under gaza they say are used to hide fires and me weapons. the attack lasted more than 25 minutes. the israeli military says it tries to limit civilian casualties by sending morning shortly before air strikes. >> i received on my mobile phone call from a private number. they asked me to clear the area and move all of my neighbors out. correspondent: despite the warnings the damage is devastating. in a southern gaza town this university professors surveyed of what was left of a home for 40 of his family members. >> this behind us reflects the humanity is in the. abolishes houses or residents are inside, people leaving their houses in the middle of the night. but god we left with our mother. the fear made us carried her. corresndent: the united nations has 50,000 in gaza have had to flee their homes since the fighting began.

in cairo the arab league meant to express support for palestinians. members were traditional palestinian scarves in a show of solidaty. a palestinian authority told the meeting israel was comtting war crimes. >> what the occupation is doing in gaza, destruction of infrastructure and the killing of women, elderly, and children is organized state terrorism carried out by the israeli occupation and war crimes punishable by international la correspondent: the israeli military says hamas is fired more than 3700 rockets from gaza since the conflict began and 90% of it intercepted by its missile defense system, but the pace appears to be declining with about 50 fired last night. they are terrifying israelis, sending them fleeing for cover as these did today along the coast between gaza and tel aviv. >> it was a nearby street, i

heard the insane explosion. my wife called to say the lines broke and all of the blinds are broken. my cart was also hit by shrapnel. correspondent: some israelis just north of gaza do not want the military operations to stop until the rockets do. >> we are not ready for a cease-fire, absolutely not. the rockets that hit is every day are enough for us. every several months hamas decides it wants to shoot us, then it decides it wants a cease-fire. correspondent: outside jerusalem in d's israeli women protested for peace, but more potential friends are opening up. four rockets were fired from southern lebanon into northern israel, the third garage from the israeli territory in the last week. i am john yang. ♪ amna: -- correspondent: i am stephanie sy

at newshour west. we will return to the full program. the u.s. house of representatives voted to create an independent commission to investigate the capital assault yesterday. 35 republicans joining democrats to pass the bill. the legislation now goeto the senate where it faces an uncertain future. we will have more later in the program. the new york state attorney general office has opened a criminal probe into former president trump's family business. at issue is whether the trump organization falsely reported property values to get better loans and tax benefits. mr. trump last the investigation today and said he is being unfairly attacked. more pandemic restrictions ease today across the country. new signsf life is returning to something like normal. new york city began letting fully vaccinated people know mass in most situations. the european union moved to reopen borders to vaccinated

travelers from outside the 27 nation bloc. >> the council will recommend to curb restrictions including those vaccinated with an authorized vaccine. it will expand the list of countries where tral is permitted based on new criteria agreed today. correspondent: despite progress elsewhere the pandemic in india get another grim record, more than 4500 deaths in 24 hours, the worst single day tool in any nation -- toll in any nation since the pandemic began. search teams off western india und 26 more bodies from an oil barge that sank during the tropical cyclone on monday. they are looking for 49 others. the region's most powerful storm in two decades directories, flooded homes and damaged more than 16,000 homes. back in this country texas

became the largest state to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks into pregncy. governor greg abbott signed the bill into law today. the new statute uniquely bars state officials from enforcing the ban. it allows private citizens to sue doctors or anyone who aids in abortion. survivors of the tulsa race massacre issued a call for justice today. on the night of may 31 1921 white mobs killed 39 people, destroying much of a thriving black district and left thousands homele. the u.s. house hearing today part the upcoming 100 anniversary. viola fletcher is known to be the oldest on survivor. >> i am the oldest on survivor. i cannot forget this history. other survivo do not and are

