the corporation for public broadcasting.nd contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again, from washington, here is our moderator. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." after a year of hearings behind closed doors, the january 6 committee publicly laid out its key findings for the first time. the primetime hearing featured new details and graphic new video of the violent from that day. , including never before seen clips of the inner circle testifying that they tried to prevent the president from spreading lies about the election. the violence was not spontaneous. it was a month-long conspiracy by former president trump and his allies. they wanted to subvert the constitution and unlawfully remain in power. >> january 6 was the culmination an attempted coup, a brazen attempt to overthrow the government. the violence was no accident. it was mr. trump's last stand to halt the transfer of power. yamiche: liz cheney, who is one of only two republicans on the committee, said thi

the corporation for public broadcasting. d by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington, moderator yummy shall's indoor. >> good evening and welcome to washington week. across the country, shock and frustration since the massacre at buffalo three weeks ago, there have been more mass shootings than there have been days. since may 14, there have been at least 37 mass shootings in this country. that is according to the nonprofit gun violence ahived. one was on wednesday. a gunman walked into a medical building and allegedly killed four people and himself. in uvalde, funerals have begun for the 21 students and teachers shot to death at robb elementary school last week. in a primetime, president biden addressed the nation. >> after columbine, after sandy hook, after charleston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkland, nothing has been done. this time, that can't be true. we must actually do something for god sake. how much more carnage aree willing to accept? how many mor

." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. we begin with today's headlines... and the second gathering of the student led march for our lives rally. thousands in cities across the country gathered to demand action on gun control. in the nation's capital, speakers urged the crowd to keep up pressure on lawmakers to pass new legislation, and not allow recent mass shootings in uvalde and buffalo to fade from public attention. among the speakers, raymond whitfield, whose mother was killed in the buffalo grocery store mass shooting. raymond: and yes, this time, this mom happens to be mine. but what of the next time? and, rest assured, there will be a next time. ten days later, from texas to tulsa, or just another weekend on a chicago west or se, souid countless others that we've all lost count ohave died. when will enough be enough for decent, law abiding americans to muster the courage to stand up and demand that our public servants begin to reflect what the greater po

. ♪ ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionsur pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening. it'good to be with you. we start with the day's headnes, and news of an ethnic killing in ethiopia that has claimed the lives of more than 0 people, one of the deadliest mass killings in the east african nation. most of the dead are of the ahm-hara people, the country's second-largest ethnic group. witnesses say a rebel group, the oromo liberation army, perpetrated the attack in the oromia region. the group denies responsibility. fighting in ethiopia, fueled by ethnic divisions, has been ongoing for years. back he in the u.s., treasury secretary janet yellen says she expects an economic slowdown is coming, but not necessarily a recession. sec. yellen: i expect the economy to slow. it's been growing at a very rapid rate, as the economy, as the labor market, has recovere and we have reached full employment. i don't think a recession is inevitable. geoff: on wednesday, the federal reserve approved the largest interest r

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." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tostation from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening. we begin tonight with the day's headlines, and the news many parents have been waiting for -- the authorization for covid-19 vaccinations for children as young as six months. the cdc gave its final signoff today for children under five, clearing the way for vaccinations to begin next week. infants, toddlers and preschoolers were the only remaining group without approval to take the shots. yesterday, the fda authorized the vaccinations as safe. in ukraine, presidt volodymyr zelenskyy has paid a rare visit to troops on the front lines in the southern port city of mykolaiv. he surveyed damage and toured a hospital. ukrainian forces there are trying to hold off russian advances westward toward odesa. but, much of the ground combat remains concentrated in the east. ukrainian officials warn that russia is sending a large number of reserves to severodonetsk in order to gain full control. neighboring gions remain under relentless a

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this program was made possible for the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. judy: new inflation numbers are out tonight and show the pain has not but is still getting worse. the u.s. labor department reports consumer prices rose .6% in may compared with -- 8.6% in may compared to a year ago, marking the biggest increase in 40 years. president biden focused on inflation and acknowledged the problem is still not under control. >> i understand americans are anxious for good reason. the price of gasoline rose precipitously and it was a discussion at the table. my administration will do everything we can to lower the prices of the american people. congress has to act. judy: inflation news landed with the thought on wall street. 2.7% to close at 31,392. the nasdaq fell 414 points as 3.5%. the s&p 500 dropped nearly 3%. the indexes were down 4.5%o 5.5%. let's look at the impact of the rising pces and what it means for the finances of working households. michelle is a personal finance columnist for the washington post and joins m

