April 7, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
PBS News Hour - Full Show
PBS NewsHour
4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navaz is on assignment. |
| 0:08.0 | On the news hour tonight, President Trump extends his self-imposed deadline after threatening |
| 0:13.1 | to wipe out Iran's entire civilization. The civilian death toll rises in Lebanon, a country |
| 0:19.4 | caught in the wider war as Israel expands |
| 0:22.2 | its airstrikes and ground operations. |
| 0:25.1 | We don't know what to do. |
| 0:26.3 | We are so tired, especially us, those suffering from sickness. |
| 0:30.4 | We are exhausted. |
| 0:31.7 | We can't sleep because of the sound of the warplanes. |
| 0:34.9 | And women in the U.S. struggle to obtain treatment for menopause symptoms after a |
| 0:39.7 | change in FDA labeling. |
| 0:53.9 | Welcome to the News Hour. President Trump is backing off for now his threat to destroy Iran's civilian |
| 0:59.6 | infrastructure and wipe out its civilization. In a social media post, he said he has agreed to suspend |
| 1:05.7 | the bombing and attack of Iran for two weeks, calling it a double-sided ceasefire. That's if Iran immediately |
| 1:12.3 | reopens the straight of war moves. And the president added that the U.S. received a broad |
| 1:17.3 | proposal from Iran that is, quote, a workable basis on which to negotiate. Nick Schiffran |
| 1:23.0 | starts our coverage. |
| 1:26.3 | Today, after rockets reigned onto Tehran, and the U.S. and Israeli strikes smashed |
| 1:31.2 | buildings and carcasses, President Trump provided a reprieve, accepting Pakistani Prime Minister |
| 1:37.1 | Shabaz Sharif's proposal for the president to delay his ultimatum by two weeks and for Iran |
| 1:42.4 | to lift its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz also for two weeks. This morning, President Trump's ultimatum by two weeks, and for Iran to lift its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz also |
| 1:45.2 | for two weeks. |
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