john yang has our report. john: the april 2013 attack stunned the nation.tonated near the finish line of the boston marathon, killing three spectators. one of them eight years old. more than 260 others were injured. 16 of them lost legs including a seven-year-old girl. >> if you see these men, contact law enforcement. but of john: before of nine date -- five day manhunt ended, one of the suspects were dead. his brother was captured. after a month-long federal court trial, a jury convicted him on 30 counts and sentenced him to death. last year and appeals court throughout the penalty although not the convictions saying the trial judge made two mistakes. first the appeals court said the judge would not let defense lawyers asked drawers if they have been influenced by pretrial publicity. >> we felt strongly the case should not be tried in boston. john: the federal public defender was on the trial defense team but is not involved in his appeal. >> it was not just the media coverage but it was the way the event permeated the entire city. it many people were expo

for the pbnewshour, i'm john yang in clewiston, florida. >> woodruff: so concerning. that report. and with the flu season coming, many people have wondered about getting the flu shot at the same time as a covid vaccine or booster shot. you can find answers to some of your covid questions on our instagram page, @newshour. and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay safe, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> the rules of business are being reinvented, with a more flexible workforce, by embracing innovation, by looking not only at current opportunities, but ahead to future ones. >> people who know, know b.d.o. >> for 25 years,onsumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. we offer a variety of no-contract plans, and our u.s.-based customer service team can help find one that fits you. to learn more, visit www.consumercellular.tv. >> fidelity wealth

john yang went to west lafayette, indiana to found out. : the world famous buildings of the great kyle's, some less famous beetles, and the glaciers that. the globe. their common color white keeps them all from heating up. white absorbs the least amount of heat. >> to solvthese equations -- john: it is the color that this mechanical engineering professor thought cod help with climate change. he and several of histudents spent years on a quest to invent a type of white paint that could cool the planet. >> you only need to paint less than 1% of the earth's surface, roofs, roads, cars. we should be able to reverse global warming and bring the temperature back to where we wanted to be. john: commercial white paint is used in hotter climates because it reflects 80% to 90% of sunlight, which keeps surfaces from getting hot, but he wanted to take it a step further and figure out something that would cool surfaces. >> what our paint does, it reflects as highs 98.1% of sunlight. it only absorbs 1% of sunlight, almost no light or heat from the sun. c

john yang has more. hn: the supreme court began with similar the records chief justice john roberts. >> i have the honor to announce on behalf court that the october 2020 term of the supreme court of the united states is now closed. and the octer 2021 term is now convened. >> not much else seemed the same as when they were flays the courtroom in 2020 the case is set where this term could be one of the most contentious in many years. marcia coyle for the national law journal was one of the two dozen or so reporters back in the courtroom this morning and she is back in the studio now. what was i like this morning? >> john, it was normal and abnormal. it was normal in the fact that there wereustice actually ton benching and they were hearing oral arguments but it was abnormal, first day at that times supreme court, you usually have a court building that's full of tourists on the lower level. lines of people who are waiting to get seats in the courtroom. lines of lawyers and suits waiting to be sworn into the

as john yang reports in new york and other cities around the country, some of the loudest oppositionnged to police union officials. carrying signs that read my body, my choice and no vaccine mandate, thousands of people including new york police and firefighters marched across the brooklyn bridge this week to protest the city's directive. >> today is a day in which we come up the workers of this great city, stand up to unreasonable mandates. >> the mandate is one of the most aggressive in the nation. mayor phil de blasio. >> as a city worker, you need to be vaccinated. we are here to keep you safe so you can keep everyone else safe. we need you to keep everyone around you in the workplace safe. we need to make sure the people you encounter, the residents of the city are safe. >> most new york city municipal workers are getting vaccinated, with the pace picking up as today's deadline neared. today officials said 71% of fire department workers and 80% of police employees have gotten at least one dose. but the city's biggest police union continues to resist and is in court trying to blo

