additional funding is provided by the estate of ira adams and koo and patricia yuen. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." tonight, a ceasefire is still holding in the middle east with president biden in office only 121 days, he's faced a number of unexpected challenges. this week, it was the israeli-palestinian conflict. white house sources tell me behind the scenes president biden pushed prime minister benjamin netanyahu to make a deal. pres. biden: palestinians and israelis equally deserve to live safely and securely and enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy. my administration will continue our quiet, relentless diplomacy toward that end. i believe we have a genuine opportunity. yamiche: as president biden affirmed the u.s. relationship with israel, he faced pushback from his own party. progressive democrats are trying to block a $735 million weapons sale to

additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and patricia ewen through the ewen foundation, committed to bridging differences in our communities. and the corporationor public broadcasting. and contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. here's our moderator, yamiche alcindor. yamiche: i'm so glad to join you as the new moderator. today is may 7. the capitol insurrection took place 121 days ago. president biden has been in office for 107 days. even though the mob that stormed the capitol didn't succeed in stopping biden from taking the oath, we're reminded of the that false accusations about the election loom large. republicans in dozens and dozens of states have continued to introduce and pass laws restricting voting. supporters of the laws say they're aimed at making voting more secure. critics say the efforts are about making it harder for many, including black people and people of color, to vote. the debate over election integrity has led to a civil war inside the g.o.p. in january, the party's leadership was sharply critical of former

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additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." the covid-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency in the u.s. 427 days ago. and the virus has killed more than 580,000 americans. but amid that trauma and hurting, some good news. president biden: the c.d.c. announced that they are no longer recommending that fully vaccinated people need to wear masks. this recommendation holds true whether you are inside or outside. i think it's a great milestone. a great day. yamiche: meanwhile, the capitol ints recollection was 128 today's ago and this week, house republicans removed and replaced representative liz cheney from her leadership post for repeatedly speaking out against former president trump's election lies. we'll dig into that in a

additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundion, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communies. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. rachel: good evening and welcome to "washington week." i'm rachel scott. it was a big week here in washington. president joe biden spoke to a joint session of congress on wednesday. the chamber only partially filled due to covid-19 protocols. and history was made. biden became the first president to address congress with the female vice president and female speaker of the house, both sitting behind him. the president shared his optimism with the american people. president biden: 100 days ago, america's house was on fire. we had to act. and thanks to the extraordinary leadership of speaker pelosi, majority leader schumer, and the overwhelming suprt of the american people, democrats, independents and republicans, we did act. rachel: so the president has met some of his key promises. on that list, adminis

wanted to find a way to turn it into something productive >> reporter: alissa san augustin and tina koo began to worry about their own loved ones are you feeling vulnerable for them? >> just really fear for my grandmother because she walks by herself every day. >> reporter: so they started box for change, holding self-defense classes at local parks and gyms helping their elders learn to protect themselves >> it's not that we expect seniors to fight in these situations but we definitely just want them to be more prepared i guess also like kind of create a community around them too and give them the tools that they need to, you know, be able to defend themselves or be able to feel like they have a voice. >> reporter: a message already resonating with the younger generation. >> we belong here. we're here we're born here. we should really own it and embrace it and take charge of our heritage and culture >> reporter: a culture they hope to preserve and protect as they fight back against hate >> and kim joining us now. did you notice generational differences in this? >> absolutely, lester. pe

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professor now managing editor of covert action magazine and author of the russians are coming again jeremy koos rob is joining us and host of news with rick sanchez mr rick sanchez jeremy 1st over to you in pretty plain language i think secretary of state tony blinken and his u.k. counterpart dominic rab said that the main goal for the g. 7 right now is to contain russia and china what can we extrapolate from that kind of rhetoric well one thing that's not widely being reported as too naval vessels have been sent into the black sea it has a blinking is slated to travel to ukraine with the tory nuland later in the week i believe so i mean is talking you know that we don't want war i mean that's seen as a very threatening action you know it's russia was sending ships into the gulf of mexico americans would be up in arms so i think we've seen you know a very aggressive stance towards russia as well as china that's a very dangerous right now by the you know by the ministration continuing from what's going on for at least the last 8 years and rick you have covered this sort of stuff for a long time

professor now managing editor of covert action magazine and author of the russians are coming again jeremy koos rob is joining us and host of news with rick sanchez mr rick sanchez jeremy 1st over to you in pretty plain language i think secretary of state tony blinken and his u.k. counterpart dominic rab said that the main goal for the g. 7 right now is to contain russia and china what can we extrapolate from that kind of rhetoric well one thing that's not widely being reported as too naval vessels have been sent into the black sea it has a blinking is slated to travel to ukraine with victoria nuland later in the week i believe so i mean there's talk of you know that we don't want war i mean that's seen as a very threatening action you know it's russia was sending ships into the gulf of mexico americans would be up in arms so i think we've seen you know a very aggressive stance towards russia as well as china that's a very dangerous right now by the you know by an administration continuing from what's gone on for at least the last 8 years and rick you have covered this sort of stuff for a long

nonetheless the insanity, koo cuckoo for cocoa puffs is happening and it's all happening in a shroud continues to push lies and legitimate news organizations have had to fight to get one camera in there. the counting is expected to last well into the summer. there's a little hiccup at the end of this week. they have to pause because they need the space for graduations. the secretary of state joins us now. out been outspoken about your criticism of this audit. you called it a #fraudit on twitter. some republicans are going after you for the criticism and you've even received death threats. how are you and your family holding up? >> we're okay. thank you so much for asking. i appreciate it. given what you're dealing w.do you plan for run for re-election next year. >> i am definitely planning on running next year. >> a law professor wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" arguing that not only is the right to vote under attack, so are the people that protect it. he wrote, quote, election administration often requires many decisions in the heat of a political contest. the cornerstone sho