PBS News Weekend: Impact of Government Shutdown on Food Assistance – Nov. 1, 2025 📰

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, as the government shutdown begins a new month, tens of millions of low-income Americans who rely on food assistance face uncertainty. A look at China’s dazzling infrastructure and how the modern country has been shaped by engineers. Plus, how climate change is driving an ancient tree on a remote island to the brink of extinction.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
Uncertainty for SNAP recipients as shutdown enters new month
https://youtu.be/mHd9_JAdpoE
News Wrap: Israel it received remains that are not hostages’
https://youtu.be/NTsRGupIjQo
How engineers are shaping China’s infrastructure and society
https://youtu.be/FOY7pu3Gsdk
Climate change threatens ancient Socotra dragon’s blood tree
https://youtu.be/HeobinZZN8c

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00:00 - Intro
02:11 - Shutdown Impact
07:41 - News Wrap
10:57 - Building China
20:24 - Dragon’s Blood Trees
25:35 - Goodnight