john yang: talk about the exponential growth. you see as the future in the next few years or even beyond for women's sports? claire watkins: oh my gosh. i think what we're seeing in terms of television numbers will only go up. i think we're seeing obviously a rising tide. i think in sports in general, and people are really excited about new properties. and i think it's underrated just how young women's sports are in terms of traditional leagues or in that, like we said, that traditional march madness for the ncaa women's basketball tournament is so new, you're going to see allegiances get built, lifelong fandoms. you're going to see people respond to women's sports less like something they're being introduced to, and more like something that they've always had in their lives. and i think that's just going to continue to grow up this, in this equity space versus what's been pretty overpowered by men's sports traditionally. john yang: claire watkins, host of the podcast "the late sub," thank you very much. claire watkins: of course

. >> good evening, i'm john yang.forts intensify to break a debt lock -- deadlock in talks for the israelis still held, u.s. talks are to free two including an american. it's not clear when the footage was taken. siegel ice wife was released during a brief truce in november. talks on a hostage release and cease-fire are expected to removal this week in egy. john kirby says israel promises it won't launch an invasion into rafah until they hear the u.s. point of view. >> they've assured us they won't go into rafah until we've had a chance to share our perspectives and views with them. the hamas hasn't fully rejected it. if we can get that this place, that gives you six weeks of peace. >> the white house said in a call today with israeli prime minister beaning anyone netanyahu, president biden reiterated u.s. opposition to the rafah operation o humanitarian grounds. there were prozests against the war last night at an annual honoring of newsmakers, politicians and celebrity. shouts of shame on you and some laid on the pa

i'm john yang.nian president volodymyr zelenskyy hailed yesterday's house vote to resume aid to his embattled nation, calling it a side of unwavering u.s. support for ukraine, and the ukrainian people. other western leaders also welcome that $61 billion aid package. german chancellor olaf scholz called it a "strong signal." polish prime minister donald tusk said the much delayed funding is "better late than too late." the kremlin, on the other hand, said it would "further ruin ukraine and result in the deaths of even more ukrainians." on nbc's meet the press today, zelensky said that the new weapons will give his fighters a "chance for victory." >> we really need to get to the final point. we need to get it approved by the senate, and then we want to get things as fast as possible so that we get some tangible assistance for the soldiers on the front line as soon as possible, not in another six months, so that they will be able to move ahead. john: senate approval and president biden's signature are

i'm john yang.haos in central gaza today after an israeli air strike hit a tent encampment in the courtyard of al-aqsa martyrs hospital in deir-al-balah. two palestinians were reported killed and 15 others wounded. the israeli military said it was targeting an islamic jihad command center and that the hospital was n affected. among the injured were journalists who had been working nearby. >> they hit the tent without any warning, we were staying in the tent as a group of journalists peacefully with no terrorists among us. we were preparing our cameras and all of a sudden the tent was hit, everything went dark with debris and rocks flying above our heads and there were flames. john: in jerusalem, the biggest anti-government demonstration since the war began. tens of thousands of people rallied outside the parliament building, demanding that prime minister benjamin netanyahu get a deal to free the hostages held in gaza and hold early elections. in ukraine, today marked the second anniversary of russia

john: good evening, i'm john yang. israel says a military operation in gaza has recovered the body of a man taken hostage in the october 7 hamas attack six months ago this weekend. militants had abducted 47-year-old elad katzir from kibbutz nir oz. his mother hannah was also kidnapped. she was released in november during a truce. his father was killed in the attack. at least 36 hostages are confirmed to have died in captivity. prime minister bjamin netanyahu remains under public pressure to get a deal to free the remaining hostages. negotiations are set to resume in the coming days in cairo. hamas is demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire. in ukraine, russian drones and missiles have killed eight people and wounded 12 others in kharkiv, the second-largest city. ukrainian officials said the strikes damaged residential buildings, businesses, and a kindergarten. russia has stepped up attacks on kharkiv as ukrainian air defenses are strained without u.s. aid. mexico has suspended diplomatic ties with ecuador. it co

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john yang joins us now with more. f and amna, that audience was bigger even than last year's record-setting ncaa championship game between the same two teams on abc, which reaches more homes than espn, it was bigger than any major league baseball game since the 2022 world series and bigger than every national hockey league game since 1971. the question is whether it's a one-time effect of superstar caitlin clark or is it a sign of bigger changes for women's sports? nicole auerbach is a senior writer for the athletic, covering college football and basketball. are we seeing a big shift in women's sports? nicole: we are seeing a shift. there's people that watched the second part of that doubleheader on monday night. in any other year, that would have been a record for a non-for game for the women's tournament and instead, this year, that record has been broken so many times, it wasn't, but what i think it does is it has introduced a lot more people to a lot of the stars in women's basketball. we are seeing them stick arou

john yang joins us now in studio with more. it was a big day for former president trump in a number of courts. in addition to the nearly three hours of oral arguments in his immunity case at the supreme court, a grand jury in arizona indicted several of his closest allies for allegedly trying to subvert the 2020 election. following all of this is the newshour's william brangham, and our supreme court analyst marcia coyle. they were both at the supreme court. remind us of what is president trump's argument and what is the response. marcia: former president trump is asking the council to say the former president has absolute unity for conduct involving his or her official acts, and that that immunity stretches all the way to the outer perimeter of his office. and he is looking to certain clauses in the constitution and certain precedents to both of that argument. but the court is saying there is no immunity clause in the constitution and it does not extend to the president's official acts, although the government said there is a s

