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PBS News Hour - Full Show

April 17, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday on the NewsHour, House Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to pass a critical foreign aid package as the Senate votes to dismiss the impeachment charges against the homeland security secretary. In Ukraine, a city suffers the deadliest Russian strike in weeks. Plus, Middle East tensions remain high as the world waits for Israel's response to Iran's weekend attack. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm I'm on the Navas in Kyiv Ukraine. And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, House Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to pass a critical foreign aid package as the Senate votes

0:16.4

to dismiss the impeachment charges against the Homeland Security Secretary.

0:21.1

Tonight from Ukraine, the deadliest Russian strike in weeks in one city while

0:26.0

another continues to endure relentless attacks. It's really depressing to know that it's happening right now, right here.

0:36.7

It's really sad.

0:38.7

And the latest from the Middle East, where tensions remain high as the world waits for Israel's response to

0:45.2

Iran's weekend attack. Welcome to the news hour. Ukraine is reeling tonight from the deadliest Russian strike in weeks.

1:06.0

It comes at a critical point in this more than two year old war.

1:10.0

But first a congressional aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan took a key step forward today,

1:16.7

potentially putting the House Speaker's job in greater jeopardy.

1:20.0

Meantime, the Senate began and quickly ended the first ever impeachment trial of a sitting cabinet official for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkis.

1:28.9

Our Lisa Desjardan was there for it all and joins us now.

1:32.2

So Lisa, lots to unpack, lots to discuss. Dan was there for it all and joins us now.

1:32.8

So Lisa, lots to unpack, lots to discuss.

1:35.6

Take us through what happened in the Senate chamber today.

1:38.4

It was never going to be a surprise how this ended.

1:41.0

Mayorkus was not going to be convicted. That wasn't the question

1:44.0

here but it was question of how and here the Senate decided on a party line vote

1:48.8

that the articles themselves were unconstitutional. Let me take you through this. Senator Schumer

1:54.1

offered the beginning to have some debate time. That's what Republicans wanted at the

1:57.4

very least and some votes on some procedural ideas. But Republicans including

2:01.7

Senator Mike Lee, Utah, and others objected to that.

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