PBS NewsHour

February 16, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 16, Pope Francis defrocks former U.S. cardinal and archbishop Theodore McCarrick for sex abuse, the latest on violent protests in Haiti, victims of the Aurora, Illinois mass shooting are identified, and the story of one doctor in Haiti defying the odds and saving lives. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

One doctor's decades-long fight to heal Haiti

10m 11s

A devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti created an unprecedented health crisis that led the U.S. to grant Haitians Temporary Protected Status. But with the Trump administration's plan to eliminate TPS, 60,000 Haitians living in the U.S. may be deported. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano reports on one doctor's efforts to confront Haiti's health challenges amid a possible influx of deportees.

Previews + Extras

  • Violent protests in Haiti may mean a humanitarian crisis: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Violent protests in Haiti may mean a humanitarian crisis

    S2019 E51 - 4m 32s

    Violent protests in Haiti against the government are threatening the country with a humanitarian crisis. President Jovenel Moïse is refusing to resign, there is mounting debt, and allegations of corruption. Both the U.S. and Canada are warning citizens not to travel to haiti and some tourists are stranded there. Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles updates Hari Sreenivasan on the situation

  • Pope sends 'signal' by defrocking ex-cardinal: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Pope sends 'signal' by defrocking ex-cardinal

    S2019 E51 - 4m 57s

    Pope Francis has defrocked ex-Cardinal and Archbishop Theodore McCarrick after officials at the Vatican found him guilty of sexually abusing both minors and adults.The announcement made Saturday comes less than a week before international church leaders meet to address the sexual abuse crisis in the church. Rev. James Martin, editor-at-large for America magazine, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

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