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September 29, 2019PBS NewsHour full episode

Sep 29, 2019 6:11 PM EST

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On this edition for Sunday, September 29, China’s billionaires and the country’s growing wealth gap, and the impact of the Trump administration’s response to the whistleblower complaint. Also, why music strikes a chord in our brain. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

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