♪ judy: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the invasion intensifies. russian forces attack a nuclear power plant in ukraine, risking a major disaster as talks of a ceasefire fizzle and ukrainians blame putin for the destruction their country. >> day by day, hour by hour, second by second, he is destroying the city. judy: then, a strong report. united states b growth exceeds expectations and unemployment drops, but inflation still grips the overall economy. and it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart discuss the war in ukraine d president biden's priorities following his state of the union address. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

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europe today, after attacking it overnight and starting a fire that stoked fears of a calamity; the fire, which was put out, was not in any of the facility's six nuclear reactors. meantime, the crackdown on information and dissent continues in russia. president vladimir putin signed into law a measure making it a crime, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, for contradicting official government pronouncements on the war. and the flow of refugees fleeing ukraine continues. more than 1.2 million ukrainians have left their homes for surrounding nations. again tonight from lviv in western ukraine, nick schifrin begins our coverage. nick: for a moment, the world held its breath. last night russia turned its guns on the largest nuclear plant in europe. they asked which the fire but not the fear that this attack

could cause a disaster worse than the 1986 chernobyl meltdown. the worst in history. destruction also happen from one reactor in this plant has six. >> by the grace of god, the world narrowly avoided a nuclear catastrophe last night. nick: the international atomic energy agency said it was a close call and radiation did not like this leak. zelensky called this terror on an unprecedented lel and addressed russia. >> in 1986 we struggled with the consequencesf the chernobyl disaster. he must are member and if you have not forgotten, you cannot be silent. tell your authorities you want to live. radiation does not know where the border of russia is. nick: the town around the planet have been resisting the onslaught with barricades and trucks, as much people power as they can muster.

this is the same road today. russians captured the town and the plan after missile strikes and soldiers. now there are counterattacks from russia's military. fo the south, the port city of mariupol is under siege. it is some of the fiercest fighting and unrestricted shelling. the siege is claiming mostly civilians. yesterday the victim was a 16-year-old boy. a father waits for the unspeakable. the city steeped in sorrow by the first week of pollutants war. -- putin's war. >> day by day, hour-by-hour, second by second he is destroying the city. >> orlov is the mayor. they have targeted infrastructure, homes, hospitals

and schools and it has become personal. >> most of t buildings are destroyed. i don't have connection with my parents for three days. i don't know if they live or not. nick: syrians and russian allies used to use afraid's desk a phrase submit or starve. do you believe that is what is happening? >> you can find internet pictures of aleppo and in two or three days our city will look the same. we are afraid by our people because 400,000 citizens are locked in the city. nick: u.s. officials say russia is making was progress in the north than in the south where the seizure of kherson adds to fears that odessa is the next target and could ukraine off from the coast. ukraine says this could be stopped with a no-fly zone but nato officials in brussels say that is not an option. >> we are not part of this conflict and we have a

responsibility to ensure it does not escalate and spread beyond ukraine. nick: the ukrainian foreign minister so that would not be good enough. >> we will continue fighting but help us. if you don't, i'm afraid you will have to share responsibility for the lives and sufferings of civilian ukrainians. nick: in ukraine's far west, civilians who fled the fighting take shelter. this is an i.t. company converted into a home for the displaced, where kids can be kids and share a smile. but for this family, like every family here, they have seen too much. the youngest is almost two. her grandma, the matriarch is 60. granddaughter, camilla, 14. how are you? >> i'm happy we arrived here and nobody got hurt. it explodes. when i hear it i panic.

i start to panic. nick: what about your brothers and sisters? >> they are hiding in the hallway as our family and soon, it is really scary, it is scary that something is going to explode every minute or second. i say that everything will be fine, and if ey start to panic, they won't be able to run or survive. nick: they fled through the chaos of the train station and after they ordered missile landed nearby. >> i was scared, everyone was. nervous. we hundred explode and my sister started to cry and said i want to go home. everyone was on the floor because everyone is scared. nick: the entire family fled uzbekistan in the 90's for safety.

