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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
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