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PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 9, 2017

Season 2017 Episode 400 | 53m 37s

Thursday on the NewsHour, Jeff Sessions is confirmed as attorney general, while fallout mounts from President Trump's attacks on the judiciary. Also: The latest on the president's immigration order, the White House takes heat for a deadly raid in Yemen, outrage over an undocumented mother's deportation, companies in a delicate dance with the president and Steve Bannon's ideology on film.

Aired: 02/08/17 | Expires: 03/11/17
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