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PBS News Hour - Full Show

March 19, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Thursday on the News Hour, Israel and Iran trade attacks on oil infrastructure across the region, further spiking global prices. We speak with Republican Sen. Rick Scott about the uncertain future of the conflict. The White House turns to internet memes to promote the ongoing war. Plus, we speak with the mother of a 23-year-old U.S. citizen who was shot and killed by ICE agents in Texas. 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 Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navazas on assignment. On the news hour tonight, Israel and Iran trade attacks on oil infrastructure across the region, further spiking global prices. We speak with Republican Senator Rick Scott about the uncertain future of the war.

0:20.6

I think the American public is not happy about forever wars, so I don't think there's

0:23.6

much of a chance that we'll have a forever horror here.

0:26.6

The White House turns to internet memes to promote the ongoing war.

0:31.6

Critics say it minimizes the human cost.

0:34.6

And we speak with the mother of a 23-year-old U.S. citizen shot and killed by ICE agents in Texas.

0:40.3

I don't understand why they had to do that because I know my son wouldn't use his vehicle as a weapon and it just didn't make any sense at all.

0:47.3

And I knew something was not right. It just never made any sense. 20 cents.

1:04.2

Welcome to the news hour.

1:12.1

Iranian strikes on oil and gas facilities across the Persian Gulf sent shockwaves through global energy markets today, a day after Israel struck Iran's main natural gas complex. For his part, President Trump sought to reassure

1:17.7

Americans as gas prices surge, even as the Pentagon appears poised to ask Congress for up to

1:23.2

$200 billion for the war effort. Our special correspondent, Laila Malana Allen, has more.

1:30.4

Today, across the Middle East, oil fields in flames.

1:34.5

Iran ramped up its attacks on the economic lifeblood of the region,

1:38.3

striking an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia, and several in Kuwait,

1:42.6

sending the price of Brent crude oil to a staggering

1:45.6

$19 a barrel this morning.

1:49.0

In response to an unprecedented Israeli air strike on the South Parse gas reserve, a mammoth

1:54.1

deposit of gas beneath the Persian Gulf that could supply the entire world for over a decade.

2:00.1

The Iranian Khashiree co-owned reserve is the biggest domestic gas supplier for Iran.

2:04.6

President Trump today condemned the strike.

2:07.0

You talked to Prime Minister from in Antiopp about attacking the oil and gas fields?

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