october 15 or go on unpaid leave. >> keep fighting this mandate and this dictatorship. >> yang: police union president johnial media to urge disobedience. >> do not comply with any direct order to fill out the portal, period. it is illegal. they cannot do it. >> yang: by the deadline, almost a third of the city's more than 12,000 officers had not complied. >> for the first time in my 21-year career, i disobeyed a direct order. this is very stressful for these officers, for myself. and you know, it seems that city doesn't care. >> yang: but as union protestors gathered at city hall this week, the city is giving most of them another chance. only 27 officers have been placed on unpaid leave. the union president warns of the possibility of scores of police off the job. >> i don't know how the mayor in good conscience can force this to go forward and risk sending half the police department home and subjecting the citizens of this city to that. >> yang: catanzara says the >> yang: catanzara says the issue isn't vaccines, it's what job requirements should be determined by negotiations. that puts officers in the m

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in west lafayette, indiana. >> woodruff: colin powell, the firstairman of the joint chiefs of staff and first black secretary of state died today from complications of covid, but his family says he also suffered from multiple myeloma, which compromised his immune system. nick schifrin has this look back at his life and career. >> schifrin: as statesman-- >> we will defend our interests from a position of strength. >> schifrin: and soldier-- >> our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple. first we'll cut it off. then we'll kill it. >> schifrin: colin powell, first generation american, became one of the country's most popular public figures, and an american success story. >> we have moved from denying a black man service at a lunch counter to elevating one to the highest military office in the nation and to being a serious contender for the presidency. this is a gnificent country, and i am proud to be one of its sons. >> schifrin: he was the son of jamaican immigrants and grew up in hunt's point, a diverse neighborhood in the bronx. his 3

john yang has more. >> yang: judy, the supreme court term began this morning with familiar words fromustice john roberts. >> i have the honor to announce, on behalf of the court, that the october 2020 term of the supreme court of the united states is now closed. and the october 2021 term is now convened. >> yang: but even though the justices, most of them, at least, were back in-person, not much else seemed the same as when they were lt in thecooo m 2 and the cases set for argument this term could make it one of the most contentious in many years. marcia coyle, chief washington correspondent for the "national law journal," was one of the two dozen of so reporters in the courtroom this morning. she is back in the studio now. >> yes. marcia, what was it like this morning? >> you know, john, it was normal and it was abnormal. was normal in the fact that there are were justices actually on the bench and they were hearing oral arguments. but it was abnormal, first days at the supreme court you usually have a court building that's full of tourists on the lower level, lines of people who are

john yang traveled to benton harbor, where the water is undrinkable and residents' anger is at a boilingjohn: for the people of benton harbor, michigan, a new morning routine. to make a pot of coffee or brush their teeth, they need to get their hands on bottled water. earlier this month, state officials told them not to drink or cook with tap water because of high levels of lead. so the state health department is delivering truckloads of bottled water to this small city on the shores of lake michigan. cherita bynum and her 2-year-old granddaughter kinslie got into line an hour-and-a-half before distribution started. >> i never imagined it. i didn't think it was this serious, but it is. >> it smelled real funny. sometimes, it will just come out brown. john: benton harbor native carmela patton grew up drinking the tap water. but, a few years ago, she began to sense that something wasn't right. carmela: a couple times, i done got out of the tub, out of the shower, i itched real bad, like constant itches. john: last year, patton had her water tested and found it contained over 100 parts per

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: president biden has rejected a second attempt by former president trump to invoke executive privilege in a probe of the u.s. capitol assault. a select committee of the u.s. house of representatives sought documents on the january 6 attack. the president already blocked mr. trump's initial attempt to invoke executive privilege. and on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 15 points to close at 35,756-- another record. the nasdaq rose nine points. the s&p 500 added eight, also closing at a new high. still to come on the newshour: what's at stake for families, as democrats weigh dropping family leave from the president's spending bill. congress takes social media giants to task over how their platforms impact the mental health and privacy of children and teens. one afghan woman's emotional journey, from escaping the liban, to resettling in rural america. and, much more. >> woodruff: as we reported, democrats are trying to whittle down the price tag of their social spending bill, and among the ideas that could be cut is a

