Specials

1. Election Night Coverage 2016

November 6, 2016 · 1h

Managing editors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff co-anchor live coverage of election results. Joining them are syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks, Cook Political Report's Amy Walter, and Andra Gillespie, Emory University's director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference. PBS Newshour Weekend anchor Hari Sreenivasan addresses down-ticket races and national trends with Nathan Gonzalez, editor and publisher of The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report. NEWSHOUR correspondents John Yang and Lisa Desjardins will report from the Clinton and Trump campaign headquarters, respectively, with additional reporting by correspondent William Brangham and online politics editor Dan Bush from the newsroom.

2. President Barack Obama's Farewell Speech

January 10, 2017 · 1h

President Barack Obama delivered his farewell address Tuesday from Chicago, where he launched his political career eight years ago. NewsHour's Judy Woodruff is joined by syndicated columnist Mark Shields, Chairman of the American Conservative Union Matt Schlapp, and Harvard University historian Annette Gordon-Reed for analysis of the outgoing president's speech.

3. Special Report: President Trump's address to Congress

February 28, 2017 · 1h

PBS NewsHour's complete coverage of President Donald Trump's first address to Congress with post-analysis from Mark Shields, David Brooks, Amy Walter, Matt Schlapp and Karine Jean-Pierre.

4. Jeff Sessions Hearing Special

June 13, 2017 · 1h

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee about his recusal from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the firing of former FBI Director James Comey and much more.

5. Inside Putin's Russia

July 21, 2017 · 1h

Correspondent Nick Schifrin and producer Zach Fannin take us inside Vladimir Putin's Russia, with an in-depth look at the resurgent national identity, the government's propaganda machine, the risk of being a Kremlin critic and much more.

6. Prince Philip: A Royal Life

April 12, 2021 · 1h

With the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, PBS airs a special, produced by ITN (UK), which explores the Prince's life, legacy, and influence within the royal family, across the United Kingdom, and around the world.

7. Ricochet: An American Trauma

September 28, 2022 · 56m

PBS NewsHour examines the nationwide trauma caused by mass shootings, suicide and community gun violence.