February 27, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode

Economic worries sparked by the global outbreak of novel coronavirus are pushing major stock indexes lower -- down at least 10 percent from recent record highs. More than $2 trillion of value have been wiped out this week, translating to the fastest market correction to happen in 50 years. Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist for Charles Schwab and Company, joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.

Michael Bloomberg was New York's Republican mayor from 2002 to 2013 and is now vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Although he entered the race relatively late, Bloomberg has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into political advertising. Bloomberg sits down with Judy Woodruff to discuss COVID-19 preparation, management experience, surveillance of Muslim Americans and more.

2020 Democrats are making their final appeals to South Carolina voters before the primary stakes rise even higher on Super Tuesday. The latest polls from the Palmetto State show former Vice President Joe Biden with a substantial lead, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and businessman Tom Steyer. But some candidates are focused on Tuesday’s much larger delegate prize. Lisa Desjardins reports.

Today, hundreds of foreign Islamic State fighters languish in Syrian and Iraqi jails. President Trump would like to follow the example set by Kosovo, which has reclaimed its jihadis for trial. But many European nations fear the fighters will commit terrorist acts if allowed to return home. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Kosovo, where some ex-jihadis say they have reformed.

The fallout from the 2008 global financial crisis revealed that some of the world's most powerful banks were involved in reckless financial dealings. Germany’s Deutsche Bank took a particularly aggressive approach -- the consequences of which are still playing out now, more than a decade later. Paul Solman talks to The New York Times’ David Enrich, who has written a new book on the subject.