PBS NewsHour

December 5, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, December 5, U.S. cities consider new stay-at-home orders as COVID-19 cases continue to spike, all eyes on Georgia ahead of the January senate seat runoffs as the campaigns raise millions, and a look at the conflict in Ethiopia and how it could destabilize the region. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

COVID latest: vaccines, holiday travel, new CDC guidelines

5m 21s

Though new developments in a COVID-19 vaccine have been all over the news, a viable vaccine is still far off. What should Americans be doing to protect themselves and their loved ones, especially leading up to the holiday season? Dr. Caitlin Rivers, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, joins Hari Sreenivasan for the latest on COVID, including new CDC guidelines.

Previews + Extras

  • GA Senate race has raised millions of dollars: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    GA Senate race has raised millions of dollars

    S2020 E353 - 4m 44s

    With President Trump holding a rally in southern Georgia and celebrities hosting fundraisers and endorsing candidates, millions of dollars are being spent on the runoff election in Georgia, which will decide which party will control the Senate. Rickey Bevington, Senior Correspondent, Georgia Public Broadcasting, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

  • Ethiopia's growing crisis threatens regional stabaility: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ethiopia's growing crisis threatens regional stabaility

    S2020 E353 - 6m 22s

    Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced as fighting continues between government forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in northern Ethiopia, threatening the stability of a volatile region. Cameron Hudson, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center and former director for African affairs at the National Security Council joins to discuss the conflict and its impact.

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