PBS NewsHour

January 2, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, January 2, COVID-19 vaccinations are proceeding slower than hoped as record hospitalization numbers continue, a look back at an unprecedented year through some of our producers’ biggest stories from 2020, and, with the Grammy’s approaching, an interview with singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright on his latest project, which defies categorization. Michael Hill anchors.

2020 in review: race, equity, and the COVID-19 task force

4m 17s

NewsHour Weekend producer Zachary Green speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about his most illuminating work in 2020: covering race, equity, and the Black Lives Matter movement in small town America, and on figuring out the best way to cover -- and fact-check -- the COVID-19 Task Force press briefings.

Previews + Extras

  • Rufus Wainwright’s on his unique audio autobiography: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Rufus Wainwright’s on his unique audio autobiography

    S2021 E2 - 8m 20s

    Musician Rufus Wainwright latest album, “Unfollow The Rules” is nominated for a Grammy but it’s his unique audio autobiography, “Road Trip Elegies,” a conversation with his therapist on a road trip from Montreal to New York City, that delivers insight about his musical journey and the relationships that shaped him and his music. Special Correspondent Tom Casciato has the story.

  • 2020 in review: Prop 22, COVID-19, stranded American Samoans: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    2020 in review: Prop 22, COVID-19, stranded American Samoans

    S2021 E2 - 5m 43s

    NewsHour Weekend’s Laura Fong discusses some of the biggest stories she reported on in 2020: How COVID-19 and school shutdowns impacted students and how hundreds of American Samoans are stranded in the U.S. for months because the island territory closed its borders. Also, California’s Prop 22, a ballot measure that app companies funded to keep their drivers as independent contractors.

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