February 3, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
PBS News Hour - Full Show
PBS NewsHour
4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Amna Vaz. And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, President Trump signs a bill to end the partial government shutdown, but lawmakers are still divided over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. We speak with the House Democratic leader. |
| 0:18.6 | The Director of National Intelligence |
| 0:20.9 | defends her presence at an FBI raid |
| 0:23.8 | of a Georgia election facility |
| 0:25.5 | saying President Trump asked her to be there. |
| 0:28.6 | And hundreds of thousands of Haitians |
| 0:30.6 | in the U.S. face an uncertain future |
| 0:32.8 | as a judge temporarily blocks |
| 0:34.8 | the Trump administration's plan |
| 0:36.2 | to end their protected status. |
| 0:38.5 | I'm afraid of folks being detained for no reason. I'm afraid of seeing parents being separated |
| 0:46.6 | from the kids. |
| 0:53.6 | Thank you. Welcome to the news hour. |
| 1:01.5 | The four-day partial government shutdown is now over. |
| 1:05.0 | Lawmakers passed a funding package today, which President Trump then signed, |
| 1:09.2 | reopening the government. |
| 1:10.2 | But the policy fight behind this shutdown over Mr. Trump's immigration crackdown |
| 1:15.3 | is far from over. And the government has given itself just a small window of borrowed time. |
| 1:20.6 | As congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin has been following and is now here to explain. |
| 1:25.3 | Lisa, good to see you. |
| 1:26.3 | So just kick us off here. What happened |
| 1:28.0 | today and what does it mean? This narrowly passed the House. It was close and there was a great |
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