February 26, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
PBS News Hour - Full Show
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4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Omna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, Hillary Clinton testifies to congressional lawmakers over the Epstein files, while the Justice Department looks into whether documents mentioning President Trump were withheld from the public. |
| 0:18.8 | The Trump administration halts Medicaid funding to Minnesota over allegations of fraud. |
| 0:24.6 | And a whistleblower warns that ICE recruits are not receiving proper training. |
| 0:29.6 | It is a recipe for someone else to die, potentially for multiple people to die, |
| 0:34.6 | and it's going to be done by officers who deserved better from this government. |
| 0:51.1 | Welcome to the News Hour. Members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee questioned Hillary Clinton for more than six hours today as part of its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The former Secretary of State told lawmakers she had no information on Epstein's criminal activities. During a closed-door session, Clinton said she also did not recall ever meeting Mr. Epstein |
| 1:13.6 | and never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes, or offices. |
| 1:18.6 | Today's meeting was the first of two days of closed-door depositions for the House Oversight Committee of both Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton. |
| 1:28.2 | There were a lot of questions that we asked that we, you know, weren't satisfied with the |
| 1:32.3 | answers that we got, but we will continue to move forward. |
| 1:37.0 | Democrats on the committee argued their Republican colleagues did not take the deposition |
| 1:41.1 | seriously. |
| 1:42.5 | Today we are sitting through an incredibly unserious clown show of a deposition where members |
| 1:49.7 | of Congress and the Republican Party are more concerned about getting their photo op of Secretary |
| 1:55.9 | Clinton than actually getting to the truth and holding anyone accountable. |
| 2:01.2 | Neither bill nor Hillary Clinton have been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein's crimes, |
| 2:06.3 | but Bill Clinton has said he previously had a professional relationship with the convicted sexual offender. |
| 2:12.1 | For more on today's testimony, I'm joined now by Justice correspondent Ali Rogan. |
| 2:16.3 | So, Allie, today's session was behind closed doors between Clinton and members of the committee. |
| 2:21.6 | What did we learn today about any ties between Secretary Clinton and Epstein? |
| 2:25.0 | Well, Amna, Hillary Clinton just came to the microphones and spoke to the media following today's proceedings. |
| 2:30.6 | She said she answered questions as best she could. |
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