Highlights from PBS News Weekend as show goes off the air
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PBS NewsHour
4.1 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Finally, tonight, some news about us. |
| 0:03.7 | As you may know, this is the last broadcast of PBS News Weekend, at least for the foreseeable future. |
| 0:10.0 | PBS canceled the show due to the loss of federal funding for public media. |
| 0:14.5 | We're grateful that you've chosen us over the years as the place to get news on Saturdays and Sundays. |
| 0:24.2 | Tonight. as the place to get news on Saturdays and Sundays. Tonight on PBS News weekend. |
| 0:27.0 | We've brought you breaking news. |
| 0:29.3 | Months of escalating tensions between Israelis and Palestinians |
| 0:32.4 | have erupted into a firestorm. |
| 0:35.1 | It began as a routine scene. |
| 0:37.3 | Take a look at what happened. |
| 0:40.3 | President Biden says he's dropping out of the presidential race |
| 0:43.3 | and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to be his party's nominee. |
| 0:47.3 | On the scene reports from around the world. |
| 0:51.3 | This series of strikes really was a new front in this war. |
| 0:56.1 | Here in the capital of Damascus, Syrians are certainly happy that Bashal Assad is gone. |
| 1:01.6 | The broadcast began in 2013 as PBS News Hour weekend. |
| 1:06.2 | Good evening and thanks for joining us. |
| 1:07.5 | It was anchored by Hari Sweenavason and produced in New York. |
| 1:11.6 | Good evening. |
| 1:12.6 | I'm Jeff Bennett and this is PBS News Weekend. |
| 1:15.6 | In 2022, a new name, PBS News Weekend, a new anchor, Jeff Bennett from a new city, Washington, |
| 1:22.6 | D.C. |
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