PBS News Hour full episode, Nov. 4, 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:
[0:09] (CHEERING)
[0:12] GEOFF BENNETT: A blue tsunami. Democrats win both chambers of Congress in a midterm election
[0:17] sweep. Now the task turns to governing during President Trump's last two years in office.
[0:23] AMNA NAWAZ: A deep dive into the data. We break down some of the key
[0:26] races that led to Democratic victories and the issues that drove voters to the polls.
[0:31] GEOFF BENNETT: And Deb Haaland, the newly elected Democratic governor of New Mexico, joins
[0:36] us to talk about her historic win to become the country's first female Native American governor.
[1:10] (BREAK)
[1:26] GEOFF BENNETT: Welcome to the "News Hour."
[2:35] Well, it was a Democratic tsunami at the ballot box. Voters have delivered a sweeping
[2:40] rebuke of President Trump and his party in the 2026 midterms, handing Democrats major
[2:45] victories across the country and dramatically reshaping the balance of power in Washington.
[2:51] AMNA NAWAZ: Mr. Trump now enters a lame-duck phase of his second term,
[2:54] promising both to use his veto power and also to work across
[2:58] the aisle as he faces the largest Democratic majorities in decades.
[3:02] Liz Landers reports.
[3:06] LIZ LANDERS: After two years of unified Republican government...
[3:10] JAMES TALARICO (D), Texas Senator-Elect: We just took back Texas.
[3:12] (CHEERING)
[3:14] ABDUL EL-SAYED (D), Michigan Senator-Elect: Michigan, we did it!
[3:17] TROY JACKSON (D), Maine Senator-Elect: We did it! Working people did it!
[3:20] (CHEERING)
[3:21] LIZ LANDERS: