Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-deadly-earthquakes-strike-villages-in-western-afghanistan Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio In our news wrap Saturday, two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes in western Afghanistan killed more than 300 people according to a UN estimate and injured scores of others, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and a bipartisan delegation of senators met with Chinese officials in Shanghai during the first stop in a trip that will also take them to South Korea and Japan. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. John Yang: Elsewhere to 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook western Afghanistan today, killing more than 300 people and injuring scores of others of 5.5 magnitude aftershock followed. People fled crumbling buildings and took refuge in the streets. Last year, a massive earthquake killed more than 1,000 people in the eastern part of that quake prone country.And Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and a bipartisan delegation of five other senators were in Shanghai today the first step and a trip that will also take them to South Korea and Japan. They're the first American lawmakers to visit China in four years. They met with Chinese Communist Party officials and discussed how to stop the flow of fentanyl into Mexico and how American businesses could better compete in China.Still to come on PBS News Weekend, treating alcoholism with medication and what happens to a community in the aftermath of a chemical disaster. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Oct 07, 2023