and all of that is like, no, you don't have walter cronkite. but the moment this something happens around the world, you literally have a camera that you could see it for yourself. and it's heartbreaking. i mean, if we're looking at toward the some around, you can see everything that's basically happening on the ground. as it happens. it is hard to keep, let's say the american population, especially the you for francine and when they see that they're gonna have a reaction to that. i think, to bring in new york that there's the, there's nothing and i take your point there. yeah, there, there is, and i think it's a good one. the few things in the world are more democratizing then the instance see a car and see the news and it's ross state, right. and if, if the technology out there is not bought and sold, that is used in social media. but billionaires who want to control it, then that there isn't often kennedy that back in coal, less the voices, the people, the power to somehow bring about change. and i guess we'll leave it at that see going on a

yeah, there's no walter cronkite out there who's kind of do it. anderson cooper, who was wearing a cheerleading outfit right now, reporting from israel, literally with the palm, palms a go, kill, kill, kill. i mean, who in the, in the, in the corporate or institutional media in the cbs, as of the world will stand up and say, are, are endless. wars must stop and, and we shouldn't use our military to kill innocent people. what's going on saying that nobody, nobody's been said that. so the different social media. so when you say movement, the movement, how does that movement call less? what is a thought to, how does that organized? i would here is i would argue. so for media, i mean social media is a, is a new work and all of that is like, no, you don't have walter cronkite, but the moment that something happens around the world, you literally have a camera that you can see it for yourself. and it's heartbreaking. i mean, if we're looking at the war to some around, you can see everything that's basically happening on the ground as it happens. it is h

yeah, there's no walter cronkite out there who's kind of do it. anderson cooper, who was wearing a cheerleading outfit right now, reporting from israel, literally with the palm, palms a go, kill, kill, kill. i mean, who in the, in the, in the corporate or institutional media in the cbs is of the world will stand up and say, are, are endless. wars must stop and, and we shouldn't use our military to kill innocent people. what's going on saying that nobody, nobody's been said that. so the different social media. so when you say movement, the movement, how does that movement call less? what does it talk to? how does it organize it? would i would here is i would argue. so for media, i mean social media is a, it's a new work and all of that is like, no, you don't have walter cronkite, but the moment that something happens around the world, you literally have a camera that you can see it for yourself. and it's heartbreaking. i mean, if we're looking at toward the some around, you can see everything that's basically happening on the ground. as it happens.

there is no walter cronkite out there who's got to do it. anderson cooper, who's wearing a cheerleading outfit right now, reporting from israel, literally with the palm, palms a go, kill, kill, kill. i mean, who in the, in the, in the corporate or institutional media in the c, b, s, as of the world will stand up and say, are, are endless. wars must stop and we shouldn't use our military to kill innocent people. what's going on saying that nobody, nobody's been said that. so the different social media. so when you say movement, the move it, how does that movement call less? what is a thought to, how does that organizing? i'm, i would yours. i would argue. so for media, i mean social media is a, is a new work and all of that is like, no, you don't have walter cronkite, but the moment that something happens around the world, you literally have a camera that you can see it for yourself. and it's heartbreaking. i mean, if we're looking at toward the some around, you can see everything that's basically happening on the ground. as it happens. it is

yeah, there's no walter cronkite out there who's kind of do it. anderson cooper, who was wearing a cheerleading outfit right now, reporting from israel, literally with the palm, palms a go, kill, kill, kill. i mean, who in the, in the, in the corporate or institutional media in the c, b. s, as of the world will stand up and say, are, are endless. wars must stop and, and we shouldn't use our military to kill innocent people. what's going on saying that nobody, nobody's been said that. so the different social media. so when you say movement, the movement, how does that movement call less? what is the thought to, how does that organize it? would i would here is i would argue. so for media, i mean, social media is a, is a new work. and all of that is like, no, you don't have walter cronkite, but the moment that something happens around the world, you literally have a camera that you can see it for yourself. and it's heartbreaking. i mean, if we're looking at toward the some around, you can see everything that's basically happening on the ground. as it

