PBS NewsHour

August 17, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, August 17, pro-government and pro-democracy demonstrators face off in Hong Kong, and a retired police officer is coaching some of the growing number of seniors who use medical marijuana in Arizona. Also, Syrian residents who built a library amid the rubble of war, and what may come of peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Retired cop guides Arizona seniors as medical cannabis coach

6m 51s

As medical marijuana has become legal in much of the U.S., more senior citizens are starting to use it to manage pain and opioid addiction. In Arizona, one retired police officer overcame his own personal biases to become a medical cannabis coach. He now teaches some of the state's elderly population how to use medical marijuana for the first time. Arizona Public Media's Andrew Brown reports.

Previews + Extras

  • How a group of Syrian residents assembled a secret library: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How a group of Syrian residents assembled a secret library

    S2019 E257 - 5m 49s

    In the midst of Syria's civil war, a group of residents in the war-ravaged town of Daraya risked their lives to assemble a secret library in the basement of a destroyed building. Those actions are now cataloged in a new book called, "Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege." Hari Sreenivasan recently spoke with author and BBC correspondent Mike Thomson to learn more.

  • U.S.-Taliban deal may include Afghanistan troop withdrawal: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    U.S.-Taliban deal may include Afghanistan troop withdrawal

    S2019 E257 - 4m 34s

    The U.S and Taliban on Monday ended the latest negotiations for a peace deal that may include the withdrawal of American troops stationed in Afghanistan. While there has been no agreement yet, President Trump tweeted that the meeting between the two sides was “very good.” Kathy Gannon, senior correspondent for Pakistan and Afghanistan for the Associated Press, joins Hari Sreenivasan with more.

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