NewsWorks Tonight September 29, 2017
Listen 0:00Peter Piedment of the New Sanctuary Movement joins the show to discuss the 107 arrests of undocumented immigrants in Philadelphia during a recent ICE operation. Matt Laslo asks representatives in Washington D.C. what the next step is now that another Obamacare repeal bill has failed. Cris Barrish reports on a homeless shelter facing closure and how it got a one month reprieve. Frank Newport, editor-in-chief at the Gallup Poll, joins the show to talk about public opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court. Peter Crimmins brings the story of a hospice patient who finds the comedy in dying.
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