yeah, there's no walter cronkite out there who's kind of do it. anderson cooper, who was wearing a cheerleading outfit right now with forwarding from israel, literally with the palm, bob, jerry going kill, kill, kill. i mean, who in the, in the, in the corporate or institutional media in the c, b. s, as of the world will stand up and say, are, are endless. wars must stop and, and we shouldn't use our military to kill innocent people. what's going on saying that nobody, nobody's been said that so so, so there's one different social media. so when you say movement, the movement, how does that movement call less? what is a thought to, how does that organizing? i'm, i would here is, i would argue. so for media, i mean, social media is a, is a new work. and all of that is like, no, you don't have walter cronkite, but the moment this something happens around the world, you literally have a camera that you can see it for yourself. and it's heartbreaking. i mean, if we're looking at the war to some around, you can see everything that's basically happening

. >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. >> the u.n. climate change conference has come to a close with nearly 200 nations agreeing to a historic first, that they should transition away from burning fossil fuels that are warming the planet. in addition to that promise, they pledged to triple the amount of wind, solar, and other renewable energy deployed by 2030 to stop deforestation and to curb the release of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases. the reaction to the agreement has been mixed. some new represents a small island nations threatened by sea level rise were much more critical. >> the course correction that has been needed has not been secured. we have made an incremental advancement over business as usual when what we really needed was an exponential change in our actions and for. >> joining me is the president and ceo of the natural resources defense council. welcome back. and concern going into this. we just lived through what has been the hottest year in record

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteournalism at arizona state university. >> days of tension on l culminated today in republicans rejecting a measure to move ahead on additional funding for ukraine and israel. republicans have insisted that foreign aid be paired with major changes to border security. both sides of the aisle failed to find consensus. now billions of dollars is stalled until lawmakers find a way forward. in the middle of all of this is the senator from illinois, dick durbin, who joins us now. welcome back. >> good to be with you. >> what does today's vote mean? >> it is a setback but it does not mean that we are not going to send aid to ukraine. the speaker of the parliament of ukraine was in my office today. he told me what is obvious. if we do not give assistance, the likelihood of winning the war diminishes. every single day, courageous ukrainians are giving their lives to defend their country. it really means that we cannot fail to provide assistance. we have to stand with them and do it before the en

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. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. geoff: the president of harvard university still in her job at this hour but there has been a real debate over whether she should be allowed to stay. there are dueling letters from harvard's broader community, one calling on the university's governing board to force her out, and one asking the university to support her. one of those governing boards has reportedly been meeting about that today. it comes in response to last week's congressional hearing about a rise in anti-semitism on some college campuses. laura: at harvard university, turmoil over the fate of the school's president, claudine gay. gay, m.i.t. president sally kornbluth, and now-outgoing university of pennsylvania president liz magill came under fire last week for their testimony in a house hearing on rising antisemitism on their campuses. on friday, gay apologized for her remarks to the harvard crimson, saying, "calls for violence or genocide against the jewish community, or any

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from wbt a studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkiteournalism at arizona state university. geoff: more than 200 palestinians detained or imprisoned by israel were released last week during the truce between israel and hamas. among them, mostly women and children. they are just some of the thousands of palestinians held by israel for a range of both alleged and convicted offenses. nick schifrin reports. nick: this is the day the al salaima family had been waiting for. 14 year old ahmed al-salaima is home in east jerusalem after three months of israeli incarceration. he's back in the protective embrace and watchful gaze of his father, nawaf salaima, who told us this moment is bittersweet. >> we feel happiness because our child is free. but this happiness is not complete, because the price to get freedom for our kids was very expensive. and the price was our people's blood in the gaza strip. nick: as one of israel's youngest prisoners. he was released last week at the same time as his 15 year old cousins, mohammad and mutaz. of the 240 pal

