PBS News Weekend full episode, Oct. 18, 2025

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, millions turn out in what organizers call an historic flood of nationwide protests to push back against Trump’s policies. A little-known company that helped create China’s infamous internet firewall is quietly selling the system to other countries. Plus, a former CDC director’s new book offers an insider’s formula for defeating the world’s worst diseases.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS‘We intend to defend our democracy,’ says protest organizer
https://youtu.be/HCRjSePYjPM
News Wrap: Israel pressures Hamas to return hostage bodies
https://youtu.be/Q53R_ccXYD8
Leak shows China’s ‘Great Firewall’ is being exported abroad
https://youtu.be/XEHgyXg72m0
‘The Formula for Better Health’ from a former CDC director
https://youtu.be/85G02wXQlRI


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00:00 - Intro
02:16 - A Day of Protests
09:03 - News Wrap
12:20 - China Firewall
18:51 - Improving Public Health
25:51 - Goodnight