amna: christine brennan, welcome back to the "newshour."ou so much for staying up late for us. we know it's very late there. the olympics are -- always have wonderful stories of redemption, right, as one of the key story lines. nathan chen, the american figure skater, four years ago came in fifth, determined to do better this year. and lindsey jacobellis is another big story, right, known as one of the sport's most dominant athletes as a snowboarder, but also known really well for this 2006 blunder that cost her the medal. how did both of them do this year? christine: what's fascinating, amna, about this is that it took -- for lindsey jacobellis, it took 16 years to finally get a chance to come back and win the gold that wasitting there for her when she made this kind of crazy move, kind of hot-dogging, celebrating a little too soon. we have seen that throughout sports. and when she did that back in torino in 2006, she lost the gold medal. and it was just kind of this classic blunder. and here she is, all these years later, winning that gol

amna: so, dr.thal, we should mention texas isn't the only place that we have seen similar measures like this that do target transgender children in particular. twenty other states have introduced similar measures in the last year. and some don't pass. some get stuck in court. but the very fact that this is a conversation, a national political conversation in many cases, is it having an effect on these children? dr. rosenthal: it is unquestionable that this is having an effect on children, feeling that people who -- look, these are very complicated -- complicated situations that are best handled through a very, i think, intimate relationship between the patient, the family and a qualified health care team. and when i say intimate, i mean medical professionals and mental health professionals that have been working closely with a patient and family and really get to know them and can do a proper assessment and figure out what is in that person's best interests. this should not be in the hands of polit

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amna: and how do you reconcile the two? when colin kaepernick first took a knee against police brutality against like people. he never plays a day again in the nfl. now you have the headliner of the halftime show, whose lyrics are still not loving the police. m&m takes a knee during the performance. wesley: i hear the complaint people have like the discrepancy with what can happen in a halftime show and what can happen in the field. the idea that you and i are having a conversation and the nfl is really answering for much of anything, they get to have people like us have these conversations about what it is or is not doing, and i think the interesting and important thing is that it's going to force the league to explain why it's not following its own guidelines when it comes to hiring. i think it's up to the criminal justice system, it's up to the players to continue to speak out against things happening in the league. amna: so it's not just about the halftime show, right, 70% of the players are black, only one i believe co

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>> what's fascinating about this, amna, it took, for lindsey jacobellis, it took 16 years to finallyhance to come back and win the gold that was sitting there for her when she made this kind of crazy move, kind of hot-dogging, celebrating a little too soon. we've seen that throughout sports. and when she did that, back in to reno in 2006, she lost the gold medal and it was this kind of classic blunder. and here she is, all these years later, winning that gold finally. talk about perseverance, and just hanging in there, and figuring it probably wasn't ever going to happen, until it did. that's the kind of story that you hear that, and even if you dont really care about snowboarding or whatever, you think that is great for an athlete to hang in that long and finally have te moment they deserve. nathan cn wasn't 16 years, he's only 22 years old, but four years, four big years, and you mentioned his fifth-place pingz in 2018. but he was 17-- yes, 17th-- in the short program at those olympic games. and he went into tose games as a medal hopeful as well, but as a teenager. and from that mo

amna nawaz looks at the message, optics and contradictions of that show. >> nawaz: judy, those iconslige, eminem, and kendrick lamar, with a special gues appearance from 50 cent. their performance put race, justice and the n.f.l.¡s handling of those issues center stage. to discuss that, i'm joined by“ new york times” culture critic and pulitzer prize winner wesley morris. welcome back to the newshour, thanks for making the time am among the many reacts to the halftime show i saw, some people said it it was like a battle between enthusiasm and cynicism, that you could all of these hip-hops assembled, a fantastic show, a really good show, at the same time the stakes are on, hosted by the nfl which is facing years of allegation of racism, a lawsuit from a former coach, a a black man a sergt he was discriminated against. >> the thing about the halftime show, everyingle year it at least, at least since 2004, i believe that's the justin timberlake year, the halftime show has become this crucible of not only what the nfl is about but what this country stands for when it comes to the treatme

but now, national security advisor jake sullivan was asked about my reporting by amna nawaz, and he said hadn't made that call just yet. >> we e not saying a decision, a final decision has been taken, by president putin. what we are sayi, is that we have a sufficient level of concern based on what we are seeing on the ground, and what our intelligence analysts have picked up, that we are sending this clear message. >> schifrin: and that concern comes from three distinct aspects, judy-- first of all, the sheer quantity of forces surrounding ukraine. take a look at the map. from the south in crimea, to the southeast, where russia has invaded in the past, to the northeast, to the north and northwest, along the belarus border. and that's where we've seen 30,000 russian troops exercising. u.s. officials are also worried about the capabilities of those forces. senior officials tell me russia has moved everything from advanced missiles to advanced devices that can target ukrainian telecommunications. and the third aspect is russian intent. u.s. officials fear that russian forces could assault k

amna nawaz picks up the story from here. >> nawaz: that's right judy.h president biden's announcement of new sanctions today, there are new fears russia could retaliate soon. to discuss this and other issues, i'm joined by alejandro mayorkas. he is the secretary of homeland security. mr. secretary, welcome back to the "newshour". thanks for joining us. your agency has warned that as tensions in ukraine rose, so could the likelihood of russian seiber attacks on the u.s. with the russian invasion beginning and president biden said earlier today, how likely is that kind of cyberattack? >> we have to information to suggest a specific credible cyber threat against the u.s. homeland, but it is our responsibility to be prepared, and that's what we the department of homeland security do. we have the cyber security and infrastructure security agency, or sisa, as it is known, and what we do through that agency is disseminate information throughout the federal enterprise to state and local governments and officials and, importantly, to the private sector to make s

