PBS NewsHour

March 23, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, March 23, the latest on the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, novelist Don Winslow talks about America's war on drugs and his book "The Border," and international acts flock to Haiti's jazz festival. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

What novelist Don Winslow thinks of America's war on drugs

7m 39s

Novelist Don Winslow has spent 20 years chronicling the war on drug cartels south of the U.S. border that have triggered unspeakable violence and caravans of asylum-seekers searching for safety in the U.S. His new novel “The Border" is the concluding work of a trilogy that was born out of a single news story in the late-1990s. Jeff Greenfield recently sat down with Winslow to learn more

Previews + Extras

  • Jazz festival highlights Haiti's contributions to the arts: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jazz festival highlights Haiti's contributions to the arts

    S2019 E94 - 6m 32s

    News from Haiti is often about natural disasters and political crises, but the island nation is also home to a burgeoning arts scene. One of the biggest events recently held there was the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival, or PAPJAZZ. This year, the festival hosted more than two dozen musical acts from around the world. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano reports.

  • Attorney general reviewing still-secret Mueller report: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Attorney general reviewing still-secret Mueller report

    S2019 E94 - 5m 13s

    Special counsel Robert Mueller's report on his investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 election is in the hands of the attorney general who says he’ll release his “preliminary conclusions” this weekend. How much of the full report becomes public is already the subject of debate. NYU law professor Ryan Goodman joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss what’s next.

  • March 23, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 23, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    S2019 E94 - 24m 59s

    On this edition for Saturday, March 23, the latest on the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, novelist Don Winslow talks about America's war on drugs and his book "The Border," and international acts flock to Haiti's jazz festival. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

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