rubenstein studio at weta in washington, home of the pbs news hour, weeknights on pbs. hn: there's an escalating dispute between president trump and south africa over a new land policy that he says discriminates against the country's white minority. on truth social yesterday, the president criticized what he called the terrible treatment of long-time farmers in the country and offered them a rapid pathway to citizenship. and in february, mr. trump signed an executive order halting almost all foreign aid to south africa because of what it called racially-discriminatory property confiscation. ali rogin spoke earlier with john eligon, the johannesburg bureau chief for "the new york times." ali: john, thank you so much for being with us. first of all, tell us about this new land policy. john: so essentially, what the government has done is they've passed a law that allows the government to take land without providing compensation to the people they take it from. basically, the justification that the south african government gives for this is that we know through the long his

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. ♪ >> this is pbs news week to and from our studio in washington.n haiti, years of tales and instability have brought the country to the brink of collapse. more than one million people, that is nearly 10% of the population, have been displaced. we spoke with someone from unicef who recently visited the country. reporter: thank you so much for joining as. can you tell us about what things are like in the ground -- on the ground in haiti right now? >> there not many historic examples. 85% of port-au-prince is controlled by groups. it changes. even when i was there, there are areas that are deemed safe but there are still incursions from armed groups. everyday people have been displaced. a lot of people have lost their homes and their livelihood. there are those people who live in those areas. it is a remarkably difficult place. it is not on the right trajectory. reporter: you mentioned that children are out of school. let's talk more about how the children of haiti are being affected by all of this. >> it is hard not to share in dictators -- indicator

in a new npr pbs marist poll, americans are split on the administration's efforts. 54% of the country say the country is moving in the wrong direction. 45% say it's on the right track. p presidentrump's approval rating right now at 45%. and stay with us for special coverage of president trump's joint address to congress. coverage begins at 6 p.m. and heads up for our viewers. following president trump's joint address, there is an episode of deal or no deal island, followed by a special 9 p.m. newscast. then, at 10 p.m. dateline, followed by our regularly scheduled 11 p.m. newscast. tariffs expected to be a topic in the president's address tonight. today, 25% taxes on mexican and canadian imports kicked in and the impacts are already being felt. let's bring in our marianne favro. she joins us live in marin. you spoke to a construction company about the tariffs. what kind of materials are going to be going up in price? yeah. janelle. i spoke to the vice president of a construction company in san jose, and he told me that his suppliers are already alerting him that the cost of steel is g

. ♪ >> and welcome pbs news leigh special coverage of president trump's address to a joint session ofongress and the democrats' response. >> the first six weeks of president trump's second term have seen an administration moving at warp speed. he's cut tens of thousands from the government workforce. de ported thousands more. upended u.s. alliances and signed dozens of executive orders. >> the president is on capitol hill tonight to tout what he's done and lay out his plans of what's still to come. we're looking live from inside the house chamber, where the president will be speaking just moments from flow. and, of course, his republican party has unified control of that house with majorities in both the house and the senate. in a moment you'll hear the traditional announcement from the house sergeant at arms and president trump will make his way down the aisle. on capitol hill tonight is tour white house correspondent laura. tell us what the white house wants to get across tonight? >> the white house is saying that their message to america tonight is about renewing america. and we ha

in a new npr pbs marist poll ahead of tonight's speech, americans are split on the administration's efforts. 54% say the country is moving in the wrong direction, 45% saying it's on the right track. president trump's approval rating also at 45%. his address will also likely touch on changing international relationships. you've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. four days after an oval office shouting match with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky overnight, the administration announces a pause in u.s. military aid to ukraine, calling for an end to its war with russia and a lasting peace agreement between israel and hamas, suggesting the u.s. should control and rebuild the gaza strip. now, the white house has confirmed today that billionaire elon musk, who has been the face of those cuts carried out by doge as well as a near-constant presence in the oval office, will be inside the house chamber for tonight's address. jay gray, nbc news, washington. well, some bay area lawmakers stopped by the hill ahead of the president's address to talk to reporters about what they expect to

according to a new npr pbs newshour marist poll. 54% of americans say the country is on the wrong trackng in the right direction. that's actually an improvement from december, when 64% said the u.s. was headed the wrong way. 48% of those polled say president trump is changing the country for the worse, while 45% say he's changing the u.s. for the better. joining us now, pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. he's also an msnbc political analyst. so what do you make of this latest polling trend? more people saying less? well, rather less people saying that the u.s. is on the wrong track, but still a majority. >> right. well, donald trump was elected. you know, his supporters are reflected in those numbers. and he was elected. therefore, a lot of people say that that's the right track. yeah. it is interesting. that that right track number has not caught up with the wrong track number. and so that would just by the numbers that would indicate that there are people who voted for donald trump who think the country is on the wrong track.

