NewsWorks Tonight August 10, 2017 – Full Show

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    Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane went to jail for perjury ten months ago. As Bobby Allyn reports, a federal appeals court is allowing a defamation suit against Kane to continue. Dana DiFillippo sat down with Black Lives Matter organizer Asa Khalif to talk about David Jones, who was shot and killed by a police officer in North Philadelphia back in June. Laura Benshoff sat in on a preview of a project called “The Uncomfortable Conversation,” which helps people practice talking about sexual violence. Avi Wolfman-Arent tried to find out why there is an achievement gap within English Language Learners. We sat with Michael Becker, author of “A Walk with Purpose: Memoir of a Bioentrepreneur,” to talk about life with terminal cancer.

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