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PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 18, 2016

Season 2016 Episode 3530 | 25m 02s

On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 18, waging an information war, North Koreans who have escaped the country are smuggling media on USB sticks back to their homeland in hopes of helping others learn about life outside the country. Later, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Tom Frieden talks about new data on opioid overdoses. Alison Stewart anchors from New York.

Aired: 12/17/16 | Expires: 01/17/17
Major corporate funding for the PBS NewsHour is provided by Care.com, Consumer Cellular, and Fidelity. Funding for the PBS NewsHour Weekend is provided by Mutual of America. For a complete list of funders for the PBS NewsHour and PBS NewsHour weekend, click here.
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