PBS News Hour full episode, Jan. 20, 2025

Monday on the News Hour, Donald Trump begins his second term as president, swiftly issuing executive orders aimed at implementing his agenda. A look at unprecedented pardons as Trump plans to pardon Jan. 6 protestors and Biden issues preemptive pardons to Jan. 6 investigators and his family. Plus, we speak with the former head of NATO about how Trump could affect the future of the alliance.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS: 
Trump returns to office and kickstarts ambitious agenda
The power of presidential executive orders and their limits
Biden issues preemptive pardons on his way out of office
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on how Trump changed Washington
Stoltenberg on how the world is responding to Trump's return
News Wrap: 3 Israeli hostages released as ceasefire holds
'New Prize for These Eyes' details 2nd civil rights movement

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00:00 - Introduction
02:49 - Inauguration Day
19:42 - Power of the Presidency
24:14 - Presidential Pardons
30:26 - Political Stakes
36:29 - Trump & the World
42:38 - News Wrap
46:58 - “New Prize for These Eyes”