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PBS News Hour - Full Show

September 11, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday on the News Hour, key takeaways from the presidential debate and we fact-check a debunked story repeated by Donald Trump. An Israeli airstrike hits a UN school in Gaza while President Biden speaks out about the death of an American activist in the West Bank. Plus, the role social media is playing in spreading extremism and misinformation in an already divided political landscape. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

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

0:07.0

The key takeaways from Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's debate. We delve into the issues and fact check a debunked

0:14.6

story repeated by the former president. More turmoil in the Middle East, an

0:19.6

Israeli air strike hits a UN school in Gaza while President Biden speaks out about the death

0:25.7

of an American activist in the West Bank.

0:28.8

And Judy Woodruff explores the role social media is playing in spreading extremism and misinformation in an already

0:36.0

divided political landscape.

0:38.4

When we wander on to social media, we can wrongly conclude that everyone is extreme and everyone is sort of out to get

0:45.7

everyone else. Welcome to the news hour.

1:00.0

Tense of millions of Americans tuned into last night's consequential presidential

1:04.9

debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

1:09.1

The contentious debate may be the only face off of the campaign season.

1:13.7

Vice President Harris tried to walk a fine line

1:16.3

between being both an incumbent and a change candidate,

1:19.5

all while fending off attacks from Donald Trump.

1:22.1

And the former president was repeatedly fact-checked

1:24.7

for inaccuracies.

1:26.1

Laura Baron Lopez reports.

1:29.2

Kamala Harris.

1:30.6

It's up good debate.

1:31.6

You see, have fun.

1:32.1

The night began cordially, before the gloves came off.

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