Episode
PBS News Hour: March 1, 2017
Overview
Wednesday on the NewsHour, following President Trump's address to Congress, we explore what policies will take priority. Also: A closer look at the decision-making before a deadly raid in Yemen, Baltimore's approach to battling the opioid epidemic, the successes and struggles of rapidly growing startups and a new plan to send humans to the moon.
Details
- Series
- PBS News Hour
- Season
- Season 42
- Episode
- Episode 43
- Air date
- 2017-03-01
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
March 1, 2017 is Episode 43 in Season 43 of PBS News Hour. It aired on 2017-03-01. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 42: February 28, 2017
Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Trump says the time is right for a new immigration law as he prepares to lay out his priorities in his first address to Congress. Also: White House efforts to support historically black colleges, students who live in one country and go to school in another, seeing the civil rights movement through powerful images and airlifting bison to a new home.
Episode 44: March 2, 2017
Thursday on the NewsHour, Attorney General Jeff Sessions removes himself from any investigations of the Trump campaign after he failed to disclose meetings with the Russian ambassador. Also: A shoe company upends the traditional business model, why the stock market just keeps going up, seeing WWI through art and what it's like to be a female comedian.
More episodes from this season
Episode 41: February 27, 2017
Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump calls for a budget significantly boosting money to the military with deep cuts to domestic spending. Also: Congress grapples with calls for an independent investigation into Trump administration ties to Russia, hospitals brace for big losses if Obamacare is repealed and reshaping our view of Africa's great civilizations.
Episode 45: March 3, 2017
Friday on the NewsHour, are allegations over President Trump's ties to Russia stopping the countries from solving global problems? Also: a look at who is carrying out the Philippines' deadly war on drugs, more than a dozen states seek to put limits on protesters, Shields and Brooks analyze the latest political news and how Americans seek spirituality outside of religion.
Episode 40: February 24, 2017
Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump takes the stage at CPAC and keeps up his attack on the news media. Also: A look at the future of the Democratic party, grassroots efforts to derail the Trump agenda find inspiration in tea party tactics, Mark Shields and David Brooks take on the week's news and a foster parent who cares solely for terminally ill children.
Episode 46: March 6, 2017
Monday on the NewsHour, the Trump administration unveils a revised travel ban after the first was blocked by the courts. Also: Making sense of President Trump's accusation that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower, GOP lawmakers lay out a plan to replace Obamacare, a horror film about race in America and students compete to send science experiments to space.
Episode 39: February 23, 2017
Thursday on the NewsHour, conservatives gather at the annual CPAC conference to shape a Trump-era agenda with a Republican-controlled Congress. Also: The administration's new immigration plan, why more white Americans are dying in middle age, an Oscar-nominated documentary on Syrians who risk their lives to save others and a daughter's take on her mother's art.
Episode 47: March 7, 2017
Tuesday on the NewsHour, Republicans roll out a new health care plan to upend the Affordable Care Act. Also: A GOP senator weighs in on the ongoing Russia investigation, WikiLeaks documents show CIA hacking efforts, the military's model pre-K program, a fictional TV series about Russian spies intersects with reality and a French artist lives in a giant rock for a week.
Episode 38: February 22, 2017
Wednesday on the NewsHour, hundreds flee amid flooding in Northern California. Also: A major change on school bathrooms and transgender youth, newspaper editors explain readers' views on the political climate, Syrian refugees who would prefer not to move to the U.S., hope for alien life in a newly discovered solar system and an industrial towns puts its faith in revitalized manufacturing.
Episode 48: March 8, 2017
Wednesday on the NewsHour, we take a deep dive into the fight to replace the Affordable Care Act and consider what the Republicans' health care plan could mean for millions. Also: Former CIA Director Leon Panetta discusses the WikiLeaks hack, women show their economic strength by striking, the threat of a growing ice rift in the Antarctic and our enduring fascination with Emily Dickinson.
Episode 37: February 21, 2017
Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Trump administration outlines an aggressive plan to crack down on undocumented immigrants and strengthen border security. Also: Fears of a spike in anti-Semitic violence, using meditation to improve student learning, banking on the president's promise to bring back jobs, using chess to help troubled youth and more.
Episode 49: March 9, 2017
Thursday on the NewsHour, Republicans win an early victory for their health care bill. We take a look at how it could seriously impact Medicaid. Also: U.S. Marines land in Syria to help take back Raqqa, how our devices may be monitoring us, a hippie doctor's journey from Woodstock to eradicating smallpox in India, and more.