PBS News Hour full episode, Jan. 16, 2026
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as posted by the channelCorrection: In the Venezuela segment, we mistakenly said "Marina" instead of "Maria" on first reference to Maria Corina Machado. The transcript has been corrected. In the Iran segment, an identifier graphic misspelled Stanford University. We regret the error.
Friday on the News Hour, the CIA director visits the president of Venezuela, while the opposition leader visits the U.S. and pushes for a democratic government. Restrictions are placed on Elon Musk's artificial intelligence program that was able to generate explicit images, but concerns remain. Plus, how Iran’s uprising met a crackdown and how a pledge of U.S. help seems to have gone unfulfilled.
Machado urges U.S. leaders to push for democratic Venezuela
News Wrap: Trump ramps up Greenland takeover threat
Musk's Grok AI faces scrutiny for sexual deepfake images
Iran’s uprising meets a brutal crackdown
Brooks and Capehart on Trump's threats
What to watch as Indiana and Miami face off for championship
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