PBS NewsHour

How lucky turkeys came to earn presidential pardons

Clip: 11/24/2021 | 4m 7s  | Video has closed captioning.

In between muscling the Build Back Better Act through the U.S. House of Representatives and departing for the holiday, President Joe Biden made time for another executive duty: The pardoning of two turkeys. Lisa Desjardins is back with this report on how the thanksgiving tradition began.

Aired: 11/24/21

Rating: NR

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