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PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 8, 2017

Season 2017 Episode 989 | 25m 03s

On this edition for Saturday, April 8, a look at the aftermath and political implications of the U.S. missile strike in Syria following a chemical weapons attack there. Later, a nonprofit experiments with giving cash to villagers in Kenya. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Aired: 04/06/17 | Expires: 05/08/17
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