Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/august-20-2021-pbs-newshour-full-episode Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Friday on the NewsHour... Friday on the NewsHour, the Taliban targets Afghans who worked with the United States as their desperation to flee the country intensifies. Then, despite soaring levels of new COVID cases in Florida, school officials face backlash to face cover mandates. And, Jonathan Capehart and Michael Gerson break down President Biden's handling of the Afghanistan crisis and the politics of mask mandates. Listen to the Broadcast Subscribe to the Full Show Podcast Segments From This Episode Frustrated by ill-prepared evacuation plan, anxious Afghans rush airport gates 10 min News Wrap: FDA to grant full approval to Pfizer’s COVID vaccine next week 6 min The U.S. ignored corruption within the Afghan government. Did that lead to its fall? 8 min Examining the politicization of school mask mandates in Florida’s Broward County 8 min Gerson and Capehart on Afghanistan, school mask mandates 12 min