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. geoff: the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today in one of the most important corporate bankruptcy cases in decades. it involves the players at the center of the opioid epidemic, purdue pharma and sackler family, who owned the company. the court is weighing whether to approve purdue pharma's controversial bankruptcy deal that would give billions of dollars to victims of the opioid epidemic while protecting members of the sackler family from current and future opioid-related civil lawsuits. our supreme court analyst marcia coyle is with us. you were at the supreme court today for the arguments. there were some fairly dense and technical arguments the justices heard. big picture, what are they considering? marcia: the real issue before the court is whether the bankruptcy court had the authority, somewhere in the code or elsewhere, to approve a settlement that gives immunity basically to the sackler family, as you said, from all civil opioid-r

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. geoff: a united nations commission is investigating potential war crimes on both sides of the israel-hamas war. but the u.n. agency dedicated to gender equality has been sharply criticized for waiting until this month to express alarm over sexual violence that appears to have been perpetrated during the october 7 hamas attacks. special correspondent leila molana-allen reports on the realities of that day, which are becoming increasingly clear. and a warning, the accounts are vivid and disturbing. leila: raped, repeatedly. mutilated. murdered. at least 300 women were killed by hamas terrorists on october 7. but israeli activists say the brutal sexual violence they endured has been ignored. >> it's too little, too late. leila: moran zer katzenstein led protests outside the u.n. this week. >> rape is rape. rape is not resistance. we're talking about women's bodies. and it's not political. leila: after dancing through the night, they faced death a

and how many of you watched and walter cronkite. okay, it similar number which it really is reference additive of the viewing experience back in 1969. so. 94% of american households watched, the first lunar landing, the vast majority of them watched cbs coverage and walter cronkite had covered all the missions. was a space enthusiast, really trained himself and understanding the space program. and cbs put an incredible amount of effort into their broadcasts. it was watched in the white house. this was where everyone tuned in. they had journalists stationed around the world covering the audiences that were around the world. so when you watch the coverage, apollo 11, you not only watched the astronauts on the lunar surface, you watched the crowds of people around the world with you. so it really really reiterated that this was a global experience, that everyone was participating in together. and this lunar module model is a wonderful artifact in the smithsonian's collection. this is the one that he used in that broadcast. so this is t

. >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west, from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. geoff: as the united nations climate conference, known as cop 28, comes to a close in dubai, countries are racing against the clock. more than 100 countries, including the u.s., the uk, and australia, are pushing for a firm commitment to stop the use of coal, oil, and gas after earlier drafts advocated for eventually phasing out fossil fuels. michael mann has been among those climate experts critical of what's happened at this summit. he's the director of the penn center for science, sustainability and the media and the university of pennsylvania. his new book is "our fragile moment: how lessons from earth's past can help us survive the climate crisis." michael, welcome back to the newshour. >> good to be with you. geoff: yuko wrote an op-ed in the los angeles times saying not only has cop 28 failed to meet the moment demanding immediate climate action, it made a caricature of it. in what ways? >> the host country, the united arab emirates, is a

and how many of you watched and walter cronkite. okay, it similar number which it really is reference additive of the viewing experience back in 1969. so. 94% of american households watched, the first lunar landing, the vast majority of them watched cbs coverage and walter cronkite had covered all the missions. was a space enthusiast, really trained himself and understanding the space program. and cbs put an incredible amount of effort into their broadcasts. it was watched in the white house. this was where everyone tuned in. they had journalists stationed around the world covering the audiences that were around the world. so when you watch the coverage, apollo 11, you not only watched the astronauts on the lunar surface, you watched the crowds of people around the world with you. so it really really reiterated that this was a global experience, that everyone was participating in together. and this lunar module model is a wonderful artifact in the smithsonian's collection. this is the one that he used in that broadcast. so this is t

