PBS News Hour

Season 43, Episode 159

Episode Title: August 9, 2018

Air Date: 2018-08-09

Overview:

Thursday on the NewsHour, huge fires continue in California as crews work around the clock and evacuated residents seek shelter. Also: Israel and Hamas launch new attacks, the Kremlin responds to the latest U.S. sanctions, addressing the shortage of home care workers, a Nagasaki bomb survivor visits the town where the plutonium was produced, and a new book from two Parkland students.