PBS News Hour

February 8, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, February 8, the Democratic presidential candidates look to New Hampshire for support, new cases of the novel coronavirus emerge, Louisiana oyster farmers feel a changing tide along the Mississippi Delta, and internet satellites are launched into space with the hope of expanding broadband coverage. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Climate change, development batter Mississippi Delta oysters

6m 27s

Record flooding, human-made channels and environmental disasters have exacerbated the already harsh effects of climate change in Louisiana's Mississippi Delta, impacting the region's coastal wildlife and seafood supplies. Special correspondent Joshua Landis reports on how local oyster farmers are coping as part of our series, "Peril and Promise" in partnership with Nexis Media News.

Previews + Extras

  • Democrats look to New Hampshire after chaotic Iowa caucuses: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Democrats look to New Hampshire after chaotic Iowa caucuses

    S2020 E42 - 5m 43s

    Democratic presidential hopefuls took to the stage for another debate Friday as they looked for an edge in the lead-up to the New Hampshire primaries following last week's chaotic Iowa caucuses. Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, joins Hari Sreenivasan for more on the presidential race and the impact the Iowa caucuses may have in New Hampshire.

  • SpaceX and OneWeb face off in quest for internet domination: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    SpaceX and OneWeb face off in quest for internet domination

    S2020 E42 - 5m

    In what has already been a busy year in space, the London-based telecommunications company, OneWeb, on Friday launched a second round of satellites into orbit in a bid to expand global internet coverage. The launch followed the return of NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who broke a spaceflight record for female astronauts. The Verge science reporter Loren Grush joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

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