PBS News Weekend - Season 5
Run Time: 25 mins
Air Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2017
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January 1, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 1
A massive manhunt is underway in Turkey for a gunman who opened fire on hundreds of people celebrating the New Year. Also, North Korean defe...
January 7, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 2
A Florida airport reopens the day after a mass shooting. Also, what happens now following U.S. intelligence assessments on Russian influence...
January 8, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 3
President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees prepare for their Senate confirmation hearings this week. Later, a look at the debate over i...
January 14, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 4
President-elect Donald Trump calls for new directions on U.S. policies toward Russia and China. Also: A camp for homeless U.S. military vete...
January 15, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 5
Breaking down the tradition of using the first 100 days of presidency as a benchmark for future success. Later, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Ag...
January 21, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 6
President Donald Trump began his first day in office as people marched in support of women’s rights in cities across the world. Also, a brea...
January 22, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 7
President Donald Trump’s administration said it will not release his tax returns, and Trump dismissed the massive crowds who joined the Wome...
January 28, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 8
Confusion at airports around the world as President Donald Trump’s executive order bans refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority c...
January 29, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 9
Federal judges halt a portion of President Trump’s order banning immigrants from seven majority-Muslim nations as protestors of the ban take...
February 4, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 10
The Trump administration's ban on immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries is on hold nationwide following Friday’s restraining order ...
February 5, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 11
President Donald Trump’s immigration ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries could head to the U.S. Supreme Court as the deb...
February 11, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 12
Hundreds of undocumented immigrants arrested by federal agents during raids in six states now face deportation. Also, states compete to attr...
February 12, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 13
North Korea fires a ballistic missile in defiance of the international community and President Donald Trump mulls next steps for his immigra...
February 18, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 14
President Donald Trump rallies supporters to get behind his agenda, and his administration seeks to reassure European allies at the Munich S...
February 19, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 15
President Donald Trump is vetting the next national security adviser. Later, remembering the 75th anniversary of one of America’s most contr...
February 25, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 16
The Democratic Party elects a new national chairman as the annual Republican-led Conservative Political Action Conference comes to an end. L...
February 26, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 17
A draft plan for the Affordable Care Act makes its way to Washington, D.C. Later, a look at the factors that led to months of protesting the...
March 4, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 18
President Trump accuses former President Obama of wiretapping him during the election without providing evidence, and a look at why the U.S....
March 5, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 19
The fallout continues after President Donald Trump claimed without providing evidence that former President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trum...
March 11, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 20
Vice President Mike Pence is promoting a new GOP healthcare plan in Kentucky, the state with the highest rate of people covered under the Af...
March 12, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 21
On this edition for Sunday, March 12, Republicans fight over a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, a federal panel ruled that Texas ger...
March 18, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 22
On this edition for Saturday, March 18, a gunman tries to shoot travelers at a busy airport in France, the U.S. and China discuss working to...
March 19, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 23
On this edition for Sunday, March 19, South Korea helps decrease food waste with new policies, and what to expect from the Gorsuch confirmat...
March 25, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 24
On this edition for Saturday, March 25, assessing the impact of the failed Republican health care bill, and the Trump administration turns i...
March 26, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 25
On this edition for Sunday, March 26, Venezuela asks for assistance as medical supplies have nearly depleted. Later, Ireland prepares for th...
April 1, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 26
On this edition for Saturday, April 1, key members of the Trump administration make financial disclosures and Venezuela undergoes a constitu...
April 2, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 27
On this edition for Sunday, April 2, the Senate gets ready to vote on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and President Donald Trump prepares...
April 8, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 28
On this edition for Saturday, April 8, a look at the aftermath and political implications of the U.S. missile strike in Syria following a ch...
April 9, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 29
On this edition for Saturday, April 9, President Donald Trump's foreign policy team calls for political change in Syria, and families ask fo...
April 15, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 30
On this edition for Saturday, April 15, North Korea shows off new missiles during its annual military parade, and the aftermath of the large...
April 16, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 31
On this episode for Sunday, April 16, the U.S. responds to North Korea’s failed missile test and Turkey’s president gets more executive powe...
April 22, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 32
On this episode for Saturday, April 22, thousands of people join the March for Science across the country and scientists gear up to run for ...
April 23, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 33
On this edition for Sunday, April 23, French voters head to the polls to choose the country's next leader and Venezuelan protesters continue...
April 29, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 34
On this edition for Saturday, April 29, a reflection on President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office and whether he is fulfilling his p...
April 30, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 35
On this edition for Sunday, April 30, half of the immigrants detained in raids in the days after President Donald Trump took office either h...
May 6, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 36
On this edition for Saturday, May 6, French youth voice their opinions on this weekend’s presidential election runoff as centrist candidate ...