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. >> this program made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the long wait is over for families wishing to vaccinate their youngest children against covid-19. starting today kids from six months to five years old were able to receive a child sized dose of the moderna for pfizer vaccine in a few locations. shots are expected to ramp up after the juneteenth national holiday. white house responder encouraged parents to get children vaccinated. >> we are lucky to have two choices, both exceingly safe and effective. if there are nuanced differences, you can talk to yo pediatrician about that, t we have two good choices. judy: child vaccinations have been slow compared to older populations. less than 1/3 of children aged five to 11 were vaccinated since given the green light last november. president biden says he hopes to make a decision on whether to pause the national gas act by the end of this week, which could save consumers as much as $.18 a gallon. his administration is looking to curb soaring i

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtion by viewers like you. thank you. >> the food and drug administration today authorized the first covid-19 vaccines for children under five. the move would allow toddlers and infants as young as six months old to receive small doses. the commissioner said those shots will help save lives. >> any death of a child is tragic and should be prevented if possible. covid-19 is one of the leading causes of death in children. vaccinating our youngest children will help to prevent the most devastating consequences of covid by providing benefits to their families and communities. >> the cdc is expected to make its final decision this weekend. if approved, child vaccinations could begin as early as next week. a third victim in a church shooting in a suburb in birmingham has died. the suspect was a 71 euro man who occasionally attended services at the abyss cripple church. he was taken into custody after he opened fire with a handgun during a public dinner. the federal reserve today doubled down

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and for yr contributions to your pbs station. >> it's a tectonic shift on abortion rights. the u-s supreme court today remade the legal landscape, throwing out the precedent laid down 50 years ago in "roe versus wade." we'll be dedicating most of tonight's program to the decision and the praise and protest that it touched off. john yang begins our coverage. >> outside the supreme court, jubilation and celebration for some >> "our body, our choice" >> for others, rage coupled with resolve >> "bye roe, bye roe, bye roe" >> today's decision has been much anticipated since early may when justice samuel alito's draft opinion was leaked >> "rise up, rise up" >> the court's ruling, ends the constitutional right to an abortion a right that had been the law of the land for nearly 50 years. alito wrote the majority opinion, joined by justices clarence thomas, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett. the liberal justices stephen breyer, sonia sotomayor and elena kagan dissented. chief justice john roberts did n

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions toour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: for the fourth time this month, the congressional committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol presented evidence of the relentless effort from former president trump and his allies to throw out the results of the 2020 election. the focus of today's hearing was the pressure former president trump exerted on state legislators and statend local election officials. because of the former president's repeated lies, congressman adam schiff said election workers facedets for simply doing their job. >> the president's life was and is a dangerous cancer on the body politic. if you can convince americans that they cannot trust their own elections, then any time they lose, it is somehow illegitimate, then what is left but violence to determine who should govern? judy: witnesses shared story after story about how the sustained intimidation has completely upended their lives. >> at home of till even -- up till even recently

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to yourrom viewers like you. thank you. ♪ judy: democrats and the house of representatives are passing a series of measures tonight to toughen gun laws, including raising the minimum age to 21 to buy most semiautomatic rifles, and banning high-capacity magazines. but the house bill is not expected to pass in the senate. lawmakers are working on a narrower bill. before the votes this evening, much of the day's focus was on personal testimony given on capitol hill. we have this report. >> i don't know what to do. >> is negotiations on gun legislation continues on capitol hill, lawmakers on the house oversight committee heard wrenching testimony from those affected by recent mass shootings. a fourth grader who survived the shooting at robb elementary in uvalde, texas recalled the horror she witnessed. >> he shot my friend next to me. i thought he was going to come back to the room, so i grabbed some blood and put it all over me. >> do you feel safe at school? why not? >> because i don't want it

