more at candida fund.org. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: a huge storm system has shifted east tonight after brutalizing the united states mid section. it is leaving at least 40 dead plus a legacy of mangled power grids, broken water systems and political fallout. stephanie reports on this day's development. >> misery for a new part of the country. the arctic friend that pummeled the central and southern parts of the u.s. pushed into the northeast today. in new jersey, governor phil murphy urged people to be alert. >> this goes deeper into tomorrow. keep your wits aboutou, do the right thing, stay home if you can. >> heavy snow blanketed the region with the must have commission

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do they want their candidas to even throw a slight jab?night ands f tomorrow night, they think tomorrow night's is likely to be the more contentious debe ate. sue is that some of these leading candidates, they don't want to make a misthtake. the er candidates would rather take a risk and get national attention. so it's going be a real test. also, judy, i think we'll see another division. some candidates tonight i leened from this campaign going to lead with policies. amy klobuchar, for example, she's going to talk about the first 100 days, very likely. other candidates, like a beto o'rourke will probably lead with passion and a drive to change. it will be adi very fferent tone between candidates. >> woodruff: stu, speaking of that, how much real difference is there among these candidates on the issues? i know we sometimes lump them into the more moderate versus the more progressive, the more libee l. >> that's oad-brush difference. there are no conservatives in this race in the democratic party anyusre. ther to be but there aren't anymore.

the candida fund, committed to expanding restorative justice and meaning investments and leaders and. more at candidafund.org. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education democratic carnegie.org, and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: president biden kicked off his week of international diplomacy and with britain's prime minister boris johnson in southwest england. the first meeting between the leaders, just ahead of the beginning of the g7 summit mr. biden also announced a significant step that he said would supercharge the global fight against covid-19. pres. biden: the united states will purchase billion doses of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine to donate to nearly 100 s that are in need in fight against this pandemic. this is a monumental commitment by the american peop said, we are a nation full of people who step up at times of need to help our fellow human beings both at home a

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. >> the candida fund, restorative justice in a meaningful work through ideas.ore at candidafund.org. carnegie information from new york. -- carnegie corporation of new york at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: barely one day after striking a defiant tone, britain's prime minister boris johnson told his nation today that he would resign his post later in the summer. and stand down now as head of the conservative party. it marks the beginning of the end of a chaotic and eventful johnson premiership. reporter: amid a cresting wave of anger within britain, especially his own party, boris johnson admitted today what almost everyone already knew. it was time to go. >> it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister. reporter: this was a resignation from his party as

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. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- ♪ the candida fund committed to advancingrative justice and meaningful work through investments in transformative leaders and ideas. more at candidafund.org. carnegie corporation of new york supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible for the corporation abide public broadcasting and by contributions to yr pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. lawmakers are making thousands of political and financial calculations this evening after president biden it releases $6.9 trillion budget plan for 2024. amna: the white house proposal calls for raising taxes on the wealthiest americans to invest in the working class. pres. biden: my budget is about investing in america and all of america, including places and people and folks who've been forgotten. amid the economic upheaval of the past four decades, too many pe

moton is the third candida to quit the race in recent days. and, david koch has died. he was a billionaire businessman, one-time vice-presidential nominee, andeg conservativedonor. john yang looks at his life and legacy. ( applause )id >> yang: doch helped his brother charles expand the wichita-based koch industries into one of the largestld privately-orporations in the world. he quickly became a notable figure in elite new york socia circs. e business eventually became the fuel behind one of the highest-spending pol action groups in modern american politics-- "americans forcs prosperity." >> americans for prosperity is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> yang: the anti-tax, pro-small government group poured hundreds of millions of dollars intodi conservative ctes and causes, often through untraceable, so-called "dark mone contributions. >> the president's doing a mediocre job. >> yang: oil- and gas-based koch network spe just under 00 million on the 2012 election-- aunparalleled sum at the time, that filled the airwaves with attack ads. >> president ob

announcer: major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by -- the candida fund. more at candidafund.org. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in democratic engagement and the advancement of international peace and security, at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. judy: horror -- amna: horror, terror and death at a daycare in northeastern thailand. an attacker with guns and a knife stormed into the center and massacred at least 36 people. nine others were injured. it is the deadliest mass murder in the nation's history. stephanie sy has the details. stephanie: most of the dead were children, some as young as two years old. only a few victims survived. this witness was shaken by what she saw. >> he used his feet to kick the window and then shot at the door. i ran to the kitchen. i was in shock. i didn't know what to do. stephanie: first responders described

