PBS News Hour full episode, Nov. 10, 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: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushes back
[0:11] against mounting criticism as he faces the threat of impeachment.
[0:15] AMNA NAWAZ: The man poised to become the next speaker of the House, Hakeem Jeffries, discusses
[0:19] Democrats' election wins and what they think voters want them to do with their new majority.
[0:24] REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY): They want us to fight for an affordable America,
[0:27] and, at the same period of time, they want a Congress that's going
[0:30] to be a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch.
[0:34] GEOFF BENNETT: And new inflation data shows Americans are still
[0:37] feeling the pinch of rising costs, despite a drop in gas prices.
[1:22] (BREAK)
[1:40] GEOFF BENNETT:
[2:36] Welcome to the "News Hour."
[2:37] The political shakeup in Washington continue today as Republicans chose
[2:41] their leaders for the next Congress. After hours of closed-door discussion,
[2:46] Senate Republicans reelected John Thune as their leader, and, in the House,
[2:50] Republicans selected Jim Jordan to lead their party when the new Congress convenes in January.
[2:55] AMNA NAWAZ: Those votes may pale in comparison to the effort already under
[2:59] way to try to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. But, first, early this morning,
[3:05] Hegseth laid down the gauntlet, as congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.
[3:11] LISA DESJARDINS: From the Pentagon podium, defiance.
[3:13] PETE HEGSETH, U.S. Defense Secretary: This is not patriotism. T