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and i contributionsur pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: gun violence ripped through multiple communities this weekend, which saw more than 10 mass shootings since friday. officials in philadelphia moved to charge at least two people in a gunfight that left three dead and at least 11 injured. meanwhile, police from chattanooga, tennessee to phoenix, arizona to omaha, nebraska investigated fatal shootings. these all follow massacres in buffalo, new york and uvalde, texas in recent weeks. we'll return to the battles over gun access and safety, after the news summary. british prime minister boris johnson survived a no-confidence vote this evening, forced by dissidents in his own ranks. almost 60% of coervative party lawmakers backed johnson. that's more than the majority he needed, but still leaves him weakened. the prime minister faced scrutiny over office parties during strict covid lockdowns. we'll get take a closer look later in the program. in ukraine, russian forces continued with the

with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingntributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>, m and for stephanie with newshour west. we will return to the program after the latest headlines. twin funerals in uvalde, texas for a woman who tried to protect her students and husband who died two days later from a fatal heart attack. the mourn as their final respects, one of two teachers killed by a gunman and her husband joe. the school district police chief denied he'd stop cooperating with state authorities. they are investigating his decision to delay officers going in after the gunman. the looping this evening, a mass shooting at a medical facility in tulsa, oklahoma. five deaths, including the shooter on the st. francis hospital campus. police have not released an identity or motive. a grand jury has formally charged an 18-year-old white suspect in the fatal shooting of 10 people, all black, and a rampage fueled by racism. the charges range from domestic terrorism mode divided by hate to first-degree murder

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the federal reserve ramped up efforts to fight inflation with a notable interest rate hike today. officials voted to raise the benchmark rate by three quarters of a point, higher than expected a week ago. reserve chair jay powell acknowledged the ongoing series of hikes meant to tamp down inflation might also slow growth later this year. he fed projected unemployment would rise to 4% by 2024. paul solman reports on the fed's plan to get more aggressive. paul: today's interest rate boost, the most rheumatic's 1994. >> inflation again is priced to the upde. some indicators of inflation expectations have risen and projections this year have moved up notably. we thought strong action was warranted. paul: it's to combat inflation americans have not seen take off, on 40 years. rent through the roof, the price of eggs up 42%, unaffordable use minivans, and filling up for the trip to the store you can no longer afford, up 50% from last year. i

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west. we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. kids from six months to five years old are now able to receive a child-size dose of the moderna or pfizer vaccine. white house covid response coordinator dr. ashish jha encouraged parents to get their children vaccinated. >> we're lucky to have two choices. they're both exceedingly safe. they are both effective. but we've got two good choices . stephanie: less than a third of children ages 5 to 11 have been vaccinated since they were given the green light last november. president biden said today that he hopes to make a decision on whether to pause the federal gas tax by the end of this week. the move could save consumers as much as $.18 a gallon. meanwhile, california lawmakers say they will launch an investigation into gas price gouging. the golden state's average price per gallon is currently $6.40, the highest in the nation. rep

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: we will return to the full program after the latest headlines. funerals have begun in uvalde, texas, one week after a gunman killed 19 children, two teachers at an elementary school. two 10-year-old victims were remembered today in the first of 11 services this week. meanwhile, state police said a teacher had closed a door that the gunman ultimately used get inside, but the door did not lock. we'll return to this later in the program. a special counsel probe suffered interconnections between russia and the trump campaign suffered a blow today in its first courtroom test. attorney michael sussman was acquitted of lying to the fbi. he had been accused of concealing ties to hillary clinton's 2016 presidential bid. he reported possible links between the trump business organization and the russian bank. after the verdict, while leaving the courthouse in washington, sussman claimed vindication. >> i told the truth to the fbi, and the jury

. ♪ >> this program was possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. nick: from anger and anguish, to celebration and gratitude. the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade shook national politics, and sparked a national response that's playing out in cities and states across the country. as of today, abortion is now illegal 8 states that had so-called trigger laws in place for this very moment. 5 more states will ban abortion within weeks. and already today, courts have blocked bans from going into effect in several other states. our latest pbs newshour-npr-marist poll reveals how americans are reacting, and we turn to lisa desjardins to walk us through it. lisa, welcome. how are americans feeling about this decision? lisa: this is something we wanted to look at. i want to start with an unusual spot, which is the experience americans have, how familiar are they with abortion in their lives? we asked abortion -- americans whether they or anyone they know have had an abortion. 66% of people who answered

