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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 israel and later tonight we will discuss the political war in washington where most republican lawmaker

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additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporationded by the american people. and by contributionso your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. the 2021 memorial day weekend is under way with covid-19 mask mandates ending in most states and travelers on the move. a.a.a. forecasts a 60% increase in travel on the roads this year over last year's record low number of memorial day weekend drivers. at airports, where masks are still required, the transportation secury administration reported it screened more than 1.9 million passengers, crew members and workers yesterday. a t.s.a. spokesperson tweeted that wait times were under four minutes but urged travellers t“" pack your patience.” the centers for disease control and prevention reported yesterday that more than 62% of people over 18 in the u.s. have received at least one dose of a covid vaccination while cases and deaths have dropped to record low numbers in the u.s., globally there are still more than 520,000 new cases

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 president donald trump who wrongly claimed that the election was stolen. here's how g.o.p. leer kevin mccart

and by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the americanributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. you're watching pbs. k: every dy i came home so happy. sacha baron cohen: yeah, yeah. ramisetoodeh: who better to get inside an actor's head than another actor. jarred leto: holy guacamole, what a performance. ramin: variety studio invites you to listen in as some of today's biggest stars talk to each other about their craft. leslie odom, jr.: in order to tell these stories truthfully, we offer ourselves up. ramin: with ben affleck and sacha baron cohen, andra day, and leslie odom, jr., and jarred leto, and john david washington. ♪♪♪ ramin: welcome to "variety studio actors on actors." i'm ramin setoodeh. we're not in our studio this season, but we still have a great lineup for you with virtual conversations and lots of revelations. ben affleck and sacha baron cohen both took on roles recently that show them being unguarded and personal.

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additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a pvate corporationded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. the united states aims to have 70% of adults receive at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine by the 4th of july. that number is now at 57.7%. just under two million doses are being administered on average every day. that's down from an average of more than three million per day a month ago. more than 57% of adults in the united states have received at least one shot, and 43% have been fully vaccinated. the biden administration's coronavirus response coordinator said today the u.s. is “turning the corner.” >> we're at 58% today, so we've got a path ahead of us, which will involve getting people even easier access to the vaccine, making sure that people build their confidence, those who have questions about the vaccine, that we answer their questions, and making sure that we do what we've done from the beginning, which is do thi

story and that uncertainty over events in gaza — amichai stein, diplomatic editor of israel's public broadcasting told them there has not been a ground incursion into gaza. let me show you those pictures from gaza, this is the skyline over gaza city in the early hours of friday morning. not any sign of activity, it would be difficult to tell at this stage but the reuters news agency says that has spoken to people living in the gaza strip saying there is no sign of any military presence on the ground, no sign of incursion and now saying the news from israel public broadcasters saying that they have not sent troops into gaza but there's artillery fire and also aerial bombardment taking place of gaza city. football — and liverpool have given their chances of qualifying for next season's champions league a major boost — after they beat manchester united four—two at old trafford. the game was supposed to have been played earlier this month — but was delayed due to fan protests. there were similar scenes before thursday's match — as united supporters continued to voice opposition to club owners — the g

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and exploitation of the little pork chop for so far to the margins of society including by a public broadcasting system that has sold its soul for corporate money that we might as well be mice squeaking against an apple but squeak we must. an ocean of stories even the news worth knowing can overwhelm the oh. you could even lose your way i know you want it all so let me bring you the bad. it's easy just. play ready. i think the average viewer just after watching a couple segments understands that we're telling stories there are critics can't tell me you know why because their advertisers won't let them. in order to create change you have to be honest you have to tell the truth parties able to do that every story is built on going after the back story to what's really happening out there to the american what's happening when a corporation makes a pharmaceutical chills people when a company in the environmental business ends up polluting a river that causes cancer and other illnesses they put all the health risk all the dangers out to the american public those are stories that we tell every we can

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 a special edition of "washington week." george floyd was murdered at the hands of the minneapolis police 368 days ago. tonight, we'll take a deep look at what has and has not changed since his death shocked the nation. but first, to today's breaking news. just a few hours ago, senate republicans carried out their very first filibuster since president biden was elected. they succeeded in blocking the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the capitol insurrection. senate democrats condemned their actions. here's senate majority leader chuck schumer. >> shame on the republican party for trying to sweep the horrors of that day under the rug because they're afraid of donald trump. yamiche: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, though, has consistently defended the position of most republicans. here's what he

