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News Wrap: Houston mayor lifts ‘Harvey’ curfew

Season 2017 Episode 1156 | 3m 43s

In our news wrap Tuesday, the city of Houston continues to recover from Hurricane Harvey as its mayor lifted an overnight curfew and a major oil pipeline returned to near-full operations. Also, President Vladimir Putin said his government could make further cuts in the U.S. diplomatic presence in Russia and has threatened to sue the U.S. for seizing Russian diplomatic property.

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