PBS NewsHour

February 1, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, February 1, the Senate impeachment trial winds down after Republicans vote to exclude new evidence, Brexit is official as Britain charts a new course amid divisions in the country, and our "Future of Food series" looks at how Jordan is using technology and innovation to help refugees facing food shortages. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Republicans ‘eager to explain’ vote to exclude witnesses

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President Trump's likely acquittal following Friday's mostly party-line vote to exclude witnesses and new documents from the Senate impeachment trial has left questions over the limits of presidential powers. Senators will get the chance to explain their decisions next week. Alexis Simendinger, national correspondent for The Hill, joins Hari Sreenivasan with more on the trial and what comes next.

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    As Brexit sinks in, division remains in the United Kingdom

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    The United Kingdom formally left the European Union over night as Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to bring the country together, more than three years after voters narrowly approved Brexit. But divisions remain, and trade negotiations between the U.K. and E.U. are just beginning. Frank Langfitt, NPR's London correspondent and author of "The Shanghai Free Taxi," joins Hari Sreenivasan with more.

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