PBS NewsHour

March 29, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, March 29, the latest on the coronavirus outbreak, how renters are impacted by the pandemic, the complications of the virus for incarcerated people, and welcoming a bundle of joy in trying times. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Incarcerated people face potential disaster during outbreak

7m 31s

With more than 2 million prisoners held in thousands of detention centers across the U.S., advocates for the incarcerated have been sounding the alarm about the dangers posed to this vulnerable population during the current pandemic. Ivette Feliciano spoke with lawyers, activists and families with loved ones in prison, who say detention centers are the perfect breeding ground for the outbreak.

Previews + Extras

  • How prison has shaped one artist’s view on social distancing: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How prison has shaped one artist’s view on social distancing

    S2020 E93 - 4m 24s

    Millions of Americans across the country are now staying inside due to the pandemic. That includes artist Fulton Leroy Washington, who became known as “Mr. Wash" while serving 21 years in prison for a non-violent drug offense. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker spoke with Washington about why his time being incarcerated allows him to see social distancing differently than many Americans.

  • How the outbreak’s economic disruption is impacting renters: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How the outbreak’s economic disruption is impacting renters

    S2020 E93 - 4m 13s

    There are 44 million households that are renting in the U.S., but even before the massive economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic many were already stretching their budgets to afford housing. But what will happen to them now? Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Jenny Schuetz, a housing economist at the Brookings Institution, to learn more.

  • Giving birth in the epicenter of the pandemic: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Giving birth in the epicenter of the pandemic

    S2020 E93 - 2m 39s

    Thousands of women in the U.S. have given birth over the last month, many in the very hospitals where medical professionals have been preparing for an onslaught of patients stricken with COVID-19. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Karla Murthy spoke with one woman living in New York City about her recent experience giving birth amid the pandemic.

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