still to come on "pbs news weekend"... ving a significant impact on virginia's coastal farms. and... mashup artist girl talk is finding new ways to mix his music. ♪ >> this is pbs news weekend from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour, weeknights on pbs. geoff: after the federal court ruling this past week striking down the federal mask mandates on planes and public transit, very few indoor masking requirements remain in the u.s. that's as public health experts brace for the next covid surge and parents of kids under 5 anxiously await for an approved vaccine for them. for more on this, i spoke with dr. peter hotez. he is a profsor of pediatrics and molecular virology at ylor college of medicine and co-director of the texas children's center for vaccine development. thank you for being with us. given where we are in this pandemic, what is the effect of indoor masking becoming optional in most places? and now on planes, buses and trains in most cases, given the federal ruling? dr. hotez: clearly we will not ha

this is pbs news weekend.onight, russian forces retreat from ukraine's capital region while evacuation attempts continue in the heart of the city of mariupol. we explore the road to economic recovery as the u.s. sees the longest -- the lowest on employment rates since the pandemic started. and a new hit tv series uses humor to address the long-standing problems of an underfunded education system. >> america' teachers, they deserve more. jeff: all that and more on tonight's pbs news weekend. ♪ >> major funding for pbs news weekend has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal is to provide wireless service to help people communicate and connect. our u.s.-based customer service team can find a plan that fits you. ♪ >> bandwidth the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. -- a with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs sta

geoff: all that and more on tonight's "pbs news weekend." ♪ >> major funding for pbs news weekend hasn provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer so there has been offering no contract wireless plans to help people do more of what they like. our u.s.-based customer service team can help find a plan that fits you. to learn more, visit our website. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of the individuals and instutions -- ♪ and nds of the newshour. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: in ukraine, russian forces are preparing for a new phase of the war in the east and south. to oversee it, russian president vladimir putin is assigning the same general who previously led russia's punishing campaign in syria. and in kyiv, visiting western leaders have made new pledges for weapons. but the country's leaders say they need even more, and faster. special correspondent simon ostrovsky reports from kyiv. simon: in an eastern city, soldiers and volunteers wait for war. >> during world w

geoff: all that and more on tonight's "pbs news weekend.” ♪ >> major funding for pbs news weekend hasprovided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide service to help people connect. we offer a variety of plans, and our u.s.-based customer service team can help you find one that fits you. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions -- and friends of the newshour. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. geoff: as russian forces ramp up their attacks in eastern ukraine, civilians in affected cities and villages are atteting to evacuate following another deadly strike on friday. correspondent ali rogin has our report. ali: a day after russia struck the kramatorsk train station, survivors are processing what happened. 17-year-old nastyatill bears blood from the attack. >> i remember a really loud noise and there was something landing, shells or rockets. everybody hit the ground. that's all, a nightmare, everhing starts to burn,

geoff: all that and more on tonight's pbs news weekend. >> major funding for pbs news weekenhas beenrovided by. >> for 25 years, consumer cellular has been offering no contract wireless plans designed to help people get mof what they like. our u.s.-based customer service team can find a plan that fits you. visit consumer cellular.tv. >> and with the ongoing support of thesendividuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: ukrainian prosecutors investigating possible russian war crimes say they found 410 bodies in the towns surrounding kyiv. moscow continues to deny its military is targeting civilians but as russian troops pull back from those areas, correspondent ali rogin reports they are scorching the earth behind them. >> in the wake of russia's withdrawal, a trail of death. in the town of bucha, hundreds of bodies la in mass graves. on the roads, what ukrainian officials say is evidence of war crimes. ukrainian preside

announcer: this is pbs news weekend from washington, home of the pbs news weekend. gun violence is surging across the u.s. so far this year, there have already been 154 mass shootings, and new data shows the leading cause of death among children in 2020 was gun-related injuries. for more on what's behind these numbers, i spoke with jenner mascia, she is a reporter for "the trace," a nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom focused on america's gun violence crisis. jennifer mascia, thanks so much for being with us. and three mass shootings last weekend alone underscored what has been a month-long spate of gun violence across this country. based on your research, your data analysis, what accounts for it? jennifer: well, we have seen a surge in gun sales that accelerated greatly during the pandemic. a lot of americans, their ideas of security and safety are wrapped up in firearm ownership. we actually had 12 mass shootings last weekend, the three that made the news, and there were nine others where four or more people were shot in a single incident. this is ppening earlier than

