PBS NewsHour

September 6, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, September 6, another stimulus bill is expected by week’s end, how ‘gleaning’ is helping feed families during the pandemic, and revisiting the week in 1968 when actor and activist Harry Belafonte became the first Black late-night host on “The Tonight Show.” Michael Hill anchors from New Jersey.

September 6, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

26m 17s

On this edition for Sunday, September 6, another stimulus bill is expected by week’s end, how ‘gleaning’ is helping feed families during the pandemic, and revisiting the week in 1968 when actor and activist Harry Belafonte became the first Black late-night host on “The Tonight Show.” Michael Hill anchors from New Jersey.

Previews + Extras

  • Harry Belafonte’s historic week as ‘Tonight Show’ host: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Harry Belafonte’s historic week as ‘Tonight Show’ host

    S2020 E263 - 8m 29s

    In the midst of the 1968 Civil Rights protests, activist and singer Harry Belafonte took over ‘The Tonight Show’ for a week, becoming the first Black person to host a late-night TV show. His guests included Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, months before they were assassinated. Director Yoruba Richen and producer Joan Walsh revisit that historic week in a new documentary “The Sit-In.”

  • How gleaning is feeding people during the pandemic: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How gleaning is feeding people during the pandemic

    S2020 E263 - 6m 53s

    Food insecurity in the United States skyrocketed when the COVID-19 pandemic began, leaving emergency food distributors scrambling to provide enough to those in need. To help fill the gap, organizations around the country have doubled down on the age-old practice of gleaning: getting excess crops from farms to those in need. Special Correspondent Michael Hill reports.

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