PBS News Hour Podcast

Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump's legal team presents its defense in his Senate impeachment trial. Plus: China's coronavirus is still spreading as the city of Wuhan remains closed, previewing Trump's long-awaited Middle East peace plan, remembering the horror of Auschwitz-Birkenau, 2020 Democrats in Iowa, Politics Monday with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith and the world grieves Kobe Bryant.

On this edition for Sunday, January 26, President Trump's impeachment trial enters a second week, retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash, new limits in China amid a widening coronavirus outbreak, Philadelphia's famed Sigma Sound Studios lives, and award-winning vocalist Shemekia Copeland brings the blues into the 21st century. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

On this edition for Saturday, January 25, President Trump's legal team lays out their defense in the Senate impeachment trial, the wind energy industry faces the loss of decades-old tax incentives, the coronavirus continues to spread internationally, and one young lion dancer is impacting the Chinese Lunar New Year. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

On this edition for Sunday, January 19, the Trump administration responds to House impeachment filings as the Senate trial is set to begin, violent clashes continue in Hong Kong and Lebanon, and a NewsHour Weekend special on Ukraine, a country caught in the crosshairs of conflict at home and the impeachment inquiry in the United States. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

On this edition for Saturday, January 18, Democrats release new evidence as next week's Senate impeachment trial approaches, an attack on Italy's olive trees and the battle to save them, a look back at some of 2019's top stories, and the Black Comic Book Festival draws thousands in Harlem. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Monday on the NewsHour, Iranians gather in the streets to protest their government after it acknowledges accidentally shooting down a passenger aircraft. Plus: How a Senate impeachment trial against President Trump could proceed, another 2020 Democrat drops out as the Iowa caucuses approach, Politics Monday, the health costs of eviction, Britain's royal schism and a baseball cheating scandal.

On this edition for Sunday, January 12, the Trump administration defends a U.S. drone strike against Iranian general, House Democrats prepare to deliver impeachment articles this week, and the Latin Grammy-winning singer Concha Buika continues to defy genres with an eclectic mix of styles and languages. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

On this edition for Saturday, January 11, Iran says the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last week was "human error," an influx of migrants attempting to head to the U.S. are stuck in limbo in Mexico amid shifting immigration policies, and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin explores how to age successfully. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Friday on the NewsHour, the State Department rejects calls from Iraqi leaders to plan the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Plus: An interview with a Uighur dissident about Chinese repression of this Muslim minority, what a series of inmate deaths says about Mississippi's correctional system, Mark Shields and David Brooks on Iran and impeachment and France's historic preservation problem.