captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening, i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, a possible peace-- israel announces a cease-fire in the 11-day war against hamas, spurring hopes for an end to the deadly conflict. then, view from south korea-- the country's foreign minister discuss how to engage with the north, as the biden administration recalibrates u.s. policy. and, the cost of uncertainty-- demand for workers in the u.s. leads to calls for legal status for erica's undocumented workforce. >> what we've basicay done is created a second class citizen that is ripe for abuse and exploitation. i think we need to rectify that issue and bring in immigration reform. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> at fidelity, changing plans is always part of the plan. >> the kendeda fund. committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work through investments in transformative leaders and ideas. moret kendedafund.org. >> carnegie corporation o

: good evening, i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, no end in sight-- as rockets contin to fly into israel, israelis hammer gaza with heavy air stkes, targeting militant tunnels and homes of hamas commanders. then, the longest war-- we talk to the president of afghanistan, ashraf ghani, as u.s. trps leave his country and violence escalates >> if taliban want peace, then it has to be a peace that respects the gains of the citizens of afghanistan and among them, first and foremost, women. >> nawaz: and, masng questions: americans are divided on whether or not to follow new c.d.c. guidance, relaxing mask and distancing rules. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major fding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> well, audrey's expecting... >> twins! >> grandparents. >> we want to put money aside for them, so, change in plans. >> all right, let's see what we can adjust. >> we'd be closer to the twins. >> change in plans. >> okay. >> mom, are you painting again? you could sel

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: a tenuous peace. a ceasefire between israel and hamas holds, but tensions are high as both sides claim victory. then, covid's global toll. we look at the enormous vaccine gap between rich and poor countries, as the virus surges in the developing world. plus, one year later. how the emotion and trauma following george floyd's murder is finding its way into artistic expression. >> there were times that i was weeping, painting the picture, and i had to take breaks and, you know, seeing that face, that large, and painting it that way with that black and white, was-- was really profound to me as i painted it. >> nawaz: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, e engine that connects us. >> fidelity wealth management. >> consumer cellular. >> johnson & johnson. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the john s. and james l. knigh

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: good evening, i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, the ongoing crisis-- calls for a cease fire are ignored and destruction spreads as palestinian rocket fire and israeli artillery attacks continue. then, combating hate crimes-- a new law heads to the president's desk to stop a spike in attacks against asian americans and others. plus, race and medicine-- the american medical association issues a call to fight systemic racism in health care, and begins to reckon with its own troubling past. >> we're not valuing all lives the same way. everybody doesn't have the opportunity, everybody doesn't have the power, the resources, or the conditions in order to achieve optimal health. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> a raymond james financial advisor tailors advice to help you live your life. life, well-planned. to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering inform

amna nawaz reports on the messages that are fueling migration. >> nawaz: those who enter salcaja, guatemalaith a massive monument to those who've left. a lone migrant, memorialized in bronze, heading north, representing the thousands who've made the journey to the u.s. >> ( translated ): i have friends who have already gone. we'd sometimes play around my house. but there's no one left. >> nawaz: just a few miles away, 19-year-old kevin, father of a one-year old child, is weighing whether to follow. he misses his friends, but he also sees the big new houses cropping up in town. a sign those relatives in the u.s. are sending home money his own crumbling home is now eclipsed by a brand new one, built just across the road. and kevin himself is doing construction for a man who only five years ago set out for the states. all this, he says, is making him think now is the time to go to america, even though u.s. officials are saying, it's not. >> the message is clear: the border is closed. >> nawaz: president biden himself has said it plainly.. >> the vast majority, the overwhelming majority of peop

se >> nawaz: for decades, the u.s.el in wo and deed, vocaing tens of billions of dollars in aid and weapons. now, some fissures within the democratic party on capitol hill challenge president biden's haling of this new war between israel and hamas. here agains john yang. >> yang: amna, this latest crisis in the middle east is turning out to be almost as mu a test for president biden and u.s. policy as it is for israelin netanyahu.is director ofes at georgetown university and a senior fellow at the project on middle east democracy. in the last couple of days, we have see at that lib, the only palestinian membgress biden on this issue press him on e tarmac at the airport in detroit when he arrived yesterday. today 138 house democrats urged the president to press both sides for a cease fire as soon as possible. whato these sort of? how is this affectingn's response? >> well, these developments suest the ground is shifting in quite dramatic ways. i think the ground is shifting not only i in the brcan population and e exten