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this program was made possible the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the nato summit is underway in madrid, an alliance leaders have granted russia is the biggest threat to its peace and security. they also pledged more aid to ukraine as ukrainian president zelenskyy appealed via video link for membership. >> russia needs to be isolated. is it a coincidence that all allies in the east, all of our neighbors are in favor of ukraine's membership in nato? no. this is not a coincidence. judy: we will take a closer look at the nato summit after the news summary. two more people have died in the latest texas migrant smuggling tragedy. that announcement today raised the toll to 53 fatalities out of 67 people, found in a sweltering abandoned truck in san antonio on monday. mexican officials say the truck driver pretended to be one of the survivors in a bid to get away. wed aveten ueme court aytexas over his claimod t thatn pits in iraq cost him his job as a state trooper. leroy torres says he was exposed to to

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionsyour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the congressional committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol held its third public hearing this afternoon. the focus was on the re of former vice president mike pence during the counting of the electoral college votes, and the public campaign, led by former president trump and his allies, to pressure pence to throw out the results. while much of hearing established the facts of january 6th and the days leading up to it, retired judge michael luttig, who had advised pence, testified about the very real threat he says still exists. >> almost two years after that fateful day, in january, 2021, that still, donald trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to american democracy. judy: the committee's chairman, democrat bennie thompson, explained how pence understood his role on january 6th, his efforts to withstand the pressure, and the potential danger he faced. >> donald trump wanted mik

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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: it is good to be with you. president biden will speak to the nation in primetime tonight, urging congress to take action on gun violence. in recent days, mass shootings, killing or injuring four or more people, have traumatized communities from new york to texas to oklahoma. the latest, in tulsa, left four people dead. it was the 20th such attack just since the massacre at a school in uvalde, texas last week. amna nawaz has the latest on the tragedy in tulsa. amna: yesterday afternoon, tulsa, oklahoma became the site of the 233rd mass shooting in the u.s. so far this year. this time, the target was a medical building on the campus of saint francis hospital. today, authorities identified the gunman as 45-year-old michael louis of muskogee, saying he was armed with an ar-15 style rifle and a semi-automatic handgun. louis shot and killed two doctors, a receptionist, and patient, before shooting himself. authorities said the gunman lega

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. vanessa: i'm vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy with newshour west. earlier this evening, president biden addressed the nation on gun violence. he urged congress to act quickly on gun control measures. the president emphasized that the second amendment is not absolute. he said it was unconscionable that senate republicans would not bring gun your proposals up for a vote -- measure proposals afraid of -- measure up for a vote. pres. biden: this past memorial day, as we entered those hollow grounds we saw a rose rows of crosses. honoring those who paid the ultimate price on battlefields around the world. the day before, we visited uvalde, texas. in front of robb elementary school, we stood before 21 crosses, for 19 third and fourth graders and two teachers. on each cross, a name. and nearby, a photo of each victim that jill and i reached out to touch. innocent victims murdered in a classroom that had been turned into a killing field. standing

." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. thank you. vanessa: i'm vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy, with "newshour west." we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. the u.s. job market is still going strong, despite higher prices and interest rates. that's the upshot of the may employment numbers. the labor department reports employers added a net 390,000 jobs last month. at the same time, the unemployment rate remained steady at 3.6%. president biden welcomed the news but he also acknowledged that the job gains were the smallest in a year. pres. biden: as we move to a new period of stable, steady growth, we should expect to see more moderation. we aren't likely to see the kind of blockbuster job reports month after month like we had this past year, but that's a good thing. that's a sign of a healthy economy. vanessa: there's another disclosure in the texas school massacre of 19 children and 2 teachers. reports today say pete arredondo, the schools' police commander, did not h

