Oregon grapples with converging crises of fires and pandemic
Clip: 9/14/2020 | 6m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
With wildfires raging during a pandemic, Oregon residents are pushed to the brink
In Oregon, more than a million acres have burned already during this devastating early wildfire season -- twice the full-year average. Over 40,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, and at least 22 are missing. Air quality in the area around Portland has been the worst in the world, prompting a spike in emergency room visits for respiratory issues. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Major corporate funding for the PBS News Hour is provided by BDO, BNSF, Consumer Cellular, American Cruise Lines, and Raymond James. Funding for the PBS NewsHour Weekend is provided by...
Oregon grapples with converging crises of fires and pandemic
Clip: 9/14/2020 | 6m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
In Oregon, more than a million acres have burned already during this devastating early wildfire season -- twice the full-year average. Over 40,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, and at least 22 are missing. Air quality in the area around Portland has been the worst in the world, prompting a spike in emergency room visits for respiratory issues. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch PBS News Hour
PBS News Hour is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
The 'dangerous' threat posed by slow-moving Hurricane Sally
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 9/14/2020 | 2m 33s | How slow movement of Hurricane Sally could create 'dangerous' conditions (2m 33s)
A family's fight to survive a 10-year prison sentence
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 9/14/2020 | 6m 13s | A family's fight to stay together -- despite a 10-year prison sentence (6m 13s)
How climate change 'exacerbates' wildfires in American West
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 9/14/2020 | 7m 10s | How climate change 'exacerbates' wildfires in the American West (7m 10s)
News Wrap: Belarus’ besieged Lukashenko meets with Putin
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 9/14/2020 | 6m 1s | News Wrap: Belarus’ besieged Lukashenko meets with Putin (6m 1s)
Syria's government 'not concerned at all' about virus crisis
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 9/14/2020 | 6m 37s | Despite spiraling coronavirus crisis, Syria's 'government is not concerned at all' (6m 37s)
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on politics and science
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 9/14/2020 | 7m 42s | Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on climate change and pandemic politics (7m 42s)
What Trump and Biden think about fires and climate change
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: 9/14/2020 | 3m 53s | Western wildfires highlight divergent stances of Trump, Biden on climate change (3m 53s)
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
Support for PBS provided by:
Major corporate funding for the PBS News Hour is provided by BDO, BNSF, Consumer Cellular, American Cruise Lines, and Raymond James. Funding for the PBS NewsHour Weekend is provided by...