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PBS News Hour - Full Show

February 17, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Tuesday on the News Hour, how the Trump administration is not only changing recommendations for existing vaccines, but also creating barriers to developing new ones. Repeated Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure leave millions to face cold temperatures without power. Plus, remembering civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who spent decades advocating for the poor and confronting injustice. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz.

0:05.0

And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, the shifting vaccine landscape, how the Trump administration is not only changing recommendations for existing shots, but also creating barriers to developing new ones.

0:17.0

Children are going to die in this country needlessly.

0:21.1

More and more are going to die because of what's happening here.

0:24.5

These are not harmless policies.

0:27.3

Repeated Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure leaves millions to face record-setting

0:32.5

cold temperatures without power.

0:36.3

We stand strong because we want victory.

0:39.0

Nothing will break us, not the cold or hunger.

0:42.0

We're ready to survive anything.

0:44.1

We're not giving up.

0:45.9

And we remember civil rights leader Jesse Jackson,

0:49.0

who died after a lifetime spent advocating for the poor

0:52.1

and confronting injustice.

1:08.0

Thank you. lifetime spent advocating for the poor and confronting injustice. Welcome to the news hour. Geneva, Switzerland played host today to not one but two rounds of high-level

1:13.1

talks aimed at resolving two separate international disputes. We start with Iran and a U.S. official

1:19.2

who told Reuters that progress was made in roughly three hours of indirect talks over limiting Tehran's nuclear program.

1:26.6

U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Whitkoff, and President

1:29.0

Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, laid out their case today with mediators from Oman.

1:34.3

Speaking to reporters following the talks, Iran's foreign minister said, a new window has opened for

1:39.9

reaching an agreement, though more work is needed.

1:50.2

We now have a clearer picture of what needs to be done and what needs to be done down the road.

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