and you all over the years, news reporting itself has gone from, you know, walter cronkite very. and just the facts, man, to then evolve more to if it bleeds it leads and then people hunting for ratings and that distorts the news. now that's the news side but course you all now also in competition with news entertainment outlets and people can't quite distinguish between the two so i guess it's kind of like armageddon type of question here for democracy is there any way to outcompete the news entertainment when the american public yearns for it to be at all what they want to hear. and it basically raises lot of money, whereas a lot of news outlets going out of business because they can't make money telling the truth. yeah, well, that's grim. yeah. yeah. thank you. yeah. just try to lift everybody here. yeah, i don't have a joke. tell them. but well stated. there's. oh, yes there's no question that that is that is a central a central problem in our democracy because and i think that the the in of really the news is partly about conveying what's going on in the presidency. but as t

and you all over the years, news reporting itself has gone from, you know, walter cronkite very. and just the facts, man, to then evolve more to if it bleeds it leads and then people hunting for ratings and that distorts the news. now that's the news side but course you all now also in competition with news entertainment outlets and people can't quite distinguish between the two so i guess it's kind of like armageddon type of question here for democracy is there any way to outcompete the news entertainment when the american public yearns for it to be at all what they want to hear. and it basically raises lot of money, whereas a lot of news outlets going out of business because they can't make money telling the truth. yeah, well, that's grim. yeah. yeah. thank you. yeah. just try to lift everybody here. yeah, i don't have a joke. tell them. but well stated. there's. oh, yes there's no question that that is that is a central a central problem in our democracy because and i think that the the in of really the news is partly about conveying what's going on in the presidency. but as t

. >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. >> on the u.s.-mexico border, agents are encountering a record number of migrants. more than 10,000 a day. in texas, thousands are waiting to be processed. border officials shut down freight rail crossings of the weekend after detecting a surge of migrants being smuggled by train. yesterday, plane carrying recent immigrants was sent to chicago, where leaders are struggling to provide services to new arrivals. we have more on the forces overwhelming the immigration system and posble solutions on the table internation capital. >> to underscore just how serious this is, the president spoke to the mexican president about the urgent need for more enforcement. secretary of state blinken and the homeland security secretary will head to mexico in the coming days. republican house speaker mike johnson is urging the president to take executive action to tend -- stem the tide migration. many see the system is broken or at its limits. i am joined by our g

. >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. >> on the u.s.-mexico border, agents are encountering a record number of migrants. more than 10,000 a day. in texas, thousands are waiting to be processed. border officials shut down freight rail crossings of the weekend after detecting a surge of migrants being smuggled by train. yesterday, plane carrying recent immigrants was sent to chicago, where leaders are struggling to provide services to new arrivals. we have more on the forces overwhelming the immigration system and possible solutions on the table internation capital. >> to underscore just how serious this is, the president spoke to the mexican president about the urgent need for more enforcement. secretary of state blinken and the homeland security secretary will head to mexico in the coming days. republican house speaker mike johnson is urging the president to take executive action to ten -- stem the tide of migration. many see the system is broken or at its limits. i am joined by o

this is pbs newshour west from w eta studios in washington and from our bureau at the walter cronkitem at arizona state university. ♪ >> jeffrey: ukraine is battling it out against russia and israel is hunting hamas in gaza. all of this leaves president biden very busy. but many in congress have other priorities. pres. biden: extreme republicans e playing chicken with our national security, holding ukraine's funding hostage. >>

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and from the west, ■the walter cronkitealism at arizona state university. >> the top leader of hamas was in cairo today speaking with egyptian officials who are one set of mediators in talks that could renew a deal for a cease-fire. in the meantime, israeli operations in gaza continue. the death toll among palestinians topped 20,000 people since the terror attacks of october 7. >> the security council has agreed to continue negotiations today to allow for additional time for diplomacy. >> for the third day and a rogue, the un security council delayed its vote on a bid for humanitarian cease-fire with hopes of avoiding a u.s. veto. e secretary of state said the u.s. was working to resolve outstanding issues in the resolution. >> the purpose of the resolution as stated by the countries that put it forward is to facilitate and help expand humanitarian assistance that is getting into gaza. we formally support that. we have done more than any other country to make sure that happens. >> advocates for a cease-fire say time is runn

