← PBS News Hour · Season 44

January 1, 2018

S43 · E1 · 01 Jan 2018 · 1 hr 0 min

Monday on the NewsHour, anti-government protests continue across Iran, leaving at least a dozen dead. Also, what signals did North Korean leader Kim Jong Un send with his New Year’s speech? And in the U.S., states ring in the New Year with a batch of brand new laws.

Directing

Mary Lawrence · Director

Production

Alexis Cox · Producer

Harry Zahn · Production Assistant

Matt Loffman · Producer

Michael Rios · Production Assistant

Ryan Connelly Holmes · Production Assistant

Sara Just · Executive Producer

Editing

Hamada Hanoura · Editor

Crew

Nsikan Akpan · Creator

Guest Stars (28)

William Brangham as Self - Host

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Self (archive footage)

Hassan Rouhani as Self (archive footage)

Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani as Self (archive footage)

Thomas Erdbrink as Self - The New York Times

Kim Jong-un as Self (archive footage)

Karim Sadjadpour as Self - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Frank Jannuzi as Self - Former State Department Official

Reid Wilson as Self - The Hill

Blake Dremann as Self (archive footage)

Brynn Tannehill as Self (archive footage)

George Brown as Self - East Tennessee State University (archive footage)

Gary Anderson as Self - U.S. Marine Corps (archive footage)

Tamara Keith as Self - NPR

Amy Walter as Self - The Cook Political Report

Mahpikay Siddiqi as Self - Kabul Orthopedic Organization

Noorzia as Self - Landmine Survivor

Rahmatullah as Self - Noorzia's Father

Patrick Fruchet as Self - United Nations Mine Action Service

Rahmatullah Rahmat as Self - Halo Trust

Farah Gulistani as Self - Mural Painter

Nsikan Akpan as Self

Paulo Lozano as Self

Carl Sagan as Self - Cosmos (archive footage)

Catherine Miller as Self - PhD Student