PBS News Hour

Season 43, Episode 79

Episode Title: April 19, 2018

Air Date: 2018-04-19

Overview:

Thursday on the NewsHour, Republican senators defy Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to push a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller. Also: Cuba's future after the Castros, an island-wide power outage in Puerto Rico, how a trade battle could shift the U.S. economy, the Southwest pilot who safely landed after a fatal incident, India’s youth going back to their rural roots and more.