Thursday on the NewsHour, Speaker McCarthy rejects a Senate effort to avoid a government shutdown while House Republicans hold their first impeachment hearing. GOP presidential hopefuls take the debate stage to make the case for themselves as alternatives to Trump. Plus, thousands of ethnic Armenians flee after Azerbaijan violently takes control of the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
House Republicans reject Senate effort to avoid shutdown
https://youtu.be/DNHnJs6g17U
GOP holds first hearing of the Biden impeachment inquiry
https://youtu.be/EjatdjyH1rc
News Wrap: Soldier who fled to North Korea returned to U.S.
https://youtu.be/K0cU6Kag86E
GOP hopefuls try to take spotlight from Trump at 2nd debate
https://youtu.be/d_2gly6X61g
Half of Nagorno-Karabakh's population flees after takeover
https://youtu.be/qzHVlQEwBts
West Maui residents speak out as officials look to reopen
https://youtu.be/KWh0F3Q2lfw
Sports tribunal to hear Olympic figure skating scandal
https://youtu.be/r4ZzFP_BlOo
Musician Nat Myers on the healing power of the blues
https://youtu.be/2MtvS3UPlXU

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00:00 - Intro
02:31 - Looming Shutdown
05:39 - Impeachment Hearings
19:01 - News Wrap
23:56 - Vote 2024
28:07 - Crisis in Caucasus
36:04 - Maui Fires
41:07 - Doping Scandal
47:17 - Singing the Blues