today as they witness a war deals loved ones, they decide to become immigrants again. >> how many young, beautiful boys are now laying in the ground? i want peace to return to ukraine as soon as possible. for kids to be happy together with their parents. nick: thi sanctuary is short-lived. it is time to load up. along with many victims of this role -- more, their destination is west, outside ukraine. have no plans to return. >> i feel sad to leave my home, but it is dangerous to go back. somebody has to stop the war. nick: the joy of being a child stolen or the war.

their family tells me tonight have entered poland without any problems and hope to enter germany where they have relatives. thwar has forced them for the second time to leave countries with only what they could carry. they will have to start all over again. judy: simply heartbreaking. what are the authorities in lviv where you are saying about the influx of this place ukrainians growing larger? nick: a member of parliament said 30,000 displaced arrived last night, and the number tonight could be two to three times that. and the train station only has an official capacity of about 5000. if many of those displaced come into the city, the city could struggle to offer enough for them to eat and enough places for them to stay. but most of them are expected to continue into poland and u.s. and ukrainian officials say tt those border crossings between

ukraine and poland are more orderly than they were there this week. but it's were markable, 1.2 million ukrainians, 3% of the country, have chosen to become refugees. that is just in one week. judy: i just don't remember a human outflow like what we are watching right now. much less the misery. nick schifrin reporting from lviv and western ukraine. thank you, nick. now let's turn to moscow, where special correspondent ryan chilcote has been reporting for us. hello, ryan. we know that russia has banned facebook and twitter. what does that mean for the russian people? ryan: you can still access facebook and twitter if you use a vpn and many russians know how to use those. but it makes it more difficult, and it just means ls russians will be accessing them.

russia does have its own social media. there are some russians that would prefer to use or do prefer to use facebook and twitter because they are concerned about their personal data. we are just getting fragmentation of the social media world, and russians will see more information that the government is complement this comfortable with them seeing them as information the u.s. is comfortable with people seeing. judy: a vpn is a more secure connection. the russians are also just passing today a 15 year sentence for anyone who intentionally spreads what they say is fake news about the military. what a the repercussions of that? ryan: all journalists are concerned. the idea of spending 15 years in prison is very daunting.

and many russian journalists, it applies to both, are concerned about the russian government being the arbiter of truth and deciding what qualifies as fake news when it comes to the war in ukraine. i can tell you i have spoken with a number of russian and international journalists, and they are taking this very seriously. many have left the country. at least for a couple of weeks, a month. they are getting out and watch to see how this plays out. is anyone going to be prosecuted? we have heard some politicians say it could be used retroactively to go after people in the government's eyes that are mis-betraying what is going on in ukraine. it is a huge concern amongst journalists. judy: a separate issue, i know you follow the energy sector. closely. we are learning the white house

is taking a serious look at banning the importation of russian oil. what would that mean for the united states and our economy? ryan: ultimately it would mean the oil price wouldise in the price at the pump would likely rise. the united states is the world's largest oil producer, it produces a lot of oil on the back of shale. russia provides about 8% on--of all imports into the u.s. behind cana and mexico. but if the u.s. bands exports, the expectation is that the european union could, too. you can have less supply at higher prices. the real concern for the biden administration might be that it would not hurt the russian economy necessarily, the russians might be able to sell the oil they are selling in the united states elsewhere. judy: movement on so many fronts and watching it all from moscow, ryan, thank you very much.

with russian military forces on the offensive in ukraine, countries in europe are on edge. one nation that shares an 800 mile border with russia is finland, which has a stable and prosperous democracy. it is not a member of nato but it buys military equipment from the united states and is a member of the eu. the president of finland met with biden this afternoon and i spoke with him a short time ago. president, thank you very much for talking with us. you flew more than 4300 miles from helsinki to washington to talk to president biden. what can you tell us came out of that meeting? >> it was a very pleasant meeting with him. surely because of what is taking place in ukraine, the russian attack, security, defense, the issues we discussed very much.

