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May 4, 2018PBS NewsHour full episode

May 4, 2018 8:05 PM EST

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Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani tries to clear up contradictory statements around hush money given to an adult film star. Also: The effect new tax cuts have had on the economy, old wounds from the Bosnian war, Shields and Brooks analyze the news and a new documentary on Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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