PBS NewsHour

September 22, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, September 22, President Trump hits the road as international issues take center stage, the General Motors strike enters its second week, and a look at what Peru is doing to reform a gold-mining industry that has decimated part of the Amazon rain forest. Megan Thompson anchors from New York

Peru looks for reforms after mining decimates the Amazon

5m 56s

In February, Peruvian authorities were sent in to the Amazon Rainforest to disrupt environmental devastation brought on by illegal gold mining. Satellite imagery now shows a 90 percent decline in new deforestation as the government and environmentalists try to initiate reforms. Special correspondent Leo Schwartz reports on the second of a two-part series by NYU’s Global Beat program.

Previews + Extras

  • Film follows Boko Haram survivors after village invasion: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Film follows Boko Haram survivors after village invasion

    S2019 E297 - 4m 57s

    The documentary "Forced" follows three women who fled their Nigerian village after a 2014 Boko Haram invasion. The film looks at their attempts to rebuild their lives as displaced people and how they've come to symbolize the plight of other women and girls who survived abductions and sexual assault. Hari Sreenivasan spoke to filmmakers Grace Oyenubi and Nani Sahra Walker to learn more.

  • Elizabeth Warren joins GM picket line as strike enters day 7: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Elizabeth Warren joins GM picket line as strike enters day 7

    S2019 E297 - 4m 32s

    Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren joined the General Motors strike in Detroit on Sunday, calling for GM to be held “accountable.” For the last seven days, nearly 50,000 members of the United Automobile Workers Union have gathered at picket lines across the country, in the largest strike in the U.S. in over a decade. Phoebe Wall Howard of the Detroit Free Press joins Megan Thompson for more.

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