August 9, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

In our news wrap Monday, California's Dixie Fire is 20 percent contained as crews fight the state's raging wildfire, U.S. military members will be required to get vaccinated for COVID-19, American travelers were allowed to drive into Canada for the first time in more than a year, and New York lawmakers say it may be weeks before they vote on impeachment trial for Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join William Brangham to discuss the latest political news, including the infrastructure deal, Congress' packed summer agenda and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s political future after sexual harassment allegations.

A new report out Monday warns that global temperatures will continue rising in coming decades, and that human activity is driving that increase. Those are among the conclusions reached by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Michael Oppenheimer, a professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University, joins William Brangham to discuss.

Ever since the Biden administration announced it was withdrawing military forces from Afghanistan by September, the security situation has deteriorated as the Taliban have stepped up their attacks. The insurgent group's rapid assault captured two more provincial capitals Monday, and have now overrun at least five key cities in recent days. Stephanie Sy has the latest.

The delta variant continues to surge in the U.S.. The country is now experiencing more than 100,000 new infections a day. One of the places hit particularly hard is Missouri, where only 42 percent of eligible people are fully vaccinated, while the state has recorded more than 20,000 new cases during the last seven days. Republican Missouri Rep. Billy Long joins William Brangham to discuss.

Millions of renters and landlords across the country are living in limbo amid a flurry of legal challenges to the Biden administration’s new federal eviction ban. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge joins Yamiche Alcindor to discuss.

A major bill that could steer billions in federal dollars toward American roads, railways, water systems and broadband networks is inching closer to a final Senate vote. But at the same time, the Democrats who control the Senate's agenda are looking to the road ahead, laying the groundwork Monday for the next major piece of legislation that they want to push through. Lisa Desjardins reports.

The Tokyo Olympics have come to a close and Team U.S.A. came away the big winner with 113 medals, 39 of them gold. USA Today's Christine Brennan joins William Brangham to review some of the highlights and discuss how these Olympics went amid the global pandemic.