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i'm john yang.ey, they are counting the votes from today's election to see if president recep tayyip erdogan will extend his two decade hold on power. the state run news agency indicates erdogan may be headed for a runoff in two weeks. the election, with a unified opposition, represents the greatest political challenge yet to erdogan's increasingly authoritarian rule. challenger kemal kilicdaroglu narrowly led erdogan in pre-election surveys. he's a retired civil servant and ran on a promise of restoring democracy, which erdogan has eroded. some turkish voters went to the polls in the mood for change. murat: for me this feels like a parting of ways. i don't know how to describe it. i can't think of a more important election. john: while we await the final vote count, we turn to soner cagaptay, who's head of the turkish research program at the washington institute for near east policy. his most recent book is a sultan in autumn: erdogan faces turkey's uncontainable forces. to use your terms, what are

i'm john yang.t the bargaining is done, the sales job has begun -- today, leaders in both parties began briefing lawmakers on the deal that president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy reached last night to raise the debt ceiling and limit new spending. if congress passes it by june 5, it will avert a potentially calamitous national default. here's what we know about the contours of the tentative deal. it would extend the nation's debt limit until 2025, after the 2024 elections. implement spending caps. mostly maintain spending on defense and veterans' health care. and expand work requirements for some adults receiving food stamps. at the capitol today, speaker mccarthy tld reporters it was the best deal he could get. rep. mccarthy: it doesn't get everything everybody wanted but in divided government, that's where we end up. i think it's a very positive bill. i do want to thank the president's team that he put together. very professional, very smart. very strong beliefs thatre different to ours

i'm john yang.nt biden is on his way back to washington tonight for what's shaping up to be a make-or-break week for getting a deal with congress to raise the nation's debt limit and avoid default. the president spoke by phone with house speaker kevin mccarthy from air force one, and the two agreed to meet in-person tomorrow afternoon. before leaving the g-7 summit in japan, mr. biden said he could not guarantee that the nation wouldn't default if what he calls "maga republicans" insist on spending cuts alone. pres. biden: it's time for republicans to accept that there is no bipartisan deal to be made solely -- solely on their partisan terms. they have to move as well. i'm willing to cut spending, and i proposed cuts in spending of over a trillion dollars. but, i believe we have to also look at the tax revenues. john: mccarthy said his conversation with the president was productive. but, later, speaking to reporters in the capitol, he said the two sides are still far apart on spending cuts. rep. mcc

i'm john yang., a massive pacific tropical cyclone is barreling toward myanmar and bangladesh. with winds as strong as a category 3 hurricane, the storm is expected to bring heavy rains and landslides. aid workers walked along the coast, and used loudspeakers to urge residents of refugee camps to seek shelter. the storm threatens the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh, home to nearly one million rohingya, with only flimsy, makeshift structures for shelter. the united nations, world food program, and world health organization have all sent resources ahead of the storm. tonight, egypt says it has brokered a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants in hopes of ending five straight days of violence. earlier, israeli jets pummeled targets in gaza, leveling buildings. palestinians fired a barrage of rockets into israel. in the occupied west bank, three palestinians were killed in two separate incidents today. at least 33 palestinians and two israelis have died since tuesday. ukrainian pr

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john yang explains. ere taught in civics class that the supreme court is the court of last resort. that cases end up there when all other appeals have been exhausted. but for the last decade or so, the court has gotten involved in cases while the appeals process is going on either , blocking or keeping in place policies on abortion, immigration and covid restrictions often setting new , principles without hearing arguments and without explaining their reasoning. it's part of what's become known as the shadow docket, which is the title of a new book by stephen vladeck, university of texas law professor. first off, i gave a very incomplete description of of one small part of the shadow docket. prof. vladeck: it's an umbrella term that basically describes everything that supreme court does other than the 60 or so big merits rulings. that is the ones that we're used to seeing big headlines about. it's only about 1% of what the court does. 99% of the dispositive rulings the supreme court hands down are these u