May 7, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 37
On this edition for Sunday, May 7, France picks a new president and former Obama administration deputy and acting Attorney General Sally Yat...
May 13, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 38
On this edition for Saturday, May 13, the search begins to replace former FBI director James Comey and countries around the world investigat...
May 14, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 39
On this edition for Sunday, May 14, international condemnation follows North Korea's missile launch, and a growing number of conservative Re...
May 20, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 40
On this edition for Saturday, May 20, President Donald Trump visits Saudi Arabia on his first trip abroad as commander-in-chief. Later, Iran...
May 21, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 41
On this edition for Sunday, May 21, President Donald Trump addresses the threat of terrorism and calls on Arab leaders to confront extremism...
May 27, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 42
On this edition, for Saturday, May 27, President Donald Trump is returning to the White House after his first trip overseas as commander in ...
May 28, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 43
On this edition for Sunday, May 28, President Donald Trump’s administration considers a surge in troops to Afghanistan. Later, remembering P...
June 3, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 44
On this edition for Saturday, June 3, Vladimir Putin plays down allegations of Russian hacking into the American presidential election, and ...
June 4, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 45
On this edition for Sunday, June 4, Britain is on high alert following Saturday's terrorist attack that killed seven in London, the third to...
June 10, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 46
On this edition for Saturday, June 10, we look at what happened in Washington this week while the nation focused on former FBI director Jame...
June 11, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 47
On this edition for Sunday, June 11, President Donald Trump turns his focus to an infrastructure plan, and a new film follows the only bank ...
June 17, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 48
On this edition for Saturday, June 17, a U.S. Navy ship collides with a container ship off the coast of Japan, and a mistrial is declared in...
June 18, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 49
On this edition for Sunday, June 18, American sailors who went missing after a collision on a U.S. warship are confirmed dead, and a closer ...
June 24, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 50
On this edition for Saturday, June 24, President Trump signs a new law meant to improve accountability at the U.S. Department of Veterans Af...
June 25, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 51
On this edition for Sunday, June 25, President Donald Trump faces a test in the U.S. Senate as Republicans try to gather enough votes for th...
July 1, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 52
On this edition for Saturday, July 1, a nightclub dispute in Little Rock, Ark., leaves over 25 wounded. Later, Atlantic City, N.J., resident...
July 2, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 53
On this edition for Sunday, July 2, warming oceans are affecting coral reefs and what the Antarctic melt means for sea level rise. Later, th...
July 8, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 54
On this edition for Saturday, July 8, world leaders wrap up the G20 summit and a new report shows the number of refugees and migrants into E...
July 9, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 55
On this edition for Sunday, July 9, after a nine-month siege, Iraq says it has defeated the Islamic State in Mosul. Later, a humanitarian cr...
July 15, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 56
On this edition for Saturday, July 15, one opposition leader in Russia is urging youth to speak out. Later, the expansion of presidential po...
July 16, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 57
On this edition for Sunday, July 16, the Senate vote on the GOP healthcare plan is postponed, again. And, the latest poll shows President Tr...
July 22, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 58
On this edition for Saturday, July 22, renewed focus on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ dealings with Russian officials and the Minneapolis ...
July 23, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 59
On this edition for Sunday, July 23, a horrific case of suspected immigrant smuggling in Texas, and the White House signals President Trump ...
July 29, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 60
On this edition for Saturday, July 29, the White House moves forward with a new chief of staff, and while the Affordable Care Act remains, s...
July 30, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 61
On this edition for Sunday, July 30, tensions rise following last week’s missile test by North Korea, and a deadly assault in the Philippine...
August 5, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 62
On this edition for Saturday, August 5, record heat sweeps across the western U.S. and parts of Europe. Later, one scholar offers a new pers...
August 6, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 63
On this edition for Sunday, August 6, Iran gains new influence in Afghanistan, and how the Trump administration is pursuing a conservative a...
August 12, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 64
On this edition for Saturday, August 12, North Korea threatens Guam during a week of rising rhetoric, and Sen. John McCain proposes another ...
August 13, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 65
On this edition for Sunday, August 13, locals continue to grapple with the aftermath of a white nationalist rally that has been linked to th...
August 19, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 66
On this edition for Saturday, August 19, thousands of counter-protesters overpower a controversial “free speech” rally in Boston. Later, the...
August 20, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 67
On this edition for Sunday, August 20, the United States shifts course on joint military exercises with South Korea as tensions increase wit...
August 26, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 68
On this edition for Saturday, August 26, we head to Texas to survey the damage Hurricane Harvey has already wrought and learn how the state ...
August 27, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 69
On this edition for Sunday, August 27, Hurricane Harvey is showing southeast Texas some of the worst flooding in its history, with at least ...
