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December 25, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

Season 2021 Episode 359 | 26m 35s

On this edition for Saturday, December 25, Omicron cases rise and disrupt holiday travel plans, and the world’s most powerful and largest space telescope launches. Also, Nick Offerman on humor, on-purpose hiking, and green places, a book documents the relationships of LGBTQ people of color, and how holograms are adding a new dimension to the online world. Michael Hill anchors from New Jersey.

Aired: 12/24/21
Major corporate funding for the PBS News Hour is provided by BDO, BNSF, Consumer Cellular, American Cruise Lines, and Raymond James. Funding for the PBS NewsHour Weekend is provided by Consumer Cellular and Cunard Cruise Line. For a complete list of funders for the PBS NewsHour and PBS NewsHour weekend, click here.
Extras
Researchers face serious obstacles to measuring Antarctica’s fastest-melting glacier
Alicia Graf Mack reflects on leading the legendary Alvin Ailey dance company
Expiration of U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons treaty sparks concerns of new arms race
Stephen Miller’s rise to prominence and influence on the Trump administration
Sweeping layoffs at The Washington Post will do ‘enormous damage,’ former editor says
Immigration agents’ surveillance tools and tactics raise questions about civil liberties
News Wrap: Georgia election officials seek return of materials taken during FBI raid
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