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October 17, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

Season 2021 Episode 290 | 26m 36s

On this edition for Sunday, October 17, American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti as the crisis-hit nation sees a rise in gang violence. Also, why Native Americans are paying huge sums to buy back ancestral land, and the many acts of musician-turned-actor-turned-musician Stevie Van Zandt. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Aired: 10/16/21 | Expires: 11/16/21
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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Trump's intimidation of Fed's leadership threatens economic stability, Yellen says
Ex-prosecutor on DOJ’s Powell probe and Trump’s targeting of opponents
News Wrap: Minnesota sues feds to stop immigration enforcement surge
Powell pushes back as Trump’s DOJ launches unprecedented investigation into Fed
Iran protests escalate as regime crackdown leaves more than 500 dead
Literary Arts Fund created to rekindle a love for reading
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on pushback to Trump's threats to Federal Reserve
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