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PBS News Hour
August 2, 2022
Season 2022
Episode 217
Tuesday on the NewsHour, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi makes a stop in Taiwan, sparking immediate retaliation from China. Then, questions arise about al-Qaida's influence in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan after a U.S. drone strike kills the group's leader. "PBS NewsHour" speaks to national security advisor Jake Sullivan. Plus, local health authorities race to contain the highly contagious monkeypox virus.