PBS NewsHour full episode, Aug. 2, 2022

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. We speak to national security advisor Jake Sullivan. Plus, local health authorities race to contain the highly contagious monkeypox virus.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
Pelosi's Taiwan visit sparks immediate reaction from China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40p-81ZndbM
News Wrap: Death toll rises in northern California wildfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YehFUIJYYDM
What's al-Qaida's future after al-Zawahri's death?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHLccw7ZHd0
Biden's adviser on Pelosi's Taiwan visit, al-Zawahri's death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3SmKOdnGEw
Trump's clout tested as voters head to the polls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=620HhxMCk64
Health authorities race to contain the monkeypox virus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No6IDB7LMbw
Political infighting in Iraq prompts protests, instability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFsrMRJlEs
Rhiannon Giddens leads Yo-Yo-Ma's Silkroad Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZWnqNGMGbo
Freya the walrus gains fans one seafaring vessel at a time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sm2xpDkXso

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00:00 - Introduction
02:34 - Taiwan Tensions
05:18 - News Wrap
08:47 - Killed
13:57 - One on One
26:00 - Vote 2022
32:13 - Monkeypox
39:21 - Chaos in Baghdad
43:47 - Silkroad
51:25 - Freya the Walrus