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PBS News Hour - Full Show

March 4, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday on the News Hour, the death toll from the war against Iran rises and the U.S. pledges to strike deeper into Iranian territory. Lebanon's government and its civilians are caught in the middle of the war that has reignited between Israel and Hezbollah. Plus, the results from primary elections in key states start to shape the midterm matchups for this November. 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 Navaz is away. On the news hour tonight,

0:09.0

the death toll from the war against Iran rises, and the U.S. pledges to strike deeper into Iranian territory.

0:16.4

Lebanon's government and its civilians are caught in the middle of the war that's reignited between Israel and Hezbollah.

0:22.6

Nobody is looking out for us. Nobody answers when we try to call.

0:28.6

And the results from primary elections in key states, including Texas, start to shape the midterm matchups for this November.

0:50.6

Welcome to the News Hour.

0:55.2

The U.S. Defense Secretary said today that the war with Iran has only just begun, and the war expanded once again. Iran for the first time fired a drone into NATO territory,

1:02.4

and the U.S. used a torpedo fired by a submarine to sink a warship for the first time since World War II.

1:09.1

The U.S. says it has struck more than 2,000 targets.

1:12.7

Iran's health ministry says more than 920 people there have been killed.

1:17.4

Our Nick Schiffran starts our coverage.

1:21.8

Today, Tehran woke to terrifying booms that engulfed the night sky in flames.

1:31.1

By day, the Capitol's Revolutionary Square battered, many buildings, broken, and structures

1:37.4

shattered as rescue workers prayed for the dead.

1:41.5

Monira Terani cannot believe what she's seen.

1:45.6

I hope this ends sooner, and so many people won't be killed anymore.

1:50.0

We are punching them while they're down, which is exactly how it should be.

1:55.2

In Washington, Pentagon leaders said U.S. strikes had so far focused on Iran's ballistic

1:59.5

missile infrastructure and drones

2:01.3

in Iran's west and northwest.

2:05.0

And U.S. strikes will soon spread deeper into Iran now that the U.S. has more control over

2:10.2

Iran's skies.

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