we have a long-lasting cooperation with the united states, finland and sweden, all nordic countries. that will be enhanced in the future. i'm very satisfied with our discussions. judy: when you say the relationship will be enhanced, how so? >> we are talking about a kind of process where we take issue issue, not defining them yet, of the people and see what all we can do together. that is -- and support each other. judy: does that include finland seeking never ship in nato? >> that is a different issue. it is up to finland. i understand that nato keeps its doors open like it has been for

those who need -- meet the criteria. and in finland, we have a lively and important discussion going on about nato and nato membership and applying it. but like i said, the discussion is ongoing and our parliament is very active on that. in the end, it is a decision made by parliament. judy: do you believe finland is as safe outside of nato as it would be inside it? >> we have been totally safe, but surely things that we have now seen in europe, we have to consider. i do not doubt that russia would attack militarily to finland but ruia's demand to come out like they say, keep out of nato

or they want nato to stop taking new members, it might lead to a situation where russia expects that it has a say around its neighborhood. and that is not at all pleasant. judy: do you believe after speaking today with president biden that there is any way to stop putin from overtaking ukraine? this bloody invasion of ukraine, whether it involves diplomacy or any other method? >> it seems that putin is going to continue. is he successful or not, that is still open. but it is very difficult to get him back in. that is very obvious. at least not now.

judy: you said it is not clear he will be successful. are you saying you think there is a good chance that ukrainians could prevail? >> what we have seen so far is that ukrainians have a proud way of protecting and defending themselves, and russia has not gone forward in his speed they undoubtedly thought before that they could reach. so it is not going in the way that russia has planned. judy: you also said that if russia succeeds, it changes the security of the entire continent. clearly russia poses a different kind of threat. what does that mean? >> what we see today is a more

united european union and europeans than ever. that means that europe will also develop its defense and take much more responsibility of its security. i think that what chancellor schulz said -- scholz said, it was a change in german politics. they gave arms to ukrainians and decided to increase the defense budget with quite a lot of new money. that is totally new in germany, and that means that europe will be stronger. judy: it may be stronger or more united, but if russia prevails, it still means the rest of the continent is standing by helplessly while russia

essentially gobbles up another country. >> here we have heard specifically nato countries and nato trying to avoid escation. so that we would see even more warfare in europe, maybe even something which reminds of the world war. it is a danger but it has a meaning if europe is stronger in the future, because it prevails also. it is clear kind of obstacle to the one who might try something, and to russia. judy: it is almost as if ukraine is a sacrifice in this process. >> european countries have

helped, like united nations -- united states. very much, ukraine. and not only by money but sending arms and more and more arms. so from that aspect, ukraine is not alone. that has been helped, at least. judy: one final question about vladimir putin himself. do you believe he is acting in a rational way or not? >> it migh be that this irrationality we have seen at the end is rational. be he wants to -- things to look irrational and that is the rationality. it is complex. judy: yes. it certainly does

appear to be. president, we thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you so very much. thank you. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie swith newshour west. we will return to the full program after the latest headlines. the ukrainian president zelensky will talk to u.s. senators tomorrow. the meeting will be the first time u.s. lawmakers have spoken to the ukrainian president since russia invaded his country. congress is considering a request for $10 billion in emergency funding for humanitarian aid and security needs in ukraine. in asia where it is saturday, korea has testfired another suspected ballistic missile according to japan and south korea. it is expected -- estimated to have reach a height of 340 miles

and flew 190 miles east into the sea. it is the ninth missile test they have conducted this year and comes days ahead of the south korean presidential election. u.s. job growth surged in february as the omicron wave of covid faded. employers added a -- of the most job since july. unappointed fell to 3.8%, the list since the pandemic began two years ago. a closer look after the news summary. the supreme court has reinstated the death sentence for boston marathon bonner -- farmer. the decision held that a lower court was want to throughout the sentence over questions of excluded evidence and other reasons. in pakistan, a suicide bombing killed at least 56 people and wounded more than 190 during

friday prayers at a shi-ite mosque. it happened in the northwestern city of peshaw'ar, near pakistan's border with afghanistan. the mosque was in shambles after the bomber opened fire, then ran inside and blew himself up. ambulances rushed in, and survivors recalled moments of terror. >> panic spread among the worshippers when the firing started. i ran to save my life. suddenly, a man came in and started firing. he shot many people to death. then closed his eyes and blew himself up. after that, i have no idea what happened. my hand and leg are injured. stephanie: hours later, the islamic sta group claimed responsibility for the attack. florida is the latest republican led state to adopt limits on abortion. overnight the voted to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. governor desantis said he will sign soon. it is similar to a mississippi law the supreme court is expected to rule on the summer.

