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PBS News Hour - Full Show

January 3, 2026 - PBS News Weekend full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Saturday on PBS News Weekend, Trump says the U.S. will indefinitely run the country of Venezuela after the military's capture of Nicolás Maduro. Some Venezuelans celebrate the U.S. operation while others worry about what comes next. Why San Francisco is suing top food manufacturers over ultra-processed foods. Plus, how the Census Bureau counts every person in remote Alaska. 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

Tonight on PBS News weekend, President Trump says the U.S. will indefinitely run the country of Venezuela following the military's capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

0:15.0

Then an on-the-ground report from Venezuela's capital Caracas, as some celebrate the U.S. operation but worry about what

0:22.1

comes next. And we head to one of the most remote parts of Alaska to see how the U.S. Census

0:28.1

Bureau is making sure government grants get to the people who need them the most.

0:33.1

These places are not on the road system most of the time. You're flying in or boating in, and it's very prohibitively expensive to build.

0:40.7

With these grants, they're able to build more homes for people, build community centers.

1:02.0

Good evening. I'm Ali Rogan. John Yang is away. There are moments in time when history possibly pivots. And today, in a stunning act of regime change, the U.S. military captured

1:07.7

and brought Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to U.S. soil.

1:11.7

Not long after that, in a remarkable declaration, President Trump announced the U.S.

1:16.2

would, quote, run Venezuela and warned of a new era of United States domination over Latin America.

1:22.6

We will get an on-the-ground report from Venezuela's capital, Caracas, in a moment. But we begin our coverage with Nick Schifrin.

1:31.7

It was just after midnight over Caracas when U.S.

1:34.3

helicopters with Delta Force soldiers descended toward Nicolas Maduro's compound.

1:41.8

Nearby residents filmed and cowered from U.S. strikes on at least four locations.

1:49.8

All part of the mission to capture and extract Maduro.

1:53.8

By 2 a.m. local they had him, and by 3 a.m. he was shackled aboard the USS Iwojima,

1:59.3

the dictator-turned detainee of the U.S. Department

2:02.5

of Justice.

2:06.7

U.S. military officials said U.S. helicopters took fire as they left Venezuela, but remained

2:11.8

able to fly.

2:13.6

A source familiar tells PBS NewsHour, a small CIA team arrived in August and created

2:19.1

extraordinary insight into Maduro's pattern of life that made grabbing him seamless.

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