PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 12, 2025

Friday on the News Hour, President Trump and many other notable figures appear in newly released photos from Jeffrey Epstein's email, a U.S. Special Forces veteran who helped smuggle Venezuela's opposition leader out of the country to accept the Nobel Peace Prize details the operation and centuries-old olive groves in the West Bank sit untouched because of repeated attacks from Israeli settlers.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
What we know about the Epstein photos released by Democrats
   • What we know about the Epstein photos rele...  
News Wrap: Preservationists sue Trump over ballroom
   • News Wrap: Preservationists sue Trump over...  
Why an Indiana Republican defied Trump's redistricting push
   • Indiana Republican explains why he defied ...  
Trump's executive order limits state regulations of AI
   • Trump’s executive order limits state regul...  
Nobel Peace laureate's harrowing escape from Venezuela
   • Venezuelan opposition leader makes harrowi...  
Israeli settler attacks halt Palestinian olive harvest
   • Israeli settlers attack Palestinians with ...  
Brooks and Capehart on Trump's recent series of setbacks
   • Brooks and Capehart on Trump's recent seri...  

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00:00 - Intro
02:29 - Epstein Photos
06:52 - News Wrap
12:57 - Dividing Lines
20:23 - The Future of AI
28:04 - Mission to Oslo
33:08 - War in the Holy Land
44:31 - Brooks & Capehart
54:37 - Goodnight