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PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode August 15, 2015

Season 2015 Episode 2265 | 22m 46s

On this edition for Saturday, August 15th, 2015, a Guantanamo Bay prisoner on a hunger strike causes deep divides within the U.S. government, experts examine underfunded schools and racial segregation in the American education system, and from Hawaii, producing power and living completely off the grid. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Aired: 08/13/15 | Expires: 09/14/15
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