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th76-year-old possible presidential candida has said he is considering running and will decide in "thnear term". evacuations and rescues are underway across the upper midwest as waters continueo rise after heavy rains and snowmelt. bridges and roads have washed in eastern nebraska and western iowa and the missouri river is at record levels in south dakota, iowa and minnesota. at least two people have died and others are still misng. downstream from this week's flooding, officials in missouri are now preparing for flooding there in the coming week. for updates on the victims of the mass shooting in new zealand, visit our website a pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: this is the core ret-sitory at columbia's lam doherty earth observatory. each of these saawers holds les taken from the beneath the ocean floor. it's a collection that has tak more than half a century to build, and a treasure trnte of scic data on everything from which plants and animals thrived mill how the climate is changing today. earlier i spoke with maureen raymo, a marine geologist studying climate change and the director

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ich, to me, is not about the s-characteof the candida democr or the incumbent president-- it's about the character of the country. and one of the reasons, indeed, the reason i'm in is because i think we see a moment right now, yamiche, where the anxiety and frustration and even anger that people are experiencing about their economic and social lives is so widespread, there is an opportunity through solutions to unite the country. and my own leadership experience atth in the public sector and in the prsector has... has been successfully to get people to turn rather than on each other.nk and... and i tt's a moment we shouldn't miss. >> alcindor: the headline from the last debate was - raiser in a wine cave. yove had very successful career in the private sector. what do you make of that being the headline? and this is a problem for the democratic party? >> well, i'm sorry that a... that a debate that was so substantive otherwise had a i don't think i've ever been in a wine cave. but i think it's kind of beside the point. you know, i think many, many americans agree with me and i think m

. >> the candida fund looking to transform through investments in ideas. learn more atcandida.org.negie organization of new york, supporting democratic engagement in the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. the push for a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling and curb spending dominates washington again tonight. house speaker kevin mccarthy is calling for a tentative agreement by the weekend to avoid a possible national default on june 1. amna: senate majority leader chuck schumer says senators can return from an upcoming recess, if need be. but lawmakers also argued today about whether a clause in the constitution's 14th amendment requires paying public debts and makes the debt ceiling moot. >> is imposing the 14th amendment a perfect solution? no, it is not, but using the 14th amendment would allow the

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candida has also seen an increase in overdose deaths driven by fentanyl. countries -- but not at the level of the whole country, the rates we are observing. so we need to ask ourselves that question. what is making americans vulnerable to drug taking? one of the components we know about is the social determinants and disparities that are driving people to escape their realities taking drugs. the problem is now the drugs they may be taking could be extremely risky and dangerous. >> the director of the national institute on drug abuse. thank you for your time and insight. >> as wildfires continue to burn across new mexico, almost 350,000 acres have been scorched. we turn to a perspective on how the increasingly common events are affecting the people in the midst of them. lucy walker is a documentary filmmaker, and her most recent work follows residence after the disastrous campfire in california. tonight, she offers her brief but spectacular take on the power of documentary filmmaking. >> when fire burns in the community, when people are forced to grab a few

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. >> woodruff: as lisa reported, the presidential candidas touched down in minnesota today.h campaigned near the northern iron range area of the state, once a reliable democratic stronghold. special correspondent fred sam lazaro has our report. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: at the afternoon v.f.w. polka in the small northern town of cloquet, theem dancers to defy their age-- and minnesota's mask mandate. on the accordion, 93-year-old florian chmielewski. >> hey! there we go! >> reporter: besides his role in the "chmielewski fun time band," he is best known for his decades as a democratic state senator. chmielewski recalls rubbing elbows with big-name minnesota democratic politicians like hubert humphrey. but something changed, he says. >> we never had thatrelationshie in. and that was a disas the days of humphrey in this area is over. >> reporter: for years, demoats like chmielewski have been moving to the right, away from the party on environmtal and social issues like abortion and toward candidates who've tedged to uphoir way of life. one such candidate? president trump. in 201 the pre

. >> the candida fund committed to advancing restorative justice and leading forward through investments in transformative leaders and ideas. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement , and the advancements of international peace and security at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the news hour. federal workers were put on notice today that a shutdown is imminent. millions of government employees and active duty military members could stop being paid in just 3 days' time. geoff: the u.s. senate has been working in a bipartisan manner to prevent a shutdown but the hold-up is with house republicans, some of whom are refusing to support any short-term measure that would buy congress more time to act. congressional correspondent lisa desjardins is on capitol hill following all the twists and turns. lisa, congress has less than three

the candida fund, committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work tough investments inransformative leaders and ideas. pocarnegie ction of new york. education, democratics in engagement, and the advancement of international peace security. at carnegie.org. and s with the ongoiport of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possibye he corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: --stephanie: good evening. we will return to judy woodruff and the rest of ththprogram aftelatest headlines. white house officials a democratic leaders ended a meeting a short time ago about a coronavirus relief bill with both sides saying they are still far apart on big issues. senate minority leader chuck schumer said white house negotiators were unwilling to meet in the miusle and white chief of staff steven mnuchin said the president will sign a bill with a lar amount of money for state and local governments, wcrch is what des want. i said notiators will try to narrow differenca meeting tomorrow. the

