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 succeed in this, it's taking as what started as probably the first day of a good foundation of productive discussions and building upon those until we reach an a

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 program, which gives potentially fo trgivable loa small businesses. today is the deadline for applying for the program. as of thursday, more than 20 billion have been approved for more than five million businesses. the program has about $130 billion left in appropriated funds. enhanced federaunemployment benefits expired a week ago. the $600 payments t e a major po contention between the white house and democratic leaders working on a deal. a federal moratorium on evictions expired two weeic ago. democreaders have said that mr. trump could extend the moratorium through executive action but have also said it's d use without re assistance.or we will haveon the evictions moratorium after the news summary. coronavirus continues to spread throughout the world. there are now manore 19 million confirmed cases in 188 countries, according to researchers at john hopkins more t

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captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for saturday, august 22: rallying support for the postal servics it prepares for mail-in voting. deadly california wildfires merge, as temratures soar. and, thedanger of poisonous snake bites for millions of people around the world. next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:r sue and edchenheim iii. the anderson family fund. bernard andhw denise tz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. barbara hope zuckerberg. charles rosenblum. we try live in the moment, to not miss what's right in front of us. atutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. mutual of america financial group, retirement services and investments. hadditional supporbeen provided by: consumer cellular. 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

thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank r joining us. the day before the republican national convention gets underway-- the president and many republicad they will not support legislation that reverses changes at the u.s. postal service andates $25 billion in additional yesterday the hous representatives passed a bill democrats say will help the postal service handle mail-in balloting this fall. more than two dozen republicans also backed the bill, which passed 257-150. the republican-majority sete is not expected to consider the bill. president trump continued to attack mail in voting-- which caused twitter to flag one of his tweets wa warning. the president called drop boxes for ballots a "ter security disaster..." that "...make it possible for a person to vote there is no evidence of that. in new york city today, minority er democratic senator chuck schumer said a newly-created bipartisan election mail committee eport on election resources and hold postmaster general louis dejoy accountable. >> this report will serve as a check on mr.

sreenivasan: there's >> sreenivasan: so, finally, when does this end? i mean, we have epidemiologists saying tt this virus will become endemic. it will be like influenza. it will circulate through the human population over time. how do we prepare for this? how do we ma sure that teachers and students and everyone else has the confidence to walk back into school buildings? >>no so, you i think that tr sust, aence are going to be key. we're going to need to lift up exe amples of wh's safe. we're going to have to share that. we're going to need to-- to-- to hope that the scientists get to a vacci possible.ly as there's ts of things that we can do in terms of reimagining health system, what education needs to be, to-- to meet th needs of-- of individual ildren so many people during this period of time, have ensured that the country has been fed, the country has been protected, the country has been engaged. and so, one of the things that i, in-- in moments of darkness that i really relon is the essential good of working people in america. they want america t

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 planning mail-in balloting for the presidential election. the recently appointed postmaster general louis dejoy is under fire for cost-cutting measures, such as reduci

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 campaign committee, said in a statement today that "it's unacceptable that in the united states of america, the postal service has to warn ame

ri's story is part of our rethinking college series. >> sreenivasan: during his final yenths of highschool, 18-ar- old anthony cavotta, a varsity golfer, spent time refining his swing and thinking about the cost of college. his older sisters have about $180,000 dollars in combined college student loan debt. their parents, both public school teachers in saratoga springs, new york, worked extra jobs, and rented out their home. but the pandemic ended that extra income. anthony's father, michael, says there were a lot of difficult conversations as the family f tried ure out how to pay for anthony's first year of colleg $23,000 after financial aid and a golf scholarship. >> we don't live in a big house so voices carry. and he can hear those conversations about how this was going to happen and how we were going to manage going forward financially.an it was stressful. >> sreenivasan: but about a month before his high school graduation, anthony got an unexpected email from the school he was planning to attend: southern new hampsre university, also known as s.n.h.u. >> that email was basicall

for the pbs newshour, i am hari sreenivasan. ♪ judy: president trump held press briefing at the whiteht. yamiche alcindor was there and sh joins me now. first of all, we understand the president made comments abou this massive explosion in beirut today,ore td,n 70 d thousands injured. yamiche: that isid right, prt trump took questions on that topic. he said it looked like aomb or attack happened in that city, but there is no confirmation what happened. the president said it just looks like that and military officials are looking into what happened. judy: the other thing i want to askou, the president had comments on mail-in voting again. yamiche: that is right, the president over and over again has come out against the idea of mail-in voting. withou evidence that it would be fraught with fraud and peo ge would try e the system. today he tweeted and doubled down on this idea that florida the state that can do mail-in voting without issues. crics of the president say he is trying to carve out the state that is a kst battleground e, the state he won in 2016. the president saying it is sa

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captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 23: a look ahead as the republican national convention is set to get underway this week. more wildfires in california a wild weather in the gulf. and concerns over international aito beirut in the wake of the port explosion. next on "pbs newshour weeken" >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the anderson family fund. bernard and denise schwartz. ls the cheryl and philip in family. ra hope zuckerberg. charles rosenblum.

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this editioau for sundayst 2: negotiations over the emergencyrelief bill conthis week. tropical storm isaias heads north along the east coast. and, re-imagining back to school, in the good ole outdoors. next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newsho weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the anderson family fund. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. barbara hope zuckerberg. charles rosenblum. we try to live inhe moment, to not miss what's right in front of us. at mutual of america

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captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 16: the postal service crisis: raising alarms ahead of the election. democrats get ready for an unconventional convention. and in our signature segment, what one community in maine is doing to combat one of the largest racial disparity rates of covid-19 in the country. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenim iii. the anderson family fund. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family.

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