and by the corporation for and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation nded by the erican people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. unemployment benefit that has helped support tens of millions of jobless americans during the coronavirus pandemic officially expired at midnight. today, white house oicials and democratic leaders met for more than three hours. both sides said they had made some progress on negiaotng a new relief package. house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leadchuck schumer said it was the best discussion the two sides have had so far. >> there are many issues that are still very much outstanding, where we are apart. but we had a serious discussion and we went down piece by piece, and we saw where each side is at.tr >> sreenivasansury secretary steven mnuchin and white house chief of staff mark meadows also said there were points of agreement as they emerged from the meeting. re it's time to make a deal, and if woing to be able to succ

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and by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. o and by contributionsur pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sre and thank you for joining us. the house of representatives held a rare saturday session tidoday to co a bill that would allocate $25 billion in additional funding for the u.s. postal servicend prohibit any operational changes. house speaker nancy pelosi said the funds are needed to reduce sldowns of mail service. >> it is a service.al po service. sohen people say that it it's not a busin- it'sy, a service. so even ough we want to subject scrutiny to every federal dollar spent, let us member it is a service. >> sreenivasan: "save the u.s.p.s." rallies in support of the postal service we held today across the cotry. the house bill would designate mail-in ballots as first class mail ahead of the november election. the democratic-controlled house voted to consider the bill along party lines. the republican-controlled senate is not expected to take up the legislation. house republicans called the bill a "c

and by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. the average number of daily confirmed coronavirus infections in the united states continues to trend down from new highs seen in late july. covid-19-related hospitalizations are also declining, even as deaths, which lag behind, remain high. but despite the positive signs, public health officials are worried about continued issues with testing. across the u.s., the number of covid-19 tests has fallen, on average, from highs in late july, to about 710,000 tests early this week. these totals remain far short of the several million daily tests that many experts say are necessary. one day after the u.s. postal service warned 40 states that it may not be able to meet deadlines for requesting and returning mail-in ballots this november, there are calls for action from senate democrats. senator catherine cortez masto, chair of the democratic senatorial

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additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation fundedy the american people. and by conibutions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. the trump administration continued to criticize and question the capabilities of the u.s. postal service today as states prepare for a massive increase in mail-in balloting this fall during the continuing coronavirus pandemic. the postmaster general-- a major donor and allyf the president is cutting the u.s.p.s. budget and there are calls for him to resign. the house of representatives scheduled an emergency committee hearing for august 24 while the full house is on recess. house speaker nancy pelosi said today a statement that house democrats are "ramping up their ongoing investigation" on mail delays and concerns about potential white house interference in the u.s. postal service. they requested that "postmaster general louis dejoy and chairman of the u.s.p.s. board of governors robert duncan testify." many states are planni

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. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions topbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: claims for jobless benefits in the u.s. fell below one million last week for the first time since the pandemic began, but new labor department statistics show millions of americans still out of work amid rampant layoffs, all as negotiations over a federal aid package from installed. meanwhile, the u.s. reported its highly deus death toll from the coronavirus since mid-may, nearly 1500. i spoke this evening with dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. dr. fauci, welcome back. let's talk about this virus. the good news is that the number of new cases does seem to be slowing, but on the other hand, the daily death toll has more than doubled what it was a month ago. there were 1470 deaths yesterday, more than any other day in the month of august. the united states -- [indiscernible] dr. fauci: it is certainly not where we want to be. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] judy: there have been mo

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff:elcome to the new set of reconk of political conventions. i'm socially distanced from crew and colleagues so we can bring you the broadcasts as safely as possible. tonight the democratic party will make history by holding it's first >> woodruff: tonight the democratic party will make history by holding its first national convention to nominate a president, not in person, but remotely in scores of different locations-- all made necessary by the extraordinary events of the past six months, events that have turned life upside down in this country. amna nawaz reports on how we got here. >> nawaz: historically, it is fanfare and spectacle ( crowd cheering ) celebration...and performance. ♪ got the eye of the tiger >> nawaz: the democratic national convention would typically bring together thousands of people, all under one roof for a four-day affair. but today in milwaukee, home base for this year's conv

