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August 21, 2018PBS NewsHour full episode

Aug 21, 2018 9:07 PM EDT

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Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen admits to multiple charges, and a jury convicts former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on eight financial crime charges. Also: The EPA plan to loosen regulations on coal pollution, a reunion for families in South and North Korea, and a crusade against styrofoam take-out containers becomes a community clean-up effort.

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