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. >> pbs is getting in early on a new treat for spring. it is working with the icee company for a peach flavored icee. okay, so the two brands say the treat has a quote unmistakable marshmallow sweetness of peeps. icee says it is always looking for fun ways to surprise customers, so you can get it now at participating target and regal cinemas, and it's available for a limited time. okay, so now you can get peeps in an icee. what are your thoughts on this guys? >> it couldn't be me. >> i do not like peeps i. >> yeah. >> it's you know. >> it's actually something that i actively hate. something that >> which is weird because i do like marshmallows, but for some reason peeps are just when i eat one. it just feels like a blast of sugar right to my teeth. yuck. and it just feels weird. >> i am with you. >> thank you. >> i don't mind peeps. i mean, they're not my favorite things. i don't mind them, but i don't know about it in an icee. >> like decades. >> yeah. >> for a reason. yeah, they would survive a lot. you know. >> the cockroaches. >> the

pbs anytime, anywhere. geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on the "newsbusinesses are hit by new tariffs that the united states is slapping on mexico and canada in what's become a global trade war. >> canadians are reasonable and we are polite, but we will not back down from a fight.

presidential historian, new york times bestselling author of you never forget your first a biography of george washington. she frequently appears on cnn, msnbc, cbs history and pbs and has been featured in and published in most major publications, including the new yorker, the new york times. the washington post. co is a senior fellow at new and she lives outside of new york city with her young daughter. please give her a round of applause for mr. bradley in moscow. thank you to the fdr library. to of you for coming out on this rainy and to james for giving us the first biography fee of van buren full biography four decades. congratulations. well, thank you. thank. let's hope it doesn't take another four decades. i hope not. there should be an abundance. there should be. aaron and james is. first person and he is the best person to lead this spate of forthcoming biographies because he is, a coeditor of the van buren papers. which means that we have communicate the first time almost a decade ago and i. i communicate with people who work at say the papers of van buren because doing something on van buren, i'm doing a story, i'm doing a podcast or god forbid, a boo

her work has appeared in the washington post and new york times and nbc. cnbc, knpr and the pbs newshour. she has served as an adviser on technology policy issues for government agencies, including the national academies of sciences and the federal communications commission. cody dorsey is the former executive director of the baltimore digital equity coalition, where he works to close the digital in his hometown as executive director. he convenes stakeholders to shape the future of baltimore's commitment to permanently closing the digital divide, as well as across state of maryland, including establish the annual maryland digital day, the first digital equity day in the nation. john d and catherine tea macarthur foundation president john palfrey wrote no one writing today knows the story of the many digital divides in america more than nicol turner lee. she has given us a great gift and author alden moore is called digitally invisible, a phenomenal must read for those to understand how the lack online access is a historic byproduct of long standing systemic inequalities. it is m

pbs. we were nominated for a local emmy. it makes me so proud because people e honoring and sympathizing with my mother's story. and now chef two has a new cookbook out. i co-wrote the memory of taste with vallejo, one of the most respected food writers in the nation, if not the world. it's about time spent with my mom and all those memories that we created together. cooking in the kitchen. my mother as a marginalized person, she spent most of her life as a seamstress in sweatshops, getting paid by the pound. my mother, as a marginalized person, i don't think she ever felt valued in society, but i wanted her to know, especially with this cookbook as an homage, a love letter to her that the things she cooked for me transpired literally into her son to be a top chef. today we're making one of my favorite dishes called yum yum. it's a traditional vietnamese recipe that i cooked with my grandfather, but today we're doing a little bit of a twist on it. it's going to be a version where it's kind of catered to a tasting menu, so i'm calling it fancy gang yum yum or fish shabu shabu. we have beautiful salmon belly that i've diced up. we have som

news outlets. and we can mention that includes our sister channel, nbc, as well as these other outlets, npr and pbs tied to government funding, where there might be more leverage if it is abused. tech ceos and media moguls who once criticized trump have gotten the message shown up at the inauguration. as we saw jeff bezos there turning the washington post into a totally different direction, pulling its endorsement planned for harris, changing its opinion policy now to celebrate only personal liberties and free markets. these are drastic changes. all of this in the context of what i just told you today, this reporting. why do we know about what happened inside the cabinet room? why do we know more than the public claims of politicians that were just saying, everything's going great and we're cutting the government in a great way, and it's all perfect. why do we know what we know tonight about what actually happened in that cabinet room, about those differences between rubio and musk and the concern about air traffic safety, which is not and should not be a partizan or political issue. it's certainly

news outlets. and we can mention that includes our sister channel, nbc, as well as these other outlets, npr and pbs tied to government funding, where there might be more leverage if it is abused. tech ceos and media moguls who once criticized trump have gotten the message shown up at the inauguration. as we saw jeff bezos there turning the washington post into a totally different direction, pulling its endorsement planned for harris, changing its opinion policy now to celebrate only personal liberties and free markets. these are drastic changes. all of this in the context of what i just told you today. this reporting. why do we know about what happened inside the cabinet room? why do we know more than the public claims of politicians that we're just saying everything's going great and we're cutting the government in a great way, and it's all perfect. why do we know what we know tonight about what actually happened in that cabinet room, about those differences between rubio and musk and the concern about air traffic safety, which is not and should not be a partizan or political issue. it's certainly

pbs and npr. there are some real concrete ways that they've tried to to go after this. elon musk, who is a huge voice now in this administration, repeatedly accuses news outlets like the new york times of committing crimes for reporting the names of government workers who are carrying out huge policies. >> yeah, and i think that they were on the doge part of the doge team or something. i saw something recently about that. i don't think that that is maga idiots. if you actually look on just twitter alone across the board, even on the left, this idea of the epstein. were you talking about epstein? were you talking about the diddy files? people do have an interest in it. i do believe that concern. i do. >> believe because i think democrats are going to be on the list, that people that's why. >> they're idiots. this is not in the pursuit of truth. >> but i don't think that it is to embarrass people they think are going to be on this list. >> i think there are people on the left who have been asking for the epstein files for years. >> well, the problem is we. >> got to leave it there. solomon, coming up next, the president is set to deliver his joint addre