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PBS News Hour

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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