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john edwards. now admitting he is the father of the child born campaign >> aide, real hunter andrew yang, a former aide to john edwards young, had initially taken the fall for edward saying he was the father of the baby. what about edwards? wife and 32 years? elizabeth, she's not only had to deal with her husband betrayal, she's dealing with a cancer that threatens to take her life. >> yes, it was as bad as it sounds. edwards cheated on his cancer stricken i had a baby with his secret girlfriend slash employee, and then tried to pass it off as a key campaign staffers kid for years, edwards followed the three simple rules bulls for unfaithful men deny, deny, deny. >> i have no idea what you're asking about. >> i don't >> respond to these labs. >> so when the truth came out, he looked like the most untrustworthy politician in the united states. >> here's the statement john edwards issued today. i am quinn's father it was wrong for me ever to deny she was my daughter and hopefully one day when she understand she'll forgive me >> the scandal torpedoed his career and with it, the dreams of so many peopl

john loan has all of a seen a drill, simulating what strong yang is cooling a nucleus counter of attack involving multiple rocket launches. it comes a day off to south korea said the know 5 short range missiles into the see themselves flew around $3300.00, draw the kind of mazes from the falling young area splashing down east of the korean peninsula. this monk strong young 2nd launch in less than a week that spring and eunice came to the south korean capital sol, as other countries are totally forces joining the exercises units. what do we know about the drills to simulate the so called nuclear target system? the right elizabeth, so we know north korean leader terms online has been trying to make all kinds of missiles i or do clear, capable and run on solid fuel. and indeed, north korea confirming today that the suspect is short range, ballistic missiles that tokyo and so head flag on monday were indeed these are super large artillery. they measure some $600.00 millimeters and are cheaper to produce, then show a short range ballistic missiles. but because of the technological progress t

yang. she's been called a cougar more often than john mellencamp, but news anchor julie banderas, he was the band in mumford and sons winson commercial. his agent is the one with a sense of humor. writer and comedian joe devitoit and she moonlights as a skeleton in a medical school. "new york times"e moonlis sellr and fox news contributor gadhia . jill, been in new york a longllo time. >> some say too longu've bee. listen to howard stern. kind of like deliver each set hw up each question, which was obviously given to him liknequei you were a lifeguard. right. you know, you were arresteonoud on it like it was it was kind of sad to me to hear. and then when any any time sayss true story, you know, it's not trueay because the true story is true on its own. >> that was like the most painful sessio in of . like i could never have the. it just goes on, on and on and on and on and on and on. there. there was no happy ending, but his story is interesting because it is interesting every time he does say a true story,te it's but you know, he didn't nobody was eve ss n you know, he did tell a story onc

john and i are there. and we love working with each other. and it's a great group of guest artists. >> jimmy: who else? >> henry winkler, aubrey plaza, 1998ian filion. bobby moynihan from "snl." >> jimmy: yeah. >> bowan yangit's a good lineup. >> and the shows are great. you know what's great about 'em is the original movie, "monsters inc." was 23 years ago now. >> jimmy: geez. >> yeah. so the kids who grew up loving that movie are now parents. >> jimmy: and showing it to their kids. >> so they can sit there with the kids and get new juice from these characters now. >> jimmy: i want to ask you about the -- you received the kennedy center honor, which is a very rare memorial. there are a lot of oscars, et cetera. but there are very few kennedy center honors handed out. that was in december. what was that day, or couple of days really like? >> well, it was an amazing experience because, you don't ever think it's going to happen. >> jimmy: you don't? is that true? because i feel like for you, of course it's going to happen. >> no. i never take anything for granted or you sometimes gee, that would be nice, you know. and i got the call in april. and you're not allowed to say anything until it's announced on te

workers and john edwards campaign who are having a child together andrew young is the baby daddy of real hunters, child now this is when the story gets invented that it's actually andrew yang'saby. >> yes whose idea was andrew yang's and his wife was cool with it he sold her on the idea. i'm not sure she was cool with it. nobody was cool with it. >> to be clear, andrew young flatly denies that he was the architect of the plan to pass off john in real's baby as his. and his book young were calls john edwards, convincing him to lie by saying, quote, it's going to be a one-day story, andrew, no offense, but the press doesn't give a about you. they want me. but if we give them a story, they can understand a story about to staffers. they'll go away we've published a page one covers story. >> john edwards, love child scandal we reported edwards response. the story is false ridiculous. at this point, the scandal almost starts to feel like watching a horror movie. i want to cry out to john edwards. just stop, don't go into the basement don't layer a lie upon a bigger lie. just stop. go home, man. but the potential to somehow get away with it maybe even win the election kept john edw