this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening. late this afternoon, the u.s. air force fighter jet shot down a chinese surveillance balloon that had made its way across the country. it plunged about 60,000 feet into u.s. waters off of south carolina. operations have begun to try to retrieve as much as possible of the apparatus the balloon carried, which is roughly the size of three buses. president biden said he ordered the shoot down on wednesday. >> i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible. i decided the best time to do that was when it got over the water. over the 12 mile limit. they sucfully took it down. this is the latest flashpoint between the u.s. and china. pentagon officials were able to collect intelligence on the balloon as it flew over the country. across the northeast of the u.s., it is dangerously cold. in northern new hampshire, the wind chill overnight reached -108. that is the coldest on record in the u.s. it is so cold that some new engl

." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tostation from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening, i'm john yang. as russia's invasion of ukraine enters its second year, russian president vladimir putin says his country cannot ignore the nuclear capabilities of both the united states and nato countries. in an interview, he repeated his claim that nato and others want to see russia suffer a strategic defeat. those comments came as russian state news released drone footage showing devastation in the city of bakhmut, where frontline fighting has been fierce. the ukrainian military says battles nearby are ooing and russia has been unsuccessful in its offensives. meanwhile, in a weekend marked with war commemorations, ukrainians gathered in odesa to remember volunteer soldiers who have lost their lives over the past year. tetyana: he decided on his own tooin the territorial defense battalion. he worked for eight years as a sailor, but he then told me his nerves couldn't take it any longer. i then said, "son, we're at war. who

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions toour pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening, i am john yang. antony blinken is in turkey for a firsthand look from the devastation on the earthquakes that hit the region two weeks ago. he pledged $100 million in disaster aid to help the country rebuild. >> words of consolation. it's hard to put into words. you see buildings collapse. the search-and-rescue is coming to nn. there will be a massive rebuilding effort. >> it can't stop until mountains of degree are cleared away. tens of thousands of buildings were destroyed. that work is slow as grieving families want a sense of closure. it'important. >> nearly two weeks later, the death toll is climbing in workers are finding fewer sig of life. an untold number of people are unaccounted for. in syria, it's been slow to arrive and hold up at the border. >> before we were four families in one house. now, 12 families. we keep them warm. the home did not collapse. it was just damaged, thank god. >> the world health organ

the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again, from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening, welcome to "washington week." this week, challenges were on full display. one year ago today that russia launched a full-scale invasion on ukraine. a secret planned trip to the capital. air raid sirens ringing, the two leaders walked the city. president biden also announced a new half-billion aid package which president zelenskyy praised. >> together we will protect our cities and people from russian terror and strengthen the impulse to our victory. yamiche: on tuesday, president biden delivered a speech in poland where he pledged to continue support to ukraine and allies. pres. biden: one yea into this war, putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition he still doubts our convictio there should be no doubt. our support for your crane will not waver. nato will not be divided and we will not tire. yamiche: follow-up from the train jerome in ohio. former president trump -- from the train

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yr station from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening. i'm jong yang. it's been nearly a year since russia launched its full-scale invasion of ukraine and today for the first time the united states labeled russia's actions there as crimes against humanity. the war stands at a crossroads. both moscow and kyiv hope to gain momentum in the coming weeks. nick is near the front line and his reporting is report -- supported by the politzer center. >> 1,100 miles from the front, vice president harris called for accountability. >> russian forces have pursuesea widespread and systemic attack against a civilian population. gruesome acts of murder, tor torture, rape and deportation. >> among per examples of crimes against humanity, the russian stripe on a mariupol theater that killed hundreds of women and children as they hilled. and the russian mass kerr and mass graves of bucha. ukraine has accused russia of genocide. that was a word repeated tod in munich by thank you cranian foreign mini

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening, i am john yang. navy divers are at work about six miles off the coast of south carolina, trying to recover debris from the suspected chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down. military and defense officials say it landed about 47 feet of water, shallower than they had expected, and is spread out over about seven miles. overnight, chinese authorities -- who had said it was a weather balloon gone astray -- called the shoot-down a "clear overreaction and a serious violation of international practice." former pakistani president pervez musharraf died today. he had ruled that nation for nine years and was a key ally in the u.s. war in afghanistan. a former special forces commando, pakistani general pervez musharraf seized power in 1999 in a bloodless coup. two years later, he named himself president. following the 9-11 terrorist attacks in the united states, musharraf allied with president george w. bush in the war on terr

