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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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Extras
Jury finds Meta and YouTube liable in landmark youth addiction case
News Wrap: Democrat wins Florida state House seat in district home to Mar-a-Lago
Where talks to fund DHS stand as shutdown reaches 40 days
East African asylum seeker deported by U.S. to Equatorial Guinea
How Australia's pioneering social media ban is impacting teens
Mideast experts analyze state of Iran war and diplomatic efforts to end it
Lebanese emergency workers risk lives to aid civilians during ongoing Israeli attacks
A Brief But Spectacular take on empowering 'soccer grannies'
Iran rejects Trump's ceasefire terms and issues own demands as war continues
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