geoff: all that and more on tonight's "pbs news weekend." ♪ >> major funding for "pbs news weekend" hasn provided by - >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to help people connect. we have a variety of plans that our customer service team can help you find one that fits you. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions -- and friends of the newshour. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: russia pounded military targets throhout ukraine today, in apparent retaliation for the sinking of its flagship in the black sea, and as it prepares for an offensive in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. that's as ukrainian authorities today announced more than 900 bodies of civilians have been found in the capital region alone. correspondent ali rogin has the latest on the devastating toll from the ongoing russian attacks. >> in the air and on land, russian forces are regrouping in the east, leaving destruction in their path, shelling the north

geoff: all tha and more on tonight's pbs news weekend. ♪ >> major funding for pbs news weekend has beenvided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellar has been offering no-contract wireless plans. our u.s. based customer service team can help find a plan that fits you. visit consumer cell already . tv to learn more. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions -- ♪ >> and friends of the newshour. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: in ukraine, russian lo-range attacks continue to rain down near kyiv even as russian troops consolidate and the south and east and the city of mariupols on the brink of a full russian takeover but the remaining ukrainian forces aren't going willingly. >> in the battle port city of mariupol, a russianeadline has come and gone but there's no sign of giving in. >> ukrainian forces were asked to voluntarily lay down their arms and surrender, however, the kyiv regime forbad negotiations on surrender. >> has the city f

thank you. >> thank u for that report geoff and u are about to launch pbs news weekend >> it's a great team. i am excited to be part of this team to retool this badcast. it will be a mix of hard news, features and we will hear from cheryl lee ralph, then daryl hall >> very cool, we are so excited that the news continues on the weekend. as we reported, the city of shanghai is under lock down today as covid cases continue to search in china's financial capital. it is the most severe measure by the chinese government to isolate and track infections since it shut down the city after the virus broke out in 2020. today begins the second phase in a two-part lockdown across shanghai, after a wave of new infections erupted likely driven by the highly contagious subvariant of omicron, known as ba.2 summer wen is an interpreter who lives in west shanghai. >> we are not allowed to get out, and i have to get my test today, this afternoon. and so far for me, of course it is inconvenient, but still i fell it is dealable. >> the first phase of the shutdown began sunday, centering on the financial dist

tonight on "pbs news weekend," ukrainian officials say they've won the battle for kyiv, but russia isitioning its forces, already launching a new offensive in eastern ukraine. then, state lawmakers across the country are tightening voting rules. we take a look at how that could impact this year's midterm elections. and, a new documentary from the "pbs newshour" spotlights the struggles of many americans after being released from prison. >> there's so much more to this life than, you know, sitting in a cell. geoff: all that and more on tonight's "pbs news weekend." ♪

tonight on pbs news weekend, the toll of war.llowing shocking images of civilians killed in the streets outside kyiv, volodymyr zelenskyy because the attacks genocide. then we analyze the latest revelations from the january 6 committee and look ahead as democrats look to wrap up judge ketanji brown jackson's supreme court confirmation this week. our weekend spotlight with music icon darrell hall. he is back on tour and showing no signs of slowing down. >> when you are on the stage for whatever time you are on there, that is when it gets good. geoff: all that and more on tonight's pbs news weekend.

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program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and two contributions to your pbs news station from viewers like you. thank you. >> russian military forces have almost completely left the region, surrounding the ukrainian capital, kyiv. they are now turning toward ukraine's east and a new and brutal fight to come. evidence of possible atrocities committed by russian forces mount throughout newly freed areas of northern ukraine. in brussels, european union leaders met to consider a ban on russian call. our next shipment traveled to brussels with blinken. he begins with a warning. some images in this report are disturbing. >> the apocalyptic aftermath remains unaltered. residents, survivors walked past entire city blocks that no longer exist, clutching water that amount of horror amid precious. today was the first time in four weeks they left their basement shutter. to past discarded russian uniforms, russian ammunition and ukrainian shoulders. >> this is the first time i have seen something like this. i served in the army but something like this, i can't understand it. w

