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announcer: support your pbs station and get passport, your ticket to the best of pbs. captioning sponsored by newshour proctions, llc >> woodruff: good evenin i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: another challenger appears. i sit down with former republican congressman joe walsh to find out why he's breaking party ranks to run against president trump. then, reclaiming their voices. billionaire sex offender jeffrey epstein is dead, but his victims sh on with their fight for justice. plus, while the world watches io despern as the amazon burns, a look at brazil's presidentth jair bolsonaroman many blame for fanning the flames of destruction. >> he has weakened ae environmental agencies in brazil that were responsible for

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announcer: support yourpo pbs station and get pa, your ticket to the best of pbs. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: turmoil at the top-- how multiple resignations at the country's top intelligence office raise questions about political influence and the future of the intelligence community. then, five years after the police killing of mich we return to ferguson, missouri, to look at the emotional toll left behind. >> when i wake up in the morning, my emotions are all over the place, and i really don't know if i want to go forwards, backwards. every day is a fight for me since august 9, 2014. n az: and it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart are here to break down the political response to mass shootings in el paso and dayton, as well as the latest from the 2020 campaign trai

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announcer: support your pbs station and get passport, your tto the best of pbs. y captioning sponsored b newshour productions, llc >> yang: good evening. i'm john yang. judy woodruff is away. on the nshour tonight: a change in values. the leaders of america's largest corporations endorse a new vior business, saying social concerns are as important as profits. but can they practice what they preach? then, casualties of war. we are on the ground in gaza, where a generation lives with the lasting wounds of conflict. plus, the beat of his own drum. hip hop artist common on trauma, forgivenes rapper.king it as a >> one of the things i'm learning through the process is to be kind to myself, you know, and not just judge everything i do when i make mistakes.

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