descendants do not. the city of tulsa told us that the massacre did not happen, like we didot see it with our own eyes. correspondent: attorneys for massacre victims and the descendants are now suing the city of tulsa for reparations. a passing to note, comedian and actor paul mooney died today at his home in oakland, calornia after a heart attack. his unfiltered take on race in american life made it widely influential and dolonc collaborated with comedy legend richard pryor. he also appeared on the chapelle show ended in spike lee's 2001 film bamboozled. still to come on the newshour our, what can the u.s. to to help end the escalating israel-gaza conflict. the debate over vaccine passports anwhy it matters. pressures to lighten skin at its devastating impact on people of

color, plus much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from you eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: for decades the u.s. has supported israel in word and deed, vocally backing its defense policy and supplying tens of billions of dollars in aid and weapons. some within the democratic party are questioning that support and challenging president biden's handling of this new war between israel and hamas. here is john yang. correspondent: on this latest crisis in the middle east is turning out to be much of a chance for president joe biden and u.s. policy in the middle east as it is for benjamin netanyahu. daniel brumberg is the director of democracy and governance udies at georgetown university. thanks so much for joining us.

in the last couple of days, we have seen the only palestinian-american and congress who has been very critical of president biden on this issue press him on the tarmac at the airport in detroit when he arrived yterday. 138 house democrats urged the president to present both sides for a cease-fire as soon as possible. what do these internal democratic party forces do? i was this affecting president biden's response? >> these developments suggest the ground is shifting in dramatic ways not only in congress but in the broader american population and it some -- to some extent at the jewish-american population, and it will pose a challenge for biden to balance the position of mainstream supporters in his

party for israel, and the growing concern beyond congress and in congress regarding the absence of a two state solution and justice for palestinians and occupied territories. he will have to walk a very difficult line. he will have to do so not being prepared in the sense that this was not an administration that went into the situation expecting the israeli-palestinian confct to be utmost on its agenda. correspondent: what do you expect dear for the present a you afford? today he shifted in saint today he wanted to see evidence of de-escalation on a path ta cease-fire. what should we expect to hear and what to expect the approach to be from the white house? >> today we heard his expectation, he communicated them to the israeli prime minister. netanyahu s not terribly

receptive. my sense is something along the lines of a cease-fire will come in the next day or two, and from the perspective of the israeli government it will achieved most of what it sought to achieve militarily, and gaza, i think we should expect an initiative, a peace initiative from the administration to demonstrate it is engaged on this issue. a number of scholars have suggested sending an ambassador to israel, a more high-level negotiator to the region were president biden directly, perhaps taking an initiative like we are putting the american consulate in jerusalem. instead of putting out a peace plan pere or anything like that, to take initiativ that demonstrate the u.s. is engaged and will be engaged. that is the first thing we should expect and i think the united states will do that with

the support of its european allies and many friends in the arab world. correspondent: over the past four years under the trump administration the united states have had no relationship with the palestinian authority. what are the challenges as the biden administration moves reengage? >> the trump administration has helped to shepherd in the abraham accords, and agreement between arab states. the basis of this agreement was israel got a lot of big nothing in return and did not look for anything in return, and that legacy is with us today, because the administration as been is engaged for the palestinian conflict until now. the administration will have to engage on it multilateral level,

triedo pull in its arab colleagues but it as to engage in a dialogue with the israeli government as well and demonstrate it understands the fundamental challenges facing israel. t's understand that hamas is an organization that is never expected -- accepted israel's existence, so on the gaza-is really front a cse-fire is what you want. at the name of the game beyond that is for israel and the united states to reengage in the future wh the west bank. and there are 3.2 million palestinians who are citizens of nowhere in many of those territories and many of them live in that around east jerusalem, which is part of what prompted this conflict recently and the u.s. is to demonstrate it here is the palestinians while at the same time it engages with the israelis. correspondent: you talked about shifting attitudes of the jewish community within the united

states. talk more about that. how is it shifting? how do they now view the conflict? >>hat is a great question, and we have to be honest. there is a very important and useful debate going on in the american jewish community about how to relate to israel and it has to do wh what kind of state israel will be? . willt be a jewish state, a democratic state? the majority of the committees committed to 82 state p situation with the palestinians. there is consternation about not only the failure to bring about a two state solution but the status of palestinians in israel . the sectarian violence is an existential issue for israel, so in many respects what we have all going now for my own anecdotal experience is a kind of rising and difficult debate.

