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PBS News Hour - Full Show

August 15, 2023 - PBS NewsHour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Tuesday on the NewsHour, former President Trump and 18 others are indicted in Georgia for attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. President Biden takes his economic message on the road as questions linger about his re-election campaign. Plus, life in Afghanistan remains dire amid firm Taliban control two years after the fall of the American-backed government. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening, I'm Jeff Bennett, I'm the Navas, it's a way.

0:08.4

On the news hour tonight, former President Trump and 18 others are indicted in Georgia

0:13.8

for attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

0:18.2

President Biden takes his economic message on the road, as questions linger about his

0:22.5

re-election campaign.

0:24.6

And life in Afghanistan remains dire, amid firm Taliban control and major crises

0:30.8

two years after the fall of the American-backed government.

0:36.6

We are jobless, possibly we might flee, because there is no work, no income for me in this

0:41.4

country.

0:42.4

My children are hungry.

0:54.6

Good evening, and welcome to the news hour.

0:57.0

For the fourth time this year, former President Donald Trump is defendant Donald Trump.

1:01.9

Late yesterday, a grand jury in Georgia charged Mr. Trump in 18 others in a far-reaching

1:07.3

racketeering case related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

1:12.4

Lisa Desjardins starts our coverage.

1:15.2

Today on social media, Donald Trump lashing out, calling the latest indictment a witch

1:20.3

hunt, and promising to release his own report, alleging election fraud next week.

1:25.3

They're trying to take Donald Trump down, while his Republican allies rally to his defense.

1:30.8

This is disgraceful, it is wrong, and it is abuse of power by angry Democrats.

1:38.4

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called the charges a desperate sham, saying the radical

1:42.9

DA in Georgia is following Biden's lead.

1:46.5

The latest charges were voted on by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, late yesterday,

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