thousands of retired black professional football players will have a new chance at payouts in a revised, billion-dollar concussion settlement with the "national football league". many were initially denied payments based on so-called race-norming -- which assumes a lower baseline cognitive score for black people. a federal judge in philadelphia approved the new plan today, allowing players to re-test or have their claims re-scored. still to come on the newshour, avett brooks and jonathan capehart consider the weeks major news developments. coach mike krzyzewski leads the duke blue devils against north carolina for the last time plus much more. ♪ >> this is the newshour from studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: as we mentioned, a strong monthljobs report has exceeded expectations, signaling mo americans are returning to the

labor market this year as coronavirus cases continue to wane. geoff bennett has the story. geoff: judy, this job report is the second in a row to top -- beat economic forecasts. at the white house today, president biden spoke about the strong gains: pres. ben: we've learned that in february our economy created 678,000 new jobs. 678,000 new jobs. over the course of my presidency, our economy has now created 7.4 million jobs, more jobs created in a 13 month period than any time ever before in our history. we've learned that in february, the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%. down from 6.4% the day i took office. geoff: to unpack it all we are joined by jared bernstein who serves on the white house counsel of economic advisers. great have you. this report is unambiguously good. it beat expectations.

what does it say about the state of the recovery? >> it says clearly that this is one of the most welcoming job markets in generations for virtually any job seeker in industries across the economy. but there's also an important policy measure -- message. the measures the president took, particularly the american relief plan, by getting johnson arms and checks in pockets not only made it possible for families and businesses to get to the other side of this health and economic crisis, but set the labor market up for the strongest growth we have seen in generations. when you are posting job gains adding over half a million jobs per month on average over the past three months, you know you are into a historically strong labor market. >> there are challenges that remain. wage growth is leveling off but inflation is not. paychecks are not keeping pace with rising prices. how is this white house planning

to put downward pressure on prices to alleviate inflation? >> the job is to maintain the kind of superlative outcomes like we saw in the job market today. there are some key sectors, warehousing, transportation, leisure and hospitality, i believe retail trade, where wages are actually surpassing the rate of inflation. so it is something that we need to see much more broadly across the wage scale. the way to do that is to implement the president's agenda to keep the demand strong, keep the labor market turning while acting on the supply side. that means making sure goods are getting shipped, making sure there are investments in semiconductors, infrastructure plan already in the field, and importantly, lowering cost for erican families, drug costs, the cost of child and elder

care, both insurance premiums. all that is part of his agenda. geoff: when shipped abroad and talk about the consequences of russia's invasion of ukraine. how is the biden administration planning to mitigate the fallout on energy prices, is this confidence and job growth? jared: when it comes to energy, you know that the sanctions do not incle energy. there are high-level discussions on going down regarding import bans happening in congress but also ongoing here. but the key when it comes energy is to make sure that the supply of oil, a global commodity, remains where it is. so that we don't put further pressure on gas prices. you know that the president already released oil from the strategic reserve, and that had a quick effect a few months ago,

taking down gas prices $.10 per gallon as recent reports have confirmed that is happening again this time in tandem with any other of our partners to the tune of about 60 million barrels released from strategic reserves. the president has said more if necessary. geoff: it strikes me that a strong jobs report like the song cover for the fed to start raising interest rates, which is something they said they wanted to do. and the minute we have left, how might that add to the overall economic picture? what should americans be bracing for if anything? >> i thought it was important without getting into details of the federal reserve policy, what chair powell said was something to the effect of hitting a soft landing, trying to take action to diminish inflationary pressure without undermining strong demand. that is at the heart of the

president's agenda. maintain strong label market -- labor market, while doing all we can and letting the fed do everything they can to ease price pressures. that means opportunities will stay in place for american workers and consumers, but as inflation begins to ease, real incomes and real wages will grow higher. geoff: white house economic a visor jared bernstein, we appreciate you being here. >> my pleasure. ♪ judy: russia's ongoing assault against ukraine has kept the world on edge this week -- and it was a key focus of president biden's state of the union address on tuesday. to discuss all of this, we turn now to brooks and capehart. that's new york times columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, columnist for the washington post.

