PBS News Hour full episode, Aug.1, 2025

From PBS NewsHour.

Friday on the News Hour, President Trump fires a labor statistics official after a lower-than-expected jobs report and unveils another list of global tariffs. A former security contractor for a U.S.-backed aid group in Gaza gives his first-hand account of chaos in getting aid to Palestinians. Plus, safety officials reveal new information about the deadly mid-air collision in Washington.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
Tariffs will help improve ‘broken’ global economy, Cass says

News Wrap: Federal Reserve governor to resign early

U.S. whistleblower describes chaos at Gaza aid sites

NTSB reveals details on mid-air collision that killed 67

Trump’s effort to reshape the White House in his image

Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s firing of jobs report chief

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00:00 – Intro
02:21 – Economic Shakeup
10:55 – News Wrap
17:12 – Hunger in Gaza
30:36 – Troubled Skies
35:29 – Massive Renovation
40:04 – Brooks & Capehart
51:10 – Platon’s Dialogues
55:01 – Goodnight