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PBS NewsHour

May 12, 2019PBS NewsHour full episode

May 12, 2019 7:07 PM EST

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On this edition for Sunday, May 12, rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran, Venezuelans fleeing crisis are seeking asylum in Texas, and a trip to the musical forest where wood for the famed Stradivarius instruments was sourced. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

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