i'm john yang. in london, a ceremony not seen in 70 years. the coronation of a british narch.ageantry befitting the occasion. gnitaries from around the world including first lady jill biden. in the streets, clouds clamoring for a glimpse of king charles iii and queen camilla. there were also protests. ♪ >> this was supposed to be a scaled-back coronation to reflect the financial structures endured by millions of charles iii's subjects. as he finally fulfilled his destiny, the opulence on display was far grander than most would have seen in their lifetimes. pomp and embedded in britain's dna. an enthralled royalist who braved grim weather and lined the procession to westminster avenue. but charles is not as popular as his late mother, the queen. several anti-monarchists were arrested before it went underway. members of a group called republic, which has been staging protests since his ascension to the throne. the leader is on the ground surrounded by police officers. we interviewed him before the coronation. >> ty misuse public money all the time for private use. they misuse pu

. >> good evening, i'm john yang.resident biden is headed into the last day of the g7 summit while keeping an eye on the potential for economic disaster if he cannot make a deal with congress on raising e debt limit. white house and house republican negotiators met for more than an hour with no apparent signs of progress. the president is due back at the white house late sunday from his abbreviated trip. in japan, nestor biden said he's not worried about friday's pause and restarted the talks. >> what happens is the carriers go back to the principles and say this is what we are thinking about. and people put down new claims. i believe we can avoid a default and we will get something decent done. >> the u.s. treasury can run out of cash and need to borrow to meet its debts as early as june 1. the day 47 billion dollars in medicare benefits be paid. ukrainian president zelenskyy is also at the g7 summit gathering support from world leaders ahead of the anticipated counteroffensive to take back russian controlled territo

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john yang spoke with our science correspondent miles o'brien for a brief explanation of why the spectacleies is now being seen further south. every year there is the northern lights, the aurora borealis. it is usually restricted to the northernmost areas of the earth. now it is coming as far south as the united states. why is that happening? >> the sun has a cycle of about 11 years. it goes from solar minimum to solar maximum. we are at the maximum where we are approaching it. that means is the activity on the sun greatly increases. it blows particles from the sun in our direction that interact with the magnetic field in our atmosphere. in so doing, excite them and make them colorful. in some cases, green and red. because we are at this point in time where there is more of this activity headed our way, we are seeing wonderful aurora borealis or northern lights. it is expense -- is extending farther latitudes. it is a great opportunity if you never had the chance to see them, by all means, make an effort to do it. you don't have to go to the arctic or iceland because of the solar maximum.

it's based on a graphic novel who -- by john yang who grew up in the south bay. >> when i grew up, i didn't have any stories where the main character look like me. i never thought my own experiences would be worthy of being on a page or screen, but something like this shows at the very least we are open to it. liz: the series features fables and mythological gods. episodes will begin streaming on major before. disney is the parent company of abc 7 news. meteorologist drew tuma is tat -- is tracking our mother's day forecast and us now. drew: taking a look at the pollen forecast, just be aware tree pollen, grass pollen is running at medium levels. we are getting more of the sons direct rays. oak, elm speaking of, the uv index running at a 10 out of 11 today. later on this afternoon, that son is strong. the most intense it time is between 10 a.m. at 4 p.m.. if you don't wear sunscreen, you can burn in less than 15 minutes. put on that sunscreen. we are in store for a sunny afternoon. we have those morning clouds right now. some dense fog along the coast. that cloud cover linger along t

john yang has a look at what's behind the numbers. ed before about the drop in math and reading test scores during the pandemic. but this is our first look at eighth grade test scores in u.s. history and civics during that period. about 40% of eighth graders scored below basic in the subject. and a third of them scored below basic in civics. patrick kelly teaches advanced placement u.s. government in blythewood, south carolina, outside columbia. he sits on the governing board of the national assessment of education progress, which administers these tests. mr. kelly, you had an op-ed piece in "usa today" the day these scores came out. you said you were not surprised by the results at all. why is that? >> yeah. i mean, it's one of those things where it's still disconcerting and disappointing to see the scores. but as the social studies teacher, i've been doing this for 18 years and what i've seen over the course of my career is what i would call marginalization of social studies instruction in the united states, where it's been pushed to

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