very good to see both of you. this has been a week, about the worst one we can remember. jonathan, as you watch horrifying pictures and reports coming out of ukraine and increasingly brutal attacks from the russians, what do you think we are learning? jonathan: three things come to mind. the first is that for a country as big as russia, as powerful as russia in terms of armaments, it is a nuclear power, and the threatening rhetoric and language from president putin, i am surprised by how slowly things are going for russia in its invasion and the war it has unleashed on ukraine. the pictures are horrifying, the stories heartbreaking, the lies that are coming out of the russian government about what it is doing, including what it is not doing, is horrifying.

but the fact that there is a 40 mile convoy trying to make its way to the capital city and is stalled, running out of fuel, being picked off ukrainian forces, is something that is heartening. also heartening is the strength, resolve and we are not going to sit by and let you take over our country of the ukrainians, willing to fight back, whether they are in the armed services or not. the other thing is the strength of the western alliance. the fact that you have countries like finland, sweden, switzerland doing things they have never done in their history. that is breaking free of their neutrality, what they are known for. i was corrected during an interview with the deputy treasury secretary yesterday when i was talking about the

resolve of the western alliance, and he reminded me there are countries in the east, japan, southorea, taiwan that have joined in with the western alliance in sanctioning russia. in the third and last thing, i promise, is all of this, the strength of the alliances against russia in its war on ukraine could not have happened without the leadership of the united states. we have to keep that in mind. something president biden has said, before he was president, that what is happening in the world is a battle between democracy and on property -- autocracy. it's playing out there in ukraine. and the fact that the world has united, most of the world, against what russia is doing is testament to the fact that the

united states in terms of standing up for democratic values says that america is leading. judy: it is true, the unity is stunning and yet the russians keep moving. david: both of these things can be true. the russian military is picking up speed, they are a learning organization like any first-rate military and i assume they will collect -- correct first mistakes and some disheartening successes over the next days and weeks. at the same time there has been a shift in consciousness. we are living with the democratic recession in this world for 25 years, democracies have been drinking. we have become embarrassed and worried about our democracy because of donald trump, populism, and ugly kind of nationalism. i don't think we have changed in our leaf but it is diminished faith in over the last week, thanks to heroism of ordinary ukrainian people, we have been inspired to be convicted about

our own faith. faith has been restored in our leadership, zelensky, german, french, finnish, swedish readership. faith in patriotism, we have seen it look like f no nationalism for a long time now we see ukrainian people who are patriotic about their own country, boards and all, and how it is that schwartz and all, and how it is connected to ideals about freedom. and faith in unity that we all around the world saw a cruel bully bubbling up another nation , which used to be normal in human societies, that was accepted. but now we have been educated by ethan of modern democratic liberalism to be appalled. the world is appalled, it is true domestically and internationally. there's not a lot of difference between republicans and

democrats on putin, it is not a partisan issue. route is important. it is important in ukraine and for us. in the long run there will be a lot more to say. judy: as we listen to president biden at the state of the union, as we said he spoke for a number of minutes about ukraine, but the rest of the speech was about the united states and what it is dealing with. we heard him as he called for -- he said you're not going to send u.s. troops into ukraine, but we are going to be tough in imposing sanctions on russia. in our new pole with npi and marist, it is showing 83% support those sanctions on russia and 69% say they would support it even if it means higher energy costs. americans are prepared to have some sacrifice here. jonathan: those poll numbers are

incredibly encouraging. what it says to me is that the american public sees that what is happening in russia's war on ukraine is bigger than themselves. in order to push back putin, you have to put aside your own kitchen table worries, your pocketbook issues and worries, and look at the bigger picture. if higher gas prices is what it means and what the sacrifice americans have to make in order to push back an authoritarian regime like russia, and autocrat like putin, that is a sacrifice they are to take. i am heartened by those numbers. judy: david, it is a recognition or knowledge meant that the american people are taking this seriously. david: yeah, like so many countries around the world, crowds and the european streets today were standing. when we spoke last friday, i

thought the sanctions were week and would not do much. then on saturday, europe and the americans dropped the big bombs of taking over the russian central bank assets and denying them swift, -- and as this drags on and we see mor horror and our blood gets up, can we keep this level of unity together? can we prevent ourselves getting carrd away and wanting to do things like a no-fly zone which i think would be an act of war in real trouble, but can we keep up and help the increasing ukrainian insurgents, kim and up the economic pressure? the tools we have are slow. in a month we will see if these numbers are still there. judy: jonathan, you mentioned approval of president biden. he spoke a great deal at the state of the union about his to messick agenda.

