PBS News Hour full episode, Sept. 24, 2026
Thursday on the News Hour, President Trump hosts China’s Xi Jinping and extends the two nations’ trade truce. The price of diesel spikes, hitting Americans’ wallets and rippling through nearly every part of the U.S. economy. Plus, how a lock of hair settles a 200-year-old question about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
AI, trade, Iran and Taiwan top agenda at Trump-Xi summit
https://youtu.be/FeslKuCMCZE
Experts analyze what’s at stake in the Trump-Xi summit
https://youtu.be/kSbQPCdzFHY
News Wrap: Netanyahu dismisses allegations of genocide
https://youtu.be/OsEr0qB9vTc
How diesel prices are rippling through the economy
https://youtu.be/mSaGPAYvzTs
In a warming climate, should air conditioning be a right?
https://youtu.be/hiIoAeFLEtU
Kalshi CEO reacts to calls for prediction market regulation
https://youtu.be/jFDnxM4l1Y8
Jefferson’s hair settles questions about Sally Hemings
https://youtu.be/7PK0K2aHFxs
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00:00 – INTRO
02:35 – AI, trade, Iran and Taiwan top agenda at Trump-Xi summit
07:45 – Experts analyze what’s at stake in the Trump-Xi summit
15:36 – News Wrap
21:13 – Price at the Pump
29:56 – Right to Cool
38:07 – Prediction Markets
47:37 – History by a Hair
55:21 – Goodnight