. ♪ >> the candida fund committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work through investmentsansformative leaders and ideas. moret candidafund.org. carnegie corporation of new york , supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: good evening, and welcome to the "newshour." two stories have dominated this day, escaling israeli-palestinian confrontations appeared to move the middle east closer to a broader conflict. and the biden white house put out its long-awaited report on the widely criticized fall of afghanistan in 2021. geoff: first, afghanistan. u.s. forces hastily withdrew in august 2021 as the talan re-captured the country after nearly 20 years of war. amid the chaos, a suicide bombing killed 13 u.s. troops and more than 100 afghs. today, the national security cou

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the candida fund, committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work through investment innsformative leaderand ideas. carnegie corporation in ne york. supporting innovations in education, democraticen gement, and the advancement of international peaceatnd security - carnegie.org. and with the ongoingpo s of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. amna: the list of pandemic ngvictims keeps getting tonight. with 3.5 million cases nationwide in the political fallout keeps growing for president trump. theue i of face masks has become a frontline fight for a key state this november. >> in georgia, a political collision over life and death decisions. as the virus surges, overnight republican governor brian kemp signed an order banning any public mask requirements. that in direct conflict with several cities and townsedhich have ordasks be worn. today, atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms says she is keeping her mask order in place. >> s it is aple

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. >> the candida fund, through investments and transformative leaders and ideas.arnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org, and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: a major political upset in alaska last night as a democrat won the state's only seat in the u.s. house of representatives. the former state legislator won a special election to replace former congressman don young, who died earlier this year. republican opponents included former vice presidential nominee and governor sarah palin. they will face off again in november. it was also the state's fst election using rank choice voting. joining me not to discuss her when is congresswoman mary peltola. thank you for joining us. we look at this. there were originally dozens of people in this race. alaska has onl

the candida fund, committed to advancing restorative justice through investments in transformative leadersnd ideas. more at candidafund.org. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to her pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: i am stephanie si with newshour wes we will return to judy woodruff and the rest of the show after these headlines. the astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine may not be needed in the u.s. at all according to the nation's top infectious disease doctor anthony faucher. fauci said existing contracts with other vaccine makers might fulfill the nation's need. astrazeneca has been approved in dozens of other countries. there have been reports of rare blood clots that occurred after its use. the white house says a problem with johnson & johnson's supply of the covid vaccine will n

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senate race in mississippi becomes more competitive following controveial comments by the republican candida. plus, testing the waters: scientists in north carolinact examine the efof contaminated flood waters in the aftermath of hurricane florence. >> it's gone on longer than we might have expected and we're also seeing contamination popping up in locations we might not have expected it. re woodruff: all that and on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most prsing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundationmp committed toving lives through invention, in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with thongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was madeth possible bcorporation for public bro

the candida fund, committed to advancing restorative justice and leading the world through investmentstransformative leaders and ideas. more at candidafund.org. carnegie corporation of new york , supporting investments in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the surge of covid infections and illness is pushing much of the country to its worst point since the pandemic began. more than 100,000 people are hospitalized -- nearly double the highest point of the spring. the u.s. has had a total so far of 14 million cases out of 65 million around the world. that's more than any other nation on earth. and four million of them in the u.s. over just the past month. deaths are also climbing. more than 2800 were reported yesterday alone, again a single-day record. the death toll overall has now passed 275,

