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PBS News Hour - Full Show

August 16, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Friday on the News Hour, Kamala Harris outlines her economic plan that includes child tax credits, housing incentives and a ban on price gouging on groceries. Negotiators for a Gaza cease-fire deal make significant progress but sticking points remain. Plus, amid a horrific civil war, Sudan's vice president defends his unwillingness to participate in U.S.-led peace talks. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm on the Navas and I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight.

0:08.0

When the middle class is strong, America is strong. America is strong.

0:14.0

Kamala Harris outlines her economic plan, including child tax credits, housing incentives,

0:20.0

and a ban on price gouging on groceries.

0:22.8

Negotiators for a Gaza ceasefire deal make significant progress,

0:27.6

but sticking points remain.

0:29.6

And amid a horrific civil war in Sudan,

0:32.4

that country's vice president defends his unwillingness

0:35.3

to participate in U. It was her first major policy speech since becoming

0:56.0

the Democratic presidential candidate last month. This afternoon Vice

0:59.5

President Kamala Harris laid out her vision for combating one of the biggest issues for

1:04.4

voters in this year's election and one that has dogged the Biden Harris administration,

1:09.6

rising prices.

1:10.8

Today Vice President Harris on the trail in North Carolina as her campaign

1:16.4

unveils its economic agenda.

1:18.6

Costs are still too high.

1:20.7

And on a deeper level for too many people, no matter how much they work, it feels so hard to just be able to get ahead.

1:29.0

The focus, they say, lowering costs for everyday Americans.

1:34.0

New data this week shows inflation cooling year over year,

1:37.5

but a recent swing state voter survey shows on economic issues.

1:41.5

They say it's the most important subject.

1:43.4

Harris's Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump,

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