March 13, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
PBS News Hour - Full Show
PBS NewsHour
4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. |
| 0:05.9 | And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, the war with Iran hits the two-week mark as all sides dig in, and the death toll, including U.S. service members, rises. |
| 0:15.9 | The latest anti-S. anti-Semitic attack, this time on a Michigan synagogue, highlights growing threats against the Jewish community. |
| 0:23.4 | And the Trump administration sends pregnant migrant girls to a Texas facility despite warnings that the shelter can't provide adequate care. |
| 0:32.1 | The trauma they've been through further complicates their pregnancies. |
| 0:56.0 | Welcome to the News Hour. Around 2,500 U.S. Marines are reportedly heading for the Middle East, along with an amphibious warship. Their mission is not yet clear, but it signals a marked increase in U.S. forces in the region. |
| 1:01.0 | The deployment comes, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth said more than 15,000 targets had been struck in Iran |
| 1:08.0 | over nearly two weeks of relentless bombing against the regime. |
| 1:12.3 | 13 American personnel have now been killed during the war, and more than 2,000 are dead, |
| 1:18.0 | both in Iran and from Israeli strikes in Lebanon. Stephanie Tsai reports. |
| 1:24.0 | Mid-interview, a pro-regime demonstrator in Tehran interrupted. |
| 1:30.3 | An airstrike sends smoke rising over a crowded square, but doesn't disperse the masses. |
| 1:36.3 | These Iranians are defiant, chanting familiar slogans. |
| 1:41.3 | Death to America, death to Israel, setting fire to Israeli and American flags. |
| 1:51.5 | The protesters had gathered for an annual rally in solidarity with Palestinians when the |
| 1:56.5 | midday strike hit, killing at least one person. Several top Iranian leaders, including the President Massoud Pasechkian, were in the crowd. |
| 2:06.6 | Iran's hardline judiciary chief speaking to a reporter in the moment. |
| 2:10.6 | We stand with the people until the last breath. |
| 2:13.6 | Thank you. breath. People don't fear these |
| 2:27.3 | boom boom sounds. Under the rain and the missiles, they will not back down at all. |
| 2:33.3 | In northern Israel, fear over cross-border retaliation. |
| 2:37.6 | A home where a family once lived is now filled with shrapnel and debris. Another Iranian missile |
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