PBS NewsHour

April 25, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, April 25, the latest on the coronavirus as businesses around the globe slowly start to reopen, a look at regime stability in North Korea and claims from the country that it has zero cases of COVID-19, and school shutdowns are putting homeless students at risk. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

School closures leave homeless students even more vulnerable

7m 22s

There are more than 1.5 million homeless public school students in the United States. But with many of those young people relying on school for safety, stability and food, the mass closures of school buildings all over the country due to the coronavirus have left them even more vulnerable than before. NewsHour Weekend's Zachary Green reports as part of our series, "Chasing the Dream."

Previews + Extras

  • Homeless children ‘desperate’ for safe spaces amid outbreak: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Homeless children ‘desperate’ for safe spaces amid outbreak

    S2020 E120 - 6m 38s

    Life during the coronavirus pandemic is difficult for most everyone, but it is a particularly daunting time for those without a home, including more than a million children. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Kevin Ryan, the CEO of Covenant House, an aid agency for homeless youth, about the challenges these young people are facing.

  • Where is North Korea’s Kim Jong Un? An expert weighs in: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Where is North Korea’s Kim Jong Un? An expert weighs in

    S2020 E120 - 4m 40s

    North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un remained out of the public view on Saturday, as rumors continue to swirl that he is gravely ill. As that scenario is unfolding, the secretive country continues to maintain it has zero cases of COVID-19 within its borders, a claim that has been widely questioned. Jean Lee, director of the Korea program at the Wilson Center, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

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