{"id":6727,"date":"2013-07-19T08:19:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T14:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/channel57.org\/?p=6727"},"modified":"2013-07-19T08:19:04","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T14:19:04","slug":"washington-week-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/?p=6727","title":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/channel57.org\/images\/071913_thisweek.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6728\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/channel57.org\/images\/071913_thisweek-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/images\/071913_thisweek-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/images\/071913_thisweek.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>with GWEN IFILL<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>FRIDAY, JULY 19 @ 9:00PM <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This Week: Zimmerman&#8217;s Acquittal, Defending Healthcare, Avoiding &#8220;Nuclear Option&#8221; and Liz Cheney&#8217;s Bid<\/span><\/h1>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">t&#8217;s been nearly a week since a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin.\u00a0 Following the verdict, Attorney General Eric Holder repeated his pledge to continue a federal investigation into the 17-year-old\u2019s death.\u00a0 He also sharply criticized Florida\u2019s \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d self-defense law. <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/weta\/washingtonweek\/panelist\/pierre-thomas\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Pierre Thomas of ABC News<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> will report on the aftermath of the Zimmerman not-guilty verdict. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">t the White House today, President Obama forged ahead in promoting parts of his signature health care legislation set to go into effect this October.\u00a0 At the same time congressional Republicans continued their push to repeal the law or at least delay or dismantle it.\u00a0 What\u2019s going on?\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/weta\/washingtonweek\/panelist\/david-wessel\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> will explain why the debate over the Affordable Care Act has continued a year after becoming law.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/weta\/washingtonweek\/thisweek\/071813\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><br \/>\nFind out more \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, JULY 19 @ 9:00PM This Week: Zimmerman&#8217;s Acquittal, Defending Healthcare, Avoiding &#8220;Nuclear Option&#8221; 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