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. judy: new milestones tonight in the covid-19 pandemic. in public health, the world has topped 700,000 deaths. in politics, democrat joe biden has decided against accepting his presidential nomination at the party's national convention in milwaukee. and, president trump says he might give his acceptance speech at the white house. all of this comes amid a resurgence of the virus. but today, infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci dismissed talk of a new shutdown. dr. fauci: we can do much better without locking down. and i think that strange binary approach -- either you lock down, or you let it all fly. there's someplace in the middle where we canpen the economy and still avoid these kind of surges that we're seeing. judy: meanwhile, the white house and congressional democrats negotiated again on a new economic relief package. the president's chief of staff said mr. trump may take executive action on unemployment benefits and eviction protect

ith the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible bthe corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewe like you. thank you. >> woodruff: it is night two of the democoatic national ention, and a night of ultimate triumph for joe biden. after wa just hours away from formally claiming the party's presidential nomination. amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> nawaztonight, former vice president joe ben will go from presumptive to offial democratic presidential nominee. but the traditional roll-call vote to nominate him, going state by state to announce delegate counts, will instead be re-imagined for this now all-virtual affair. tonight's convention theme is" leadership matters," and will former secretary of state john kerry, also the party's 2004 nominee; progressive democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasi cortez of new york; former second lady jill biden; and two former presidents: bill clinton, and jimmy carter, who at 95 will at a nominating convention ine eight years. democrats already began making a case for leade thip change whir first

hi >>program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. >> woodruff: a pol battle is intensifying tonight over protests against racial injustice and incidents of violence. am nawaz will focus in a moment on what's happened with some of the armed civilian groups andhe role of polic but first, white house correspondent yamiche alcindor reports on how the psidentialss candidates added it today. >> reporter: amid a weekend of largely peeful protests, dueling messages on who bears the blame for outbursts of violence. in pittsburgh today, democratic presidential nominee joe biden pointed at president trump. >> this president long ago frfeited any moral leadership in this country. he can't stop the violence because for years he has fomented it. >> reporter: after the speech, president trump tweeted, "to me, he's blaming the police far more than he's blaming the rioters." and white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany said democrats are atault. >> when the trump administration arriv

with theng support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. r. woodruff: the wait is o former vice president joe den has chosen californi senator kamala harris as his vice presidential nning mate in the campaign against president trump. the presumptive democratic nominee announced his decision this afternoon in an email to supporters. lisa desjardins joins me now teth the latest. so, lisa us, remind us who kamala harris is, and what experience does she bring? first,judy, a truly pandemic moment, how vice president biden told kamala harris she was the chose, the campaign has sent out this photo of that moment. of course it was digit. you can see the smiling harris accepting the offer. harris is a well-known bume, as you said, let's look specifically at r experience, what we know. most reof her er has been as a prosecutor in law enforcement, shewas a district attorney-general and attorney-geniaal of califo13 years, and she ran for the central, and three years she has bee

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: new milestones tonight in the "covid-19" pandemic. in public health, the world has ocpped 700,000 deaths. in politics, dt joe biden has decided against accepting ons presidential nomination at the party conven in milwaukee. and, president trump says he might give his acceptance speech at the white house. all of this comes amid a viral resurgence. but today, infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci dismissed talk of a new shutdown >> we can do much better without locking down. and i think that strange binary approach: eith you lock down or you let it all fly. there's someplace in the middle where we can open the economy and still avoid the kind of surges that we're seeing. >> woodruff: meanwhile, the democrats negotiated again on a new economic relief package. there was no sign that a final our other major story is in beirut, lebanon: the aftermath of a cataclysmic explosion that killed at least

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions tonyour pbs statrom viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the covid-19 death toll across the united states has pushed past 155,000 tonight. all the while, the resurgence keeps spreing. but, children in parts georgia and several other southern states began returning to school today, leaving many nervous parents behind. >> we only go to parks if no one else ithere. we don't take them to the grocery store and now they're going to be in the classroom th however many ds for an entire day with a teacher and masks are allowed but they're not mandatory. so, we really have to rely on other people. >> woodruff: meanwhile, negotionationsnued between the white house and congress on a new economic relief bill. both sides reported progress. but president warned he might try to act on his own to restore federal jobless benefits and protections against evictions. >> a lot of pele are going to e evicted but i'm going to stop it, because i'll do it myself if i have to. i have a

