January 21, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
PBS News Hour - Full Show
PBS NewsHour
4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Omna Nawaz on the news hour tonight. |
| 0:08.0 | I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force. |
| 0:12.0 | President Trump softens his threats to take over Greenland and backpedals on new tariffs against Europe. |
| 0:19.0 | The Supreme Court hears arguments on the President's attempt to fire a member of the Federal Reserve |
| 0:24.6 | and a critical test of the central bank's independence. |
| 0:27.6 | And the mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota discusses unrest, triggered by federal immigration raids, |
| 0:33.6 | including the detention of a U.S. citizen. |
| 0:36.6 | People are afraid, They are frustrated. |
| 0:39.3 | They are angry. |
| 0:41.3 | But, you know, I mean, there's also a lot of hope that we see in the ground as well, |
| 0:45.3 | with the love and the care and the kindness that people are showing each other. |
| 0:48.3 | The Welcome to the News Hour. |
| 1:02.0 | Tonight, President Trump announced what he called the framework of a deal over Greenland, |
| 1:06.4 | the Danish island that until today he threatened to take over if needed by military force. |
| 1:12.1 | There are not a lot of details at the moment, but the president said it would allow the U.S. |
| 1:16.4 | to build missile defense bases and mine for minerals under Greenland's ice. |
| 1:21.1 | But even though President Trump has taken an off-ramp, many Europeans and Canadians say |
| 1:25.8 | the damage has already been done to the U.S. relationship with its most trusted allies. |
| 1:31.3 | Nick Schifrin starts our coverage. |
| 1:33.3 | In Davos today, after a week of threats against the U.S.'s closest allies, a week in which he tied a possible takeover of NATO territory to not winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Trump |
| 1:45.6 | walked back from the precipice. |
| 1:47.2 | We have a concept of a deal. |
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