PBS News Hour

February 22, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, February 22nd, voters turnout for Saturday's Democratic caucuses in Nevada, and a look at how gender is playing a role in local Nevada and South Carolina politics. Also, the first report in our series of stories from India explores exclusionary citizenship laws that are leaving nearly 2 million people in limbo. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

India's immigrant crackdown leaves nearly 2 million in limbo

10m 9s

Immigration from Bangladesh into India's northeastern state of Assam has long been a contentious issue, often boiling over into violence. Last year the government declared nearly 2 million people there to be non-citizens in an effort that has been widely criticized. Many now fear similar measures across the country. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

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  • Stark gender divide in Nevada, South Carolina legislatures: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Stark gender divide in Nevada, South Carolina legislatures

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    This week's Nevada caucuses and next week's South Carolina primary have the most diverse electorates thus far in the 2020 presidential race. But there are stark divides in gender representation in those states' own legislative halls. Capri Cafaro, a former Ohio state senator and current American University School of Public Affairs executive-in-residence, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

  • Early voting helps draw record turnout for Nevada caucuses: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Early voting helps draw record turnout for Nevada caucuses

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    More than 70,000 people went to the polls this week in early voting for the Nevada caucuses, nearly eclipsing the total number of voters in the state's 2016 caucuses. The surge comes as many voters focused on the issue of health care, which may have benefited Sen. Bernie Sanders. Nevada Public Radio's Joe Schoenmann joins Hari Sreenivasan with more.

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