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PBS News Hour - Full Show

May 14, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Thursday on the News Hour, China offers President Trump a grand welcome but also a warning over support for Taiwan. A new generation of reality TV stars trying to turn on-screen fame into political power is reshaping the way campaigns are run. Plus, the expected closure of "Alligator Alcatraz" and a change in Border Patrol leadership. 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 Jeff Bennett.

0:06.0

And I'm Amna Nawaz on the news hour tonight. China offers President Trump a grand welcome,

0:12.0

but also a warning over U.S. support for Taiwan.

0:15.0

The new generation of reality TV stars is trying to turn on-screen fame into political power and reshaping the way campaigns

0:22.7

are run in the process. There's not a lot of reality to be found yet in reality television.

0:29.7

And quite frankly, there's not a lot of reality to be found in politics. And so it's a very

0:33.9

unholy union. Plus, the expected closure of the so-called alligator Alcatraz detention center and a change

0:41.4

in Border Patrol leadership, the latest developments in the Trump administration's

0:45.6

immigration policy. Welcome to the NewsHour.

1:00.5

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted President Trump today and offered the U.S. a, quote,

1:05.9

new vision of relations, more focused on trade and collaboration than on confrontation. President Trump,

1:11.9

in turn, offered a future in which he and she were, in Mr. Trump's words, united and together.

1:17.9

But China's president also had a stark warning to his American counterpart about Taiwan. Nick Schifrin

1:23.8

is in Beijing again for us tonight.

1:28.2

Today, through empty streets, an American president arrived in the heart of Beijing to

1:33.8

fanfare and an outstretched hand.

1:38.1

Xi Jinping and President Trump met at the Great Hall of the People, the ceremonial center

1:42.2

of communist China.

1:44.0

The goose stepping was synchronized. Hall of the People, the ceremonial center of communist China.

1:46.1

The goose stepping was synchronized.

1:50.4

The cheering choreographed.

1:54.6

And two geopolitical rivals suggested they both wanted a new era where confrontation could

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