woodruff in washington. >> an extreme drought in panama is forcing authorities to substantially scaleack shipping through the panama canal. one of the world's key shipping channels. it comes at a time when traffic has also been disrupted near the suez canal, where commercial shipping has been limited at a widening middle east conflict. stephanie sy looks into the problems for the panama canal. >> the canal with one of the most important waterways in the western hemisphere and carries 5% of the world's maritime trade in 40% of u.s. container traffic. with water levels below normal, authorities are allowing 24 ships to cross a day. that means more delays and higher shipping costs. the authorities deputy administrator joins me from panama. thank you for joining the newshour. describe the severity of the situation at the panama canal. you are operating at a reduced capacity. 24 ships a day. do you expect the volume to go lower in coming days? >> good afternoon, happy to be here. no, we are forecasting we will stay at 24 until the end of april, beginning of may, when hopefully rainy season

ahead of the new hampshire primaries, judy woodruff with the governor about why he's trying to stop donald trump from becoming nominee. a family struggle. an american helping afghans start their own businesses held captive i the taliban. the growing calls for his release. >> want him to know i'm going to fight for him to bring him back home and do everything i can to bring him back home. >> major funding for the pbs has been provided by. it a proud supporter of public television. on a voyage, the world awaits. a world of flavor, diverse destinations, and immersive experiences. a world of leisure. an british style. all with white star service. >> the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. including jim and nancy build there, and the robert and virginia schilling foundation. >> the john s and james l knight foundation, fostering informed and engaged communities. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contrib

ahead of the new hampshire primaries, judy woodruff with the governor about why he's trying to stop donaldbecoming nominee. a family struggle. an american helping afghans start their own businesses held captive i the taliban. the gwi

ahead of the new hampshire primaries, judy woodruff with the governor about why he's trying to stop donaldbecoming nominee. a family struggle. an american helping afghans start their own businesses held captive i the taliban.

so when judy woodruff was running the news hours on monday, amy walter was with another woman who would do this on monday. >> i don't know who she was, but she really changed her hair a lot in the last year. >> and judy retired. many people who follow public media look forward to that to tell us what is going on in the white house and what's going on in congress. it's like it disappeared. what happened to politics monday? >> thanks for the question. i will say there is a hole in my heart the size of politics monday. and every monday, i am reminded that politics monday is not happening because people reach out and say wait, still no politics monday? what i know is that it has been put on pause and that new anchors who are terrific in the newshour are getting their footing in, figuring out what the show is for them. it's not fair to them to impose and that was the name originally. maybe it will come back. maybe it won't, but keep watching the newshour and listening to npr and fee npr podcast. i think we have time for one more question that is hopefully not about my employment. >> this is

so when judy woodruff was running the newshour on mondays, they had had amy walter with another woman would do this politics monday. and and i don't know who she was and really changed her hair a lot last year and judy retired and there are many who follow public media look forward to that to tell us what's going on in the white house, what's going on in congress and. it's like it disappeared. what to politics monday? well, thank you for the question. and i will say that there is a hole in heart the size of politics monday and every monday i am reminded that politics isn't happening because. people reach out and say, wait, still no politics. monday. what i know is it's been put on pause as. the the the new who are terrific of news hour are getting their footing and figuring out what they show what show is for them because you know it it's not fair to them to impose every segment that judy and gwen had it actually politics monday was was originally so i don't know it'll come back maybe it won't but keep watching keep the pbs newshour and listening to npr and the npr politics podcast. o

-(insects chirring) -(wind whistling softly) judy woodruff: physicist j. passed, there are some new assessments of his role in history. in late 2022, the department of energy decided to vacate the decision to have the security hearings. the national tragedy is that this hearing, this mccarthy-era witch hunt, materialized in the first place. that type of thing is not supposed to happen in a country like this. this is such an important and long overdue step. but at the same time, it's kind of sad, because this is something that j. robert oppenheimer will not get to experience personally. oppenheimer: science has profoundly altered the conditions of man's life, both materially and in ways of the spirit as well. nye: i think we're still talking about oppenheimer because he was so influential. we have this respect and fear of science. and oppenheimer represented both sides of that, for sure. nolan: unquestionably, he changed the world. and he changed the world forever. there's no going back. but we know that as long as men are free to ask what they will, free t