PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 12, 2025

Friday on the News Hour, President Trump and many other notable figures appear in newly released photos from Jeffrey Epstein's email, a U.S. Special Forces veteran who helped smuggle Venezuela's opposition leader out of the country to accept the Nobel Peace Prize details the operation and centuries-old olive groves in the West Bank sit untouched because of repeated attacks from Israeli settlers. WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS: What we know about the Epstein photos released by Democrats https://youtu.be/edwmrx8flek News Wrap: Preservationists sue Trump over ballroom https://youtu.be/usXkDahXiXk Why an Indiana Republican defied Trump's redistricting push https://youtu.be/gCaVA0aSx5Y Trump's executive order limits state regulations of AI https://youtu.be/l_BmtQ9vQGU Nobel Peace laureate's harrowing escape from Venezuela https://youtu.be/IJI21-y7JI4 Israeli settler attacks halt Palestinian olive harvest https://youtu.be/MigDCDWIJgk Brooks and Capehart on Trump's recent series of setbacks https://youtu.be/xLCXEjvJDeE 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 02:29 - Epstein Photos 06:52 - News Wrap 12:57 - Dividing Lines 20:23 - The Future of AI 28:04 - Mission to Oslo 33:08 - War in the Holy Land 44:31 - Brooks & Capehart 54:37 - Goodnight