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

https://youtu.be/edwmrx8flek

News Wrap: Preservationists sue Trump over ballroom

https://youtu.be/usXkDahXiXk

Why an Indiana Republican defied Trump's redistricting push

https://youtu.be/gCaVA0aSx5Y

Trump's executive order limits state regulations of AI

https://youtu.be/l_BmtQ9vQGU

Nobel Peace laureate's harrowing escape from Venezuela

https://youtu.be/IJI21-y7JI4

Israeli settler attacks halt Palestinian olive harvest

https://youtu.be/MigDCDWIJgk

Brooks and Capehart on Trump's recent series of setbacks

https://youtu.be/xLCXEjvJDeE

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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