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in benton harbor, michigan. >> woodruff: democrats are nearing yetimposed deadline for a deal on president biden's "build back better" agenda, this one at the end of the week. to analyze this make or break week, i'm joined by amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter. and tamara keith of npr. hello to both of you, it is politics monday. so amy, let's talk about this build back better, i remember asking the two of you about this, i remember tam, saying as i asked her about this, i will not forget thalook. >> but there does seem to be as lisa desjardins was reporting earlier in the program some movement of forces at play. >> you have so many forces at play. you have congressional democrats who are wore he-- worried about a real deadline at the end of the month with transportation fundinrunning out. you have the president who is looking at wanting to go overseas with a victory especially on something like climate change. and you have the governor race in virginia with the democrat saying i need to have some momentum so that democrats in my

john yang cut the hot lines in august and protest and military drills so conducted with united states . the move could be seen as a possible shift towards reconciliation between north and south korea, which are technically still at war. the chinese government is trying to encourage people to have more children, but unmarried women are denied access to reproductive services. that could change though, as a landmark court case is challenging the law that limits fertility treatment to married couples. katrina, you reports from beijing and i got a hug when to recess. you asked debating hospital to help freeze her eggs to later enable her to have a child as a single parent. she was turned away. as an unmarried woman, she is denied reproductive services in china. in 2019, she thought a lawsuit to change the law, and her case has been heard in court. but i should hear you hyphen euro is equilla . i don't have much time to waste. i'm an ordinary single woman under these past 3 years were very important to him. now. if i win, i hope i can help other women to save yourself their lives in the fut

john yang has our conversation. >> yang: judy, in may, the fund alden global capital bought "tribune publishing," the media group whose roots stretch back to the 1840s and whose properties include the "chicago tribune", "baltimore sun" and the "new york daily news." the $633 million sale made alden the nation's second-largest newspaper owner in terms of circulation, with more than 200 newspapers. a look at alden global capital is on the cover story of the latest issue of "the atlantic," which is currently available on- line. staff writer mckay coppins reported and wrote story and joins us now. thanks so much for being with us. mckay, first of all, let's start with the basics: who or what is alden global capital? and what have they been doing with all these newspapers that they own? >> yeah, alden is a hedge fund that many people in the financial world would consider a vulture hedge fund, which is to say their model focuses on distressed assets-- businesses that are struggling in some way. in the case of the newspaper business, alden, around the tail end of the great recession, began

as john yang reports, benton harbor has been detecting elevated levels of lead in its water supply for. john: today, gretchen whitmer signed an executive directive pledging all available state resources to address this issue as quickly as possible. the lieutenant governor, garland gilchrist, made the announcement in benton harbor. >> every person in the state of michigan deserves access to clean and safe drinking water and every community deserves leadfree pipes. so we are committed to doing everything that we can to ensure that every parent in benton harbor can give their child a glass of water with confidence. john: he said the state would replace all the city's lead pipes within 18 months and until that is done, the state will deliver 20 truckloads of bottled water every week. according to state health data, high levels of lead were first detected in the cities tour drinking water in 2018 or -- and every year since, the level of lead has gone up. reverend, thank you so much for joining us. you have been calling for this emergency directive for a a while now. for a while now, you hav

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for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang.sa: also today, president biden has rejected a second attempt by former president trump to invoke executive privilege in a probe of the u-s -- u.s. capitol assault. select committee of the u.s. house of representatives sought documents on the january 6 attack. the president already blocked mr. trump's initial attempt to invoke executive privilege. and in hockey, an investigation into sexual assault allegations has rocked the chicago blackhawks. an unidentified player claimed in a lawsuit filed in may that an assistant coach sexually assaulted him in 2010, soon after the blackhawks made the stanley cup final. general manager stan bowman resigned in the wake of an indepentent report released today, and the nhl fined the team $2 million dollars for an "insufficient and untimely response" to the allegations. still to come on the "newshour," what is at stake for families as democrats weigh dropping family leave from the president's spending bill. congress takes social media giants to task o

a few weeks ago, i leave it was john had andrew yang on the show to talk about the forward party havingi believe the party is based around having the best things from the republican party and the best things from the democrat party and bringing them together to create this new party. do you see that getting any traction? let me just say one thing, a john kasich-joe lieberman ticket or vice versa is a ticket i would definitely support. guest: thank you. that would be an honor. i think my running days are over, but that's kind of you to say. maybe not surprisingly, i admire andrew yang and generally admire him. i give him a lot of credit for trying to do what he's doing by creating a new party, a new party, forward party. and doing exactly what i and a lot of other democrats and republicans, but not as many as in the old days, tried to do, which is if you are a member of a political party, you have an obligation to do what is right. if your party is asking you to do something you don't believe is good for the country or your constituents, then you have a responsibility not to go with it.

