PBS News Weekend full episode, Nov. 30, 2025

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, Pope Leo XIV takes a message of hope and peace to Lebanon, home to one of the Arab world’s largest Christian communities. The work of the dismantled U.S. Agency for International Development goes on, thanks to two laid-off federal employees. Plus, the story behind the first-ever descent of Mount Everest’s treacherous north face on skis.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
Lebanese Christians share their feelings about pope’s visit
   • Peace remains elusive for Lebanese Christi...  
News Wrap: Netanyahu asks Israel’s president for pardon
   • News Wrap: Netanyahu asks Israel’s preside...  
Former USAID employees keep agency’s life-saving work afloat
   • Former USAID employees keep dismantled age...  
The story behind one man’s historic Everest descent on skis
   • The story behind one man’s historic descen...  

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00:00 - Intro
01:40 - The Pope in Lebanon
08:34 - News Wrap
10:35 - Saving USAID
16:56 - Skiing Everest
22:56 - Goodnight