PBS NewsHour

January 26, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 26, what Roger Stone’s indictment could mean for President Trump, and how a classical maestra is breaking barriers in the classical music industry. Also, political chaos pushes Venezuela toward the edge, and a novel effort to prevent invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Classical maestro in SF gives patriarchal industry a tune up

8m 6s

Among more than 20 of the major U.S. symphony orchestras, only one woman has the top job of principal conductor. But women are making better gains in the nation's smaller ensembles. Jessica Bejarano is leading the San Francisco Civic Symphony, as well as the path for other women like her trying to reconfigure gender roles. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Joanne Elgart Jennings reports.

Previews + Extras

  • Invasive Asian carp: both a menace and a surprising entrée: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Invasive Asian carp: both a menace and a surprising entrée

    S2019 E28 - 4m 6s

    Asian carp are fast-growing invasive species that for decades have pushed out native marine life up and down the Mississippi watershed. But as state and federal officials spend hundreds of millions of dollars to stop Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is serving them for dinner. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports

  • What Roger Stone’s indictment could mean for Trump: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What Roger Stone’s indictment could mean for Trump

    S2019 E28 - 4m 38s

    President Trump’s long-term advisor Roger Stone was indicted Friday for allegedly coordinating with WikiLeaks to find damaging information about 2016 presidential competitor Hillary Clinton. New York University professor Ryan Goodman says it’s a move that could also implicate Trump himself, if federal investigators find that he encouraged the cover-up. Goodman joins Hari Sreenivasan.

  • Venezuela spiraling with political, economic crises: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Venezuela spiraling with political, economic crises

    S2019 E28 - 4m 31s

    As Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó continues to hold rallies across the nation after declaring himself ‘acting president,’ international pressure is mounting on Nicolás Maduro, who was sworn in for a second term after an election riddled with fraud. The New York Times reporter Ana Vanessa Herrero joins Hari Sreenivasan from Caracas for more.

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