PBS News Hour Full Episode - Sept. 18, 2025: Free Speech & Vaccine Updates 📰

Thursday on the News Hour, what the move to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air says about free speech under the Trump administration. An overhauled vaccine committee at the CDC, one that now includes vaccine skeptics, changes the guidance for what shots children should get. Plus, why paying interest is becoming a bigger problem for the U.S. government.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
What Kimmel's suspension says about free speech under Trump
https://youtu.be/WrZ4tY0Q6b0
News Wrap: Trump wraps up state visit to the UK
https://youtu.be/GSbn_SKhU9Y
Panel overhauled by RFK Jr. changes vaccine recommendations
https://youtu.be/XJUW8DFM1eY
Senate Republicans change rules to approve Trump nominees
https://youtu.be/oda9mDORE9A
War ends when Gaza is free of Hamas, Israeli ambassador says
https://youtu.be/PFyyqnO5tY4
How debt interest is becoming a problem for the government
https://youtu.be/nJTE_BBgJ5s
John Malcolm on an originalist analysis of the Constitution
https://youtu.be/Y9Ol6Q7vf64

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00:00 - Intro
02:32 - Off the Air
12:55 - News Wrap
18:57 - Future of Vaccines
26:02 - Fast-Track
30:04 - War in the Holy land
38:05 - In Context: Paying Interest
45:52 - On Democracy
54:25 - Goodnight