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the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like youthank you. >> once again, from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to washington. tuesday saw one of the rowdy's state of the union speeches in recent memory. republicans heckled him through the door address. -- the address. the divisions were crystal clear, the president touted accomplishments and big bills passed last year, and urged bipartisanship to finish the job. it is a phrase he used 12 times during his speech. republicans shouted at him and called him "liar." this when he accused them of seeking to make cuts to entitlement programs. >> some republicansant medicare and social security to sunset. [booing] let me give anybody who doubts it, contact my office and i will give you a copy of the proposal. as we all apparently agree, social security and medicare is off the books now. [applause] all right. yamiche: quite a moment. after his speech, arkansas's new governor, sarah huckabee sanders , gave the republican party responds and pointedly cr

the corporation for bob -- public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again from washington, here is our moderator. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." for the first time since kevin mccarthy was elected house speaker, he and the president held a one-on-one meeting at the white house. they discussed a long list of priorities, chief among them the nation's debt and avoiding a financial crisis. president biden is sticking to his decision that he will not negotiate on raising the debt limit. house republicans will not take any action without spending cuts. they said they hoped their meeting set the tone for the future of talks. >> we can start treating each other with respect. that is what kevin and i are going to do. not a joke. does not mean we are going to a great and fight like hell. but we will treat each other with respect. >> we have different perspectives on this. but i thought this was a good meeting. we promised we would continue the conversation. i think at the end of the day we can find common gr

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. it has been another busy week in news and while we are a long way from 2024, we have a preview this week of the messaging and challenges of the likely contenders. for his part, president biden kept up can present -- kept up criticism of republicans. >> some republican friends in the house are talking about taking the economy hostage over the full faith and credit of the united states. i will not negotiate whether or not we pay our debt. yamiche: biden has yet to formally announce he is running for reelection, and has posted the results of his latest physical. the doctor said biden remains healthy and is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency. meanwhile, former president donald trump's list of challenges got longer as he again runs for president. on tuesday, he got his first official challenger for the gop presidential nomination when nikki h

marathon the only news you are watching the marathon the only news for you the team of the first public broadcasting channel is working in anatoly yarema's studio we continue to discuss the results of the summit ukraine eu, which took place today in kyiv, the european union recognized the significant efforts that ukraine has demonstrated in recent months in achieving the goals underlying its status as a candidate for membership in the eu. the eu is so stated in the final document of the summit. however, in addition to the praised body, let's criticize whether they are satisfied with the assessment of their work on the legislative integration of ukraine that our parliamentarians give to the european union . we will talk about this with the people's deputy of ukraine. from the faction of the servant of the people by the dream of mezentseva and the people's deputy from the faction of the voice of yaroslav yurchyshyn, gentlemen, i congratulate you on the air of the marathon. so, are you satisfied with the assessment of your actual legislative work that was heard at the summit today and how to treat crit

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. vanessa: welcome to the "newshour." here are the littest headlines. the death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck turkiye and syria topped 43,000 people today. that number is sure to keep climbing now that more search teams have reached the hardest-hit areas. against all ds, rescuers are still pulling people out alive from the wreckage, 11 days later. in the turkish city of antakya today, this 40-year-old man was freed after spending 278 hours under the rubble. but the window for finding more signs of life is closing quickly. in mississippi, six people were fatally shot today in a small town. the shootings took place in a convenience store and two homes. authorities say a suspect has been booked into jail on one count of murder. officials in ohio say new testing has shown that the public drinking water in east palestine is safe to drink after a train derailment left behind toxic chemicals earlier this month. but the state stil

a public broadcast thing. got questions through all of you actually. and about join us position paper ah, a ball the ukraine and it has 12 points i would like to know. do you find it credible as spatial as a thumb, as the china abstained? united nations vote yesterday about ukraine and also before the war started, you were shared, intelligent the info about gracious troops and preparation. so has united states shared any info about its claim made by mister blink and that china is considering giving weapons to russia? thank you. but yet, so am indeed the chinese paper. i think you have to see their principles. they shared it's not a police plan, but principles that they shared. you have to see them against a specific backdrop. and that is the backdrop that china has taken side by assigning, for example, and unlimited friendship. right before the invasion rushed invasion in ukraine started. so we will look at the principles of course, but we will look at them against the backdrop that china has taken sites on the question over a surprise, over military s