amna nawaz begins with a look at concerns over supply, demand and prices. >> nawaz: judy, a number of gas stations in the south are running out of fuel as drivers rush out to fill up their tanks. videos of long lines and reports of shortages are popping up in states served by the colonial pipeline, and prices at the pump are rising a bit as well. officials including governor kay ivey of alabama, are urging consumers to only buy what they need. to understand more about what's happening, we turn to tom kloza, head of energy analysis at the oil price information service. >> nawaz: tom kloza, welcome to the "newshour." let's start with this colonial pipeline. just to set the table, what is the significance of thione pipeline when it comes to fuel supply here in the u.s.? >> well, it is the biggest fuel pipeline, by far, in north america, and it moves product probably about 45% of the population. essentially from texas all the way up to new jersey, and including tennessee with the spur line. so it is the major artery to supply gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. >> nawaz: people have been seei

amna nawaz has the story. warning: some images in this report may disturb viewers. >> nawaz: palestinian protests today in the west bank, met by israeli army fire. ( gunfire ) a new front in the latest round of fighting in the region-- today, leaving ten palestinians dead. ( explosion ) that, after pre-dawn rocket fire over gaza marked israel's heaviest bombardment in five days of fighting. ( explosion ) lt. col. jonathan conricus is spokesperson for the israeli defense forces, or i.d.f. >> it was aimed at hitting or striking one of the most important, strategic components, military components, that hamas has, and that's essentially an underground network of tunnels and bunkers and command posts. >> nawaz: we've seen video after video of residential buildings also being struck by your air power. why are you targeting those? >> hamas, as a terrorist organization, like many other terrorist organizations, uses civilian infrastructure for their military purposes. what we made sure was that there were no civilians

he spoke earlier today with our amna nawaz. newshour and thank you for taking the time.sident lula, since last we spoke almost exactly a year ago, of course, the. 47 million vaccine doses have already been distributed. we know this week president bol sonauro said a billion dollars of additional funds will go to the inoculation effort. what would you be doing if you were in charge? what more would you be doing to address the pandemic in brazil. >> ( translated ): the problem in the u.s., when trump was the president of the united states, it was dealt with a a lot of contempt, as trump and bolsonaro did not have respect for people. we did not gathering the experts. now he's trying to catch up to the losses and damage. >> nawaz: given where the country is right now, what specific steps do you think should also be taking place right now? what more could be done to address the pandemic right now? >> ( translated ): we have to guarantee all the facts that are necessary to vaccinate all the people in brazil, to continue with the policy of social distancing and to avoid big crow

amna nawaz reports. >> nawaz: judy, there's been a series of brutal and public attacks against asiancans. just last sunday, two women, 65 and 85 years old, were stabbed while waiting at a bus stop in san francisco. also this week, in the same city, a man was beaten on the street while pushing his toddler's stroller. in new york this week, two women were attacked by a stranger with a hammer, demanding they remove their masks. and here in washington, d.c., a local storeowner was punched in the face by a customer. the group, stop a.a.p.i. hate, this week released new numbers, showing a substantial rise in hate incidents-- more than 6,600 over a one-year period. russell jeung is the co-founder of stop a.a.p.i. hate and is a professor of asian american studies at san francisco state university. and he joins me now. russell, welcome to the newshour. and tell us, what can you share with us about these numbers? what kinds of incidents are we talking about? who is being targeted and where? >> thank you, amna, i'm glad to be here. yeah, the numbers are alarming, that the surge of racism agains

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight: a tenuous peace.ael and hamas holds, but tensions are high as both sides claim victory. then, covid's global toll. we look at the enormous vaccine gap between rich and poor countries, as the virus surges in the developing world. plus, one year later. how the emotion and trauma following george floyd's murder is finding its way into artistic expression. >> there were times that i was weeping, painting the picture, and i had to take breaks and, you know, seeing that face, that large, and painting it that way with that black and white, was-- was really profound to me as i painted it. >> nawaz: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour.

: good evening, i'm amna nawaz. the newshour tonight, no end in sight-- as rockets contin to fly into israel, israelis hammer gaza with heavy air stkes, targeting militant tunnels and homes of hamas commanders. then, the longest war-- we talk to the president of afghanistan, ashraf ghani, as u.s. trps leave his country and violence escalates >> if taliban want peace, then it has to be a peace that respects the gains of the citizens of afghanistan and among them, first and foremost, women. >> nawaz: and, masng questions: americans are divided on whether or not to follow new c.d.c. guidance, relaxing mask and distancing rules.