. >> after making those comments on pbs news hour, dr. fauci, the nation's top infectious disease specialist, is telling cbs the pandemic is not over, but the u.s. is in a decelerated or much more controlled phase. >> we are transitioning. we not in an endemic phase. we are not in a catastrophic phase. >> dr. peter at ucsf says it is important to look at the numbers. according to the cdc, the ma jurorty of americans have already had covid, and so have 75% of children. >> the hospitals seem to be okay right now. if times get rougher in the future, i think we may need to be a little bit more austere. >> health experts say our covid situation s. as dire as it was, the board will reinstitute a mask mandate that will run at least through july 18th. if approved, it will be the first transit area in the bay area to reinstitute a mask policy after it was dropped at the federal level. >> the more people in that vulnerable space with lots of different people from all walks of life. the better it is for society. >> interestingly after fauci's commen

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fauci made that statement on pbs news hour last night. he said the biggest factor that moved us out of the pandemic phase is that we aren't seeing soaring case rates nationwide like we once did. dr. fauci maintains covid isn't over, but that the landscape of the pandemic has changed. joining me now is ucsf infectious specialist dr. monica gandhi, always a pleasure. i know you talked about this yesterday, about this new phase. you talked to us on our 7:00 show last night. dr. fauci calls it a transition. what does this transition look like to you? >> well, there are two things that happened yesterday i think that made dr. fauci say this. one is that we had a prevalence study from the cdc yesterday that shows that 66% of americans have antibodies have, been exposed to covid. 75% of children zero to 17 have seen covid. on top of, that we have an 82.5% vaccination rate, at least one dose over those of the age of 5. so we have so much immunity, even as our cases have gone up with ba.2, we haven't seen severe disease go up in this country. and

for the pbs newshour, i'm stephanie sy in los angeles. ♪ judy: a new pbs newshour npr marist poll is as good news for republicans, but indicates a rocky road ahead for president biden and democrats as the midterm election season swings into gear. to help us break it all down, i'm joined by our political rrespondent, lisa desjardins. so, hello. first of all, what is in here about how president biden is doing? lisa: there is a margin of error here, about 3% or 4% dependin on the category. let's look at the president's approval rating over the past few months. it got lower in march. it has increased a little bit, 41%. given that margin of error, it's about static. it has not changed much. it is technically higher than the approval rating at the lowest point for president trump, but that is not a comparison immigrants want. some good news -- democrats want. this doesn't indicate the fate of a president, however it is a problem for democrats on the ballot in november. i want to drill down into something specic that may alarm them. let's look at their base. if you ask people that we surveye

this is what he said last night on pbs news hour. >> we are certainly right now in this country out ofd tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. we are at a low level right now. >> okay, by saying this country is out of the pandemic phase a lot of people took that to mean the pandemic is over. dr. fauci responding immediately and clearly saying and i quote here, "we're not over the pandemic. don't let anybody get the misinterpretation that the pandemic is over. but what we are in is a different phase of the pandemic, a phase that's a transition phase hopefully headed toward more of a control where you can actually get back to some form of normality without total disruption of society, economically, socially, school-wise, et cetera." to hammer home his point fauci noting covid cases are trending upward again but nothing like the omicron wave over the winter. >>> russia escalating the rhetoric over ukraine to alarming new levels. putin now vowing a lightening fast response to anyone who interferes in his war. this is the planning effect. if you ask suzie about the f

anthony fauci telling pbs news that america is out of the pandemic phase. >> we are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase. namely we don't have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations, and thousands of deaths. we are at a low level right now. we're not going to eradicate this virus, if we can keep that level very low, and intermittently vaccinate people, and i don't know how off thean would have to be. but right now we are not in the pandemic phase in this country. >> whooo hoo! the pandemic phase is over, people! the pandemic phase is over, i'm so happy. (cheers and applause). >> trevor: i'm so happy, i'm so happy. man, oh man, i've been waiting for this moment since march of 2020. do the balloon drop, yeah! yeah. oh. oh, wait, these are-- oh, man, they are supposed to be fully inflated but we blew them newspaper april 2020. we thought it was only going to be a few weeks but i guess things are tough, are they still air inside these things yeah, there is-- oh. what is that, covid, anyway. but yeah, fauci says ameri

i want to bring in anchor of pbs news weekends, and msnbc political analyst, and saw hill kau port.republicans are likely going to get behind it and it has to go through reconciliation, and would joe manchin and kristin sinema be onboard? >> republicans are not playing ball. the president would have to use his executive authority to forgive a certain portion of student debts, and what republicans are arguing in this new legislation led by the minority whip. they don't even want the pause on student loans to continue and they say he cannot cancel or forgive student debt, and the president said he is not considering 50,000, and he has not given a dollar amount. >> i think there's an argument to talk about the age of people currently in congress and in the white house. when they were going to college, there was much less money and you could work your way through college. going to college now, i get the idea that you have to work your way through and pull yourself up by your boot straps, and college now is insanely expensive, and the debt from that is crushing and the job market when yo

