PBS News Hour

Season 42, Episode 209

Episode Title: October 19, 2017

Air Date: 2017-10-19

Overview:

Thursday on the NewsHour, White House Chief of Staff wades into the controversy about consoling Gold Star families. Also: President Trump meets with Puerto Rico's governor, the court battle over an undocumented immigrant in Texas who wants an abortion, what food says about our economic status, investigating lead-tainted water in schools and a New Orleans musician trains the next generation.