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States of Emergency
What exactly constitutes a national emergency? For President Trump, it is clearly securing the U.S. southern border. But others have very different ideas, including gun violence, the opioid crisis and climate change, to name a few. This week THE CIRCUS compares and contrasts various perceived national emergencies and covers people on the front lines of each one.
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Other episodes for this season
![New World Disorder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dfInTbWFIiFrddxslVMA9S9OiYm.jpg)
![Circling Vultures](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/eFnvP1sjKjZRzpE0086mCYXIjFx.jpg)
![The State of Our Union Is…](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/zcvNWmtJ39Mu4cH0hh3hj0i31MV.jpg)
![2020 Is Here](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/ICUgDkwmw1kqSGfeDvGahMSxvO.jpg)
![States of Emergency](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/i12AZh5TMkWRWPye90YSwkCCjaO.jpg)
![The Big Split](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/aZtgFEBGQExjLBJlnyJ6QUKHW0S.jpg)
![To the Left](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/MvnJcFLr7UUmdR1N8Avrs6PvbA.jpg)
![What the F... Happens Next?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dZ5S9lpSZRx9TjgGY995MMD2iYg.jpg)
![The People on That Stage](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/spGeo2pQ1MmnQbRBTADfUSq56Gg.jpg)
![Across the Rubicon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/phV96BbVOuvxlqwpTx1Tl48j78P.jpg)
![Impeachmentland](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/vSh1xG61JeEqHTCA3Uhi36Dz85p.jpg)
![Desperate Times, Desperate Measures](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/9eCclQMcElGlOKabtgQ0zdPly8B.jpg)
![The Widening Gyre](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/9eCclQMcElGlOKabtgQ0zdPly8B.jpg)
![The Deep State](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/9eCclQMcElGlOKabtgQ0zdPly8B.jpg)
![Field of Dreams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/9eCclQMcElGlOKabtgQ0zdPly8B.jpg)
![Here Be Dragons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/9eCclQMcElGlOKabtgQ0zdPly8B.jpg)