PBS NewsHour

August 3, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, August 3, multiple fatalities in an El Paso, Texas, shooting, anti-government protests continue in Hong Kong, Democratic candidates stump for the country’s largest public employee labor union, a look at the end of a longstanding arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

U.S. withdrawal of nuclear treaty sparks arms race concerns

4m 44s

The Trump Administration on Friday formally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a Cold War-era arms pact with Russia that banned land-based missiles with ranges up to 3,410 miles. For years, the U.S. has accused Russia of violating the INF treaty, a claim Russia has denied. Jon Wolfsthal, director of the Nuclear Crisis Group, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss

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  • Multiple fatalities in El Paso shooting, suspect in custody: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Multiple fatalities in El Paso shooting, suspect in custody

    S2019 E241 - 5m 15s

    Authorities in El Paso, Texas, said a gunman opened fire Saturday morning inside a local Walmart, killing multiple people. A suspect is now in custody, and at least 22 people were injured during the attack. For more on the shooting, Dennis Woo, operations director at NPR affiliate KTEP, joins Hari Sreenivasan from El Paso.

  • A year after outbreak, Ebola has killed hundreds in the DRC: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A year after outbreak, Ebola has killed hundreds in the DRC

    S2019 E241 - 8m 53s

    It’s been one year since the Ebola epidemic outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. So far, more than 2,400 cases have been detected and over 1,700 people have died from Ebola. Richard Preston’s new book “Crisis in the Red Zone” chronicles the epidemic and the challenges in containing it. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

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