. >>> and joining us is now president of the chicago counsel on global affairs and pbs news hour chiefndent. so, first to you. the red cross team unable tareach mariupol, we're hearing now from the reds cross head quarters. according to the international committee in geneva. they're still trying to negegsiate safe passage with the russians. >> yeah, this is brutality after brutality we're seeing. these poor people who have been in a city without water, without electricity, without heat in the middle of winter are facing a constant bombardment that continues by russian forces and they're not able to escape. it really is remarkable that, in the 21st century, we see anything like this. and the red cross is trying to do its better, i think individuals are trying to get as many people out of this situation as possible. but it shows you what's going on in a real way. the idea that somehow the war is being turned down, the temperature is getting less, it just isn't true for the people suffering in mariupol, as in so many a places in ukraine. it's very sad to see. >> and you talked to a source

news. plus, much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from the waller cronkite school of journalism at arizonatate university. >> since the invasion of ukraine, the kremlin has further stapled what little freedom russians had to criticize the government. under russian law, describing the war in ukraine as war can lead to 15 years in prison. in russia recently forced international organizations amnesty international a human rights watch to close their operations in e country. nick shiffrin taken a different look at that time suppression of decent. ♪ >> behind a new iron curtain, vladimir putin seems determined to build there appears to be no irony after a wom held opposer that literally said two words. [speaking foreign language] >> she was detained by seven officers in riot gear. this man arrested for holding up a blank piece of paper. on sunday, police detained constantine goldman for holding special military operation and peace. last week, demetri marata, an editor was attacked with red paint. since the invasion, independent human rights activists say police arrested 15,000 people for critic

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for "the pbs newshour," i'm malcolm brabant in paris. ♪ amna: new audio reveals that house republicancarthy told republican colleagues he would urge president trump to resign, in the days following the january 6 attacks on the capitol. to sort through this, i'm joined by our capitol hill reporter lisa desjardins. good to see you. the audio we are talking about is a private conversation uncovered by two new york times reporters. it is a conversation between kevin mccarthy and liz cheney. let's have a listen. >> i am here, thank you. are you hearing he might resign? any reason to think that might happen? >> my gut tells me no. i am seriously thinking about having that conversation with him tonight, i have not talked to him in a couple of days. from what i know of him, and you know him, do you think he would back away? what i think i'm going to do is call him. the only discussion i would have with him is i think this will pass and it would be my recommendation to resign. that would bmy take but i don't think he will take it, but i don't know. amna: you've been talking with republican for

i hope you will join me tomorrow on pbs news week and.ut his recent record-breaking spaceflight. that is the pbs newshour for tonight. i'm geoff bennett. for all of us, thanks for spending part of your evening with us. have a great weekend. >> major funding for the p newshour has been provided by -- ♪ >> moving our econo for 160, bnsf, the engine that connects us. ♪ >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to build a better world. at hewlett.org. ♪ >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to t world's most pressing problems. skollfoundation.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions. ♪ and friends of the newshour. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station om viewers like you. ank you. ♪ >> >>> hello, everyone, and welcome to "amanpour & company" from kyiv. here's what's coming up. russia steps up its attack on the eas

. >> and with those comments on pbs news hour, dr. fauci is now telling cbs the pandemic is not over. but that the u.s. is in a decelerated and much more controlled phase. so here in the bay area, some counties have some of the highest case rates in the state. >> and kpix is live in the newsroom. and jocelyn, health experts say it is too early to call this a search. >> and they are calling this right now. but they also say let's use this time to be redty. one very important resource -- many public health have right now is the ability to do genetic sequences for variants. we got an inside look at how critical this is. >> cases are raising once again in the bay area. >> what we don't know is this a foothill for a big mountain in front of it? that is the real surge? >> dr. john swartz with u.c. berkeley public health says we could use this time to prepare. >> putting together resources in case there is something bad around the corner. >> this machine here is helping indicate if there could be something worse around the corner. it does se

