PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 18, 2024

Wednesday on the News Hour, the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again but concerns over inflation and the incoming Trump administration raise questions about future cuts. We report from the site of an infamous chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime as the Syrian people search for their dead. Plus, why one of the most promising treatments for alcohol abuse is barely being used.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS: 
Fed lowers interest rates again but future cuts in question
   • Fed lowers interest rates again but i...  
News Wrap: Calif. declares state of emergency over bird flu
   • News Wrap: California declares state ...  
Trump tells GOP to reject government funding bill
   • Trump tells GOP to reject funding bil...  
Rep. Casar on progressive caucus effort to rebrand Democrats
   • Rep. Greg Casar outlines progressive ...  
Syrians face horrors at site of Assad's chemical attack
   • Amid new freedoms, Syrians face horro...  
Syrians attempt to uncover fate of Assad's prisoners
   • Syrians attempt to uncover fate of th...  
Why a promising treatment for alcohol abuse is barely used
   • Why a promising treatment for alcohol...  
U.S. astronauts stranded in space face another delay
   • U.S. astronauts stranded in space fac...  

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00:00 - Introduction
02:11 - Cutting Rates
07:48 - News Wrap
14:01 - High Stakes
19:57 - Party’s Future
26:13 - Fall of Assad (Leila Molana-Allen)
34:48 - Fall of Assad (Simona Foltyn)
38:25 - Rethinking Addiction
48:50 - Stuck in Space