April 16, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
PBS News Hour - Full Show
PBS NewsHour
4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. |
| 0:06.0 | And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. |
| 0:12.0 | But will the militant group, Pesbola, abide by a truce it did not negotiate? |
| 0:16.0 | As White House budget director Russell Vote testifies before Congress, we check in on his efforts to implement Project 2025. |
| 0:24.6 | And a look at the Trump family's business dealings during this administration, |
| 0:28.6 | the profits they've made, and the ethics in question. |
| 0:32.6 | Donald Trump won the White House again. |
| 0:34.6 | And the Trumps have kind of stopped caring about the appearance of conflicts of interest. |
| 0:51.1 | Welcome to the news hour. President Trump announced a ceasefire deal today that would suspend fighting between Israel and Hezbollah for 10 days. |
| 1:00.1 | Hezbollah has not said whether it will comply with the ceasefire, which took effect a short time ago. |
| 1:05.4 | President Trump also says leaders from Israel and Lebanon are expected to meet soon in hopes of reaching a broader peace |
| 1:11.6 | agreement. |
| 1:12.6 | Our Stephanie Syne begins our coverage. |
| 1:14.6 | In cities across southern Lebanon today, cries of anguish. |
| 1:22.6 | At least four paramedics whose mission was saving lives suddenly stripped of their own by another Israeli attack on emergency personnel. |
| 1:33.5 | Early today, Israel bombed another town in southern Lebanon, barely visible here, engulfed in plumes of smoke. |
| 1:42.5 | Another attack turned a critical bridge into rubble. |
| 1:46.2 | It was the last link for almost a tenth of southern Lebanon to the rest of the country. |
| 1:51.6 | Hours later, President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire on social media and said he spoke |
| 1:56.7 | to both the Israeli and Lebanese presidents. |
| 1:59.2 | I had a great talk with both of them today. |
| 2:01.6 | They're going to be having a ceasefire, and that'll include Hezbollah. |
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