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PBS NewsHour full episode, Aug. 30, 2021

PBS, 31 Aug 2021
Monday on the NewsHour, as the final U.S. flight ends America's longest war, we get an inside look from Kabul airport on the chaotic exit from Afghanistan. Then, Hurricane Ida ravages Louisiana with blistering winds and massive storm surges, we get the latest on the damage. And, our Politics Monday team explores how President Biden is faring in the face of two major crises amid the pandemic.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
What's left behind in Afghanistan after U.S. departure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLDufc-c1tE
16 years after Hurricane Katrina, Ida pummels Louisiana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0fZlhHL-QE
Hurricane Ida floods Plaquemines Parish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_ILdXpeRk
News Wrap: U.S. Education Dept. to probe mask mandate bans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnGvSIHbkH0
How veterans helped extract at-risk Afghan allies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zm3eM-IgjQ
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Afghanistan exit, COVID-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU-aBpLtC_s
Remembering the U.S. service members who died in Afghanistan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz68rRK1tyw

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