PBS NewsHour

September 5, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, September 5, clean up efforts continue in the wake of Hurricane Ida with 75% of New Orleans still without power, a veteran who served in Afghanistan weighs in on the end of the 20-year war there, the simple and complicated politics at play in California’s governor recall election, and in our signature segment, the advancing science of using music to aid healing.

U.S. veteran reflects on service in Afghanistan

4m 56s

For some of the millions of U.S. service members who served there, the withdrawal has come with mixed feelings and worry for allies left behind. Rodger Pinto, who was deployed to Afghanistan, and is now a member advocate for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), joins.

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  • Governor Newsom fights for his job as CA recall nears: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Governor Newsom fights for his job as CA recall nears

    S2021 E248 - 4m 18s

    Vice President Kamala Harris heads to California on Wednesday to campaign for Governor Gavin Newsom ahead of the September 14 recall election. The recall attempt is both a simple, and yet complicated, political event. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins us to explain the issue and the way the California system works.

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