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May 29, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

Season 2021 Episode 149 | 26m 35s

On this edition for Saturday, May 29, millions of Americans travel for Memorial Day as more states lift mask mandates, the political implications of the crime bill, and theoretical physicist Michio Kaku on his new book, “The God Equation.” Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Aired: 05/28/21
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