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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 moment. but first, what do these new covid rules mean for american life and what challenges still lie ahead for th

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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, administering over 200 million vaccine doses. getting congress to pass his covid relief bill. rejoining the paris climate accord a starting the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. but

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i spent my entire professional life working in public broadcasting. i've always seen a kind of similarity of comparison to our federal system into the national park system and what we try to do in public broadcasting. we've created a lot of educational materials that have accompanied our national parks. even though it has been out for a dozen years, it's a very active site and we work through the pbs warning media to continue to educate. we be more than happy to go back to the park service and work in concert with your committee to try to court made that information. we do need a place, safety valve as well as breathing for our national lungs. a lot of that has to do with intelligent ways of visiting the parks. we've all experienced the logjams at glacier or yellowstone. i think the wonders of big coal and bighorn are incredibly important. i think we can direct people there for educational works. speaking on behalf of the public broadcasting service, we would be happy to try to share materials and understanding. we finished collecting thousands and th

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denmark has been named as a direct partner. investigation was carried out by a consortium of public broadcasters and newspapers. i'm joined now by d. w. 's political correspondent, correspondent manual sha. emma, thanks for joining us. what more can you tell us about the latest investigations? well, i mean, just as he said, what's not new. if the n s a had been spying for years and i'm going to america and president time back. stanley. in fact, that came to light as early as 2013. what is new today? according to that investigation, is the corporation between the danish secret services n d n. a. and the fact that apparently the other top politicians not me here in germany, but also in friends in the netherlands in norway and sweden. any denmark it says, who have been spied on. so this investigation reveals that top of the titian and former finance minister pastime political was. so a former chancellor hopefully tend to the candidates who in germany have been spied upon as well. and apparently, the danish intelligent services had enabled the se by allowing them to use a listening station located n

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.rom contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. anchor: we have three major stories that lead the newshour tonight. escalating violence in the middle east. the head of the nih on covid vaccines for adolescents. a pipeline restarts after a cyber attack. we begin with a political turning point here in the u.s. it took less than 20 minutes behind closed doors for the republicans in the house of representatives to make their allegianceo former president donald trump clear. wyoming congresswoman liz cheney was ousted as the number three gop leader. even after the vote was taken of us she remains defiant in her the schism -- criticism of donald trump. >> we must go forward based on truth. we cannot embrace the big lie and the constitution. i will do everything i can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the over office. we have seen the danger that he continues to provoke with his language. we have seen his lack of commitment and dedication

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this program was made possible by the corporati for public broadcasting andy contributions from viewersyou. thank you. >> the shooting has stopped, but the war of words goes on. late today, secretary of state antony blinken spoke with palestinian authority president the pledge u.s. humanitarian assistance and maienance of the cease-fire. israel and hamas, while offering sharply different versions of who one and two lost in just over a dozen years. reporting on day one of the cease-fire. >> the sounds of celebration replaced of the echoes as the fragile truce largely held for its first full day. thousands of palestinians rallied in gaza, declaring victory over israel after 11 days of fighting. >> this is a liberation, we won. i hope that god will protect the resistance. >> senior hamas official and gaza had a message. >> netanyahu and his army said they would destroy the tunnels above are resistance and i tell him that are fighters are now striving. >> also thinking iran for supplying weapons to gaza. hundreds of hamas supporters marched in and there were also celebrations in the west ba

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionsur pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm stephanie sy with newshour west. we will return to the rest of the program after these headlines. fresh optimism in the u.s. pandemic recovery. multiple media outlets are reporting the food and drug administration is expected to authorize pfizer's covid-19 vaccine for young adults age 12 and older i next week. the associated press reported the fda may approve the vaccine for even younger children in the fall. in march pfizer released preliminary results from a study of more than 2000 adolescence that showed the vaccine had similar efficacy and side effects to adults. moderna has begun testing its vaccine on children. meanwhile, the daily average of new cases is below 50,000 for the first time since october and airline traffic is the highest since the pandemic began. but in india, the human disaster only worsens. makeshift medical camps have sprung up and official numbers show new infections at or near 400,000 a day. we will focus on