Tonight on PBS

PBS News Weekend, Taiwan picks a new president

what the ruling parties win means for the region

and for US-China relations.

Then how the once rarely used process of impeachment

has become a partisan political weapon.

And two new studies find we're drinking and eating more microplastics than we may have thought.

The real question is, are the kinds of contaminants that are well known in plastics now

being delivered at a sufficient dose to actually be a risk

to human health and that's the question that has not been answered. Good evening I'm John Yang. Heavy snow, biting cold, pouring rain. For much of today

there's been only one state in the continental United States without a severe weather watch or warning, Arizona.

Everywhere else a massive winter storm is spanning the country, upending life for millions of Americans.

It's disrupting presidential politics. In Iowa they're

digging out from blizzard conditions out of the first contest of the 2024 elections.

Republican candidates Ron DeSstandis and Nicki Haley trimmed their campaign schedules and former

President Donald Trump shifted to teller rallies.

The storms affecting the NFL playoffs.

Tomorrow's Bill's Steelers game has been moved to Monday as more than a

foot of snow is expected in Buffalo. But fans are still showing up for tonight's Dolphins

Chiefs game despite wins that will make it feel like 30 below in Kansas City.

Taiwanese voters rebuffed China by electing as president a candidate who rejects China's

claim of sovereignty over Taiwan.

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