PBS NewsHour

PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 18, 2014

10/17/2014 | 25m 16s  | Video has closed captioning.

On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 18, President Obama appeals for calm in the face of the Ebola scare, an expert weighs in on plunging gas prices, and in our signature segment, trying to bring new jobs to coal-mining communities 50 years after LBJ launched the War on Poverty. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Aired: 10/17/14

Expired: 12/31/69

Rating: NR

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