. ♪ >> the candida fund, committed to establishing restorative justice a meaningful work through investmentsansformative leaders and ideas. more at candidafund.org. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement , and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting at a by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. a heavy pall of polluted air still blankets much of the eastern us tonight. it may not dissipate for days as fires in canada send vast curtains of smoke drifting south. amna: the bad air has officis warning -- in effect -- that breathing can be hazardous to your health. it's also scrambling schedules from airports to schools to the white house. stephanie sy has our report. correspondent: a huge swath of the country spent another day shrouded in haze. this morning smoke still obscured parts of the manhattan skylin

the candida fund, committed to restoring justice and meaningful work through and vestment interest foreaders and ideas. more at candidafund.org. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: it is yet another sign that the economic pain from the coronavirus pandemic won't be subsiding anytime soon. 837,000 americans led new claims for unemployment benefits last week. that number did inch lower from the previous week's figure -- but it remains at historically high levels. meanwhile, prospects for new federal relief are still uncertain tonight. talks between house speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary steven mnuchin continued this afternoon. and for the latest on where things stand, we turn to our own lisa desjardins and yamiche alcindor. lisa, to you first. where do thing

our job is to ompare and contrast these candidas. made it clear these democrats ran in the fall of 2018 as moderates and they've come to washington, d.c. and been just they're not going to have to run on that record. i tell you, you said that joe biden hasn't embraced bernie sanders' socialist agenda, but these folks have been voting for incredible tax increases, amnesty and socialist proposals like the green new deal and medicare for all. th is why republicans are going to win a majority in the house in 70 days.: >> woodrue biden has not embraced those things, neither the green new deal nor medicare r all. quickly, though, congressman emmer, let me ask you about the number ofepublicans running for congress this year whoed endohe q anon series. marjorie green in georgia said nancy pelosi committed treason, should be executed, said holocaust survivor george soros collaborated with theaz. is she a candidate that the n.r.c.c. isg?upport >> so we put out our list of targeted races 18 months ago.5 there areargeted races that we're looking

. >> reporter: candidas still hoping to take part in next week's debate, have until thursday tmeet thents. csd that brings us to poli monday with amy walter of "the cook political report" and puic radio's "politics wit amy walter." and tamara keithf npr. she also co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." welcome to you both. good to see you. amy, i want to stttrt with you. ieg has been under pressure to release, as we just list from his time in mckenzie. mckenzie said you can release it. his campaign spokeswoman said they will be releasing the client list soon. is there something on trehehat could damage him? do voters care about this? >> well, we'll see what's on there and whether it matters, but it's pretty clear what's going on now. iowa, as judy pointed out, is two months away. pete buttigieg is now far andfr away thontrunner in iowa, that used to be elizabethe warren'sritory, she was seen over the summer as the candidate most likely to win ioa caucus, she needs to get back in contention and pete buttigieg is standing in her waso it makes perfect sense she's going to be spending time to

candida brush is professor of entrepreneurship at babson college near boston. says gardyne's financial struggle is not unique. >> for minority-owned businesses, so female-owned, black-owned firms, start with half the money of male-black- owned firms. and all minorities start with less than money than non-black firms so. it's a challenge. that's just startup. >> v.c.'s generally don't look like me, from a racial perspective or gender perspective. i think we're seeing that change particularly because of changing demographics, millennials, especially millennial women, are crashing through ceilings. >> reporter: angel rich is one of those millennials trying to break through the glass ceiling not only for african american women entrepreneurs but for game developers. she started a washington d.c.- based company called the wealth factory, which recently developed a free gaming app called credit stacker. >> credit stacker teaches people how to make wise credit decisions. essentially you have to swap various pieces around that represent monthly payments. so you have you

airspace on january 28, traversed through candida and reenter the continenl united states. days, february 4 that an f-22 shut it down. today we heard from the senate and the appropriations defense subcommittee that the anger that those 10 days, what the blinged was doing, the anger was bipartisan both from montana democrat jon tester and main democrat susan collins -- maine democrat susan collins. >> i have a problem with attorneys balloon flying over my state. >> it defies belief that there was not a single opportunity to safely shoot out the spy balloon prior to the coast of south carolina. correspondent: publicly administration officials have said they did not shoot it down earlier because of the risk to people on the ground. given the size, and also balloon -- also the military limited communications, shut down to medications in the spaces as the balloon flew over the spaces. the military said the same today , but officials made two additional points of this hearing. they pointed out that atlantic waters were actually ideal to salvage the balloon so they could collect p

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. ♪ >> the candida fund committed for restore i work through leaders and ideas.ore at kandidafund.org. carnegie corporation of new york supporting innovation, education and democratic engagement and for the peace and security, at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals as institutions. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs news station from viewers like you. thank you. william: welcome to the "newshour." international criticism of israel is growing over its war in gaza which has killed more than 18,000 palestinians according to the hamas-controlled gay zahn health ministry. the u.s. is asserting more pressure on its ally. national security advise or, jake sullivan met with benjamin netanyahu and his top lieutenants. but israel will continue fighting until it achieves " absolute victory." in the minutes after an israeli air strike sounds of panic and pain. the sirens of an ambulance blaring. voice of men shouting over one another as they dig through the rubble with th