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and from the west, ■the walter cronkitealism at arizona state university. >> the top leader of hamas was in cairo today speaking with egyptian officials who are one set of mediators in talks that could renew a deal for a cease-fire. in the meantime, israeli operations in gaza continue. the death toll among palestinians topped 20,000 people since the terror attacks of october 7. >> the security council has agreed to continue negotiations today to allow for additional time for diplomacy. >> for the third day and a rogue, the un security council delayed its vote on a bid for humanitarian cease-fire with hopes of avoiding a u.s. veto. the secretary of state said the u.s. was working to resolve outstanding issues in the resolution. >> the purpose of the resolution as stated by the countries that put it forward is to facilitate and help expand humanitarian assistance that is getting into gaza. we formally support that. we have done more than any other country to make sure that happens. >> advocates for a cease-fire say time is ru

walter cronkite halted his remarks. the abrupt firing of the special prosecutor turned out to be the biggest story of modern political times and it led to the unraveling of the nixon presidency forever changing the american presidency as we know it today. tonight moderator who you will hear from in a while wrote the biography of archie cox it is a gripping account of those historic events. president gromley is an award- winning author, presidential scholar and a lot of other important things. i think originally i was supposed to introduce him, but since he has already been up here the person i am supposed to introduce is the man that we miss terribly. no, you're going to do that? okay and he can. this is called fly by the seat of your pants. here is the maestro, ken gromley . >> [ applause ] you very much,d jill wine-banks has now made it into the hall. one thing we learned is that things happen to >> thank you very much nina and jill wine-banks has now made it into the hall. one thing we have learned, strange things ha

cronkite made his famous appearance on cbs news after the tet and said, the best we can hope for is an honorable peace. well, we've looked at the americans and some of the statistics regarding. but the vietnamese side is significant as well. a country of about 120 million at the time. the estimates that about 2 million civil deaths. and over million fighters on both sides were killed. did we ever. was it you this a little bit earlier but was it difficult to figure out who was for who? there was the vc. there was the nva. there was the south vietnamese, the french impact of the french being there for years. there's the chinese. there's the americans. it did get a little confusing it. well, it was completely confusing. and, you know, the typical village that americans went out to see these otake or throw the vc out of whatever, we went out to a village to take it over. the v.c. would fire a little bit and then leave. and then as soon as the americans left, c would come back. and so these village, the villagers were living a society where during the day they were nominally under south

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteournalism at arizona state university. >> the u.n. climate change conference has come to a close with nearly 200 nations agreeing to a historic first, that they should transition away from burning fossil fuels that are warming the planet. in addition to that promise, they pledged to triple the amount of wind, solar, and other renewable energy deployed by 2030 to stop deforestation and to curb the release of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases. the reaction to the agreement has been mixed. some new represents a small island nations threatened by sea level rise were much more critical. >> the course correction that has been needed has not been secured. we have made an incremental advancement over business as usual when what we really needed was an exponential change in our actions and for. >> joining me is the president and ceo of the natural resources defense council. welcome back. and concern going into this. we just lived through what has been the hottest year in recorded

cronkite made his famous appearance on cbs news after the tet and said, the best we can hope for is an honorable peace. well, we've looked at the americans and some of the statistics regarding. but the vietnamese side is significant as well. a country of about 120 million at the time. the estimates that about 2 million civil deaths. and over million fighters on both sides were killed. did we ever. was it you this a little bit earlier but was it difficult to figure out who was for who? there was the vc. there was the nva. there was the south vietnamese, the french impact of the french being there for years. there's the chinese. there's the americans. it did get a little confusing it. well, it was completely confusing. and, you know, the typical village that americans went out to seehese or take or throw the vc out of whatever, we went out to a village to take it over. the v.c. would fire a little bit and then leave. and then as soon as the americans left, c would come back. and so these village, the villagers were living a society where during the day they were nominally under south

