November 3, 2023 - PBS NewsHour full episode

The Hezbollah chief in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, gave a speech for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began almost a month ago. Hezbollah is the most powerful in the so-called Axis of Resistance, a group of Iran-aligned actors allied with Hamas who have escalated attacks on Israel and American troops in recent weeks, raising fears of regional spillover. Simona Foltyn reports from Beirut.

The Biden administration's priorities in the Middle East include preventing a regional escalation and evacuating American citizens from Gaza. The State Department says about 400 Americans stuck in the strip want to leave. One of the American families who already managed to get out is Emilee Rauschenberger and her daughter Noora Abuhamad. They spoke with Nick Schifrin about the experience.

The morning Hamas terrorists launched their attack on Israel, there were thousands of innocent Gazan civilians inside Israel working day jobs or seeking medical care. When the war started, they were left stranded. Now, they’ve been told to go back to Gaza, but it's not clear how or when that can happen. Leila Molana-Allen reports.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty of fraud for his role in the collapse of the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange. It took a jury just over four hours to convict him in one of the biggest financial frauds in history. John Yang discussed the significance of the case with Crystal Kim of Axios.

In the year and a half since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion rights have been front and center in elections across the country. That will be true again on Tuesday as races in several states could alter the abortion landscape. Geoff Bennett discussed that with Karen Kasler of Ohio Statehouse News and Charlotte Woods of The Richmond Times Dispatch.

In the last few weeks, horrific images have emerged from Israel and the Gaza Strip, many involving young people. Here in the U.S., Jewish and Palestinian American parents and their children are grappling with the mental toll of a war thousands of miles away. Geoff Bennett sat down with some of those families to discuss how they are handling the conversations.