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PBS News Hour - Full Show

February 7, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday on the NewsHour, Senate Republicans block a major bipartisan border security deal. We ask Sen. Joe Manchin about what happens next. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rejects Hamas' cease-fire terms and says "complete victory" is just months away. Plus, tensions remain high in Iraq as Shia militias regroup after widespread strikes by U.S. forces. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm Amman Navaz on the news hour tonight.

0:09.0

Senate Republicans block a major bipartisan border security deal.

0:14.1

We talk to Democrat Joe Manchin about what happens next.

0:17.6

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Hamas's ceasefire terms and says complete victory is just months away.

0:25.0

And tensions remain high in Iraq as Shia militias regroup after widespread strikes by US forces.

0:34.8

If things continue to develop like this

0:36.8

with action and reaction by the parties involved,

0:40.2

it may lead to an unpredictable regional war. Welcome to the news hour. Tonight the future of the U.S.

0:57.8

border crisis and for allies across the world rests with the U.S. Senate, which earlier today blocked the bipartisan bill to address

1:05.4

immigration and Ukraine funding and now is frozen while considering what happens next.

1:10.7

It follows an unusual day in the House yesterday where GOP leadership

1:14.8

lost votes on articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary

1:18.8

Alejandro Mayorkus and a standalone aid package for Israel.

1:23.3

Congressional correspondent, Lisa Dejahdan, has been watching it all unfold.

1:27.0

So Lisa, Senate Republicans and five Democrats blocked that border compromise today in the Senate.

1:32.8

The day, of course, is not over yet.

1:34.6

Could any part of this compromise survive?

1:38.0

That is the question right now.

1:39.5

Democrats are trying to salvage the Ukraine, Israel, and other foreign aid portion of this bill.

1:45.8

But I want to tell you where we are right now by showing you where we are.

1:48.8

Let's take a look at the Senate floor right now.

1:50.8

You can see almost nothing happening on the Senate floor, staffers there, a few

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