it has to be said many americans engaged with israel avenue not engage less with their own palestinian population, so much as this -- of this is new and it is a hard conversation to have but it is necessary. as the biden administration moves to reengage with the palestinians and with the israelis and push and almost dead peace process forward, it will be critical that this conversation take place and it will be a difficult one. i can see the fishers between the democratic part -- fissures between the democratic party will be exploited for politil purpose. correspondent: daniel brumberg, thank you very much. ♪ amna: the rise in vaccinations

in the u.s. and other countries means tuble will resume in europe this summer. fully vaccinated people will not be able to travel to countries in the european union this month, and the eu is working on a digital password people can prove they have had a vaccine or recent negative covid toes. some countries have introduced the idea of the so-called vaccine passport but so far the biden administration and most u.s. officials are leery of acquiring them here. weook at the issues around all of this. correspondent: there is already a slew of different cards and apps that allow you to prove your vaccination status. in some countries they are expected to become mandatory in order to travel and do business or enter indoor credits basis. in the u. a number of companies are working on similar products and while many argue these tools will help us get back to normal quicker, but others have concern over privacy, equity, and whether

this is one step closer to mandating vaccination. we look at some of those arguments dealt with the professor of global health law at georgetown university law school and the executive director of the american public health association. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. larry, do you first i know you have been supportive of this idea of some kind of proof of vaccination. make the case. >> a lot of people worry about people's rights, and of course everybody as a right to make their decision about their own health and well-being, but they do not have the right to be asked and unvaccinated in a crowding place -- crowded place and spread of infection. the main concern is equity, but a vaccine passport will help us get back to normal more quickly, more safely soong as everyone who wants a vaccine to get a vaccine.

you cannot leave aone behind so equity is to be front a center. correspondent: dr. benjamin emma picked that up. larry is saying this is a great tool to get us back to where we want to be. i know you have concerns. what are those? >> let's talk about the equity concert. there are many people who have not had the opportunity to be vaccinated. we have enormous disparities that still exist in getting vaccinated. while there are people who have cell phones not everyone has a cell phone and the vast majority in the united states and around the world are going to be using that paper card, and that paper card quite frequently cannot be validated in any kind of way. correspondent: let's pick up on some of those questions. dr. benjamin is saying not everybody wants a vaccine as gotten one yet, and we know that is true and especially true with minority populations in the

u.s.. if we start to rule t a passport now -- roll out a passport now, those run the risk of being further alienated. >> they are, in the last thing you would you do is give more privilege for the already privileged so you have to deal with equity. a business or university have announced they will be using proof of vaccination systems so long as they are to say to everyone, listen, if you do not have a vaccine or you cannot get one, we will give it to you for free. we will offer it to you. that means everyone who wants a vaccine can get a vaccine. equity is crucially important, but i do feel we have a very high level of vaccination, and we will get even higher. we have ample supply and it will grow even more, and it will be a way to make all of our

communities safer and healthier and also a way to comply with recent cdc guidance, which make a sharp distinction between vaccinated people and unvaccinated people, so if we want to follow that guidance, who needs to wear a mask, who needto socially distance,ou have to he the means to determine vaccination status. correspondent: dr. benjamin, what about that question mark if massed mandates are dropping, which we know they are and i am a child or immunocompromised person, i have a he incentive to want to know if i am inside of a credit space with a person who has a vaccine or not, at its face you appreciate the need for this kind of thing. you were just concerned as to how this might get rolled out and when, is that right? >> i am very concerned about us being premature in this. the truth of the matter is you will never know who is

