PBS News Hour

Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning across Michigan while former President Donald Trump touched down in Georgia, a state still reeling from Hurricane Helene. All this as President Biden weighed in on election security in his first-ever appearance in the White House briefing room. Lisa Desjardins reports.

The Israeli bombing campaign and ground invasion of Lebanon continue with a quarter of the country's population displaced, most in just the last two weeks. Leila Molana-Allen reports from Saida, on Lebanon's southern coast, as the exhausted and terrified seek shelter.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including a major endorsement from Liz Cheney and the latest in the Trump election interference case.

Monday marks one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. Over this last year, the Israeli bombing and invasion of Gaza have exacted a terrible price on Gaza's people. One out of every 20 has been killed or wounded. News Hour videographer Shams Odeh worked with producer Zeba Warsi and Nick Schifrin to bring us this report.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including a major endorsement from Liz Cheney and the latest in the Trump election interference case.

The Labor Department issued one of the last jobs reports before the presidential election, and the numbers are strong. It shows 254,000 jobs were added in September, beating expectations. Overall, the report paints a picture of a robust American economy which remains a top issue this election year. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo.

In our news wrap Thursday, Hurricane Helene's death toll has risen to 200, Typhoon Krathon made landfall in southwestern Taiwan, NATO's new leader made his first official visit to Ukraine, at least 78 people have died after an overcrowded boat capsized in Congo and the nation's biggest retailers are ramping up their hiring for the holiday season.

Both presidential candidates took their campaigns to the Midwest on Thursday fighting for crucial wins across the so-called Blue Wall. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned with Liz Cheney in Wisconsin and former President Trump gave a familiar, and false, rallying cry in Michigan. Laura Barrón-López reports.

A new Netflix documentary shares a slice of southern Texas life as a high school mariachi band makes its way to the state championship. “Going Varsity in Mariachi” shows the journey of musicians from the Rio Grande Valley as they compete and connect via the traditional Mexican folk music. Amna Nawaz spoke with co-director Alejandra Vasquez for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

Recently unsealed evidence revealed new details in Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case. Rep. Zoe Lofgren was one of the lawmakers tasked with investigating Jan. 6 and what led to it. She joined Amna Nawaz to discuss more.

Israeli forces kept up their punishing attacks across southern Lebanon and in the capital Beirut. Civilians have increasingly become victims of this escalating conflict, and now, medical workers are under fire. As special correspondent Leila Molana Allen reports, the strikes in Beirut have left residents of a weary city feeling nowhere is safe.

Three former Memphis police officers were found guilty of witness tampering following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in January 2023. John Yang reports.