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May 30, 2018PBS NewsHour full episode

May 30, 2018 8:05 PM EDT

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Wednesday on the NewsHour, we fact-check some of President Trump's most contentious statements from his Nashville rally. Also: Two innocent brothers and the consequence of a plea bargain, creating a new generation of innovators and renewing a campaign first organized by Martin Luther King.

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