PBS News Hour full episode, Oct. 7, 2026
Wednesday on the News Hour, Cornell students hold an hours-long sit-in to protest the handling of an alleged rape case involving a campus fraternity. Riot police clash with student demonstrators across France, as unrest continues with a presidential election looming. Plus, emerging evidence shows popular GLP-1 weight loss medications might help with addiction to drugs and alcohol.
WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
What Cornell case reveals about handling of rape allegations
https://youtu.be/uGMB6Lm0aJY
Why French students are flooding the streets in protest
https://youtu.be/KUE5WU8fyIY
News Wrap: Lawyer says Christa Pike ‘angry and confused’
https://youtu.be/kKlcUwE1Dgs
Georgia governor’s debate highlights voters’s top concerns
https://youtu.be/NdJW0eY2VB0
GOP and Democratic strategists on where they expect to win
https://youtu.be/c9nlXPAC1bM
Evidence suggests GLP-1s can curb drug and alcohol cravings
https://youtu.be/NfsVY_HDp10
Oct. 7 survivor channels trauma into leadership movement
https://youtu.be/MVms03IeqQU
Israeli and Palestinian fathers partner to bridge divides
https://youtu.be/6PODi-8Kk94
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00:00 – INTRO
02:44 – Cornell University
09:31 – In the Streets
13:37 – News Wrap
19:10 – Georgia governor’s debate highlights voters’s top concerns
23:06 – GOP and Democratic strategists on where they expect to win
30:34 – GLP-1s: Reshaping America
41:11 – Oct. 7 survivor channels trauma into leadership movement
45:57 – Israeli and Palestinian fathers partner to bridge divides
54:23 – Goodnight