PBS News Hour Full Episode | Sept. 19, 2025: TikTok's Future Uncertain After US-China Deal 🇺🇸🇨🇳

Friday on the News Hour, the future of TikTok hangs in the balance after President Trump and Chinese President Xi negotiate a deal to keep the app in the U.S. The Senate rejects stopgap measures to avoid a looming government shutdown. Plus, a leading historian joins the ongoing debate over how to interpret the U.S. Constitution.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
What's in the U.S.-China deal for an American TikTok spinoff
https://youtu.be/FIS-fsz4aoo
News Wrap: Panel declines to recommend COVID shots this fall
https://youtu.be/wEt1JbB6WOs
Stopgap measures to avoid government shutdown fail in Senate
https://youtu.be/IqtmOp1tpNQ
Self-censorship set dangerous precedent, FCC's Gomez says
https://youtu.be/rwTJV9x_Vnc
'We the People' explores the Constitution and its history
https://youtu.be/b-zPqPWCjhk
Brooks and Capehart on censorship and authoritarianism
https://youtu.be/08aQ1uNPnPM
Festival helps musicians face industry’s mental health toll
https://youtu.be/Flv72QwBGgw

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00:00 - Intro
02:27 - Future of TikTok
11:17 - News Wrap
19:21 - Off the Air
26:02 - On Democracy
33:21 - Brooks & Capehart
44:41 - Healing Notes
54:03 - Online + Goodnight