PBS News Hour full episode, Oct. 16, 2026
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[0:04] AMNA NAWAZ: Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz.
[0:06] GEOFF BENNETT: And I'm Geoff Bennett.
[0:07] On the "News Hour" tonight: the latest on the investigation into a deadly elementary school
[0:12] shooting in Bend, Oregon, that killed three young children and a teacher.
[0:16] AMNA NAWAZ: A tighter-than-expected Senate race
[0:18] sends President Trump to Alaska just weeks before the midterm elections.
[0:22] GEOFF BENNETT: And Kerry Kennedy reflects on her mother's lifelong devotion to family and human
[0:27] rights and also weighs in on recent political controversies involving the Kennedy name.
[0:33] KERRY KENNEDY, Author, "Ethel Kennedy: The Extraordinary Life and Bold Legacy": President
[0:34] Trump, do your job. Do not worry about the Kennedy Center. Leave it alone, and it will be fine.
[0:46] (BREAK)
[2:28] GEOFF BENNETT: Welcome to the "News Hour."
[2:30] Police are still investigating the motive behind the deadly shooting at Silver Rail
[2:34] Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Officials say four people were killed,
[2:38] including three young children and a teacher. Two of those victims were
[2:42] identified, 5-year-old Rhoam Summer and teacher Megan Lambert. She was 25 years old.
[2:47] AMNA NAWAZ: Police have identified the alleged shooter as 16-year-old
[2:51] Griffin J. John II. He previously attended Silver Rail Elementary,
[2:55] where authorities said he was a special needs student. They said that yesterday
[2:59] he attacked a special needs classroom before being killed at the scene himself.
[3:04] William Brangham starts our coverage.
[3:06] WILLIAM BRANGHAM: In Bend, Oregon, families hu