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August 4, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

Season 2019 Episode 242 | 24m 57s

On this edition for Sunday, August 4, terror and tragedy grip America with two deadly mass shootings in less than 24 hours. Also, the latest updates on the massacres in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, a look at the role of online forums and their links to domestic terrorism, and how the media may contribute to the rhetoric of white supremacists. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Aired: 08/03/19 | Expires: 09/03/19
Major corporate funding for the PBS News Hour is provided by BDO, BNSF, Consumer Cellular, American Cruise Lines, and Raymond James. Funding for the PBS NewsHour Weekend is provided by Consumer Cellular and Cunard Cruise Line. For a complete list of funders for the PBS NewsHour and PBS NewsHour weekend, click here.
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Baby elephant at National Zoo helps lead fight against deadly disease
DOJ deploys tactic to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship
How Trump's construction projects are changing Washington and costing taxpayers
Trump administration ends funding for Arctic climate report
Palestinian American family recounts siege of West Bank home by Israeli settlers
News Wrap: Earthquake death toll in Colombia tops 260
Teacher empowers her students to see themselves as art
'Act of terror': U.S. condemns Israeli settler siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank
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