PBS News Hour

Season 42, Episode 170

Episode Title: August 25, 2017

Air Date: 2017-08-25

Overview:

Friday on the NewsHour, Texas faces Hurricane Harvey, what might be the most powerful storm to hit the U.S. in more than a decade. Also: The growing controversy over what to do with Confederate monuments, Syrians attempting to rebuild their city, Shields and Brooks on the week's news and a novelist explains why fictional characters don't always have to be relatable.