PBS News Hour full episode, Feb. 5, 2026
Thursday on the News Hour, the showdown over Department of Homeland Security funding intensifies as Democrats make demands to rein in ICE. Measles spreads further in South Carolina in one of the biggest U.S. outbreaks in decades. How mortgages from before the 2008 financial crisis are haunting homeowners. Sudan’s army breaks a yearslong siege of an embattled city and finds overwhelming suffering.
WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
How public opinion against ICE may affect funding showdown
https://youtu.be/rFRLLlFk_Io
Search continues for Nancy Guthrie as authorities seek leads
https://youtu.be/mKzo_j9SiBM
News Wrap: Trump rejects extension of New START treaty
https://youtu.be/LwXRNAS-xkM
What to know about South Carolina’s big measles outbreak
https://youtu.be/IvpjS5KbREk
RSF siege of Sudanese city leaves overwhelming suffering
https://youtu.be/YQLMMHoXmCI
Humanitarian group head urges nations to step up Sudan aid
https://youtu.be/STg91Goslis
How ‘zombie mortgages’ are coming back to haunt homeowners
https://youtu.be/3drD5g6nL_8
The complicated road to recovery for Indian sex workers
https://youtu.be/ShqyuLZPSqU
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00:00 - Intro
02:03 - Immigration Crackdown
07:27 - Missing
11:14 - News Wrap
17:10 - Measles Outbreaks
23:54 - Sudan Civil War
29:03 - RSF siege of Sudanese city leaves overwhelming suffering
34:47 - Zombie Mortgages
45:41 - Road to Recovery
54:41- Online + Goodnight
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