Episode
VICE News Tonight: Episode 55
Overview
3:12 Inside the island used as a facility for the civil commitment of the state's most violent sex offenders 11:43 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which broke 25,000 for the first time this week, has become one of President Trump’s favorite economic talking points. But it doesn’t actually mean that much to a lot Americans. 14:02 Like millions of his fellow citizens, this Yemeni taxi driver is feeling the brunt of being caught in a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. 17:23 Anyone who's watched Law and Order knows that when you go on trial you're judged by a jury of your peers. But a case in Kansas right now is calling into question what exactly “peers” means. 19:30 VICE News examines the right-wing street artist trying to troll Hollywood
Details
- Series
- VICE News Tonight
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 55
- Air date
- 2018-01-05
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Episode 55 is Episode 55 in Season 2 of VICE News Tonight. It aired on 2018-01-05. The runtime is 25 min.
Previous / Next
More episodes from this season
Episode 53
Episode 57
Episode 52
Episode 58
Episode 51
Episode 59
Episode 50
3:07 China is one of the largest producers of fentanyl worldwide. VICE News follows the path of the dangerous drug as it moves to the U.S. and the effort to keep it from reaching the streets.
9:01 Brexit, and non-Brexit country, are on edge. Even pro-Brexit towns like Grimsby (70% Leave), are now clamouring to be an exception to any trade restrictions that might arise from leaving the Union. VICE News met the city’s crucial fish processing community that’s trying to take matters into its own hands. 14:46 Postville has become synonymous with the militarized approach that the government now takes to immigration enforcement. And the effects of the raid are still being felt. 19:26 The Department of Justice lost a fight this week to stop two undocumented teenage girls in detention facilities from having abortions.
22:22 New Orleans residents have been going to Fred Parker, aka Chocolate Santa for almost 40 years. Now 71, with bad knees and traveling via scooter, he's still making stops at local schools and his studio – where lines go down the block. VICE News visits Fred and his fans right before Christmas hits.
Episode 60
Episode 49
3:43 VICE News travels to Puerto Rico to find out why restoring power there has been so difficult after Hurricane Maria.
11:25 President Trump and congressional Republicans took a victory lap at the White House today, after final passage of their tax reform bill gave them their first big legislative win of the Trump era.
14:20 The National Retail Federation expects Americans to spend a whopping $600 apiece on presents for family and friends this Christmas. There’s just one problem: a shortage of trees to put them under. It’s a slow-moving aftershock of the Great Recession, being felt years later in places like Oregon—the heart of Christmas tree country. 17:45 The last remaining porn cinema in Paris is preparing to spin its last reel, before it closes at the end of the year. VICE News profiled its veteran pornographer-in-chief Maurice Laroche as he reflected on how digital smut and gentrification killed a Parisian tradition.
Episode 61