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PBS News Hour - Full Show

January 23, 2025 – PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Thursday on the News Hour, President Trump tries to convince global business leaders to invest in the U.S. by promising lower taxes and threatening tariffs. A federal judge blocks Trump's order to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional." Plus, residents of southern Lebanon take stock of the destruction from Israeli airstrikes and occupation of the border region. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Omna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, President Trump tries to convince global business leaders to invest in the U.S. by promising lower taxes and threatening tariffs if they don't.

0:16.6

The federal judge blocks President Trump's order to end birthright citizenship, calling the move blatantly unconstitutional.

0:24.5

And amid a tense ceasefire, residents of southern Lebanon take stock of the destruction from Israeli airstrikes and occupation of the border region.

0:34.7

We were happy there. I used to love to work in my garden, but they destroyed it. What was in the

0:41.6

house? Nothing. Welcome to the News Hour.

0:57.4

President Trump made his first major foray of the second administration on the world stage

1:02.6

today, delivering a virtual speech and taking questions from business leaders at the World

1:07.6

Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

1:09.8

The president hit many of the same

1:11.6

themes as in his inauguration address on Monday. Before an audience comprised of world leaders and

1:16.9

top business people, he railed against the European Union, again threatened to levy major

1:22.2

tariffs on adversaries and allies alike, ruminated on global energy markets, and spoke of his hopes to end the war in Ukraine,

1:29.7

which will enter its fourth year next month. Lisa Desjardin starts our coverage.

1:35.4

The president of the United States.

1:38.3

At the Davos World Economic Forum, President Trump's virtual reintroduction on the world stage.

1:44.1

Come make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on

1:50.6

earth.

1:51.0

The president had clear instructions for other world leaders.

1:54.6

If you don't make your product in America, which is your prerogative, then very simply

1:59.9

you will have to pay a tariff, differing amounts,

2:03.6

but a tariff. And a list of demands.

2:06.1

Saudi Arabia will be investing at least $600 billion in America, but I'll be asking the crown prince,

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