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PBS News Hour - Full Show

March 18, 2025 – PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Tuesday on the News Hour, President Trump and Russian President Putin agree to a limited ceasefire in Ukraine. After delays in negotiations, Israel renews attacks on Gaza, killing hundreds and shattering the ceasefire with Hamas. Plus, how the Trump administration's pushback on judges challenges the system of checks and balances. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett.

0:05.0

And I'm Amna Nawaz on the news hour tonight. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a limited ceasefire in Ukraine.

0:14.0

After delays in negotiations, Israel renews attacks on Gaza, killing hundreds and shattering the ceasefire with Hamas.

0:20.9

How is this an end to a war? You have dead people all around. This is injustice.

0:28.6

And how the Trump administration's push back on judges' orders on deportations and firing of federal workers challenges the U.S. system of checks and balances.

0:52.2

Welcome to the news hour. Two major international stories top the news tonight. Israel

0:58.1

resumed hitting Gaza with airstrikes overnight, shattering the fragile ceasefire there.

1:02.8

The Israeli bombardment killed more than 400 people, according to officials in Gaza.

1:08.3

In the meantime, President Trump spoke for more than two hours today

1:11.8

with Russia's Vladimir Putin. They agreed that Russia and Ukraine should stop attacks on each

1:16.9

other's energy infrastructure for 30 days. Nick Schifrin is here now with more. So Nick,

1:21.9

what exactly did Putin and Trump agree to today? President Trump called the call, quote,

1:25.8

very good and productive, and Putin ordered

1:28.0

his military to pause all attacks on energy infrastructure for one month. And as you know,

1:33.5

Hamna, for years, that has been one of the hallmarks of Russia's campaign against Ukrainian civilians.

1:39.4

More recently, Ukraine has launched its own attacks against Russian energy facilities. And

1:44.1

tonight, Zelensky suggested that he was open to a mutual pause, but he admitted that he

1:48.9

had no idea the details of what Trump and Putin discussed.

1:54.3

We support all steps aimed at the end of the war.

1:58.1

But in order to support them, we need to understand what exactly

2:02.3

we support. When President Trump has time, he's a busy man. When he has time, he can call me

2:08.5

any time. He has my phone number. We are ready to talk through further steps with pleasure.

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