program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs newlike you. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] to "amanpour & company." here's what's coming up. >> it pains me to see that we have learned so little from the holocaust. >> he is the last surviving nuremberg prosecutor, now 75 years after those landmark trials, benjamin ferencz joins me with an urgent call to action about russia's war on ukraine. plus. >> putin doesn't care about the babyn yar. doesn't care about holocaust, doesn't care about jews. >> exposing what putin means by nadefikyiv's holocaust more and morial at babyn yar. >> i have not stopped worrying about the people in poland. when would the hour of execution come? would this blind world only then see it, too light. >> when many l

alert and secondly he's had some officials, former president have gone on television including the pbs news hour, by the way, so that is a message to us, to say they will use those weapons if threatened, existentially. the good news is we're not threatening russia. so i think don't that i that is a real outcome. i think it is not. what i do worry about is what you were just discussing about a tactical nuclear weapon, if russia is losing the war for donbas, and let's call it the battle of donbas. because i think they've already lost the war of ukraine. but the battle of donbas which is raging now. it is a huge, horrible war with long range artillery and could go on for a long time and a lot of people will die, if they lose that, some speculate that putin would try to use a tactical nuclear weapon to try to end the war. that i think we need to be concerned about. but also remember that this is not japan 1945. ukraine does not feel like they're losing this war. they think that they are just in this war. and i think to assume that the reaction of a tactical weapon, tactical nuclear weapon in uk

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former deputy director of national intelligence and foreign affairs and defense reporter for the pbs newsour. good to have you both here. what do you make of what we are seeing? these really horrific images, even of the liberated portions, the liberated according to the ukrainians, of ukraine where not only are russians apparently committing atrocities, but leaving behind this kind of landscape of bombs and just true danger, perhaps making those parts of ukraine unin habitable at least for now? >> i think from my perspective, this is part of the big worry, is even if russia is shifting to the east and focuses its forces there, we are not going to see an end of the bombardment and the destruction. and ultimately what i worry about is the effort to render ukraine just a complete destroyed country where it will be a very weak state. and that has been part of putin's aim even before this invasion. >> that is the political objective. i mean, do you even buy this idea that russians are actually withdrawing? or are they just regrouping? >> defense officials say here about 25% of russian forces w

gibbs, former obama campaign senior advisor and jeff bennett, chief washington correspondent for pbs news hour and an msnbc political contributor. robert, it's not just republicans saying it, last night, right here in this hour, clare mccaskill said, people don't care about january 6th. they care about inflation. now obviously, a lot of people do care about the sixth. and those people who do are already fired up, and they're going to vote in the midterms. but is there anything that the january 6th committee could reveal that will bring in other voters and get them to the polls. >> absolutely. i think we don't know the full extent of what the committee knows. we don't know what texts they have, that we haven't been told about. we don't know what other tape out there exists, what other reporters have. we don't know if kevin mccarthy will be asked to testify. we don't know whether mike pence will. we don't know whether donald trump will. i think there's a lot of unknowns. we know the committee does want to do some primetime hearings. they'll produce a final report. i definitely think there i

. >> it's a walk back from comments fauci made on pbs news hour one day earlier. >> we are certainly pandemic phase. namely, we don't have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. >> president biden will attend this year's white house correspondent's dinner but skip the meal portion. however, dr. fauci appears personally cautious of large indoor gatherings, telling the "new york times" he will not attend saturday's gala because of my individual assessment of my personal risk. even with stringent safety protocols the white house is not immune to covid. a spokesperson says vice president kamala harris is taking the antiviral pill paxlovid after testing positive tuesday. she became infected despite being fully vaccinated and twice boosted. >> it is going to be hard to ensure that no one gets covid in america. that's not even a policy goal. the goal of our policy should be, obviously minimize infections whenever possible; but to make sure people don't get seriously ill. >> and according to cdc data, more than 77% of

anthony fauci, the nation's top infection disease expert said during an interview with pbs news hour on tuesday. >> we are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase. namely, we don't have 900,000 new infections a day, and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations, and thousands of deaths. we are at a low level right now. >> yesterday, fauci clarified his comments and said that the pandemic is not over, and rather, this. the acute component of the pandemic phase is. that will clear it up. and he also warned that people should be mindful of the disease particularly as cases rise in portions of the country. after two years of pandemic restriction, the white house correspondent associations dinner is returning this weekend and thousands of journalists and government officials including president biden will be there saturday night. but a senior administration official tells nbc news that dr. fauci will skip the dinner amid concerns about covid, and there are a number of white house officials are worried that this weekend's festivities may become another su

speaking on pbs news hour fauci pointed out that he does not believe the u.s low. he also pointed out that the country has a strong supply of vaccines and covid treatments. coronavirus cases are rising in the country, and some doctors are concerned about it under count of cases with at home tests. dr fauci called for stronger reporting requirements to give us better data on cases. the rate of new covid infections has doubled in a month. right here in the bay area, the chronicle reports. cases are at nearly 20 per 100,000 people in the bay area that's up 110% from last month, according to data from the state , but it remains far below the january peak when cases were more than 250 per 100,000 and health officials say hospitalizations and deaths are still low, which shows cases are not as severe research from the centers for disease control that shows as many as three out of every four children in the united states have been infected by covid. cdc scientists check 200,000 blood samples for antibodies that are only found in people have been infected with covid.

shared a positive outlook on the current state of the coronavirus pandemic in the u.s. , saying on pbs news country is out of the pandemic phase, and is making a transition to an endemic disease, right? the flu just keeps coming back. now while the world continues to reopen and learn to live with this virus, a company called gen exa is launching the first-ever over-the-counter clean acetaminophen pain relief medicine for adults. the all-organic health brand is partnered exclusively with walmart, the biggest of the big, for the rolfeout of the tylenol competitor. it creates the same over-the-counter meds on the market but minus the artificial fillers things like cornstarch and color, the dies in some of these. it has been awarded the number one business in wellness for 2022 by fast company and is backed by a-list celebrity investors like chris pratt, donald glover, forget all that. we want to hear the story joining me in a fox business exclusive, genexa co-founder and ceo david johnson. okay, i mean, you're one gutsy guy taking on johnson & johnson and me and i'll tell you why me. you know,

. >>> i'm joined by a member of the ukrainian parliament and chief correspondent for pbs news hour.m going to start with you. "the new york times" as ali accurately mentioned, they've put out these satellite images, which bring the lie to what russia, the kremlin is claiming and although their still trying to claim these are hoax, these are satellite images. this is the proof that they are committing mass genocide. is there any sense of hope among ukrainians at this point that anyone is ever going to pay for these crimes? >> well, that truly depends upon the investigation. an investigation started by the international criminal court we're grateful for. ukrainian authority because we want to bring justice to the victims of those war crimes. and the question whether the justice is complicated. we realize those proceedings take time and effort and they also take cooperation from the russian side in this case. our only hope is that putin is not there forever and he will begin at some point and even will take us years. we just have to get justice for what has been done to those cities an

speaking on pbs news hour, fauci pointed out that he does not believe the u.'s a goal of keeping cases low. dr fauci called for stronger reporting requirements to give us better data on cases in the rate of new covid infections has doubled in the last month. here here in the bay area, the chronicle reports. cases are at nearly 20 per 100,000 people in the bay area that's up 110% from last month, according to data from the state , but it does remain far below the january peak when cases were more than 250 per 100,000 and health officials say hospitalizations and deaths are still low, which shows cases are just not as severe research from the centers for disease control shows as many as three out of every four children in the united states. has been infected by covid. cdc scientists check 200,000 blood samples for antibodies that are only found in people who have been infected with covid. they found 75% of the samples have that antibody. scientists say there is still reason for concern because being infected with covid in the past doesn't prevent a person from b

welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe.sident putin has insisted his war in ukraine will succeed, saying that peace talks have reached a dead end. this comes as ukrainian russia are building up their forces in the east of the country ahead of a new russian offensive which will be a major escalation in the war. satellite images showussia is moving vehicles and troops toward eastern ukraine. at comes as the u.s. and u.k. investigate unconfirmed reports that chemical weapons may have been used by the russians as they attacked the southern port city of mariupol. moscow says their aim is the complete liberation of the eastern donbass region. the area has been marred by conflict for years. our defense correspondent is in the city traveling with ukrainian forces. he sent us this repor reporter: this is where the war in ukraine will be won or lost. the wide-open lascape of the east. we went with ukraine's army to see artillery already firing on russian forces. this the only way to get there. nervously watching. at their position, a