August 5, 2017
Show: PBS News Weekend --> Season: 5 - Season 5
AirDate: 8/5/2017
Runtime: 25
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Overview: On this edition for Saturday, August 5, record heat sweeps across the western U.S. and parts of Europe. Later, one scholar offers a new perspective on income inequality, arguing that the top 20 percent of earners in American society, not only the top 1 percent, limits economic mobility for lower-income groups. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.