September 2, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 70
On this edition for Saturday, Sept. 2, Houston begins the long process of cleanup following Hurricane Harvey. Later, learn how the storm has...
September 3, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 71
On this edition for Sunday, Sept. 3, North Korea conducts its most powerful nuclear weapons test and Houston continues clean-up efforts foll...
September 9, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 72
On this edition for Saturday, Sept. 9, Florida prepares for the worst as Hurricane Irma closes in on the state after blasting through Cuba a...
September 10, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 73
On this edition for Sunday, Sept. 10, Hurricane Irma hits Florida with winds topping 130 mph amid concerns over safety, floods and power los...
September 16, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 74
On this edition for Saturday, Sept. 16, British police make an arrest following Friday’s London train bombing, and the U.S. takes the war on...
September 17, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 75
On this edition for Sunday, Sept. 17, the Florida Keys re-open to residents forced from their homes by Hurricane Irma, and what to expect fr...
September 23, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 76
On this edition, for Saturday, Sept. 23, an American military show of force amid a war of words between the United States and North Korea as...
September 24, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 77
On this edition for Sunday, Sept. 24, football players take a knee during the national anthem in solidarity of former colleague Colin Kaeper...
September 30, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 78
On this edition for Saturday, Sept. 30, President Trump lashes out at the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the island remains in crisis af...
October 1, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 79
On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 1, progress and setbacks run hand-in-hand in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and a new repo...
October 7, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 80
On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 7, the Gulf Coast prepares for Hurricane Nate as FEMA ratchets up aid in hurricane-damaged Puerto Rico, a...
October 8, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 81
On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 8, growing reports of tension between the Trump administration and the Republican Party, and the Canadian g...
October 14, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 82
On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 14, fires in northern California leave whole towns devastated, and persecuted Rohingya Muslims continue t...
October 15, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 83
On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 15, northern California continues to battle wildfires, and South Sudan’s four-year civil war causes the con...
October 21, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 84
On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 21, one of the U.S. soldiers killed in Niger is laid to rest, and Spain moves to dissolve the secessionis...
October 22, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 85
On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 22, President Donald Trump continues to push his tax plan, and Buddhists protest ethnic cleansing in Myanma...
October 28, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 86
On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 28, a conservative website funded by Republican donor Paul Singer is revealed to have funded the anti-Tru...
October 29, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 87
On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 29, Puerto Rico calls to cancel a $300 million utility contract to restore its power after a federal invest...
November 4, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 88
On this edition for Saturday, Nov. 4, President Trump embarks on a five-nation trip to Asia, and an investigation finds widespread abuse in ...
November 5, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 89
On this edition for Sunday, Nov. 5, President Donald Trump arrives in Asia for a 12-day tour, and a look at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo A...
November 11, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 90
On this edition for Saturday, Nov. 11, President Trump said he questioned Vladimir Putin about Russian meddling in the U.S. election, and re...
November 12, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 91
On this edition for Sunday, Nov. 12, President Trump arrives in the Philippines, his last stop on a five-nation Asia tour. Also, researchers...
November 18, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 92
On this edition for Saturday, Nov. 18, nearly 200 countries, not including the U.S., agree to move forward on climate change. Also, the ques...
November 19, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 93
On this edition for Sunday, Nov. 19, the GOP’s tax reform bill heads towards a Senate vote, and Bosnians are still struggling years after th...
November 25, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 94
On this edition for Saturday, Nov. 25, President Donald Trump names Budget Director Mick Mulvaney the head of the Consumer Financial Protect...
November 26, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 95
On this edition for Sunday, Nov. 26, Rep. John Conyers announces he's giving up his post as top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee am...
December 2, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 96
On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 2, the Senate passed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax package, pushing one of the largest overhauls of tax code...
December 3, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 97
On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 3, President Donald Trump goes on the offensive in a flurry of tweets, changing his previous account of Mic...
December 9, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 98
On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 9, officials confirm the first death related to wildfires that continue to ravage Southern California. An...
December 10, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 99
On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 10, President Donald Trump reiterates his support for Roy Moore, two days before the Alabama special Senate...
December 16, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 100
On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 16, more details emerge about the Republican tax bill as it nears a final vote next week, and how the lac...
December 17, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 101
On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 17, the GOP’s tax bill is expected to pass and get signed by President Trump this week. And, in the second ...
December 23, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 102
On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 23, drones help prevent conflicts between farmers and elephants in Tanzania, and a documentary film on ho...
December 24, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 103
On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 24, President Trump takes aim at the FBI on Twitter, and how Hawaii is addressing homelessness in the state...
December 30, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 104
On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 30, anti-government protests continue across Iran, and the Lada, an old school Russian car, is embraced b...
December 31, 2017
Season 5 - Episode 105
On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 31, the nation confronts severe cold as the year ends, and the number of journalists jailed across the worl...