PBS NewsHour - 2008-09-16

Name: PBS NewsHour - 2008-09-16
Uploaded: 2026-02-24
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Uploaded: 2026-02-24

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Read a transcript preview of “PBS NewsHour - 2008-09-16” from malgent, uploaded on 2026-02-24.

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] here.

[0:10] >> Good evening. I'm Jim Lehrer. On the

[0:12] NewsHour tonight, the news of this

[0:13] Tuesday and two takes on the financial

[0:16] crisis, the latest from Wall Street and

[0:19] what the candidates have to say about

[0:20] regulating investment firms. Plus, a

[0:23] look at the change of command as General

[0:26] Petraeus leaves Iraq.

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