PBS NewsHour

December 13, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, December 13, a watershed moment in fighting the pandemic as the first COVID-19 vaccines shipments are rolled out, President Trump’s baseless attacks on the election continue as the Electoral College prepares to meet, and the CARE Organization looks closer to home, providing humanitarian aid to Americans for the first time. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Is vaccinating inmates a priority?

6m 58s

Jails and prison, which house 2 million incarcerated people, have had some of the largest rates of COVID-19 in the country. As new vaccines begin to be distributed, what priority do incarcerated people take in receiving treatment? NewsHour Weekend’s Zachary Green speaks with Oregon Director of Corrections, Colette Peters, and staff writer for The Marshall Project, Jamiles Lartey, to learn more.

Previews + Extras

  • CARE packages are helping Americans in need: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    CARE packages are helping Americans in need

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    CARE packages, a box of army surplus rations Americans could buy and ship to the millions of needy and displaced Europeans during the Second World War, are, for the first time in CARE’s history, being used to help Americans, many of whom are food insecure during the pandemic. Mike Cerre reports on the humanitarian effort as part of our ongoing ‘Chasing The Dream’ series.

  • As Electoral College prepares to meet, Trump remains defiant: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    As Electoral College prepares to meet, Trump remains defiant

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    Members of the Electoral College will gather in their respective states on Monday to cast their official votes for president, a process that is usually a straightforward formality. But this year could be different. Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss President Trump’s ongoing baseless attacks on the election results, the electoral college process, and more.

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