vaccinated unless you pasted on your forehead. you are trusting the card that someone showed you, the app is accurate. we have -- as a nation have a long history of misusing health information for nefarious purposes. there is a risk of people being discriminated against because of employment, people being asked not to come into a particular establishment because they cannot show that they are vaccinated. there is an enormous risk of issues. i have always been a strong supporter of insuring kids in school are all vaccinated, and i certainly show my yellow fever vaccination card when i go out of the country, but we have an established understanding of the science in that, and with all of the variouss -- variants coming here, we will have to document this each and every year because of the fact we will probably have to get those results at some point. correspondent: we knowhat the who is developing some kind

vaccination record. do you wish the cdc or biden administration were taking initiativeo help that process along here in the u.s.? >> what we realizes we need to have uniform and stringent technical guidance. i am critical of the biden administration. and they have done a wonderful job getting vaccines into people's arms and they have followed the science, and i give them high grades for that but they cannot abdicate the responsibility to propound sound scientific guidance to businesses and states and even schools that want to develop a vaccination systems. that way, if we do roll it out it can be uniformly high quality. otherwise it will be a free-for-all. correspondent: i want to touch on a few of the other concerns.

privacy concerns, people are concerned about dumping their information into an app that could be owned by a private company but there is also the debate over partisanship. two republican governors absent any attempt to put forward a vaccine passport in their state will be prohibited. you share the concern -- do you share the concern that this will further politicize the vaccine effort more broadly? >> i have a real concern of that. i think that one of the things we definitely have to do is come to some nsensus around the spirit -- around this. these technologies are wonderful. i love the fact i have a cell phone to show my best to get on a plane. it gives me preferential treatment as i go through the security line. that is wonderful, voluntary,

and have a payout -- health certificate is not a bad idea. we need to have uniform technical guidance. the problem is in america we have become so polarized i'm afraid this will be taken in the wrong direction and undermine our vexing confidence. we need to spend time getting consensus between red states and blue states that this is ok and make sure we understand the science better, and sometime in the future at this might not be a bad idea. correspondent: last question, do you share the concern over partisanship? do you think that will be an issue here? >> partisanship is an issue in the united states and everything we do, but the science is really

strong and can get us back to normal. we just need to focus on equity. correspondent: thank you both for being here. >> thank you. appreciated ♪ amna: the death of george floyd showed a spotlight on what it means to be black, especially dark skinned in america. we have a report for minnesota. it is part of our continuing series race matters. correspondent: she remembers the first time she came to the small popular in the symbolic community. -- somali community.

i was buying something from her and she said if you were q would be more beautiful. just casually. correspondent: being told she would be more beautiful if she were lighter is nothing new. prejudice against dark skin is pervasiv even where people are dark skinned. >> my mother said i am darker -- ck to slavery and class in case. people with letter complexions are less likely to be arrested if convicted serves shorter sentences. like this is the global beauty

standard. it is reinforced in marketing bike asking lighting products. hundreds of breads and very well know once -- margaret has studied corners and globally. >> in some countries the names are over. white and beautiful, whit dream. >> introducing ole wendy body wash. >> in other countries we use coded language but they are selling the same values. correspondent: skin creams have long been marketed to black americans but when she arrived

in 2018 she discovered she was part of a specific audience. >> it is also the asian community and the latinx community. correspondent: armed with a masters degree she started a group creating an awareness campaign with the minnesota department of health that warned about ghtning creams tested and found to contain mercury and a petition drive with the sierra club that got 20,000 signatures demanding amazon stop selling lotions with the tocsin. >> i was able to deliver these positions to amazon, and the following day we learned they have removed the products. correspondent: amazon removed just 15 or to replace products. there remain dozens of brands with little if any ingredient information sold online and in stores frequented by immigrants. we asked a journalism student

who is somali-american to browse the shelves for us. >> they told me of this product would make me look lighter and makes you look beautiful. correspondent: a minneapolis dermatologist said some creams do not work as advertised. others had varying degrees of toxicity in the most dangerous and popular are steroid based creams. >> they add permanent disfiguration to the face. there are white patches on the cheeks and broken blood vessels and it gives these women horrible photosensitivity. correspondent: dueo the stigma and isolation of many consumers it is a problem that gets a public attention. >> only people who have this experience no. correspondent: most white people are not aware of it. >> she has tried to bring a

