for me in macon, the public school system is the only option for spencer.ed from the days when children like spencer were institutionalized and they didn't learn to read. through early intervention services, they now are reading. they are doing math. these can be very meaningful contributors to society. we just need to give them a little bit of extra and it will go a long, long way. judy: and spencer has ambitions of his own -- owning a home and one day working in the restaurant industry. pam says she will keep fighting for him to get the quality education that will get him there. for the "pbs news hour," i'm judy woodruff in macon, georgia. ♪ amna: for nasa astronauts suni williams and butch wilmore, the long wait to return to earth is almost over. they went up to the international space station last june in a boeing starliner spacecraft. they were supposed to return about a week later, but because of problems with the starliner, they've stayed at the space station for over 250 days and will now return on a spacex capsule next month. i spoke with them, alo

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that sentiment carried into our second roundtable with healthcare providers in macon where we heard first-hand the challenges are legal environment poses to critical services. our healthcare workforce and the ability for hospitals and clinics to operate. one hospital system serves much of rural georgia have liability premiums go up 115% in just one year. another hospital in northwest georgia actually had their premiums decreased 13% from 2022 until 2024. but only because the facility close labor and delivery unit in 2021. this was due to workforce challenges and soaring liability insurance costs. we were told story after story of hospital struggling to recruit and retain doctors especially ob/gyn and other specialty disciplines because other states offer stronger protections for healthcare providers, lower insurance rates, immortal level playing ag field in the courtrooms. we have heard from multiple doctors who wonder how much longer they are going to build a practice for fear of being targeted by baseless or excessive lawsuits. these stories highlight a legal environment that leads to fewer

heads to 63 degrees with macon topping out in the low 70s. we're going to see a variety of 50s and 60s across parts of the midwest. farther south we'll deal with 70s. as we get into late week, it will be nice and mild, right where we should be in a lot of spots. the 40s for columbus. we head to the upper 40s on friday in philadelphia. but right back to the 50s by saturday. we drop from the 70s in raleigh on thursday. and we get down to the upper 50s, so a bit of a temperature shift but closer to where we should be this time of year. a weak system tracking through the northeast. a little bit of making it to 70 in richmond. boston with a high of 50 degrees today. that's a look at your forecast, back to you. >>> roberta flak, the grammy-award-winning singer has died. she was known for music that crossed genres and generations. ♪ killing me softly ♪ ♪ with his song, telling my whole life ♪ ♪ with his words ♪ ♪ killing me softly ♪ ♪ with his song ♪ >> "killing me softly", and "the first time i ever saw your face" made her the first to ever win bac

do you know when he was on macon kelly? um, what's going on with you with a id that may all be a side show the in, in new cycle time, considering the vested interest that the binding ministration and apparently will find out the trumpet administration has with the genocide going on and gaza. a look . i don't think that there is a tiger and strategy at this point in time. i think that there is a kind of here and a saw switch, i guess some others have described here is a form of nationalism or an actual egoism. but what we're saying is a whole bunch of, of initiatives or actions that um, you know, i say to satisfy particular constituencies and also say to create particular emotional responses from the political bice and, but that's largely about heated the volume. and so we don't have that kind of here in strategy in relation to you crime promises of solving that in 24 hours. not withstanding the fact that it was a bully campaign hod hopefully have amounted to nothing at this point in time. and i'm not convinced that there is

school that is low performing and not living up to the standards aware children can learn to live via maconave an opportunity to send our kids like the politicians do when they send their children to private schools and make your kids go to schools that are failing that is so unfair and forget to be fair in the equity that they speak of in school choice is the best way to do that. stuart: you don't have a school administration in chicago that wants anything to do with school choice there adamantly opposed to it. >> you see the liberal policies that a been pushing chicago since the 60s up until this day have been constantly making sure our children fall farther behind while politicians and the individuals who were on the boards their children go to private schools and they go to the best of schools that is not happening in the city of chicago and as a parent we should have the right to send their children to the schools that are performing so our children to get the best education possible in a should never be based upon race, the heresy for free speech since leaving the white house. >> the

macon, georgia, birmingham, alabama, memphis, tennessee. so one more day and things start to creep up. even though the warnings go through friday, you're gonna see by the weekend. kansas city close to 60 on monday, 70s in dallas and new orleans. chicago will see some 40s. warm thoughts >> michael: not bad. all right, ginger. thank you. we're gonna turn now to the latest on president trump and the fallout from his remarks attacking ukraine's president zelenskyy, calling him a dictator. and falsely blaming ukraine for starting the war with russia. nor chief white house correspondent mary bruce is tracking this for us. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, michael. well, for three years the u.s. has stood firmly behind ukrainian president zelenskyy as he fights off a russian invasion. now just four weeks into office, president trump is up ending that bond in a dramatic 180. he's pivoting towards russia's vladimir putin and away from president zelenskyy, now accusing the ukrainian leader of being unsuccessful, unpopular and illegitimat