it was interesting, this poll the newshour did -- domestic agenda. it was interesting, appalled that shows his approval ratings are up from 39% a couple weeks ago. there is something behind that. jonathan: yes. there's some thing behind that, and that is what the american people wanted to heafrom the president in addition to showing american leadership against putin and russia, what they wanted to hear and i think they did, a president who understood that as well as the economy seems to be doing in the united states, that they have kitchen table issues they want the president to address. they wanted to hear that the president understood that inflation was eating away at their paychecks, whether they got wage increases are not they wanted to hear whether he was going to do something about childcare, health care, prescription drugs, all of those laundry list issues that the

president got knocked for spending time talking about. the american people wanted to know what he was gong to do about it. from the kitchen table perspective, i think voters heard what they wanted to hear. maybe not the entire solutions, what they heard that the president was serious about addressing them. and it gets to the larger thing. in this battle between democracy and autocracy, as candidate biden said and president biden has long said, democracy in order to win against autocracy has to show that it can work. in the way it shows it is working is by delivering for its people. so if the president can get some headway, congress can pass things he is talking about including the unity agenda he outlined in the speech, democracy will have a chance of showing it can work. judy: but this increase in approval is particularly

interesting because there has been some focus on inflation. david: we will see if other polls will carry that. i assume our poll will have something accurate to say and will be confirmed by others. i think it is partly covid is using, job growth is fantastic, rally around the flag in a time of war. and i think biden is rediscovering the language of his campaign. one problem he had is that independence, people in the center, his approval rating in that community was 30%. he spoke a lot more to that group. he emphasized we will refund the police, try to keep gas prices down. he talked about things that are not ideological but supported on mental health and cancer, opioid addiction. he is discovering a more centrist language, and if he wants to be reelected he has to win over working-class voters of all creeds in wisconsin,

pennsylvania, michigan, arizona, georgia. focusing on working-class voters in those states is the key and i thought he did a good job with that tuesday night. judy: no question the president spent a long time talking about the unity agenda. he is trying to reach across the aisle to get republicans on board. jonathan: right. he's trying to reach across the aisle and the american people want to hear him and see him reach across the aisle, which puts the onus on the republicans. the president has reached out his hand in friendship, let's work together. now the onus is on republicans in the house and senate to reach across the aisle and work with the president. time will tell if they will actually work with him. judy: jonathan capehart with those sunflowers at your side, the flower of ukraine, and david

brooks. thank you both, we appreciate it. >> thanks, judy. ♪ judy: we'll be back shortly. but first, take a moment to hear from your locapbs station. it's a chance to offer your

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judy: before we go, a closing note that's not objective -- on college basketball. before we go, a closing note that is not objective, on college basketball. tomorrow night in durham, north carolina at duke university, mike schuh sheskey will coach his final home game for the blue devils. he is the most successful college men's basketball coach in american history, winning 1123 games, five national championships and three times

coach of the gold-medal u.s. olympic team. for 42 seasons he has mentored countless young men and of course made duke fans proud. here he is with reporters yesterday. >> i've been coaching for 47 years and almost 5 decades to coach at west point and duke and then 11 years of coaching the u.s. team, you can't get much luckier than that. it has been such an honor and a privilege to do it for two of the greatest schools in the world and obviously for your own countries team. very lucky. >> on a personal note, i graduated from duke and coach k has been very kind to our family, reaching out years ago when our son was badly injured. as much as i try to keep personal views out of my reporting, i will be glued to the television tomorrow night with apologies to all of you

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tonight on kqed newsroom, as the war in ukraine continues, californians find new ways to support those under attack from russian forces. >> we focus a lot of our efforts on first-aid and tactical medicine. >> we speak with a former senator about u.s. involvement in the conflict. a look at the priorities president biden laid out in his state of the union and what they mean for california. plus we take a close-up look at a 30 foot oakland mural honoring the women of the black panthe