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 Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. We are home to PBS News Hour, ranked the most credible and objective TV news show. Sign up for Here's The Deal with Lisa Desjardins: https://to.pbs.org/41q6E8i Subscribe for exclusive content in our newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe PBS News podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS News at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbsnews X: http://www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour 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