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PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 6, 2016

Season 2016 Episode 3410 | 54m 29s

Tuesday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump objects to the cost of Air Force One. Also: President Obama's last major national security speech, a scrapped report on Pentagon spending, what a major health bill would mean for medicine, Liberia’s education experiment, a study about parents and screen time, the presidential transition, improvisational jazz and the Capitol Christmas tree.

Aired: 12/05/16 | Expires: 01/05/17
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