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October 4, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, October 4, mixed messages over President Trump’s health as he remains hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19. And in our ongoing series “Roads to Election 2020” we stop by California where the future of the gig workers for ride-share companies in the state is on the ballot. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

October 4, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

27m 29s

On this edition for Sunday, October 4, mixed messages over President Trump’s health as he remains hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19. And in our ongoing series “Roads to Election 2020” we stop by California where the future of the gig workers for ride-share companies in the state is on the ballot. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Previews + Extras

  • CA ballot measure could decide the future of gig work: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    CA ballot measure could decide the future of gig work

    S2020 E291 - 12m 35s

    November, Californians will vote on the future of gig work for rideshare and delivery drivers for companies like Uber, Doordash and Lyft. While a new state law categorizes the workers as ‘employees,’ the companies, who have put over $181 million towards the initiative, want them to be ‘independent contractors.’ Laura Fong reports and Sam Harnett of KQED joins to discuss its impact, if passed

  • Unanswered questions remain over Trump’s health: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Unanswered questions remain over Trump’s health

    S2020 E291 - 9m 34s

    Dr. Sean Conley, President Trump’s physician, said the president had “continued to improve” and could be discharged from Walter Reed medical center as soon as Monday. Dr. Craig Spencer, director of global health emergency medicine at New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University Medical Center joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the president’s diagnosis and some unanswered questions that remain.

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