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PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 1, 2015

Season 2015 Episode 10 | 54m 13s

Tonight on this New Year's Day program, we examine the decision by an Egyptian appeals court to give three jailed Al Jazeera journalists a retrial. Also: does raising the minimum wage help the poor, how to keep your new year's resolutions, which 2014 global challenges will carry over to the new year, the first microbrewery built in a black township, and the story of 2010's trapped Chilean miners.

Aired: 12/31/14 | Expires: 12/31/69
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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