broader awareness along with a congresswoman. >> these cosmetics are coming in unregulated. we have 2.9 million cosmetic products imported into thousand 16. 1% were examined, and 15% of those examined add contamination or illegal ingredients. correspondent: congress pushed the fda and arranged federal grants of $100 million to help. >> we need t get these inspections up, get these banned. correspondent: she uses podcasts and works with groups of young women to help them understand and fight anti-blackness with the use of skin lightness in their communities. >> colorism is embedded in

cultures, but lately what is happening is more awareness. correspondent: awarene that she says as her own markedly starting in her own minnesota backyard after the death of george floyd. >> one of the things we saw that was different from previous protests movements, we saw a lot of corporations jumping on the bandwagon and wanting to express solidarity. correspondent: johnson & johnson dropped a line called neutrogena find fairness. j&j is a funder of the pbs newshour. procter & gamble pledged to end racism through its advertising, but ole lighting products are still sold in asia markets, and cantilever -- unilever said it would change the name. amira is not impressed. >> they are still promoting colorism.

they want people to use these products, it does not change the issue. correspondent: the cosmetics companies mentioned here declined to comment. a sociologist says they like big corporations in general are being held to account by a new generation of consumers and dark skinned influencers. >> is going to be read to us by an academy award-winning actress. >> we sees the liberties taking positions -- celebrities taking positions to address colorism. she talked about feeling isolated. correspondent: that rings very true for journalism student sophia. >> although i would never think about touching these products, the effects of colorism and the desire for lighter skin did impact my self-esteem. it is very toxic, especially as a young person, a young woman of color, but over time i found

more ways to become secure in my own skin. >> there are signs of hopefulness but is not a fix. it is concted to the much larger system of racism. correspondent: one measure of this she will be looking for is a decline in the screams. amna: that report is in partnership with the under told stories project with the university of st. thomas in minnesota. ♪ the motto of the united states secret service is worthy of trust and confidence, and its reputation for being an elite force is the stuff of action movies, but a new book from the

washington post's carol linning paints an alarmingly different picture of the security force in charge of protecting the president. it is an agency she said is in a state of unprecedenteperil with a frat boy culture, and their mission as one agent told her is fulfilled not on skill or training but on dumb luck. carol linning joined me now. welcome back. it is a striking assessment about the agency that is supposed to be protecting the president. how did it get this way? >> there are two major things that brought the downfall of the secret service, where agents are whispering to me they're worried about a president being killed on their watch. the first is the secret service keeps a lot of secrets, and some of the secrets are important to keep like how we protect the president from inhaling anthrax,

but the secret part of the secret service has been abused by a subset of agents and especially leadership to cover up vulnerabilities, cover up mistakes, and to cover up gross misconduct that none of us in america would tolerate in any law enforcement team, much less the most ete one that protects our democracy. the second thing tha has happened is the service has been shortchanged, horribly shortchanged since 9/11. our country spent tens of billions of dollars protecting us from terror in the skies so that we fly safely and protecting us from terror at our borders and ports. 120 agency that became the redheaded stepchild was the secret service and we are at the

stage where alarms and sensors along the fence line of the white house that should be the most secure 18 acre compound in the world are on the fritz and allowing people to jump in and spend time uninterrupted on the campus. amna: you share some stunning stories and examples over decades. in your earliest chapters you examine what is called the agency's largest failure, the assassination of president kennedy. yotell it from the agent's perspective. what have you learned about how they look back on that moment in history? >> this is such a seminal moment. for our country, it was a tragedy. it was a horrific event to have a president gunned down in an american city. for the secret service this was a gut punch like no other. it caused suicides in the secret

