PBS News Hour full episode, Aug. 5, 2025

From PBS NewsHour.

Tuesday on the News Hour, new propaganda videos of hostages held by Hamas ramp up the pressure on Israel to reach a ceasefire. We speak with the cousin of one hostage forced to dig his own grave. Trade deals come with a promise to buy U.S. energy, but how realistic are those pledges and can the president deliver? Plus, a decline in maternal mental health and what research says could be to blame.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
News Wrap: Texas AG attempts to expel Dems who left state

Israeli hostage in Hamas video is a broken man, cousin says

Can Trump deliver on his energy export promises?

How Trump’s embrace of QAnon kept Epstein in the spotlight

Mothers open up about worrying decline in mental health

Bangladesh faces uncertainty a year after PM’s resignation

New book documents motivation and development of atomic bomb

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00:00 – Intro
02:28 – News Wrap
09:01 – Hostage of Hamas
16:08 – Trade & Tariffs
22:35 – Fueling Conspiracy
29:37 – Maternal Mental Health
37:29 – After the Uprising
45:38 – “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky”
54:46 – Goodnight