NewsWorks Tonight December 6, 2013 – Full Show

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    Emma Jacobs talks to local South Africans about the passing of their country’s great leader, Nelson Mandela.  Todd Bernstein, Founder of the Martin Luther King Day of Service, joins us to talk about his experience as a poll watcher in the 1994 South African election that brought Mandela to power and an end to apartheid.  Elana Gordon brings us details of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s Medicaid plan.  Holly Otterbein talks to a western Pennsylvania Republican about his tour across Pennsylvania examining issues of poverty.  Gallup Poll Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport brings us American attitudes on economic disparity, as well as saving and spending.  And Taunya English tags along as a cardiology researcher sets up shop in a hair salon to try to get genuine answers to questions about health.

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