PBS News Weekend 
Season 3, Episode 13 of 86
On Saturday, NewsHour Weekend travels to Eastern Kentucky to explore the issue of rural poverty. Fifty years after President Lyndon Johnson visited the state and declared the War on Poverty, the area continues to struggle with high unemployment rates, poverty, and the loss of thousands of coal-industry jobs. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports on how the new federal Promise Zone initiative in the region is aiming to make a difference. That, and the weekend's news, online and on-air
