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PBS News Hour - Full Show

May 6, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday on the News Hour, the U.S. and Iran exchange new proposals to end the war and President Trump tells the News Hour there's a "very good chance" of making a deal, Republican politicians in Texas ramp up campaigns against the state's growing Muslim community and we take a look back at how CNN founder Ted Turner changed the media landscape. 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 Amna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is on assignment. On the news hour tonight,

0:09.0

the U.S. and Iran exchanged new proposals to end the war, and President Trump tells the

0:14.5

NewsHour there's a very good chance of making a deal. We report from on the ground in Iran's

0:20.3

capital, where residents are on edge and

0:22.6

prices are skyrocketing. Republican politicians in Texas ramp up campaigns against

0:28.6

the state's growing Muslim community.

0:30.6

We feel that we are being targeted just because we are Muslims.

0:35.6

And CNN founder Ted Turner dies at the age of 87.

0:41.3

I'll look back at how he changed the media landscape.

0:44.3

Welcome to the News Hour.

0:58.3

President Trump told PBS NewsHour today, there's a, quote, very good chance.

1:02.8

The U.S. and Iran are close to a deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

1:07.7

But he added to our Liz Landers that he has felt that confidence

1:11.4

before only for there to be no deal reached. He echoed that cautious optimism in the Oval

1:16.6

office this afternoon. We've had very good talks over the last 24 hours, and it's very possible

1:23.1

that we'll make a deal. We've had some good talks before, as you know, and all of a sudden

1:27.3

the next day,

1:28.0

they're like, they forgot what happened. The deal on the table would be a negotiated memorandum

1:34.0

of understanding that would limit Iran's nuclear program and open the Strait of Hormoz,

1:39.4

where Iran has kept its chokehold since the beginning of the war and where U.S. warships continue to keep a

1:44.9

blockade. Our Nick Schifrin's been reporting out the details of the negotiation. He's traveling

1:49.7

and joins me now from Austin. So Nick, what else is in this possible deal and how confident

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