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August 4, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

Season 2018 Episode 288 | 25m 05s

On this edition for Saturday, Aug 4, the long-term implications of top cybersecurity officials leaving the FBI. Later, lawmakers and scientists try to establish when someone may be too high to drive and the Trump administration gets blowback for proposing to dismantle fuel emission standards. Alison Stewart anchors from New York.

Aired: 08/03/18 | Expires: 09/03/18
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