PBS NewsHour

August 22, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, August 22, the House approves bill to allocate $25 billion to the USPS ahead of November’s election, 560 deadly wildfires in California cause evacuations in the midst of COVID-19, and the public health epidemic you may not know about: snake bites. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

States prepare for voting by mail as Election Day approaches

5m 4s

Despite the postmaster general’s recent testimony to Congress affirming USPS’s ability to handle mail-in voting in the upcoming elections, President Trump has continued to attack the validity of some ballots sent by mail. Audrey Kline, National Policy Director at the National Vote At Home Institute in Colorado, joins to discuss the history of voting by mail and the states adding it this year.

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  • The public health crisis you may not know about: snakebites: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The public health crisis you may not know about: snakebites

    S2020 E248 - 9m 16s

    Over 100,000 people die every year from snakebites, and another 450,000 suffer life-altering injuries. The World Health Organization has labeled snakebites an epidemic, and reports that only half of the anti-venom needed globally is currently being produced. Special correspondent Benedict Moran and video journalist Jorgen Samso report from Nigeria, the epicenter of snakebites in Africa.

  • More firefighters battle growing California blazes: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    More firefighters battle growing California blazes

    S2020 E248 - 3m 32s

    With more than 550 fires burning across California, three clusters of fires in Northern California are causing the most damage. So far, more than 900,000 acres have been scorched and more than 100,000 people are under evacuation orders. In some areas, dozens of locals are refusing to leave, staying behind to help save what they can. Julia Sulek, a reporter with Bay Area News Group, joins.

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