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PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | Saturday, August 9, 2014

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PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | Saturday, August 9, 2014

Season 2014 Episode 2210 | 22m 34s | CC

On this edition for Saturday, August 9, 2014, rescue efforts continue in northern Iraq after tens of thousands of civilians fleeing Islamic State militants end up stranded, and later, a potentially important court ruling about whether prosecutors can use violent rap lyrics against the defendants who wrote them. Hari Sreenivasan anchors.

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