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewe like you. thank you. >> woodrf: the democratic nationalonvention finishes its business and launches gne fall camponight. the delegates, and the nation, will hear from joe biden, the party's presidential standard bearer for 2 n0. it followsht when biden's former boss, and his n running mate, set the stage. once again, amna nawaz begins our verage. >> i accept your nomination for vice president. >> nawaz: an historic moment, delivered without applause to mostly empty convention hall, under the pall of a pandemic. california senator kamala harris's formal acceptanced speech cape penultimate night of the convention. the daughter of jamaican and indian ifiigrants is the t woman of color on a major party ticket. tonight, the convention finale, joe biden's moment te claim the pr hasought r more than 30 years. the proceedings will also feature former biden campaign rivals-turned-backers, a reminder of a crowded democratic primary when debate

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the centers for disease control and prevention is warning that the u.s. coronavirus death toll could hit 200,000 by labor day. that as the u.s. suffered its highest daily number of deaths since mid-may-- more than 1,500. coast to coast, states are recording bleak firsts. california became the first state to top 600,000 infections, while georgia had its deadliest day on record. we will hear how the pandemic is impacting summer jobs, later in the program. the u.s. postal service has warned 46 states and the district of columbia that some mail-in ballots may not be counted in time for november's presidential election. that is according to documents obtained by the "washington post." that is especially a concern for states that allow voters to request ballots days before the election. a historic number of absentee ballots are expected to be cast during the pandemic, as the very time the postal service strug

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with the ongoing support of these institutis: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like an you. >> woodruff: the nation is still watching, and waiting, tonight see when the covid-19 resurgence will ease. r daily infection numbers e nation as a whole are down from rising in 26 states.till and, deaths are up itates. still, president trump told an interviewer last night thatde "it's control as much as you can control it." meanwhile, white house negotiats and democratic leaders are l talking about a new relief bill. they gave sharply different assessments of the talks today. >> chief of staff mark meadows, secretary of tasy steve mnuchin have been on the hill many, many days now trying to get th deal worked out but it is democrats, it is nancy pelosiit is chuck schumer that are making an absolute mockery of this ocess. >> the negotiaons are moving forward bit by bit and we're moving closer togethern certain issues.ak weeach issue and we explain to secretary mnuchin anf chietaff meadows why this is the amount we need

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and by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the americanpl p and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. with talks between the white house and democrats stalled over a second coronavirus aid package, presp identrid he wouldse executive action to help americans. last nigsoht, at his golf re in newersey, the president said-- with little detail-- he is looking at several executive orders through the end of the year, including defeing payroll taxes and student loans, as well as extending unemployment benefits and eviction moratoriums. >> if democra continue to hold this critical relief hostage, i will act under my authority as president get americans the relief they need. and what we're talking about is ferring the payroll tax for a period of months until the en of the year. and i could extend it at a certain period. >> sreenivasan: mr. trump said he expected legal challenges as congress controls federal spending. he did not address thpaycheck protection prog

the yuenda foon, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities, the corporation for public broadcastingby contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ once again, from washington, moderator robert cos bert: good evening, d welcome. this week'sc democrational convention revealed a party united against president trump, the bitter primary fights from months ago seem like ancient ndhistory, it is easy to see why. amid a pandemic an a showdown with the postal service, democrats view this president as a threat to american democracy itself, and at this crossroads, they just want their new presidential nominee, joe biden, and his running mate, senator kamala t harriwin. for biden, it was chance for him to reintroduce him to let's take a lto set the stakes. vice president biden: the current president has cloaked america in darkness for muchoo long. here right now, i give you my word. ifou entrust me with the presidency, i will draw on the best of us, not the worst. i will be an ally of the light, not the darkness. robert: senator harris, a former prosecutor, spoke about

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: there is still no d in sight tonight to the covid-19 pandemic-- and nof economic relage, either. but, health experts leadinggh the say a vaccine may be on the horizon.en that was aal focus at the day's marquee congressional hearing. stephanie sy begins ou coverage. >> reporter: a note of hope from the nation's top infecous disease expert today... >> we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by his year and as we go into 2021. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci told the house oversight subcommittee on corovirus that efforts to secure a vaccine are moving at breakneck ce. he also promised that when a vaccine is finally approved, it will be widely available. >> ultimately, within a reasonable time, the plans allow for any american who needs the vaccine to gett. >> reporter: joining him on the panel, dr. robert redfield, head of the centers for disease control and prevention, and admiral br

