On this edition for Saturday, August 8, President Trump signs four executive actions to extend COVID-19 economic relief and defer payroll taxes, protests in Beirut over the government’s response to the deadly explosion turn violent, and why Russia looms large in Belarus’ election on Sunday. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from Sarasota, Florida.
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