i hope you're ready. 'cause we are. newshour productions, llc >> nawm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, the crisis continues-- despite growing calls for a ceasefire, the death toll rises as israeli forces strike gaza, and hamas fires more rockets into israel. then, insurrection aftermath-- partisan politics in congress hold up investigations into the violent storming of the capitol by a mob of trump su and, a toxic standard-- the devastating impact on people of color, from social and commercial pressure, to lighten skin. >> in almost every corner of the planet, there's a huge social dividend that comes from being lighter-skinned. sociologists trace it back centuries to european colonization, slavery and class or caste. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

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may be edging closer to a cease-fire tonight after 10 days of open war. egyptian mediators say there's a truce agreement in principle. a top hamas official says he expects fighting to stop in a day or two. pressure to end the conflict built today, with 227 gazans and a dozen israelis killed so far. john yang begins our coverage. >> yang: in a teleone call before leaving the white house this morning, president biden stepped up pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to ease the fight with hamas in gaza. the white house said mr. biden told his israeli counterpart that he “expected significant de-escalation today on the path to a ceasefire”-- the administration's most assertive public language yet. later, netanyahu seemed to rebuff the president, saying he is “determined to continue this operation until its aim is met.”eign ambassadors to israel, he said the aim is to return calm for israelis and blunt attacks from the militant group.

>> and we are engaged right now in forceful deterrence, but i have to say, we don't rule out anything. we hope we can restore quiet; we hope we can restore it quickly. y, israel said 52 warplanes bombarded more tunnels under gaza that they say are used to hide fig ve weapons. the attack lasted 25 minutes. e israeli military says it tries to limit civilian casualties by sending warningsortly before air strikes. >> ( translated ): i received on my mobile phone a call from a private number. targeting; they asked me to clear the area and to move all the neighbors out. >> yang: despite the warnings,damage is still devastating. in the southern gaza town of khan youni surveyed what was left of a home for 40 of his family members. >> ( trreflects the humanity in them, demolishing the houses while it's inhabitantsre inside, people leaving their houses during the night, terrifying children and the elderly, by god we left with ourmother, we couldn't carry her, but the fear made us carry her. >> yang: the united nations says

at least 58,000 palestinians in gaza have had to flee their homes since the fighting began. in cairo today, the arab league met to express support for palestinians. members wore traditional palestinian black and white scarves in a show of solidarity. at the meeting, palestinian authority pr abbas accused israel of committing “war crimes.” >> ( translated ): what the occupation is doing in gaza, destruction of infrastructure, as well as the killing of women, elderly and children is organized state terrorism carried out by the israeli occupation, and war crimes punishable by international law. >> yang: the israeli military says hamas has fired more than 3700 rockets from gaza since the conflict began and about 90%n intercepted by its missile defense system. but the pace appears to be declining, with about 50 fired last night. still, they are terrifying israelis, sending them f ashdod, along the coast between gaza and tel aviv. >> ( translated ): i was at a nearby street, i heard the

insa explosion. my wife called to say the blinds broke and as you can see up there, above the building, all the blinds are broken. just now, wh i came downstairs to return to work, i can see my car is also hit by shr >> yang: some israelis in ashkelon, just north of gaza don't want the military operations to stop until the rockets do. >> ( translated ): we are not ready for a ceasefire, absolutely not. the rockets that hit us every day are enough for us. every several months hamas deciit it fir it wants a ceasefire. >> yang: while outside jerusalem's old city these israeli women protested for peace. opening up: four rockets were fired from southern lebanon into northern israel; the third barrage from lebanese rritory in the past week. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. the day's other news, democrats in the u.s. house of representatives moved to create an independent commission to investigate the capitol assault last january. the bill debated today began as

bipartisan legislation, but the top republican leaders in thehouse and the senate have nowr in the news summary. the new york state attorney general's office has now opened a criminal probe into former president trump's family business. at issue iwhether the trump organization falsely reported property values to get betterloans and fi investigation today, and said he's being unfairly attacked. more pandemic restrictions were eased today new signs that life is returning to something like normal. new york city began letting fully-vaccinated people go without masks in most situations. also allowemost businesses to open at full capacity. meanwhile, the european union moved to re-open borders to vaccinated travelers from outside the 27-nation bloc. >> the council now recoms mber states ease some of the current reions, in particular for those vaccinated with e.u.-authorized vaccines. the council should also soon expand the list of non-e.u. countries with a good epidemiological situation from

where travel is permitted based on the new criteria agreedy. re elsewhere, the pandemic in india hit another grim record-- more than 4,500 deaths in 24 hours.gle-day toll in any nation since the pandemic began. search teams off western india have found 26 more bodies from an oil barge that sank during a tropical cyclone on monday. they're still looking for 49 others. the region's most powerful storm in two decades tore up trees flooded roads, and damaged more than 16,000 homes as it ripped across the region. the overall death toll has now reached 62.n this country, texas became the largest state yet to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected; as early as six weeks into pregnancy. governor greg abbott signed the bi into law today. the new statute uniquely bars state officials from enforcing the ban. instead, it allows private citizens to sue doctors or anyone who aids in an abortion.sa racejustice today, nearly 100 years of the worst racial violence in u.s. history. on the night of may 31st, 1921

