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As an impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s actions on Ukraine begins, Hillary Clinton says that it appears that there is evidence of abuse of power and obstruction of justice and contempt of Congress. The former secretary of state and daughter Chelsea sit down with Judy Woodruff to discuss the decision to withdraw troops from Syria, Trump's tweet attacks, and their new book, “Gutsy Women.”

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Hillary and Chelsea Clinton: Gutsy Women

More than a quarter of the U.S. population is expected to deal with sub-zero temperatures this week. The extreme cold has sparked some public skepticism over global warming, but scientists actually believe it is a consequence of climate change. Amna Nawaz talks to Dr. Jennifer Francis of the Woods Hole Research Center for an explanation of this counterintuitive weather relationship.

Why The Midwest's Deep Freeze May Be A Consequence Of Climate Change

Jobs in the trucking industry are increasingly threatened by technology and the rise of driverless trucks. But what explains the contradictory dynamic between fears of job elimination and a current shortage of truck drivers in the U.S.? The NewsHour returns to the unusual story of driver Finn Murphy, who left college and a literary family for the open road. Paul Solman reports.

A Career Truck Driver On Why His Is No Longer ‘A Middle-Class Job’

Four of America’s first five presidents were born and raised within a 
60-mile radius in the state of Virginia. Those men -- George Washington, 
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe -- and their sometimes 
complicated relationships are the focus of a new book by former second lady 
Lynne Cheney. Cheney joins Judy Woodruff to discuss insights from “The 
Virginia Dynasty.”

Lynne Cheney On American Presidents Of 'The Virginia Dynasty'

Coronavirus is spreading across the United States more widely than it did in previous waves. U.S. hospitalizations rose 40 percent in the past month and increased across 38 states during the past week. The country saw more than 75,000 new cases Thursday; over 41,000 people are hospitalized with the virus. Judy Woodruff talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health.

NIH's Francis Collins On How Americans Can Take Responsibility Amid Spreading Virus: A Trusted Video Source

As President Trump presses forward with legal challenges to the election 
and reiterates false claims that he won, Georgia has been in the spotlight 
due to its massive statewide recount. The deadline for completing the 
recount is approaching -- and President-elect Joe Biden’s advantage in the 
state is holding. Miles O’Brien reports on the largest hand recount in U.S. 
history.

Behind The Ballots In Georgia's Recount — The Largest In U.S. History

The site of the world’s worst radiological catastrophe is unexpectedly coming back to life -- due to an American television show. Scores of tourists are visiting Chernobyl, located in northern Ukraine, in response to an HBO miniseries that illuminates the disaster, which occurred before Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union, in new detail. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports.

Why Chernobyl has suddenly become a hotspot for global tourists

Interview with poet Seamus Heaney on his translation of the poem Beowulf

Interview with poet Seamus Heaney

Ethnic-Armenian forces last week handed over two regions to Azerbaijani 
control as part of Russia-brokered armistice that ended the six-week war 
over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Moscow has sent peacekeepers to the 
ethnic-Armenian enclave, representing the return of its military to 
Azerbaijan for the first time since the Soviet Union ended. Simon Ostrovsky 
reports with Pulitzer Center support.

Uneasy Peace Takes Hold In Contested Region Of Azerbaijan

Our November pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, "Now Read 
This," is "The Poet X" by Elizabeth Acevedo. She spoke to Jeffrey Brown 
about finding her voice through poetry and why she wrote a novel in verse.

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