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PBS NewsHour full episode July 20, 2017

Season 2017 Episode 1108 | 55m 02s

Thursday on the NewsHour, President Trump goes public with regret over his choice for attorney general, while blasting the FBI and special counsel investigating Russia. Also: U.S. scraps a plan to arm Syrian rebels, how the Obama administration tried to safeguard state election systems, a crisis of war, cholera and famine in Yemen and Laura Poitras on her documentaries about Assange and Snowden.

Aired: 07/19/17 | Expires: 08/19/17
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