PBS NewsHour - Segments

The select congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Thursday heard from the closest witness to former President Donald Trump yet -- his son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was also his top aide at the White House. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat from California and a member of that committee, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Four days after the shocking events at this year's Oscars, the fallout is not over yet. The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences says it is considering disciplinary action against Will Smith. Author and film critic Eisa Nefertari Ulen, and Mark Anthony Neal, author and professor of Black popular culture at Duke University, join Stephanie Sy to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

A day after Russia vowed to draw down some troops around Kyiv, there's been no let-up in the bombardment across Ukraine. The U.S. said Russia began repositioning some forces arrayed around the capital, but is expected to redeploy them elsewhere. Meantime, new U.S. intelligence suggests President Putin's aides have misinformed him on Ukraine, raising tensions inside the Kremlin. Ali Rogin reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Kharkiv near the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine is majority ethnic-Russian and the nation's second-largest city. Now, many of its people have fled thunderous Russian airstrikes and artillery that have reduced this Ukrainian center of culture, learning and industry to a shell of its former self. Special correspondent Jack Hewson and filmmaker Ed Ram report from the embattled city. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson picked up the support of Republican Sen. Susan Collins, President Biden is officially boosted for a second time, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate negotiate on a pandemic funding bill, and heavy storms in Australia touch off major flooding forcing thousands to flee their homes. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

President Biden unveiled a budget proposal this week that includes a new wealth tax targeting the richest Americans and aimed at addressing wealth inequality. The latest Democratic proposal would affect households worth $100 million or more. Dan Primack, business editor at Axios, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

A controversial new law went into effect in Florida this week. Coined by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, it forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for kindergarten through third grade. But those who oppose the bill say it doesn't protect parents, it just harms children. Ana Ceballos, a reporter for the Miami Herald, joins John Yang to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

As COVID-19 swept across the United States it became clear that the virus disproportionately affected certain racial and ethnic groups. But the outsized impact of the pandemic on one community -- Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders -- has been largely hidden because of inconsistent data collection and reporting. Stephanie Sy reports as part of our series, "Race Matters." PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

American astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth Wednesday from the International Space Station along with two fellow Russian cosmonauts. He was in space for 355 straight days, longer than any American yet. But attention will return to private efforts Thursday as Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, will launch its latest human flight. Miles O'Brien reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In Sarasota, Florida large scale artworks are being used to teach students about diversity, inclusion and mental health. This comes at a time when there is growing controversy in the state, and school districts across the country, over how and whether to teach about racism in America. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault went to see how the exhibit encourages inclusion. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Ukrainian forces are claiming new successes Tuesday against Russian invaders. A counteroffensive has retaken a strategically important town west of Kyiv, and the southern port city of Mariupol continues holding out despite being hammered from air, land and sea. Jane Ferguson reports in southwestern Ukraine. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

For years Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his organization have been the target of a Kremlin campaign of harassment, jailing and even poisoning. And on Tuesday he received a new verdict in prison, where he is already serving a two-year term, standing next to his lawyers. Alina Polyakova, president and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Tuesday, the CDC reports that half of all eligible adults in the U.S. have not yet received booster shots, a federal judge convicted a New Mexico county commissioner in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, rescue workers in China searched the area where a domestic airliner crash PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Tuesday was the second day of the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. John Yang reports, and congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins and our legal analyst Marcia Coyle, of the National Law Journal, join Judy Woodruff to unpack all of the developments at the hearing. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent hours on defending her representation of Guantanamo Bay detainees and denying she'd been too lenient in child pornography cases. Saikrishna Prakash, a University of Virginia law professor and former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, and Margaret Russell, a law professor at Santa Clara University, join Judy Woodruff to discuss the hearing. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders