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PBS News Hour - Full Show

August 17, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, the importance of earthquake planning in the U.S. Then, the issues plaguing Customs and Border Protection's mobile application for migrants seeking asylum. Plus, how nursing homes are adjusting to new staffing requirements, as the industry struggles with shortages. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Tonight on PBS

0:06.0

PBS News Weekend

0:07.0

preparing for the next big earthquake two centuries after the last one in a part of the country not widely known for them.

0:14.5

They were all puzzled by it's like why is the ground moving? Why are objects in my house or

0:19.6

cabin swinging back and forth for no apparent reason.

0:23.0

Then why an app intended to make it easier for migrants to seek asylum isn't achieving its goal for everyone.

0:30.0

And how a new federal rule mandating nursing home staffing requirements is shaking up the industry. Good evening. I'm John Yang.

0:53.0

Late today, Israel signaled acceptance of key components of the US-backed ceasefire proposal

0:58.5

and said only Hamas stands in the way of stopping the fighting in Gaza and the return of Israeli

1:03.6

hostages held there. Even his hope grows that an agreement could be finalized

1:07.6

next week, Israel carried out airstrikes in Gaza and Lebanon. In southern

1:12.2

Lebanon at least 10 Syrian nationals were killed as Israel says it

1:15.8

targeted a Hezbollah Weapons Depot in Gaza 18 members of the same family died in a

1:21.4

strike on a house and a neighboring warehouse.

1:24.7

And Gazans are now facing a new threat, polio.

1:28.5

One case has been confirmed and more are suspected.

1:31.2

Polio is eradicated in Gaza 25 years ago,

1:34.1

but vaccinations have plunged

1:36.0

and sanitation facilities have been destroyed

1:38.4

since the war began.

1:40.5

There should be rehabilitation of our clean, safe water resources, solving the problem of the sewage flooding our streets and homes.

1:54.7

Aid groups hope to vaccinate more than 600,000 children in coming weeks,

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