March 20, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
PBS News Hour - Full Show
PBS NewsHour
4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm William Brangham. Omna DeVaz and Jeff Bennett are away. |
| 0:08.1 | On the news hour tonight, President Trump lashes out at NATO allies for not helping to secure the strait of Hormuz as Iran continues to strike oil and gas facilities in the region. |
| 0:20.0 | A wide-ranging conversation with New York City mayor, Zoran Mamdani. |
| 0:25.5 | We believe that a structural crisis deserves structural solutions, |
| 0:28.9 | and that comes from taxing the wealthiest, but a little bit more. |
| 0:32.6 | And despite the president's vow to revive manufacturing, |
| 0:36.8 | we explore why finding a factory job |
| 0:39.3 | has become so difficult in the U.S. |
| 1:06.3 | Welcome to the news hour. President Trump said today that the United States was not interested in a ceasefire with Iran because from a military standpoint, he said Iran was finished. |
| 1:11.9 | Late today, Trump said on Truth Social that, quote, we are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great military efforts in the Middle East with |
| 1:17.5 | respect to the terrorist regime of Iran. Meanwhile, Israel and the United States continued to attack |
| 1:23.8 | Iran today, hitting the same kinds of targets they've struck throughout this campaign. |
| 1:28.7 | And Iran continued to strike back, with missiles and drones landing in Israel and on oil and gas |
| 1:34.7 | facilities across the Persian Gulf. White House correspondent Liz Landers has the latest. |
| 1:42.5 | Today, in the Holy Land, its holy city bombed. |
| 1:47.0 | Iran today struck the ancient old quarter of Jerusalem. |
| 1:51.0 | A missile landing only a few hundred feet from the Alaska Mosque and the Western Wall, places of prayer sacred to billions. |
| 1:59.0 | As further Iranian attacks hit the city of Rehovit in the country, Places of prayer sacred to billions. |
| 2:10.4 | As further Iranian attacks hit the city of Rehovitz in the country's center, killing 15 people nationwide as the war's casualty rate continues to grow. |
| 2:13.8 | Iran is threatening to keep up the fight. |
| 2:18.2 | Its revolutionary guard today releasing a statement announcing that the embattled regime is continuing to produce missiles and stockpiles are high. Having again today struck Kuwait's |
| 2:25.7 | al-Mahadi and Mina Abdullah oil refineries forcing both to shut down. As the price of gas, inches up |
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