service, alcoholism. it also caused something wonderful, which was the director and secret service agents that continue to serve were determined never again, and they rebuilt this agency and they give it a kind of rigor that was something to behold and their work was vindicated and decades to come. amna: there is another stunning chapter to the secret service more recently under the trump administration, and i went to ask you about politics. out of the political views of the agents didn't show up from time to time. it is an a political agency. what did you find about how they manage political views of the same people meant to keep the president alive. >> it is almost impossible for the detail members not to get close to that president and his family. it is very difficult. you are standing beside someone in their most private moments and they are the most powerful

person in the country and the world, but as an agent you have to be able to because security is your job not your political views. unfortunately, donald trump this agency and this detail to the point that is detail leader eventually became the deputy chief of staff helping the president execute his political mission, his political campaigns and clearing lafette square, forcefully removing peaceful protesters to up furnish the president's image as a law and order president for his campaign. that person as gone back to working in the secret service. amna: that did strike me. as you mentioned he was back in the secret service. how does one go from a political role from a protective one, --

>> it happened because of two things. it was what the president wanted , and what the current director allowed. jim murray was close to tony and they agreed this is how it would be and he would temporarily be with the white house and returned to the secret service because he was not eligible for the generous retirement program the secret service has, and so he would serve some more years at the secret service. the biden transition team was pushing quietly, gently for a changeover of the agents on the presidential detail and the secret service agreed ultimately not to a full changeover or to install very new and senior supervisors on that detail that i knew that he knew from when he was vice president because they protected him and ran his detail

and agents who protected jill biden when she was the second lady under the obama administration. amna: you tell the story of a deeply flawed agency. what now? what will it take to fix it? >> i would like to channel the voice of a very senior trump administration official who sat down with me at some risk to their career and said after analyzing the secret service they were convinced of two things. there was no way that could deliver on their mission protecting the predent plus 40 more people, the president's grandchildren, viceresidents, cabinet members, super bowls, the olympics, and investigating financial crimes, and cyber hacking. congress and the white house have to make a commitment to give this team the tools that

they need to deliver on their as you will feel mission. they cannot make aistake on the most important mission and they are dedicated to delivering on. they risk their careers to tell me there secrets. i am ringing the alarm bells for them. they are afraid of what is going to happen and they asked me are we going to wait for catastrophe or are we going to do something? amna: the book is zero fail, the other is carol minnick. thank you for being here. >> thank you for the great question. ♪ amna: today the u.s. house moved to form a commission to examine the january 6 attack on the capital -- capitol. it resulted in widespread injury, debts, and damage.

our correspondent -- she joins me know. good to see you. let's start right here with the latest. you have been covering this all day. what is the latest on the commission and political battles behind the scene? >> we have a lot of letters to the story but the first one is what this commission is, thousand is voting to pass on to the senate. there would be five members appointed by each party you see if i've read five blue for democrats and republicans. the democrats would appoint the chair, vice chair by repuicans. in order to have subpoena powers one member of each party would have to agree, so in that way it is crafted to be a bipartisan effort, but there have been questions about it from republicans today. some senators worry steph would be appointed by democrats. this commission exactly mirrors

how the 9/11 commission and of staff. there would be input from both parties. there has been sharp oppition from key republican leaders in congress starting with kevin mccarthy. he came out with a letter saying the process has been too: -- political, this trip with the departnt of justice is doing with interest -- arrests and he said that should be expanded to include other political violence, mainly violence running protest from the left. mitch mcconnell also expressed his opposition. in order for this commission to happen said republicans must sign off. i spent a lot of time talking to people today and i do think there are 10 votes possible in the senate. the bill may change a little bit but it will be touching over a bit. it is possible for this to pass the senate. amna: we remember that day so well. i was outside the capitol

building. if you were inside. what about the lawmakers you talk to? >> i cannot convey strongly enough out wrought this still is. it is the word i always use and i think it is the right one. i want to remind people of what lawmakers are. they were thinking about moments like this when they had to evacuate from the house floor, digging about their staffers who had to in some cases barride themselves inside offices as the model was right behind them, the mob assaulting some of those office doors. that is speaker pelosi's wing. seven debts are related to this violence according to two police officers who died by suicide. there is one image i want to point out in particular, the image of the house chamber door to the speaker's lobby. that is the area where ashli babbitt was shot as police were

