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PBS NewsHour full episode March 17, 2016

Season 2016 Episode 770 | 53m 30s

Thursday on the NewsHour, House Speaker Paul Ryan insists he won’t stand for the GOP’s presidential nomination at the RNC convention. Also: Congress grills officials on Flint’s water crisis, SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland visits Capitol Hill, controversy over whether college athletes should be paid, SeaWorld stops breeding killer whales and how Silicon Valley is fixing its diversity problem.

Aired: 03/16/16 | Expires: 04/16/16
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