macon, really decent time. they are well, our san mateo bridge put you at about 16. we got up to 30 along the san mateo bridge. we'll start to see slight improvement but still congestion. 46 lansdowne to to 37 and along 80 crockett out towards the major at about 17 minutes. really start to slow down that he hit berkeley darya. james, back to you. >> time now to talk winners and losers on wall street with financial expert rob black. rob, good morning. i'm seeing the markets are a little mix this morning. the dow dropped more than 300 points earlier. looks like it's made some of that back. what do you stand? >> i think the bottom line is the markets can go higher. they seem to want to go higher. i just think it's going to be a little bit tougher this year or chop. here is the right way of saying inflation came in a little hotter than expected. course, donald trump said lower interest rates, but we don't lower mid-term and long-term rates. the fed lowered short-term rates overnight rates. you get 4.6%, 4.6, 6% keeping your money in a money market or in cash. and that's

french president macon and british prime minister are headed to washington this week to meet with presidentrump. macron and starmer are working out a plan to deploy up to 30,000 european peacekeepers in ukraine if the peace deal between kyiv and moscow can be reached. in a moment reaction from that and much more from defense secretary pete hegseth. but first another busy week for the trump administration. lucas tomlinson's tracking at the white house. >> president trump is here at the white house after addressing a throng of supporters at cpac to mark his first month back in office. >> usa. >> enthusiastic crowd of supporters greeted president donald trump outside the nation's capitol. trump told them his predecessor left him a mess. >> joe is the worst. everything single thing he touched turned to [bleep]. >> trump tout's accomplishments and promised to do more brick works of fraudsters, liars, cheaters, global some deep state bureaucrats are be sent packing. the illegal alien criminals are being sent home. we are draining the swamp and restoring a government by the people progress aiding

keith from macon, georgia. jesse. it's called a largemouth bass. the big mouths are on the view. i hate fishing, i hate it. mark from warsaw, indiana. i love my computer too, but i'm taking it out to dinner first. are computers playing hard to get? well when it orders the lobster? you know you got lucky. i'm watters, and this is my world. >> welcome to this special edition of hannity. i'm kellyanne conway in tonight for sean. after spending the first month in office working at a record pace, the new trump administration is showing no signs of slowing down. yesterday, dodge revealed that schools across the country spent nearly $200 billion in covid relief funds on expenses that had almost no impact on students. this included egregious spending on hotel rooms at caesars palace in las vegas and an ice cream truck, according to reports. president trump is planning to take control of the us postal service. this follows years of massive financial losses. meanwhile, interior secretary doug burgum says his department is completely embracing the doj's effort. and earlier this evening, pre

keith from macon, georgia. jesse. it's called a largemouth bass. the big mouths are on the view. i hate fishing, i hate it. mark from warsaw, indiana. i love my computer too, but i'm taking it out to dinner first. are computers playing hard to get? well when it orders the lobster? you know you got lucky. i'm watters, and this is my world. >> welcome to this special edition of hannity. i'm

murp experienced success working in a variety of esteemed puications, including t macon telegraph and the atlanta journal institution -- constitution. shortlyfter he was chosen as a niemann fellow a harvard university in 1959. mr. murphy went on to serve as the editor and publisher of the san franciscoxaminer and then he became the publisher and c.e.o. of the baltimore sun. througho his life and career, mr. murphy stayed true to his mols and strong ethical compass. mr. murphy is survived by his wife, daughters, two grandsons, two sisters and three nieces and nephews. he will always b remembered as humble, approachable, gene and a kind man. mr. saker, i rise tay to recognize marilyn lawrence, a custodiant mary lee clark elementary school for being named the sth region winner and georgia leadership institute for school improvements hidden heer areeroes campaign. this recognition celebrates unsung leaders in education whose dedication makes a profound impact on their schools and their communities. marlin's hard work and commitment to maintaining a clean, welcoming and inclusive environme

