PBS NewsHour

August 31, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, August 31, Southeastern states prepare for Hurricane Dorian, threats to suspend Parliament before the Brexit deadline sparks backlash in the U.K., and what France is doing to curb food wastage. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Is France's groundbreaking food-waste law working?

8m 15s

A third of the world's food goes to waste, but France is attempting to do something about it. Since 2016, large grocery stores in the country have been banned from throwing away unsold food that could be given away. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Christopher Livesay reports from Paris as part of our "Future of Food" series, which is supported in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.

Previews + Extras

  • Americans waste up to 40 percent of the food they produce: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Americans waste up to 40 percent of the food they produce

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    If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the United States. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson sat down with Elizabeth Balkan, director of food waste for the Natural Resources Defense Council, to find out more. This report is part of our "Future of Food" series, which is supported in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.

  • For Brexit protesters, a larger issue is at stake: democracy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    For Brexit protesters, a larger issue is at stake: democracy

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    Thousands of people took to the streets across major British cities, including London, to protest the suspension of the Parliament by Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the October 31 Brexit deadline. Frank Langfitt, NPR correspondent and author of “The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China," joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the situation in the U.K.

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