a few weeks ago, i leave it was john had andrew yang on the show to talk about the forward party havinge party is based around having the best things from the republican party and the best things from the democrat party and bringing them together to create this new party. do you see that getting any traction? let me just say one thing, a john kasich-joe lieberman ticket or vice versa is a ticket i would definitely support. guest: thank you. that would be an honor. i think my running days are over, but that's kind of you to say. maybe not surprisingly, i admire andrew yang and generally admire him. i give him a lot of credit for trying to do what he's doing by creating a new party, a new party, forward party. and doing exactly what i and a lot of other democrats and republicans, but not as many as in the old days, tried to do, which is if you are a member of a political party, you have an obligation to do what is right. if your party is asking you to do something you don't believe is good for the country or your constituents, then you have a responsibility not to go with it. the average

john. caller: good morning, c-span. good morning morning, pedro, mr. yang. i wanted to hear your thoughts on, instead of creating a new party -- because you start a new party and some of the same issues -- you know, everyone is with a party until their party is against something they personally are not in grants with, and then they are stuck with party. instead of starting a new party, what are your thoughts on an alliance of congressmen that will agree to disband the party system altogether? so, you know, you ban allegiance between incumbent congressman that, you know, once they are elected in office they will agree to disband the party system and just have no parties? because the system we are in now, people just vote up and down party lines. there is no reason in even campaigning on policies, because people are going to vote on party lines. host: ok, john. guest: this is a fun and fascinating argument. i like it. first, the ford party's intervals are very broad. one of them is grace and tolerance, itches, again, we love our fellow americans. what we are u

john. caller: good morning, c-span. good morning morning, pedro, mr. yang.to hear your thoughts on, instead of creating a new party -- because you start a new party and some of the same issues -- you know, everyone is with a party until their party is against something they personally are not in grants with, and then they are stuck with party. instead of starting a new party, what are your thoughts on an alliance of congressmen that will agree to disband the party system altogether? so, you know, you ban allegiance between incumbent congressman that, you know, once they are elected in office they will agree to disband the party system and just have no parties? because the system we are in now, people just vote up and down party lines. there is no reason in even campaigning on policies, because people are going to vote on party lines. host: ok, john. guest: this is a fun and fascinating argument. i like it. first, the ford party's intervals are very broad. one of them is grace and tolerance, itches, again, we love our fellow americans. what we are upset about

john lonski, joanie bily, steve moore and james freeman. great show. have a wonderful weekend, everybody, and thanks so much for joining me. that'll do it for us, i will andrew yang. "varney and company" begins right now. ashley webster in for stuart varney. take away. ashley: i and ashley webster in for stuart varney. the senate has approved a short-term deal to lift the debt ceiling is a pushes off worries of the default, only a temporary band-aid until december and then there is the labor market only adding 194,000 jobs, a big miss, the lowest monthly totals this year. futures initially dropping on the news, now pushing positive. the nasdaq up half of one%. 30 minutes from now labor secretary marty walsh will join us to react to the jobs report, a first on foxbusiness interview. sue talks about the vaccine mandate that will be in place in los angeles county. you must show your vaccine card if you want to eat, drink, exercise indoors, go to a sporting event or shopping mall. the county sheriff said he won't and force that mandate as we will get into that. tesla saying goodbye to california, elon musk moving to austin, texas. this move does not come as a big sur

john lonski, joanie bily, steve moore and james freeman. great show. have a wonderful weekend, everybody, and thanks so much for joining me. that'll do it for us, i will andrew yange senate has approved a short-term deal to lift the debt ceiling is a pushes off worries of the default, only a temporary band-aid until december and then there is the labor market only adding 194,000 jobs, a big miss, the