Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV and KPBS 2 and KPBS FM + PBS NEWSHOUR YouTube channel
President Donald Trump will address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, laying out his vision for his administration and the United States. Eight years after his first address to Congress, Trump returns, this time pushing a major overhaul of the federal government and its workforce.
PBS News will have special coverage of the address beginning at 6 p.m. with the PBS NEWS HOUR and a digital special ahead of the president’s speech. At 6 p.m., special on-air coverage begins, hosted by PBS News co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett.
They will be joined by New York Times columnist David Brooks, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, and former Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Tiffany Smiley.
PBS News White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López and Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins will provide analysis and reporting from Capitol Hill.
