PBS NewsHour

May 12, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

May 12, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

Venezuelans fleeing crisis are seeking asylum in Texas

10m 17s

Thousands of Venezuelan immigrants have entered the U.S. in recent years, fleeing political and economic crises. Many have settled in and around the city of Houston, Texas, which is already home to a large Venezuelan-American community. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano met some of the new arrivals to learn what they went through to get here and the legal challenges they face.

Previews + Extras

  • The fight to save an Italian forest prized by Stradivari: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The fight to save an Italian forest prized by Stradivari

    S2019 E149 - 6m 1s

    Perhaps no instruments are more sought after than those crafted by Antonio Stradivari, who died nearly 300 years ago. While a catastrophic storm recently wiped out a million trees in the forest where he found his prized lumber, modern instrument-makers and forest rangers are working to save "The Musical Woods.” Special correspondent Christopher Livesay reports from the Italian Alps.

  • Rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran

    S2019 E149 - 4m

    Tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated over the Trump administration’s economic sanctions and Tehran’s threat of stepped-up uranium enrichment. This week, the U.S. sent aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf. Suzanne Maloney, deputy director of the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the standoff.

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