July 7, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

In Boulder, Utah the co-owners of the Hell’s Backbone Grill, a restaurant in the shadow of the Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument, are fighting the recent Trump administration decision to remove almost one million acres from the monument. NewsHour Weekend’s Mori Rothman spoke with the owners about why the monument is vital to their business and their way of life.

An attack in Afghanistan Sunday that killed 12 people was claimed by the Taliban and came as the militant group met in Qatar for an all-Afghan peace conference, and as the U.S. and Taliban leaders prepare to resume talks this week. Thomas Gibbons-Neff, a reporter with The New York Times, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the Taliban, U.S. strategy and the growing presence of the Islamic State.

On this edition for Sunday, July 7, new threats to nuclear limits as Iran announces plans to increase uranium enrichment, the rise of ant-Semitism in France, and a look at why the owners of a famous Utah restaurant are stepping up to protect a national monument. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.