PBS News Hour

January 16, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, January 16, state capitals brace for more potential protests in the lead-up to Biden’s inauguration, the Capitol Hill siege, its participants, and the online radicalization that led them there, and the latest in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

How online extremism experts saw the Capitol riot coming

13m 22s

While the events at the nation’s Capitol last week caught many by surprise, those who monitor extremism on the internet had already seen a rebellion brewing. Charlie Warzel is the New York Times Opinion Writer-at-Large and reports on online radicalization. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the online spaces and rhetoric that fomented violence at the Capitol.

Previews + Extras

  • CA has one of the lowest inoculation rates in the country: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    CA has one of the lowest inoculation rates in the country

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    California has one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country, as the state struggles to contain the virus, which has been raging to new highs since the holidays. LA Times reporter Soumya Karlamangla joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the vaccination process in the state and how LA is scrambling to treat patients as hospital beds fill up.

  • Symbols of hate at the Capitol Hill riot: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Symbols of hate at the Capitol Hill riot

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    Last week's riot on Capitol Hill was filled with hate symbols: nooses, confederate flags, violent graffiti symbols. Ivette Feliciano spoke with civil rights lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, about the racial implications of the riot, how moments like this reverberate for people of color, and what history can tell us about how to approach these challenging times.

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