Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/august-4-2021-pbs-newshour-full-episode Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Wednesday on the NewsHour... Correction: We reported in the Aug. 4 news summary that the U.S. had 615,000 COVID cases. In fact, the U.S. has recorded 615,000 deaths and cases top 35 million. We regret the error. Wednesday on the NewsHour, one of the nation’s top economists weighs in on concerns about housing prices, inflation and labor shortages. A look at how the infrastructure deal aims to make more clean water available. And a year after a deadly Beirut port explosion, Lebanon faces a devastating economic collapse. Listen to the Broadcast Subscribe to the Full Show Podcast Segments From This Episode News Wrap: As COVID cases rise, concern over global vaccines and potential boosters grows 6 min How the infrastructure bill delivers on clean water — and how it falls short 7 min As housing costs boom, how home-buyers in one city search for affordability 8 min Why keeping delta variant in check is so important to our economy 10 min 1 year after Beirut explosion, Lebanon still in crisis 9 min ACLU: Biden administration making excuses for not changing this Trump-era asylum policy 7 min This advocate says justice system is our failure to imagine anything besides punishment 4 min