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PBS News Hour - Full Show

January 20, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Tuesday on the News Hour, President Trump intensifies his threats to take over Greenland as Europe weighs retaliatory tariffs. In Gaza, families dig through rubble with bare hands as the search for loved ones goes on. Plus, the expansion of family detention by immigration authorities raises fresh questions about the Trump administration's policies. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz.

0:05.9

And I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight.

0:08.4

President Trump intensifies his threats to take over Greenland as Europe weighs retaliatory tariffs.

0:14.7

In Gaza, families dig through rubble with bare hands as the search for loved ones goes on.

0:20.4

And the major expansion of family detention by immigration authorities raises fresh questions about Trump administration policies.

0:28.6

We see a lot of problems with just basic health, basic access to basic needs.

0:48.8

Welcome to the News Hour.

0:53.2

President Trump today sent mixed signals on his threats to take over Greenland,

0:57.0

ahead of meetings with European allies in Davos later this week.

1:01.4

After inflammatory messages posted online overnight and this morning,

1:04.8

President Trump, while speaking to reporters at the White House this afternoon,

1:07.5

seemed to signal a deal could be reached.

1:11.6

Meanwhile, European leaders, already gathering at the World Economic Forum Forum are forcefully pushing back against the President's new tariff threats and his insistence that U.S.

1:17.5

control of Greenland is a national security imperative. The President departs tonight for Switzerland

1:23.1

and some high-stakes meetings at an uncertain moment for the Transatlantic Alliance.

1:28.3

In Zurich, Switzerland, protesters set the U.S. flag ablaze.

1:35.3

Before President Trump arrives in Davos for the World Economic Forum,

1:42.3

where leaders of American allies today pushed back on Trump's

1:46.2

new tariff threats if Europe refuses to back his Greenland takeover.

1:51.2

From Canada.

1:52.3

We stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique right to determine

1:58.5

Greenland's future.

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