November 6, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

For a closer look at Donald Trump's decisive victory in this deeply divided nation, Geoff Bennett sat down with Republican strategist Kevin Madden and Democratic strategist Faiz Shakir.

Former President Donald Trump will return to the Oval Office as the 47th president of the United States after a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. Republicans could enjoy unchecked control over Washington with a Senate majority secured, but the House is still too close to call. Geoff Bennett reports.

Vice President Harris addressed a crowd of supporters outside her alma mater, Howard University, on Wednesday where she delivered a concession speech reflecting on her whirlwind campaign and leaving her voters with a message of hope and faith in democracy. Laura Barrón-López reports.

While Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election, we are still waiting on race calls from a handful of states. Lisa Desjardins has a look at where the former president won big, the counties that Kamala Harris struggled to carry and some of the down-ballot races we’re watching.

The outcome of this year’s presidential election is no longer in question after race calls in the Midwest early Wednesday morning. But we're still learning how Donald Trump built a new coalition to send him back to the White House he lost four years ago. Geoff Bennett and Amy Walter discussed the dynamics behind Trump’s comeback.

Donald Trump made important and surprising inroads with key groups he needed to get to win the election. Chief among them, Hispanic voters. Rep. Maria Salazar is a Republican from Florida and joined Amna Nawaz to discuss Trump's agenda.

Donald Trump’s victory is headline news across the world. The president-elect and his team are vowing to dramatically change U.S. foreign policy. Nick Schifrin reports on the international reaction to the election.

In a handful of states, voters weighed in on reproductive rights two years after Roe was overturned. In seven of them, voters expanded or protected the right to an abortion. But in three states, abortion bans will remain in place. John Yang discussed more with Mary Ziegler.

In our news wrap Wednesday, 30 bodies were pulled from the rubble of a residential building in Lebanon after it was struck by Israel without warning, authorities in Pakistan are considering a city-wide lockdown as record-high pollution sickens thousands in Lahore, Hurricane Rafael made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm and fast-moving wildfires are threatening California communities.