PBS News Hour full episode, Sept. 21, 2026
Monday on the News Hour, three news outlets sue the Trump administration after the president strips them of their credentials and bans them from the White House. How efforts to restrict abortion-related drugs are making it harder to treat other health conditions. Plus, an American Israeli captured by Hamas on Oct. 7 holds a concert to share the songs that kept him alive in captivity.
WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
Press pool declines to cover Trump in protest of his ban
https://youtu.be/aErIhyD9yDE
Trump’s media attacks echo autocrats, Jodie Ginsberg says
https://youtu.be/7ifQhyMiZzA
News Wrap: FAA issues ground stops at major airports
https://youtu.be/KmMuBDN8r5Q
How abortion drug restrictions impact other treatments
https://youtu.be/JSm-j3MC9nI
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump’s media attacks
https://youtu.be/RS7PGJe6eF0
Scott Anderson on the shifting landscape in the Middle East
https://youtu.be/VauOjJ2RkM0
American Israeli held by Hamas performs songs of survival
https://youtu.be/1Q46a9oiSwI
These copper vests are helping injured penguins heal faster
https://youtu.be/mLYuih44zPg
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00:00- Introduction
02:34- Press pool declines to cover Trump in protest of his ban
07:45- Trump’s media attacks echo autocrats, Jodie Ginsberg says
14:12- News Wrap: FAA issues ground stops at major airports
20:47- How abortion drug restrictions impact other treatments
30:08- Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump’s media attacks
39:01- Scott Anderson on the shifting landscape in the Middle East
45:47- American Israeli held by Hamas performs songs of survival
52:44- These copper vests are helping injured penguins heal faster
