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Jul 02

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Wednesday on the NewsHour, the militia leader accused of involvement in the 2012 Benghazi attack appeared in court for the second time. Also: Iraqi Kurds contemplate independence, heroics and heartbreaks for the U.S. at the World Cup, the Civil Rights…

Wednesday marks 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Civil Rights Act, outlawing discrimination based on race, ethnicity and sex. Gwen Ifill is joined by Todd Purdum to discuss his new book, "An Idea Whose Time Has Come,"…