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: wall street has gone into meltdown mode tonight over fears of inlation and the possibility that higher interest rates are imminent. the dow jones industrial average lost 876 points today to close at 30,5, nearly 3%. the nasdaq fell 4.7%. and the s&p 500 dropped nearly 4%. it is now officially in a bear market, down me than 20% from its hi in january. the sell-off has been broad. all three major indexes have finished lower nearly every week since mid-march. and crypto-currencies have lost nearly $2 trillion of their value since november. some insights and perspective on all of this now from economist julia coronado. she's the founder of her own firm for economic analysis and a former economist for the fed. welcome back to the newshour. telus, what are the forces driving this plunge? julia: the catalyst really came on friday. we got higher than expected inflation readings, again. one of the major gauges the fed watches of consumers infla

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionso your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the congressional committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol today held a quickly scheduled hearing, its sixth this month, to present new and "urgent" evidence about what former president donald trump knew and said before, during and after the insurrection. cassidy hutchinson, a former aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows presented the most compelling and detailed account yet of the actions of the former president's inner circle. and she shared her reaction as she watched the events of january 6. >> i remember feeling frustrated, did it it really it felt personal. i was really sad. as an american, i was disgusted. it was unpatriotic. it was unamerican. we were watching capitol building get defaced over a lie. judy: today was the first time she publicly appeared before the committee, but she has spoken several time from behind closed doors. in video from those depositions, hutchinson explained

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour west." we'll return to the full program after the latest headlines. a late development this evening in the investigation into the january 6 attack on the capitol. the house committee leading the inquiry has subpoenaed former white house counsel pat cipollone. this comes a day after witness cassidy hutchinson testified that cipollone warned then-president trump that if he went to the capitol with his supporters, he'd be criminally liable. while cipollone gave an informal interview in april, he has refused to provide on-the record testimony. we will have more about the hearings later in the program. the nato summit is underway in madrid tonht, and alliance leaders have branded russia as the biggest threat to its peace and security. they also pledged more aid to ukraine, as ukrainian president zelensky appealed, via video link, for membership. pres. zelenskyy: russia needs to be isolated. is it a coinc

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 federal reserve ramped up its efforts to fight inflation with a notable interest rate hike today. officials voted to raise the fed's benchmark rate by three-quarters of a point. that is a jump higher than expected just a week ago. federal reserve chair jay powell acknowledged that the ongoing series of hikes meant to tamp down inflation might also slow growth later this year. and the fed projected unemployment would rise to 4% by 2024. our economics correspondent, paul solman, reports on the fed's plan to get more aggressive. paul: today's interest rate boost of three-quarters of a percent, the fed's most dramatic since 1994. chair powell: contrary to expectations, inflation again surprised to the upside. indicators -- some indicators of inflation expectations have risen. and projections of this year have moved up notably. so we thought that strong action was warranted at this meeting. and, today, we delivered that. paul: it's to

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: it is good to be with you. the nation is coming to grips with a new reality today. roe v. wade is no longer the law of the land after the us supreme court reversed the landmark ruling that legalized abortion. [chanting] geoff: from coast-to-coast americans taking to the streets. in phoenix a protest involving thousands of people in support of abortion rights at the arizona capital came to an end, law enforcement using tearas to scatter the crowd. >> my body. my choice. geoff: demonstrators mostly opposing the rolling return to the icenter today outside the supreme court. president biden criticized the court for making what he called terrible decisions. pres. biden: i know how painful and devastating the decision is for many americans. geoff: conservative lebrate what they see as a victo 50 years in the making. almost half of the states are expected to outlaw or severely restrict abortion as a result of the supreme's decision. in oklahoma

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourm viewers like you. thank you. judy: president biden is calling on congress to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax. the president told reporters today that he knows the proposal is not a permanent solution to rising prices at the pump. pres. biden: i fully understand that a gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem. but it will provide families some immediate relief, just a little bit of breathing room as we continue working to bring down prices for the long haul. judy: white house correspondent laura barron-lopez has been reporting on the president's proposal, and joins me now to discuss. hello, laura. tell us what is the effect of this proposal expected to be and how is it you received? laura: this would go into effect for three months if congress ultimately decides to pass it. that is the big if right now. currently the federal gas tax is about $.18. the federal diesel tax is roughly $.24. so they have not been touched since 1983. they have not been increased at all.

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