PBS News Hour

January 6, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

January 6, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

Midwest fights to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes

11m 46s

Asian carp are invasive fish that grow fast, jump high and have taken over large swaths of the Mississippi watershed. And now, state and federal governments are worried the Great Lakes are next. On everything from electric fences to contracted fishing programs, NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports on efforts to keep them out.

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    US won’t leave Syria until ISIS does, Trump advisor says

    S2019 E7 - 4m 18s

    During a trip to Israel on Sunday, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton announced that American troops would remain in Syria until the Islamic State is fully eradicated, scaling back an announcement from President Trump last month. "Effectively, Americans aren’t going anywhere," Nahal Toosi, a foreign affairs correspondent at POLITICO, told Hari Sreenivasan, joining him from Washington, D.C.

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    ‘Near-term pain’ from shutdown: No paychecks on Friday

    S2019 E7 - 5m 16s

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