on january six, i would say people at that time began running in and out of the ballroom walter cronkite actually halted, his remarks, the abrupt firing of the special prosecutor, turned out to be the biggest story of modern political times. and it led to the unraveling of the nixon presidency forever changing the american presidency as we know it today. tonight's moderator who you'll hear from in a while. ken gormley of duquesne university wrote the biography of archie cox and a gripping account. if you haven't it, of those historic events. president gormley is an award winning author, a constitutional scholar, president, a historian and lots other important things. i think originally i was to introduce him, but since he's already been up here, the person i'm guessing supposed to introduce is the man, we miss terribly. now you're going to do that. okay, then he can do that. this is called a fly by the seat of your pants. so anyway, here's the maestro. ken gormley. i. thank you very much, nina and jill wine-banks has now made it into the hall. one thing we learned is that things happen t

cronkite made his famous appearance on cbs news after the tet and said, the best we can hope for is an honorable peace. well, we've looked at the americans and some of the statistics regarding. but the vietnamese side is significant as well. a country of about 120 million at the time. the estimates that about 2 million civil deaths. and over million fighters on both sides were killed. did we ever. was it you this a little bit earlier but was it difficult to figure out who was for who? there was the vc. there was the nva. there was the south vietnamese, the french impact of the french being there for years. there's the chinese. there's the americans. it did get a little confusing it. well, it was completely confusing. and, you know, the typical village that americans went out to see tr ta or throw the vc out of whatever, we went out to a village to take it over. the v.c. would fire a little bit and then leave. and then as soon as the americans left, c would come back. and so these village, the villagers were living a society where during the day they were nominally under south vietna

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from our studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteournalism at arizona state university. >> days attention on capitol hill, dated today in republicans rejecting a measure to move ahead on additional funding for ukraine and israel. republicans have insisted that foreign aid be paired with major changes to border security. both sides of the aisle failed to find consensus. now billions of dollars is stalled until lawmakers find a way forward. in the middle of all of this is the senator from illinois, dick durbin, who joins us now. welcome back. >> good to be with you. >> what does today's boat need -- mean? >> it is a setback but it does not mean that we are not going to send aid to ukraine. the speaker of the parliament of ukraine was in my office today. he told me what is obvious. if we do not give assistance, the likelihood of winning the war diminishes. every single day, courageous ukrainians are giving their lives to defend their country. it really meanshat we cannot fail to provide assistance. we have to stand with them and do it b

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism at arizona state university. amna: for the first time in more than two decades, congress has expelled one of its own. as congressional correspondent lisa desjardins explains, representative george santos is out of a job. >> the yeas are 311, the nays are 114. lisa: the new speaker of the house announced the result solemnly -- the first expulsion of a republican from congress, and more than 100 republicans voted to do it. >> the clerk will notify the governor of the state of new york. lisa: it was an historic turn of events. >> this is a personal race. lisa: last year, he was a little-known congressional candidate, running as a trump supporter who embraced long island's diversity, and was tough on crime. >> george santos vows to tackle crime head on in our district. lisa: he won by seven points, but within weeks, a local newspaper story of his misconduct went national. santos lied about graduating from college, about working for a top new york financial firm, and even claims

cronkite made his famous appearance on cbs news after the tet and said, the best we can hope for is an honorable peace. well, we've looked at the americans and some of the statistics regarding. but the vietnamese side is significant as well. a country of about 120 million at the time. the estimates that about 2 million civil deaths. and over million fighters on both sides were killed. did we ever. was it you this a little bit earlier but was it difficult to figure out who was for who? there was the vc. there was the nva. there was the south vietnamese, the french impact of the french being there for years. there's the chinese. there's the americans. it did get a little confusing it. well, it was completely confusing. and, you know, the typical village that americans went out see these or take or throw the vc out of whatever, we went out to a village to take it over. the v.c. would fire a little bit and then leave. and then as soon as the americans left, c would come back. and so these village, the villagers were living a society where during the day they were nominally under south v

cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university.st year saw a notable change, as both state and federal governments became more aggressive about taking big tech to court. the u.s. department of justice and google are awaiting the verdict of a landmark antitrust trial that alleges google's anticompetitive behaviour led to its dominance. and meta is now the target of state lawsuits, alleging it harmed the mental health of kids and misled the public about online safety. stephanie sy focuses on that part of the story. stephanie: amna, more than 40 states and the district of columbia filed lawsuits against meta, the parent company of facebook, instagram, and whatsapp. state attorneys general argue that facebook and instagram deliberately manipulate their apps in ways that addict kids and teens, and have failed to keep them off despite age limits. colorado attorney general phil weiser helped lead the lawsuit. >> meta, under federal law, cannot and should not be marketing to young people, collecting data without parent'' awareness or conse

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteism at arizona state university. geoff: more than 200 palestinians detained or imprisoned by israel were released last week during the truce between israel and hamas. among them, mostly women and children. they are just some of the thousands of palestinians held by israel for a range of alleged and convicted offenses. nick schifrin reports. nick: this is the day this family had been waiting for. this 14-year-old is home in east jerusalem after three months of israeli incarceration, back in the protective embrace and watchful gaze of his father, who told us this moment is bittersweet. >> we feel happiness because our child is free, but this happiness is not complete because the price to get freedom for our kids was very expensive. the price was our people's blood in the gaza strip. nick: he was one of israel's youngest prisoners, released last week at the same time as his 15-year-old cousins. of the 240 palestinians released during the pause in gaza, nearly half were children. did the c

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteism at arizona state university. amna: foreign ministers from several arab allies of the united states are in washington this week for meetings with the biden administration about the israel-hamas war. nick schifrin sat down earlier today with saudi arabia's foreign minister, prince faisal bin farhan al saud, to discuss that war, and the kingdom's role in the region. nick: mr. foreign minister, welcome to the newshour. you are here in washington. you are calling for a cease-fire. the u.s. is not. what is your message? >> our message is that too many civilians have already died on october 7, and since. we have now seen a level of garbage that is unprecedented, that is unjustifiable under any pretext of self-defense. so we need to find a path out of this conflict, and therefore we think there should be a cease-fire that can allow us to address the dire humanitarian situation. we are not just seeing people dying from israeli bombs were from the fighting on the ground, we are seeing people

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitel of journalism at arizona state university. >> russian president vladimir putin today health held his first press conference that included international media in more than two years. and as nick shiffrin reports, he insisted that he would continue to wage war in ukraine until all this goals were met. [applause] >> across four stage manage hours in front of an audience, russian president said he had no intention of ending the war in ukraine any time sant there are would be peace when we will achieve their goals. the the the denasyfication of ukraine and new status. >> and 315,000 russian troops have been killed or wound. putin said that russia was winning. >> almost along the entire line of contact, our armed forces to put it modestly are improving their position. almost everyone is active throughout the entire front line. >> that includes strikes on ukrainian critical infrom structural. ukraine said they attacked odessa with more than 40 drones. ukraine's air defense worked but the de

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from wbt a studios in washington and in the west, from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. geoff: we return now to the conflict in the middle east, and rising tensions in the red sea, where about 12% of the world's global trade passes through, and where houthi militias in yemen have been attacking ships. the houthis say their attacks are in support of the palestinians. yesterday, u.s. defense secretary austin announced a new multinational effort to protect ships in the region. but what how will it work? for that, we turn to the former commander of u.s. forces in the middle east, retired general frank mckenzie. he's now the executive director of the global and national security institute at the university of south florida. thanks for being with us. help the audience understand, who are the who these -- and why are they attacking ships? >> they see -- seized control in yemen and has been responsible for mass starvation in the country. with around they pursued a policy for the destruction of israel. they are not under the direct contro