tornado warning currently exists, headed east towards vidalia, georgia, tornado watch stretching from maconorgia, down through albany through 10:00 a.m. take a look at the northern tier of this system. we have flooding, dangerous flooding. 95% of kentucky right now is under some type of flood warning and even more critical in west virginia. we've already experienced evacuations as we have rare and catastrophic flooding currently occurring. janai? >> janai: all right, somara, thank you. >>> we turn overseas now as secretary of state marco rubio is in israel speaking on a number of issues with iran top of mind. this as the region waits to see what prime minister benjamin netanyahu's next move will be. abc's marcus moore joins us now live from tel aviv. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: hi, janai. good morning. this is secretary rubio's very first trip to the middle east as the secretary of state and just moments ago, prime minister netanyahu thanked the secretary for u.s. support, their strategy envisioning gaza, including how he said the gates of hell will open if all of their hostages are

geographic roots in cities like greenville, south carolina, montgomery, alabama, selma, alabama, atlanta, maconson, mississippi, objection for, mississippi, nashville, tennessee and even a place that i came through for almost 13 years, little rock, arkansas. thank you to the little rock nine. disenfranchisement has ripped across the southern region of the united states of america. there is cracking and packing that has been hang not only in metropolitan nashville, davidson county but also in pulaski county where little rock is the county seat. in both of those locations they were divided into three separate congressional districts and there are lutz pepdzing right now in both of those regions -- lawsuits penning in those regions. gerrymandering is what is causing us to be at a loss when it comes to having a majority in u.s. house of representatives. the republicans are stealing seats. they are suppressing the votes throughout the united states. but i'm crazy enough to believe that the concentration is mostly being felt throughout the southern united states of america. there's ongoing conversati

that said, warmer temperatures in the southern tier of states, phoenix, macon, new orleans, richmond,phoenix 78. st. louis warmer at 50 degrees. as we head into early next week, staying cooler up north. lake placid in the teens. the same in des moines. richmond in the 40s. 70s in savannah, georgia. that's from san francisco to the east bay, as well as parts of the south bay, so there still will be a chance that we could see some showers in the next, let's say, 3 to 4 hours today, and then we start to see that activity tapering off. the weekend is looking sunny, but it will be chilly each morning, starting out with frosty conditions away from the coastline and high temperatures in the upper >>> and that is your latest weather. >> all right, uncle al. thank you for that. we are just getting started. yes, "popstart" is on the way. plus, we have a great boost. it is a football theme heading into our super bowl weekend. we have to check in with our two tailgate parties. we have super snacks and recipes and a lot more on the way. but, first, these quick messages. >> i love this national hol

macon, mobile, birmingham, memphis, all tying or breaking lows. we're going to see the warm-up.new orleans close to 70, and chicago will be close to 50 as we start next week. george? >> george: now breaking news. hamas is expected to release six living hostages in exchange for israel freeing hundreds of palestinian prisoner. that should happen tomorrow. >> good morning, george. that's right. moments ago israel confirming it had received the list of hostages hamas said they will release tomorrow as planned and part of stage one of the cease fire agreement. we do not expect any americans to be part of this handover. in exchange, israel is expected to free more than 600 palestinian prisoners. michael? >> michael: thank you so much for that, lama. now the developments in the liam payne case. charges have been dropped in connection with the one direction singer's death. this morning we're hearing from his close friend who was cleared. eva pilgrim has the story for us. >> investigators have been going through the hours leading up to payne's tragic fall, questioning those who spent tim

i heard from sweetie pies learning center in macon, georgia. they rely on federal funding for child care services. but this freeze meant that they missed their regular check that covers food costs, which left employees scrambling to make plans on how they can make ends meet while still caring for children in this community. i'm thinking now about the folks i heard from in learning hive in lawrenceville, another child care center, navigating this chaos. delayed payments for child care and parent services. and if the freeze remained in effect, they would only have enough money to make payroll for two weeks. two weeks until your child is without care. think about that. as myself a working father of two young children, i cannot imagine the stress and the confusion that that would bring. to put food on the table, keep a roof over your heads, and make sure your kids have a safe place to learn and play while you make it happen. i'm thinking about the folks at easter seals child care center in clarkston were counting on this funding also for fresh meal

leaders of the church of england will gather at the general synod today, where a debate on the maconport, which ultimately sparked justin welby's resignation as archbishop of canterbury, will take place. the archbishop of york, stephen cottrell, is set to lead the debates despite facing calls to resign from some bishops. the church has been criticised in recent months over safeguarding failures. following the john smith review. those are the latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to tom and emily. >> well good afternoon britain. it is seven minutes past midday and of course , farmers are on and of course, farmers are on their way to whitehall to protest the government's proposed imposition of inheritance tax on family farms. we can see the convoy on its way through west london as we speak. this is, of course, the third time in four months that the rural revolt has made its way to parliament square, demanding rachel reeves u—turns on what they're calling the closing the mines moment for british farms. well, today promises to be the largest such protest in westminster of farmers a

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