. ♪ this program was made possibye he corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: --stephanie: good evening. we will return to judy woodruff and the rest of ththprogram aftelatest headlines. white house officials a democratic leaders ended a meeting a short time ago about a coronavirus relief bill with both sides saying they are still far apart on big issues. senate minority leader chuck schumer said white house negotiators were unwilling to meet in the miusle and white chief of staff steven mnuchin said the president will sign a bill with a lar amount of money for state and local governments, wcrch is what des want. i said notiators will try to narrow differenca meeting tomorrow. the deadlock comes as fresh data .shighlights the economy's deep scars from covid-19. another 1.2 million people filed for state unemployment benefits last week. thats 20 straight weeks of more than one million claims. the pandemic's nationwide toll in human lives is nearing 160,000, as confirmed cases approach 4.9illion. one of the latest t

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the fall presidential campaign is now, officially, under way. president trump traveled to new hampshire this evening for a rally. it came just hours after he nomination for a second term, using the white house as aac campaignrop. amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> nawaz: before a striking white house scene, president trump defined november'sn electionrk and dire terms: >> this election will decide whether we save the american dream or whether we allow a socialist agenda to demolish our cherished destiny. issued dystopian warnin >> no one will be nvernance-- biden's america. >> nawaz: he argued that his rival, former vice president joe biden, would dismantle democracy... >> a trojan horse for socialism. >> nawaz: ...destroy the economy... >>e is the destroyer of america's jobs. >> nawaz: ...and unleash violence and anarchy in american communities. >> most dangerous aspect of the biden platform is the

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with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possibley the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the republican national convention rolls into night two, with first melania trump topping the list of speakers. that flows an opening night assault on president trump's democratic opponent. once again, am nawaz begins our coverage. >> nawaz: no public appearancesi after a number of appearances last night, as republicans kicked off their national convention with a virtual affair. supporters of presidump made their pitch for his re- election in a series of pre- taped speeches. >> trump is the bodyguard of western civilization. >> nawaz: and pre-produced segments. while he wasn't on stage, president trump was front and center.er hosting a cotion with six former hostages, freed under his administration. >> i was helin turkey for two >> nawaz: and chatting with essential workers, on the frontlines of the pandemic. >> these are my friehese are the incredible people that helped us so much with the covid.

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contbutions tor pbs station from viewers like you. y thankou! >> the covid-19 death toll across the united states haspu ed past 155,000 tonight. that comes a health experts say the resurgence is improving in parts of the sunbelt but still spreading elsewhere and children in p otsf georgia and several other southern states began returning to sool today, leaving many nervous parents behin >> we only go to parks if no one else is there. we don't te them to the grocery store. and now they're going to be in a classroom with however manyids for an entire day. with the teacher. and masks are allowed but they're note mandatory, so w really have to rely on other people. continued between the white economic relief bill.er a new both sides reported progress. but president tru warned that he might try to act on his own to restore federal jobless benefits and protections against evictions. >> a lot of people are going to be evicted. but i'm gonna stop it, because i'll do it myself if i have to. i have a lot of p

macfound.org of these institutigoing support >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. s>> woodruff: catastrophe blowing out of the gulf of mexico tonight, upstaging night convention.e republican hurricane "laura" has morphed into a category 4 monster, with winds that could rch 145 miles an hour. officials are warning of extreme damage as it slams into the texas/louisiana coastline. in coastal communiti along the louisiana and texas gulf coast, floodwaters began creeping in throughout the day. but experts trking the storm have issued a dire warning: this is only the beginning. >> you're going to hear ranges in louisiana sincecaneen't heard audrey in 1957. you're going to hear the word" unsurvivable" when describing the storm surge that we are expeing. >> woodruff: hurricane laura in intensity as it reach the gulf coast, and officials are warning of potential catastrophe. the national hurricane center said storm surges could reach 20 feet in parts of texas and louisiana. >> the worst thing you ca

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>with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this programade possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: former vice president joe biden and his newly-chen running mate senator kamala harris of california made their campaign debut together this afternoon in wilmington, delaware. they offer a unified vision for how they plan to defeat president trump in november's election. lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> desjardins: for the first time, e 2020 democratic ticket appeared together, if on socially distant stage. one day after tweeting out that she was his v.p. pick, former avvice president joe bidenan in-person welcome to current california senator kamala harris. >> kamala is smart, tough proven kamala knows how to govern, how to make the hard calls, she's ready to do this job one day one, were both ready to get to work rebuilding this nation. >> wt have to accept the failed govt. in 83 days we have a chance to choose a better future for our country. appeared at a high school, no sporpters to sha