trying to hold off rioters from getting into the chamber. many members of the house still enter, they have to go through metal detectors because of january 6. in that spot i have seen democrats who used to work with the republicans avoid those republicans because they know they voted to decertify the election. january 6 is not just hovering over the capitol, it is at eye level. amna: what about how lawmakers do their jobs? how does all of this affect their ability to actually govern? >> i went to give an example. it is affecting governing. let's look at these two members of congress, a pennsylvania democrat and a georgia republican. for a couple of years these two i have work to co-author a bill that aims to help opioid addiction crisis, but this year

natalie decided she could not cosponsor with carter because he voted to decertify after january 6. once she made that decision known, carter had his own reaction and organize republicans to block the very bill that he sponsored and hope to sponsor that would help the opioid addiction crisis. it was delayed one week because of this. we talked to both of these members. >> dean wanted me to apologize. it will be a cold day in hell when i apologized to her for standing up to my values. the democrats are trying to keep the january 6 event alive and try to stretch it out as long as we can. we need to move forward. again, i continued to condemn it, but we've got to get past that. >> here is natalie dean of what

she is feeling out. >> it is a struggle. personally and professionally, you can see the toxic spillover of those that promoted the big lie without a former president to early on promote disinformation, and maybe their votes were going to be mishandled or some they would be cheated. >> there is so much mistrust on both sides at the capitol building and it is affecting almost every issue. can a commission get done? it is possible. can they trust each other and keep it on track to be something's will is something we are watching. amna: if the commission is formed what a scope of what it can do? >> this will be more focused on january 6 is the idea, but it

will be up to commissioners to decide what they do. there is hope it will be a definitive account of what happened. amna: thanks. ♪ this week we have been looking at how the pandemic affected students, their lives, and learning and tonight before we go will hear from teachers. this is part of our special report called disrupted: how the benefit change education. -- pandemic changed education. >> if i could think of one word to describe this year when it comes to teaching it would be exhaustion. >> we were trying desperately to figure out what was going on. we were building the plane while it was flying in the air and helping we were not crashing and burning. we did not know how to reach our

students. udents did not know how to reach us and we were told yet somehow teach them. >> tough is a nice way to put it. it has been devastating. >> this will be my 19th year of teaching, but let me tell you, it feels like my first year. >> this pandemic forced us to adapt on the fly. >> every day i never kw how many kids i will have my room. >> what i have learned is that one of the most important tools for teaching remotely is getting in touch with your own vulnerability. ♪ and not being scared to show your students. >> overnight we had to switch modes. no more a person, all online, and it was quickly appent not everyone was enjoying the class.

i will never forget this moment. a student raises his hand and says we have got each other. she says i will reach out to so-and-so. she said i could text this person. and somebody else that i could swing by that person's house, so as small group we did a good job of looking out for each other. >> this year i tried without students to tell their own stories and that is where the breakthroughs came, and the answers i got were so thought-provoking for me as a teacher and really made me step back and think about my practice. >> what do i wish people outside the classroom understood about this past 1.5 years? the story that is missing in the national media, the national news as success. these kids have created a tremendous amount of success and this class -- these classrooms. >> we haven't been pushing ourselves in ways and it feels like we are going nowhere, but

at the end of the day i really feel like we have gone somewhere. it is just a different space. we are stronger and better as a result. >> the thing that keeps me coming back every morning are the new ideas, fresh ideas that are going to roll into next year. >> there are good days and bad days and the most important thing is our kids need us. amna: you can watch the entire program on the newshour facebook page, and that is the newshour tonight. join us again online and here tomorrow evening. from all of us here at the pbs newshour, please stay safe and we will see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour as been provided by -- >> 425 years for 25 years consumers owner's goal has been to provide technology that helps peop connect. our u.s.-based cstomer service team can find one that fits you.

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