PBS News Hour full episode, May 5, 2026
Tuesday on the News Hour, tensions mount as the U.S. and Iran trade threats and compete for control of the Strait of Hormuz. States scramble to redraw congressional maps ahead of November’s midterms. Nearly a month after Israeli strikes across Lebanon, families of those killed still search the rubble for remains. Plus, Wynton Marsalis on why he thinks jazz is the perfect metaphor for democracy.
WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
Iran defiant as U.S. pushes to reopen Strait of Hormuz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL8bE_m5pmA
News Wrap: Senate GOP requests $1 billion for Trump ballroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kubP7-jUJHs
States scramble to redraw congressional maps before midterms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv0qjq-9Cq4
What to know about human-to-human hantavirus transmission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y93QEIvJMAY
Families in Lebanon search for victims of Israeli strikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H3RMDiYQRU
Thousands of immigrant truckers lose CDLs in Trump crackdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_g_u2qAok
What inspired Douglas Stuart’s new novel ‘John of John’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVh8heyBOa8
Wynton Marsalis on why jazz is democracy’s perfect metaphor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQsWNVIT4xs
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00:00 – Introduction
02:20 – War with Iran
07:22 – News Wrap
13:12 – Dividing Lines
18:16 – Outbreak
23:11 – Black Wednesday
31:56 – Roadblock
40:05 – John of John
46:52 – Wynton Marsalis
