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when we've asked people what they think about the public service broadcasters' news, eight out of ten even though younger audiences are increasingly turning to social media for their news, it's interesting to see that those are rated much, much less highly in terms of the accuracy and reliability. yih—choung, thank you very much indeed for your time. the funeral ofjohn hume, one of the key architects of the northern ireland peace process, has taken place in londonderry. the former leader of the sdlp died on monday, aged 83, following a long illness. the funeral was attended by leaders from across the political spectrum from northern ireland and the irish republic. sarah girvin reports. blessed are the peacemakers. this would have been a very different funeral before the pandemic. 0ur brotherjohn. thousands wanted to come here to pay their respects tojohn hume for his work in northern ireland's darkest days, for helping lead the country into light. into your hands, father of mercies, we commend our brotherjohn. but covid—19 changed those plans, and it meant one of his sons had to miss

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german public broadcasters refer to the agent.he cholinesterase inhibitor was used in 202018 attempted murderf a foreign russian spy in britain. british public broadcaster says navalny is being treated with the same antedote for scrippal. therere's not enough evidence t say what sickened the prominent politician. >>> a high-level delegation from the czech republic is said t to arrive inn taiwan on sunday. beijing, which has diplomatic ties with prague, has made no secret of its displeasure. taiwiwan's attorney mininistry reviewed the details onn tucuch the delegation includes about 90 people. they include lawmakakers, the mayor of prague, business leaders, and the czech republic's second highest ranking official. he's scheduled to meet president tsai ing-wen. he has criticized beijing for opposing the visit. he said he hopes to strengthen ties with taiwan, adding democrcracy and the rule of law come before economic gains. earlier this month, the u.s. secretary of state praised the intention to visit the island. beijing maintains t

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additional suprt has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a patvate corpn funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. for millions of students and their families, this time of gathering school supplies and preparing for the first day of classes, but the coronavirus has changed all that. for city leaders and educators, the summer has been spent weighing whether or not students can return to school safely or at all. this weekend, for our special ovid-19 and the classroom," we'll be exploring what parents, children and educators are planning as this unconventional school year begins. but first, here's the news summary. in the wake of hurricane laura, at least 16 peop are dead,, thousands of homes are destroyed and more than half a million redents are without today, on the 15th anniversary of hurricane katrina's landfall in new orleans, residents in southeast louiana where laura t are just beginning the cleanup process. losiana governor john bel e

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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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

britain's prime minister's swing is a public broadcaster the b.b.c. for ditching lyrics to 2 colonial era songs we put that issue up for debate. good morning wednesday 26 of august live from marty's world news q here in moscow my name's kevin oh and i've got the latest half hour round up for you open stick around to take you through the details the so 1st hundreds of protesters in the u.s. city of commotion defying a state of emergency curfew designed to cool days of unrest rallies erupted after police shot a black man multiple times. what . the. tensions are so high and so you know so many troops. going head to head. and i teach the march to the city and then as the sun went down people started to line up along the barricades the front of the. courthouse people began to push on the barrier that we set up leaping out of the courthouse gradually. people throwing water bottles and heavy objects as he really needs. to be a cold and began to corral everyone so your gas. concussion grenades rubber bullets tear gas range being thrown from the roof of the co

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they have been if are created there and as a military convoy which was heavy into the public broadcaster so this is what tree have right now so it's the situation there is a beats a few hours out and i'm very it's a very fluid situation you're saying when we should see it we mentioned there have been signs of popular discontent in recent months of protests calling for the resignation of the president and the prime minister tell us more about that. so you have to know that there is a there is a more meant to reach for. june so this movement it was a social movement that was appealing for the reason you show enough mr kate had a president of mali and also from prime minister of mighty so there were there was your same that nothing was running well in the country and also the money judgment of the violence in the northern the northern part of the country was not was not so good manager and was there was a mismanagement so this was height see they've been many many many protests and even on monday the opposition and the civil society the plank actually to do to go on the street and to protes

nathan levinson is a reporter for oregon public broadcasting. jonathan, thanks for being with us the dynamic in milwaukee, howt the protests began peaceful, b then as the night goes on, there are these clashes and vandalism you have been on the streets for these last three months in portland. help us understand the dynamic there. >> yeave there was times the past 90 days, now, where we've seen a similar dynamic where earlier in the day, early evening, there are speeches and 's a little me tame crowd, and then later in the evening it gets a little more confrontational. i don't know if it different group that shows up to join in the tay. ink there is an intention blind some of these groups.ra they want tothe police out. they want to highlight the violence of policing. and, so, they will do things like throw water bottles or eggs or balloons full of paint. certainly annoying, and the police respond with bull rushes and batons and impacted with tear gas, jusreally violent. sorry isorry? >> reporter: i'm sorry. finish your thought. actually, i'll pic

