PBS News Hour - Politics

In our news wrap Wednesday, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison. The 67-year-old faced a maximum of 29 years after being convicted of raping one woman in 2013 and sexually assaulting another in 2006. Also, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a victory by allowing its "Remain in Mexico" policy for U.S. asylum seekers to continue.

Despite another night of disappointing primary results, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he will continue to challenge former Vice President Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The two are scheduled to debate Sunday. Lisa Desjardins reports, and Judy Woodruff talks to Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee, about where the party goes from here.

Former Vice President Joe Biden won important primary victories Tuesday in Michigan, Mississippi and Missouri. Judy Woodruff gets updates and analysis from Christy McDonald of Detroit Public TV, Jason Rosenbaum of St. Louis Public Radio, Mississippi Today's Adam Ganucheau and Mark Baumgarten of KCTS 9, and discusses the news with Lisa Desjardins and the Cook Political Report's Amy Walter.

Residents of six states head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. The two leading candidates, former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, are battling for a total of 352 delegates. John Yang reports and Judy Woodruff gets updates from Politico's Tim Alberta, Mississippi Today's Adam Ganucheau and Donna Blankinship of KCTS 9.

It's another important Tuesday in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race, as former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders go head-to-head for the first time during this campaign. Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the political landscapes in the six states voting and how the coronavirus outbreak is beginning to affect the campaign.

Voters in six more states will head to the polls Tuesday in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary -- which is now essentially a two-man race between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Michigan is the largest delegate prize, and Sanders, who won the state four years ago, is trailing Biden in polls there by around 15 points. Yamiche Alcindor reports.

NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the latest political news, including how the 2020 Democratic presidential primary has changed since Super Tuesday, why Michigan is such an important state for former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders given its 2016 history and the politics of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Rahm Emanuel has served as a top adviser to Presidents Clinton and Obama, a three-term congressman from Illinois and a two-term mayor of Chicago. But in his new book, "The Nation City," the longtime Democrat argues that mayors are today's most effective U.S. government officials. Emanuel sits down with Judy Woodruff to discuss that idea as well as his fears about "reckless" progressives in 2020.

With the exit of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a 2020 Democratic presidential field that began as the most diverse in history became, essentially, a contest between two white men. Judy Woodruff talks to Georgetown University's Lily Adams, former communications director for Sen. Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, and Amanda Hunter of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, which promotes women in politics.

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including a week of dramatic shifts in the 2020 Democratic presidential race, what's next for the campaigns of Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren's disappointing finish and how President Trump is handling the novel coronavirus outbreak.