Basin PBS lost 48% of its revenue this year following President Trump's executive order that ceased federal funding to public television stations. | NewsWest 9

1.3M views · 88K reactions | As Trump and his allies in Congress try to gut public funding for PBS, watch this 1971 clip of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the kids of Sesame Street. This is why we need public broadcasting. | Robert Reich | Facebook

On January 20, 1981, 52 American hostages were released from captivity in Tehran, Iran, just moments after the swearing in of newly-elected President Ronald Reagan. As the freed hostages were transferred to a U.S. Air Force base in Wiesbaden, Germany, they were greeted by former President Jimmy Carter, who had spent the last 444 days agonizing over their fate. Stream TAKEN HOSTAGE on the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel. | American Experience | PBS