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkitejournalism at arizona state university. geoff: the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today in one of the most important corporate bankruptcy cases in decades. it involves the players at the center of the opioid epidemic, purdue pharma and sackler family, who owned the company. the court is weighing whether to approve purdue pharma's controversial bankruptcy deal that would give billions of dollars to victims of the opioid epidemic while protecting members of the sackler family from current and future opioid-related civil lawsuits. our supreme court analyst marcia coyle is with us. you were at the supreme court today for the arguments. there were some fairly dense and technical arguments the justices heard. big picture, what are they considering? marcia: the real issue before the court is whether the bankruptcy court had the authority, somewhere in the code or elsewhere, to approve a settlement that gives immunity basically to the sackler family, as you said, from all civil opioid-rela

cronkite and so on. but at the time people said television is a fragment doing our minds. it's making us replace ideas with images and so on. now i'm sure i'm not the only parents had this experience. when you say, would you please get off your laptop and come watch tv with the rest of the family? right. because tv now is the common hearth that. we all gather around to watch things. so i'm optimistic only to the degree that a reading of i think you'd agree a history of knowledge tells us that at any moment we're always sure that the next generation will have completely tattered attention and understanding. and my own theory, it is that at every moment what is involved is less people getting good information than from them being honest about the information that they that they know. but the next please as a fellow late comer to driving i just want to know what of a driver you are there's there's what's called technically an interesting range of opinions on that on that on question i think i'm actually goo

it's fun to imagine walter cronkite using that same tone to report on apollo 11.stronauts successfully landed on the moon, which scientists say is almost as charmless and dusty as yo mama." [ laughter ] and the dysfunction isn't just paralyzing the gop conference, it's threatening to paralyze the entire u.s. government again, here is a republican member of congress explaining the stakes of this gop leadership dispute >> funding the government is part of our fundamental duty, and we can't even do that so, and now, here we are at the 11th hour with the clock ticking and we can't even seat a speaker. man, that says volumes at first, it was somewhat comical. now it's bordering on the absurd >> seth: bordering on the absurd one of your members is walking around like a [ bleep ] "sesame street" character who hangs out near oscar's trash can selling drugs. "hey, elmo, you want to get high the "a" stands for amphetamines!" [ laughter ] now even republicans are admitting in public that they are incapable of governing again, that's not me saying this i'm sure there are some

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteism at arizona state university. geoff: with only a few weeks until the first votes of the 2024 presidential campaign, one republican candidate is on the rise while another's campaign seems to be fading. our politics monday team is here for a check-in on the race. that's amy walter of "the cook political report with amy walter." and tamara keith of npr. merry christmas do you both. let's talk about 2024. nikki haley is looking for an upset win that could derail donald rumsfeld to the nomination. new hampshire could be her best to only chance. and she's 30% of donald trump's 44%. that poll does not show that support has doubled for her since the last poll while donald trump is looking steady. amy: this is exactly as you pointed out. a state that is really right for an upset in the mold of someone like nikki haley. new hampshire is a state that has the opportunity for independent voters or people who do not identified by party to participate. more independent leaning and more moderate. t

. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. geoff: maine's top election official ruled last night that donald trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the ate's primary ballot next year, citing his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. shenna bellows, maine's secretary of state and a democrat, said she made her decision after receiving three challenges from maine voters -- including former republican state senators -- seeking to bar tump from the ballot. sec. bellows: it's a very detailed decision. we lay out why under maine law why the secretary of state has the authority, indeed the obligation, i'm duty-bound to make this determination. we also, i rather, laid out that the record demonstrates that, in fact, the events on january 6, 2021, which were unprecedented and tragic, were an insurrection in the meaning of section three of the 14th amendment. geoff: rick hasen joins us now. he's an election law expert and director of the safeguarding democracy project at ucla's