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PBS News Hour - Full Show

March 15, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Friday on the NewsHour, a ruling in former President Trump's Georgia election interference case allows DA Fani Willis to stay on. Also: An exclusive interview with Secretary Mayorkas, hostage talks continue as an aid ship reaches Gaza, efforts to put a third-party candidate on the ballot, a new book on Jewish faith and identity, plus the political analysis of Brooks and Capehart. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Amna Navas. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight,

0:09.2

a ruling in former President Trump's Georgia election interference case allows the district attorney

0:14.8

to stay on.

0:16.5

My exclusive interview with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas,

0:22.4

and the latest on the Israel Hamas war

0:24.8

as hostage talks continue,

0:26.8

and the first international aid ship reaches Gaza's coast. ghost. Welcome to the news hour. District attorney Fani Willis will continue to lead

0:46.7

the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald

0:50.4

Trump, but the top prosecutor, a man she had a romantic relationship with, is stepping

0:55.1

aside.

0:56.1

His resignation came after the judge said one of them had to go for the trial to move forward.

1:01.3

This development was just one of many this week in the multiple

1:04.4

cases against the former president. So we turn again to our William Bringham

1:08.3

who's been covering them all. William, good to see you. Great to see you. So the

1:11.8

judge in this case basically said to Fani Willis, okay I'm not removing you, but your lead prosecutor

1:16.9

cannot stay on.

1:17.9

Help us understand the judge's rationale here.

1:20.7

The judge basically split this right down the middle.

1:23.0

This is not what Trump and his lawyers wanted.

1:25.0

They wanted Fannie Willis, taken off the case and the whole case to be dismissed.

1:28.3

That is not happening now.

1:30.3

McAfee, the judge, Scott McAfee, was very critical of Willis and her behavior.

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