associate professor of emergency medicine and director of covid response university california, along with amnagood evening ladies. so you both have different perspectives on this issue and dr. noble, you told me last week anybody is going to unmask, let our children go first and now is the time to get rid of mask mandates for kids in school. why do you believe that? >> yes. kids are at the very lowest risk from serious health consequences or death from covid compared to our wider population. they've also endured the longest period of social isolation, many states, schools were closed for a full 18 months during 2020 and 2021. so as we lift these risk mitigation layers, masking being a prominent one that we're discussing now, kids should really be first in line. they are the least threatened by covid illness and they have the most to lose from perpetual masking in their educational environments, understand nuanced speech, see facial motions, 5% in the united states, another four million kids with some sort of language delay, keeping them masked and teachers masked is putting enormous barriers i

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jersey and delaware to end masking mandates in schools makes them the latest states to roll back as amnalains, the debate around this has heated up in recent weeks. >> nawaz: judy, to be clear, the c.d.c. and groups like the american academy of pediatrics continue to recommend masking in schools to reduce the spread of covid. they say the evidence is clear. but several states have now either rolled back their mandates or are considering doing so. and a number of doctors have published opinion pieces, arguing that masks are difficult for children to use, detrimental to their wellbeing, and may not prevent infections based on the data in other studies. so far, it's a minority of doctors arguing this, but we're going to hear from one of them tonight who co-wrote a piece in "usa today." doctor lucy mcbride is an internist in washington, d.c. she has written columns for "usa today," "the washington post," "the atlantic" and others. welcome to the newshour, thanks for being herincomer your latest piece you cite the alarming mental health crisis we've seen among kids in america, the learning lo

amna nawaz has that story. >> nawaz: that's right, judy.statement, both countries said they "oppose further enlargement of nato," and called on the alliance to abandon its "cold war approaches." the statement also said that china is "sympathetic to and supports the proposals put forward by russia to create long-term, legally-binding security guarantees in europe." so, what does this all mean? for that, we turn to elizabeth wishnick, a senior research scientist at the center for naval analysis, a navy-funded think tank. she's on leave from montclair state university, and has written extensivelabout russian/chinese relations. elizabeth wishnick welcome to the newshour. thanks for joining us. that jointly statement earlier had some thinly veiled swipes at the u.s. and its allies. step back here and tell us what are we seeing here, what's driving the strengthening of the russian relations now? >> the strengthening has occurred over the last several years even prior to the russian annexation of crimea in tweant. the financial crisis in 2008 when

amna nawaz talks with one of the members of team u.s.a.>> nawaz: judy, nick baumgartner has not only won a gold medal, but he did it as the oldest american athlete to compete at the beijing games. he clinched gold in the mixed snowboard cross last weekend, along with his 36-year-old teammate lindsey jacobellis. that came just days after a disappointing elimination in the men's individual snowboard cross. this was baumgarnter's fourth winter olympics, and his first olympic medal. nick baumgartner joins me now. nick, welcome to the "newshour". first and foremost, congratulations. show us the bling. i know you've got it close by. >> yeah, absolutely. unbelievable. it's just so amazing and i'm honored to be able to bring this back here. s. >> it's a thing of beauty and i want to ask you about your journey in just a second. nick, in that moment, you watched lindsey cross the finishline and you knew you had finally won that gold medal in that moment. what did it feel like? >> well, that moment i think was sweeter than it ever could have been, be

amna nawaz has a conversation with an author about how she grappled with this very question. >> nawaz of george floyd, black americans have considered moving abroad and some have done so - emigrating to counies around the world. tiffanie drayton has had her own experience, one she documents in her new memoir, "black american refugee." and she joins me now. tiffanie drayton, welcome to the "newshour". thanks for joining us. i want to get to all the details in your book and the the whole story, but i want to ask you first about the title because the use of the word "refugee" for a lot of americans conjures a very specific story and i'm curious why you chose that word. >> i think the word "refugee" evokes the sense someone is running away from violence, trying to escape desperate circumstances, and that's precisely what my life had come to at that moment when i decided i could no longer stay here. as a black woman who has fought her way through dealing with poverty, violence, being in neighborhoods and environments that are constantly under policing that you watch claim the lives of peop

as amna nawaz tells us, some public health experts and parents are concerned those decisions are beingtoo quickly, without clear metrics for doing so. >> nawaz: judy, massachusetts is one of those states. governor charlie baker spoke today about the decision to lift mask mandates for k-12 schools there on february 28. >> given the extremely low risk for young people, the widespread availability and the proven effectiveness of vaccines, and the distribution of accurate test protocols and tests, it's time to give our kids a sense of normalcy and lift the mask mandate on a statewide basis for schools. covid, like many other respiratory diseases that we're familiar with, will be with us for the foreseeable future. >> nawaz: as we heard earlier, c.d.c. director dr. rochelle walensky said some of these moves are happening too quickly. let's hear more from that perspective. mercedes carnethon is vice chair of the department of preventive medicine and a professor of epidemiology, pulmonary and critical care at northwestern university feinberg school of medicine. she joins me now. professor, we

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