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> nawaz: good evening, i'm amna nawaz.. on the newshour tonight, a possible peace-- israel announces a cease-fire in the 11-day war against hamas, spurring hopes for an end to the deadly conflict. then, view from south korea-- the country's foreign minister discuss how to engage with the north, as the biden administration recalibrates u.s. policy. and, the cost of uncertainty-- demand for workers in the u.s. leads to calls for legal status for erica's undocumented workforce. >> what we've basicay done is created a second class citizen that is ripe for abuse and exploitation. i think we need to rectify that issue and bring in immigration reform. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

: good evening, i'm amna nawaz.ay. on the newshour tonight, the ongoing crisis-- calls for a cease fire are ignored and destruction spreads as palestinian rocket fire and israeli artillery attacks continue. then, combating hate crimes-- a new law heads to the president's desk to stop a spike in attacks against asian americans and others. plus, race and medicine-- the american medical association issues a call to fight systemic racism in health care, and begins to reckon with its own troubling past. >> we're not valuing all lives the same way. everybody doesn't have the opportunity, everybody doesn't have the power, the resources, or the conditions in order to achieve optimal health. >> nawaz: all that and more on

amna nawaz has the story. in jerusalem today, thousands gathered to celebrate the israeli capture of the eastern part of the city from jordan 54 years ago but by early evening, they were forced to disband as air raid sirens warning of hamas rockets echoed through the city. for days the streets in nearby majority-palestinian east jerusalem have been far from peaceful. the holy sites reek of tear gas, the stench of skunk water deployed by israeli soldiers pollutes the air, and stun grenades light up the streets. over the weekend israeli soldiers injured more than 300 people, observing the end of ramadan at the al-aqsa mosque compound. tensions are high in the holy land, fueled partly by the potential eviction of palestinian families from their jerusalem homes. >> everything that is happening is meant to drive palestinians out and try to empty jerusalem completely of them. amna: six palestinian families face eviction in east jerusalem's sheikh jarrah neighborhood. the decision rests with the israeli supreme court

newshour productions, llc >> naz: good evening, i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away.is continues-- despite growing calls for a ceasefire, the death toll rises as israeli forces strike gaza, and hamas fires more rockets into israel. then, insurrection aftermath-- partisan politics in congress hold up investigations into the violent storming of the capitol by a mob of trump suorters. and, a toxic standard-- the devastating impact on people of color, from social and commercial pressure, to lighten skin.x >> in almost every corner of the planet, there's a huge social dividend that comes from being lighter-skinned. sociologists trace it back centuries to european colonization, slavery and class or caste. >> nawaz: all that aor

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, a possible peace. israel announces a cease-fire in the 11-day war with hamas, spurring hopes for an end to the deadly conflict. then, view from south korea. the country's foreign minister discusses how to engage with the north, as the biden administration recalibrates u.s. policy. and the cost of uncertainty. demand for workers in the u.s. leads to calls for legal status for america's undocumented workforce. >> what we've basically done is created a second-class citizen that is ripe for abuse and exploitation. i think we need to rectify that issue and bring in immigration reform. amna: all that and more on tonight'"pbs newshour." ♪ major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by. >> before we talk about your vestments. >> what is new? >> audrey is expecting. >> twins. >> changing plans. >> at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. >> johnson & johnson. bnsf railway. consumer cellular. financial services firm ra

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. >> nawaz: that's right, judy, thtrump administration emphasized that it thought the coronavirus leaked from the wuhan institute of virology in southern china. but the u.s. intelligence community has been split. nick schifrin has been following this closely. reporting on this all day, he joins me now, nick t is good to see you, let's start with president biden's call for this review, why now. >> senior administration officials say th overall motivation is that the world needs greater clarity on the origins of covid-19 in order to prevent the next pandemic but this week the biden team took affront to china's rejectioning any calls for further investigation. back in-- senior officials tell may back in march he requested the or i girchs and received that but china rejected a call for further investigation. a senior official says that lead the white house to accelerate their declassification of the originf covid, leading to yesterday's statement, calling for the intelligence community to redouble their erts-- efforts and a promise to release more information in the next three months. >> jud

she spoke with our amna nawaz about the challenges of maintaining a healthy democracy.a: i would like to begin in texas where a number of huge corporations like hewlett-packard and microsoft and others are explicitly calling for expanded voting rights and voting access in response to republican proposals that would limit that excess. we have seen similar efforts of course in georgia and other places. i am curious what you think it is about this moment in u.s. history that is pulling some of these companies off the sidelines and into the fight to protect voter rights? stacey: what we saw in january of 2021, the juxtaposition of the election of the first black senator from juran or -- from georgia and jewish senator from georgia, eclipsed hours later by sedition us who stormed the capital and murdered law enforcement officers. this insurrection has now taken root in our states. and this is no longer a question of partisanship. it is not a question of which party is electing their leaders. it is a question of citizenship. who has the right to be heard in our nation. and wh