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PBS News Hour - Full Show

February 21, 2025 – PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Friday on the News Hour, the potential impact of President Trump's reported plan to take control of the U.S. Postal Service. A fired park ranger weighs in on the major impacts of the president's cuts to government services. Plus, a preview of national elections in Germany where immigration has been the key issue. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Amin Nawaz. And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, the potential impact of President Trump's reported plan to take control of the U.S. Postal Service.

0:13.9

A fired park ranger weighs in on the major impacts of the president's cuts to government services.

0:26.6

All these large-scale terminations definitely will have a direct safety impact on national parks around the country.

0:28.6

And a preview of national elections in Germany on Sunday, where immigration has been the key issue. Welcome to the news hour.

0:50.3

President Trump levied new shots against Ukrainian President Volothemir Zelensky today.

0:56.0

First, he told a radio interviewer that he didn't think it's very important that Zelensky attend meetings aimed at bringing the war to an end.

1:03.0

Then President Trump stepped up his criticism while speaking to a group of governors gathered at the White House.

1:09.0

I've had very good talks with Putin and I've had not such good talks with Ukraine.

1:16.5

They don't have any cards, but they play it tough.

1:19.6

But we're not going to let this continue.

1:22.3

This war is terrible.

1:25.1

These latest comments follow a week of escalating tensions between Trump and Zelensky,

1:30.1

which has seen the president refer to Zelensky as a dictator and falsely claim that Ukraine

1:34.8

started the war. A federal judge in Manhattan adjourned the corruption case against New York City

1:40.4

Mayor Eric Adams today. But Judge Dale Ho left the charges against him in place

1:45.8

for now. The judge also appointed an outside lawyer, Paul Clement, to present independent

1:51.8

arguments on the DOJ's motion to drop the case. He was Solicitor General under former President

1:57.1

George W. Bush. The push to dismiss Adams case led to a wave of resignations by federal prosecutors.

2:03.6

This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochel said she would not use her legal authority to remove him from office for now.

2:10.6

Also in New York, Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing United Health Care CEO, Brian Thompson,

2:16.6

appeared in court today for

2:18.5

the first time since his arraignment on state murder and terror charges two months ago.

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