PBS NewsHour

January 27, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

January 27, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

Last school year, 4 million students were on lockdown

4m 38s

During the last school year, more than 4 million students participated in at least one lockdown, most often in response to a perceived gun or violent threat, a Washington Post report found. And these perceived threats, psychologists say are causing students trauma. Reporter John Woodrow Cox joins Hari Sreenivasan for more.

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    South African tribal communities threatened by titanium mine

    S2019 E29 - 10m 6s

    In South Africa, tribal communities living on the country's famous strip at the Eastern cape called the Wild Coast worry that a proposed multi-million dollar titanium mine will trample their homes. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Martin Seemungal reports.

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    Ebola patients stranded by violence in DR Congo

    S2019 E29 - 4m 2s

    An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing, the World Health Organization said Friday, having killed 436 of more than 700 infected. This region also volatile, where health workers are attacked and armed conflict is preventing emergency responses for treatment. International Rescue Committee’s Stacey Mearns joins Hari Sreenivasan for more.

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