history, Pope Leo XIV, appeared from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday as the 267th leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Watch as people from around the world shared their first impressions of the new pope. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and…

WATCH: Duffy discusses plan for multibillion-dollar overhaul of U.S. air traffic control system

PBS News Hour live episode, May 8, 2025

WATCH: Pope Leo XIV addresses St. Peter’s Square for the first time

Faithful greet Pope Leo XIV for the first time

From PBS NewsHour. Newly elected Pope Leo XIV was greeted by cheers as he appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the new leader of the Catholic Church. The pope, who was known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was born in Chicago and is also a Peruvian citizen, due to his years as…

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WATCH: White smoke from Sistine Chapel signals new pope

From PBS NewsHour. Crowds cheered as white smoke emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel Thursday, indicating a new pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. The smoke means two-thirds of the 133 cardinals reached an agreement on who should succeed Pope Francis, who died on April 21. The name of the…

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WATCH: Trump announces U.S.-U.K. trade deal

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PBS News Hour full episode, May 7, 2025

From PBS NewsHour. Wednesday on the News Hour, tensions rise between Pakistan and India after dozens are killed in strikes that Pakistan is calling an act of war. The conclave begins as cardinals are sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to select the next pope. Plus, Judy Woodruff visits Vermont to check out a social media…

How a social network is bringing people together in increasingly divisive times

From PBS NewsHour. Large social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok have billions of users across the globe. The decisions they make about privacy, content moderation and misinformation can impact people’s social lives and mental health. A different kind of social network, one grown locally, might hold lessons for another way forward. Judy…

Rep. Chip Roy says GOP leaders need to ‘show us the math’ in tax cut, Medicaid talks

From PBS NewsHour. President Trump’s agenda is facing a major test in Congress. To help fund tax cuts, some Republicans support significant cuts to Medicaid. A Congressional Budget Office analysis found the proposal would mean 5.5 million fewer people on Medicaid and about 2.5 million without insurance. The cuts would save $700 billion. Lisa Desjardins…

Examining Trump’s latest hardline immigration policies and legal battles around them

From PBS NewsHour. To increase its deportation numbers, the Trump administration is planning to send immigrants to Libya on U.S. military planes. That’s according to multiple reports citing unnamed officials. But when asked about it in the Oval Office, President Trump didn’t seem to know what his administration was planning. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López…

As the conclave begins, a look at difficult issues the next pope will face

From PBS NewsHour. Black smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, signifying that the cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first ballot. The cardinals are considering difficult and divisive issues as they choose the next pontiff. Geoff Bennett discussed the conclave and the controversies surrounding the Catholic Church…

News Wrap: Ukrainian drone attacks disrupt flights at Moscow’s main airports for 3rd day

From PBS NewsHour. In our news wrap Wednesday, Ukrainian drone attacks disrupted flights at Moscow’s main airports for a third day, Russian strikes on Ukraine killed two people in Kyiv, hospital officials in Gaza say Israeli airstrikes killed at least 92 people and for the second time in two weeks, a U.S. Navy fighter jet…

Pakistani ambassador, Indian advisor share perspectives on recent attacks and retaliation

From PBS NewsHour. Tensions between Pakistan and India are soaring after Indian missile strikes that Pakistan is calling an act of war. Amna Nawaz has views on the conflict from Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S. Rizwan Saeed Sheikh and India’s perspective from Vikram Singh, a senior advisor to the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum. Watch PBS…

Pakistan calls Indian strikes an ‘act of war’ and vows to respond

From PBS NewsHour. Pakistan is vowing to avenge Indian missile strikes that Pakistan says killed more than 30 people. India says it targeted terrorist infrastructure in retaliation for a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. Cross-border fire between the countries continues and there are concerns of an escalation. Nick Schifrin reports. Watch PBS News for daily,…

Dept. of Ed cuts funding for PBS kids’ programming #shorts

From PBS NewsHour. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says the Department of Education terminated a federal grant program that funds educational shows and online games for children. According to reporting by the New York Times, the move means $23 million in funding to support children’s programming will be lost. Ready to Learn has funded shows…

PBS News Hour West live episode, May 7, 2025

PBS News Hour live episode, May 7, 2025

WATCH LIVE: Pope Leo XIV, first-ever American pontiff, appears for the first time

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Trump announces halt to U.S. strikes on Houthi rebels

From PBS NewsHour. President Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. will stop bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen effective immediately. His administration has increased American airstrikes on the Iran-backed group since March in response to Houthi attacks on shipping in the region. Trump’s announcement came after the Israeli military announced it struck Houthi targets in Yemen…

Bessent pushed on who bears the brunt of tariffs

From PBS NewsHour. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisc., on Tuesday criticized Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for the Trump administration’s trade policy and pushed him to answer who is paying for the increased tariffs on goods imported from other countries into the United States. After Pocan repeated his question later in the exchange, Bessent responded, “The history…

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Broadway’s “Hamilton” sets Billboard record

From PBS NewsHour. This week, the Broadway musical "Hamilton" became the first cast recording to spend 500 week on the Billboard 200 record charts. The musical about America’s founding fathers, told through hip hop, debuted on the charts back in October of 2015. It is another milestone for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-, Grammy-, and Pulitzer Prize-winning…