PBS NewsHour

January 4, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, January 4, the diplomatic fallout over the killing of Iranian military leader Qassim Suleimani, wildfires rage out of control in Australia, and the first part of our ongoing Peril and Promise series explores how climate change is impacting communities along the Mississippi River. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

How one Iowa city is planning for a rising Mississippi River

8m 50s

Climate change is contributing to more severe flooding in communities along the Mississippi River. In 2019, the Mississippi crested at its highest-ever recorded level in Davenport, Iowa, causing widespread damage in the city's downtown and reigniting a debate about how it should protect itself. NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker reports as part of our climate change series, "Peril & Promise."

Previews + Extras

  • U.S.-Iran tension: a diplomatic quagmire for the Middle East: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    U.S.-Iran tension: a diplomatic quagmire for the Middle East

    S2020 E4 - 5m 41s

    Iran is vowing revenge after U.S. airstrikes on Friday killed the country’s military leader Qassem Suleimani. Thousands of American troops are heading to the Middle East as tensions with Tehran escalate. Douglas Ollivant, former Director for Iraq at the National Security Council under the Bush and Obama administrations, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the diplomatic fallout.

  • Warmer winters put Minnesota dog sledding at risk: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Warmer winters put Minnesota dog sledding at risk

    S2020 E4 - 5m 45s

    Warming Minnesota winters caused in part by climate change are threatening winter recreation and sports like dog sledding that are essential to local economies. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Kaomi Goetz ventured north to Ely, Minnesota, to see how global warming is disrupting seasonal businesses and the ways locals are trying to adapt.

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