PBS News Hour full episode, Nov. 2, 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: With Election Day just hours away. Candidates are pulling out all the
[0:13] stops from surprise endorsements to last-minute rallies in a final push to win over voters.
[0:18] AMNA NAWAZ: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the state of the war with Russia,
[0:23] his relationship with President Trump,
[0:25] and the plight of the Ukrainian people as winter rapidly approaches.
[0:30] VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, Ukrainian President: So if we speak about pragmatic things, we have to support
[0:34] Ukraine because it has to be strong, because, otherwise, Putin will go further to Europe.
[0:39] GEOFF BENNETT: And the Trump administration plans to deport more than 100 Afghan immigrants
[0:44] to Afghanistan, where many could face persecution under Taliban rule.
[0:50] (BREAK)
[2:43] GEOFF BENNETT: Welcome to the "News Hour."
[2:45] On this Election Day eve, candidates spent the day making their final pitches to voters
[2:50] following a weekend of last-minute rallies and a high-profile Democratic defection in Michigan.
[2:56] AMNA NAWAZ: President Trump delivered his closing message here in Washington, D.C.,
[3:00] today at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after days of campaigning in mostly red states.
[3:06] Lisa Desjardins has our report.
[3:10] LISA DESJARDINS: Today, President Trump's closing message from a place off the trail,
[3:14] but close to the White House.
[3:15] DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States: The Democrat Party has nominated
[3:17] the most extreme and danger