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August 25, 2015PBS NewsHour full episode

Aug 25, 2015 7:57 PM EDT

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Tuesday on the NewsHour, oil prices swing during a global market meltdown. Also: new elections called in Turkey, slow recovery in the Lower Ninth Ward 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, the former British foreign secretary addresses the migrant crisis in Europe, the immigration debate boils over on the campaign trail and the future of fossil fuels.

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