PBS News Hour

March 6, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, March 6, the Senate passes the $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan after an overnight session and marathon series of votes. Also, Pope Francis delivers a message of unity on his visit to Iraq, and the ongoing fight over the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Thousands flee war-torn Ethiopia as Tigray crisis escalates

5m 58s

More than 60,000 Ethiopians from the northern war-torn Tigray region have fled to Sudan and several thousands are struggling to access basic needs like electricity, water and medical help as the military conflict between the government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front continues to escalate. Stephen Cornish, Director General of Doctors Without Borders-Geneva joins to discuss.

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    The next big oil pipeline battle is brewing in Minnesota

    S2021 E65 - 8m 19s

    On his first day in office, president Biden signed an executive order to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. But now, many people in the Great Lakes region are asking the Administration to halt a different pipeline project they believe poses an even greater threat to indigenous communities and local waterways. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano reports.

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