PBS NewsHour

February 24, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 24, a standoff on Venezuela’s border blocks humanitarian aid, scientists rate Hollywood’s portrayal of climate change on Oscar day, and newly-digitized materials from Louis Armstrong's archives are helping to carry his legacy to new generations of musicians. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

On Oscar day, science meets climate change at the movies

3m 42s

Disaster movies don’t often get Oscar nods, but they are getting attention from climate change scientists. Kate Marvel, an associate research scientist at Columbia University co-hosts a new podcast called ‘Anthropocinema’ where science meets movies. Marvel joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss what Hollywood gets right and wrong about climate.

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    Louis Armstrong archive brings his influence into new era

    S2019 E63 - 11m 29s

    Louis Armstrong, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, left behind a vast trove of materials including collages, scrapbooks, and audio recordings when he died in 1971. The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens digitized its archive and is building a new campus to make his materials more accessible and to carry the Armstrong legacy to new generations. Megan Thompson reports.

  • Mexico tries new approach to asylum-seekers at the border: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mexico tries new approach to asylum-seekers at the border

    S2019 E63 - 3m 28s

    On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a resolution to stop President Trump’s national emergency declaration to fund construction of walls and barriers on the border with Mexico. But what is actually happening at the border? Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Texas Tribune reporter Julián Aguilar about Mexico’s handling of asylum seekers and the much talked about caravans.

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