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. joel biden's search for a running mate ended this week with a history-making trip. senatoramala harris of california. the choice it captured this moment in the democratic party just days before the convention. biden democrats uniting with a younger, more diverse generation. the first black woman, an asian-american on a major party ticket. it also captured this moment in america. a quiet room in delaware with no cheering crowd, socially distant, the harris message was somber but forceful. >> we're at one of those inflection points. you've heard me say this before in our history. a life-changing election for this nation. and the choice, the choice we make this november is going to decide the future of america for a very, very long time. robert: senator harris, a former prosecutor, took direct aim at president trump. >> this is what happens when we elect a guy who just isn't up for the job. our country

and public broadcasting in the educational programming and watching only commercial broadcasting.the personal program is better prepared and we know there are many ways the television impacts kids. c-span: i restricted the amount and the kind of television chelsea watches and we check up on her tv. how do you do that? >> guest: we don't have the same control that we had when she was smaller but from a very early age we didn't let her just plop down in front of the television set. we decided to keep her doing other things and even now we check in on what she's watching but mostly talking about what did you think about certain programs and how does she evaluate them and we talk about how important it is for parents to view with their children. we are all watching television. bill and i watch television together but we try to talk about it and it's implausible in so many respects. you don't solve human problems in 27 minutes plus commercials try to give children the capacity to separate what they see of television and from what we hope they will see in real life. c-span: think people

called us the day of freedom they called on the german government to resign and on the state the public broadcasters of the media to also be dissolved and these were 3 demands that were echoed by many people who i spoke to at the protest and what united them was of distrust in the government's measures and you have to remember this is kind of a paradox you said just now and a lot of people were telling me well the government was telling us we have to keep our distance and stick to all these restrictions in order for the hospitals not to be overcrowded in order for people not to die but nobody died not that many people died the hospitals are still empty so what did the government tell us in the 1st place and this is why this is the this inherent distrust in what the government is telling them and that's why you saw i saw today thousands tens of thousands of people take to the streets not appearing to the rules not adhering to the face masks and they kind of use a lot of them were telling me they see the face mask as sort of that symbol for oppression the government is forcing them to wear masks and m

journalists and camera crews were also targeted a reporter at german public broadcast as that day half filmed the chants of shame on you and the league and press on lying press. here bombed with me there was a pretty diverse mix of people from the fall left to the far right we met people who were faxes people who believe bill gates is responsible then there were people who say there is no corona then there are people who say the measures i'm proportionately get through it because i heard this music artistic retreat on monday commentators were left asking can this be even allowed the debate on how to deal with mass protests during the pandemic is now playing out of federal level. kotick was an idiom criticism must always be possible in democracy in this respect the attitude of the german government has not changed at all but the pitches that we had to see at the weekend unacceptable for us and that was the of all from the beginning that the requirements will not be met or cannot be met then the question arises whether such a gathering can be allowed to think of. the effect of the protes

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the ongoing support of these institutions this mrogram wase possible by the corporation for public broadcastingnd by ntributions to your pbs thk you.from viewers like you. judy: former vice president joe biden an his newly chosen running mate, senator kamala harris of california, made their campaign deb together this afternoon in wilmington, delaware. they offered a unifiedfo vision how they plan to defeat president trump in november's election. lisa desjardins begins our coverage. lisa: for the first time, the 20 docratic ticket appeared togeer, if on a socially distant stage. one day after tweeting out that she was his v.p. pick, former vice president joe biden gave an in-person welcome to senator kamala harris. v.p. biden: kamala is smart, she's tough, she's experienced, she's a proven fighter for the backbone of this countrythe middle class, for all those who are struggling to get into the middle class. kamala knows how to govern, she cas. hard to ma she's ready to do this job on day one and we're both read to get to work rebuilding this nation. sen. harris: we don't have to accept the fail

. ♪ 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

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

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

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

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

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. >> 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

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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. 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

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

. >> 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 stru

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

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to youron from viewers like you. thank you. dy: negotiations on more covid financial relief have stalled in washington tonight amid signs that the economic recovery has stalled as the virus surges again. according to the labor dertment, employers added net of 1.8 million jobs in july. that's far fewer than the previous two months. the unemployment rate did fall nearly a full percent to 10.2%, but that's still higher than during the gat recession. against that backdrop, white house negotiators and democratic congressional leaders failed again to agree on a relief package, possibly including federal jobless benefits that a expired a we. senate minority leader chuckme scand house speaker nancy pelosi met with treasury secretary steven mnuch white house chief of staff mark meadows. they spoke afterward at the capil. sen. chuck schumer: we're asking them, again, to be fair, to meet us in the middle, not to have "my way or the highway"h attitude, whey seem to have. rep. nancy pelosi: anyway, but i

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anadditsupport has been provided by: heand byorporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. politicians debated what should be included in another round of coonavirusconomic relief legislation today, as tens of allions of americans begi new month without emergency unemployment aid and worry fbout evictiond aid and health care. treasury secretary steven mnuchin argued the anal federal unemployment insurance of60per week, which expire on friday, needs to be reduced, to encourage people to go back to work. >> we want to fix the issue where, in some cases, people are overpaid, and we want to make sure there's the right incentives. but, again, let me just emphasize, we put on the table a proposal. let's extend it for one week at the same rate while we negotiate, so we don't hurt the american public. >> so-- so you do think it is a disincentive to find a job, if you have that extra 00? >> certain cases, where we're paying p

gem and public broadcast as that they have filmed the chants of shame on you and the league and on lying press. here bandwidth and there was a pretty diverse mix of people from the father left to the phone right we met people. here where i am she faxes movement people who believe bill gates is responsible then there were people who say there is no corona and there are people who said the measures i'm proportionately so if you. heard me say hard to say thank you on monday commentators were left asking can this be even allowed the defecate on how to deal with mass protests during the pandemic is now playing out of federal level. kotick was it in criticism must always be possible in democracy in this respect the attitude of the german government has not changed but the pitches that we had seen at the weekend are unacceptable. if it's forseeable from the beginning that the requirements will not be met or cannot be met then the question arises whether such a gathering can be allowed. to doesn't come. the effect of the protest on the number of new cases is still unclear but the number was alre