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PBS NewsHour

April 20, 2019PBS NewsHour full episode

Apr 20, 2019 6:18 PM EDT

Saturday on the NewsHour...

On this edition for Saturday, April 20, a look at what has changed on the 20th anniversary of the Columbine school shootings, the fallout continues from special counsel Robert Mueller's report, and after decades of political strife and conflict Iraq's capital city of Baghdad is seeing an emerging art scene. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

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