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PBS NewsHour full episode April 21, 2015

Season 2015 Episode 1110 | 54m 27s

Tuesday on the NewsHour, the EU and UN face an escalating humanitarian crisis in the wake of the worst-ever migrant boat sinking in the Mediterranean. Also: Senate leaders end a standoff over the attorney general nominee, battling Islamic State forces in Iraq, Ohio schools try a test to raise reading rates and a conversation with the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Aired: 04/20/15 | Expires: 05/21/15
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.
Extras
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on GOP's struggle with rising health care costs
'Deportation trap': Immigration agents arresting migrants at mandatory court check-ins
Ukraine and U.S. revise peace plan as origins questioned
News Wrap: Pentagon investigating Kelly over video urging troops to refuse illegal orders
How life is changing for trans Americans under the Trump administration
Documentary ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ explores industry built around school security
Remembering the life and influential career of reggae icon Jimmy Cliff
Judge tosses James Comey, Letitia James cases, rules prosecutor was illegally appointed
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