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PBS News Hour - Segments

What PBS News Hour viewers are thankful for in 2024

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Thanksgiving Day is about coming together with family and friends, enjoying delicious food and, of course, giving thanks. This holiday, we wanted to take a moment to hear from viewers like you, so we asked people across the country what they were grateful for this year. Here's what some of you told us. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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Thanksgiving Day is about coming together with family and friends, enjoying delicious food, and of course, giving thanks.

0:09.0

This holiday, we wanted to take a moment to hear from viewers like you, and so we asked people across the country what they were grateful for this year.

0:17.0

Here's some of what you told us.

0:19.0

Hi, I'm Deb Hengal, and I live in Elbe Lake, Minnesota,

0:23.6

and I am grateful for my family. It's not always easy for people to get together, and so I am so

0:30.1

grateful when my kids and now are my grown grandkids make the effort and take the time for us,

0:37.5

to take it together. That just, that just warms my heart.

0:41.1

My name is Lilliet Hemphill, and this is my dad, Calvin,

0:44.0

my son, this is my mom, Frankie Hemphill, and this is my younger brother

0:48.5

Calvin Goodfield, Jr. And I'm thankful that the fact that we're in our new

0:51.9

home for Thanksgiving was in my classroom

0:54.3

and I got a phone call.

0:56.1

And normally I never answer my cell phone in my classroom.

0:59.9

And that day, I decided to be interested in front.

1:02.9

And I answered and they said, uh, Lillian, your house, school, fire.

1:06.2

And I was like, oh, girl, stop joking.

1:08.5

She was like, no, it's on vodka.

1:14.6

Hi, my name is Francesca Valera and I live in Silver Spring, Maryland, and I am happy to be able to travel and visit my family overseas. My

1:20.5

daughter lives in London with her family, a husband and two beautiful granddaughters.

1:26.5

My name is Steve Luginski.

1:29.2

I live in New York City, and I am grateful for having a large family.

1:35.1

My mom and dad are still alive in their mid-80s, and we have four grandchildren.

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