white mobs killed 39 people, destroyed much of a thriving black district and left thousands homeless. a u.s.ouse hearing today marked the upcoming 100th anniversary. viola flldknown survivor. >> i have lived through the massacre everyday. our country may forget this history but i cannot, not, and other survivors do not, and our descendents do not. for 70 years, the city of tulsa and this chamber of commerce told us that the massacre didn't like we didn't see it with our own eyes. >> nawazattorneys for massacre victims and their descendantstions. and on wall street today, stocks gave ground for a third straight trading session. the dojones industrial average lostnts to close at 33,896. the nasdaq fell four points, and the s&p 500 gave up 12. and, a passing to note: comedian and actor died todayt his home in oakland, california, after a. his unidely

influential, and he long collaborated with comedy legend richard pryor. mooney also appeared on tv's "chappelle's show" and in spike lee's 2001 fil"bamboozled." paul mooney was 79 years old. still to come on the newshour: what can the u.s. do to help endl-gazact? the debate ovevaccine passports and whit matters.ts devastating impact on people of color. plus, much more. se >> nawaz: for decades, the u.s. has supported israel in wo and deed, vocaing tens of billions of dollars in aid and weapons. now, some fissures within the democratic party on capitol hill challenge president biden's haling of this new war between israel and hamas. here agains john yang. >> yang: amna, this latest crisis in the middle east is turning out to be almost as mu a test for president biden and u.s. policy as it is for israelin

netanyahu.is director ofes at georgetown university and a senior fellow at the project on middle east democracy. in the last couple of days, we have see at that lib, the only palestinian membgress biden on this issue press him on e tarmac at the airport in detroit when he arrived yesterday. today 138 house democrats urged the president to press both sides for a cease fire as soon as possible. whato these sort of? how is this affectingn's response? >> well, these developments suest the ground is shifting in quite dramatic ways. i think the ground is shifting not only i in the brcan population and e extent in the jewish-american nd it's going to poge for biden to sort of balance the position of mainstream supporters in his party for israel, and not only in congress but beyasticehe pals palestinians, inc.cupied

territories. very difficult line, and he'sgoing to have to do to really not being prepse that this is not an administration that went in this situation expecting the palestinian-israeli conflict to be quickly. >> reporter: what do you expect to hear fy he shiing that e evidence of d a path to a cease fire. whld we nd you expect the approach to be from the white house >> well, i meanay, we heard hisexpectations, we communicated tm to the is prime minister. netanyahu was not tereceptive and now we've heard there may be a cease fire. my sense is s the lines of a cease fn the next day or two and isra from is perspectivell have achieved that it sou achieve in gaza, i think we should expect a peace initiative from the administration to demonstrate that it's engaged on this issue. a nuber of scholars and experts lke an american ambassador to israel, which would be very helul

sending a moreh-level negotiate to the region representing president biden directly, perhaps taking an reopening the american consujerusalem a whole number of issues. so instead of putting out a.; peace plan per se or anything like that, toatiatives that that the u.s. is eng engaged and that's the first thing that we shall expect all do ts european allies and many friends in the arab world. >> reporter:ver the past administration, the united states has had virtually no relationship with the palestinian authority. what are the challenges as the biden administration moves to reengage? >> well, i mean, the trump adnistration helped to shepherd in the abraham accords which were an agreement toicse ue a lot, gave nothing in return and the trump administration didn't look for anything in return, and that sort of legacy is with us today because the administration has

been really disengaged from the palestinian contil now it suddenly finds itself facing this challenge. so the administration will have to engage on a multi-later i its arab colleagues, but really has toh the israeli government as wel understands the fun challenges facing israel let's ham organization which has n rejects a two-state solution. so on the gaza-palestinian-israeli frot. to get behind that is always a big question. the name of the game beyond that is israel and the uted states to reengage on the wk. 3.2 palestinians aretizens of nowhere in those terr many live st jerusalem which is part of the issuer tently. has to demonstrate it hearsaye palesti engages with the israelis. it has to have that doueporte united states. talk a little bit more ab how? shifting? how do they now view the

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a difficult one that the fise democraticarty will probably be exploited by the republican party for political pur debateo have. >> reporter: daniel from georgetown university, than >> thank you. >> nawaz: the se in vaccinations in the u.s. and other countries me summer. fully vaccinated people will nowou european union this on a digital pass where people can prove they have had a vac recent negative covid test. introduced the ia of this so- called "vaccine passport," but so far, the biden administration and most u.s. officials are leerof requiring them here. william brangham loo at the issues around all of this. >> brangham: amna, there's already a slew of di cards and apps that allow yo prove your vaccination status. in som expected to become mandatory in order to travel, or do business, or even enter crowded indoor spaces. in the u.s., a number ofe products, and while many argue

have concerns over equity, and whethestep closer to mandating gostin. he's a professor of global health law at georgetown university law school. and dr. georges njaminhe's the executive directo the american public healthvery much foreing here.know you have in the past been supportive of this idea of sme kind of proof of vaccination. cas of peopld ht to make their own decision abeir own health and wel but they don't have the right to be unmasked andd in ace andead infection. , of course, is equity. but vaccine passports will help us get back to normal more quickly, morely, ane who wants a we can't leave anyone behind so pick this up. larry is saying this is ae grto where erybody wants to b you have concerns. whatse. >> many people hanoan opportunity to be vaccinated, particular in the united states. we have enormous disparities

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