Saturday on PBS News Weekend, as Taiwan picks a new president, we look at what the ruling party’s win means for the region and U.S.-China relations. The, how the once rarely used process of impeachment has become a partisan political weapon. Plus, two new studies find we’re drinking and eating more microplastics than we may have previously thought.
WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
News Wrap: Extreme winter weather wallops the U.S.
• News Wrap: Extreme winter weather cau...
How Taiwan’s presidential pick affects relations with China
• What Taiwan’s presidential pick means...
The rise of impeachment as a weapon of partisan politics
• Expert analyzes the rise of impeachme...
Why you may be ingesting more microplastics than you thought
• Why you may be eating and drinking mo...
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00:00 - Intro
02:11 - News Wrap
04:52 - Taiwan Votes
11:40 - Impeachment Politics
18:42 - The Plastic Problem
25:07 - News Update