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tor pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: good evening and welcome to the newshour. president biden gave his most detailed assessment of the chinese spy balloon and other objects that have crossed into u.s. airspace. amna: addressing the country, president biden salt to calm concerns about the objects shot down over the u.s. and canada. the president made no apologies r ordering the takedown of these objects. >> make no mistake, if any object poses a threat to the american people, i will take it down. amna: the remarks came days after pressure from lawmakers in both parties. following this closely is our correspondent laura perrone lopez. there have been questions about when or if the president would address these objects. you were there. what did we learn? laura: the president talked about these objects we shot down over the course of three days starting on february 10. those objects were shot down over the waters over the coast of alaska, the yukon territory in canada, an

thought that government of india would go after our international, you know, outlet and back to a public broadcaster major european country. maybe nothing comes of it. you know, that is this whole argument that sometimes the ruling party and politicians generally any. i'm not specifically related to just be to be. there's always have nothing to hide. then what, what's the problem. but people don't understand that a journalist job is not to be sitting down and answering questions and helping, you know, i feel food shows and cops scanned their computers. their job is to do journalism. and when you are bringing in these kind of harassment into the news room, you are actually hampering and you know, hindering a pre flow of information and press freedom. and does this is actually a part of a larger trend that we already observing in india. and it's a very disturbing trend, and now we talk, i mean at least as journalist, we always thought that government would never blocked international publications. but now they have, we don't know the searches are still going on. we still don't know what's going to com

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but a west virginia public broadcasting, jim justices decided adds to go to. so he's got rid of the professional leadership, he's installed his own communications director as a new ceo, and now they've started firing reporters, we have reported on scandals and failures in government justices administration. >> and i could describe that west virginia situation as a scandal, think for most americans who value the idea of a free and independent, press it would be seen as a scandal. but just watch. if what jim justice is doing with the media, in west virginia, that starts getting national tension, just watch, other republican governors will see what is, doing and try to emulate it themselves. because this is what's in style right now, on the american far-right. it is a race to outdo each other with the stuff now. and we know where it ends. we've seen this playbook lots of different places. we can see it all around the world. and in that spirit, there is just one more not to put on this map here today, from today's news. it's here. today, in israel of all places. a

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station fm viewers like you. thank you. amna good evening and welcome. an air of desperatn is growing in turkey and syria tonight as the chance of finding earthquake survivors grows dimmer by the hour. geoff: the death toll has grown to at least 12,000 with an unknown number still missing. jane ferguson reports from southern turkey, where a province along with idlib province in syria are among the worst hit areas. jane: combing through the dust and debris continues. there were over 90 people inside this apartment complex when it collapsed. so far only two gravely wounded survivors have been found. periodically the rescue workers stop what they are doing, machinery is turned off, and everyone falls quiet and listens for the sound of survivors under their feet. what appears like a silent tribute to the dead is actually still hope for the living. but desperate relatives on the pavement nearby know that hope is fading. >> [indiscernible] jane: so a three-person family. have any of them

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporatiofor public broadcasting and by contributions tor pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening. we are learning more about the strength of the u.s. economy and whether high inflation and terest rates are pushing it into a recession. amna: tomorrow, the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates by another quarter of a point. the next labor report will show whether job growth is slowing even further. and the slowdown over the debt ceiling is hardly over. all of that mad to the sense that the economy is on a knife's edge. but a recession is not a given. on the president's key advisors on all of this joins us now. welcome back to the newshour. let's begin wit the debt ceiling debate. tomorrow, president biden will meet with speaker mccarthy. the president will release his budget in early march. in your conversations, do you have any sense of what mr. mccarthy is asking for? where republicans want to see spending cuts? >> this is the reason why the president has put the emphasis on speaker mccarthy and the

. ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionstation from viewers like you. thank you. host: president biden has arrived in poland tonight after making an unannounced visit to kyiv days ahead of the one-yea anniversary of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine. the adminisation says it informed moscow before biden arrived. this marks the first visit by u.s. president to ukraine in 14 years. with the support of the pulitzer center, nick schifrin reports from kyiv. reporter: at the end of a 5000 mile journey, commander and chief visits a capital at war to provide an embattled country a show of solidarity. on the right, the leader who one year ago refused a u.s. offer to evacuate wearing trademark olive drab and on the left, the leader of ukraine's strongest supporter. >> i am here to show our nation support for your sovereignty and territorial integrity. reporter: the administration called the visit unprecedented to a war zone without a significant u.s. military presence. russia launched its invasion 361 days ago. president biden r

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions toour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening. stretches of southern turkey and northern syria are in ruins tonight after a powerful earthquake ripped through the region. the numbers are staggering. more than 3700 dead, some 13,000 injured, and tens of thousands homeless. the pre-dawn quake hit in southern turkey -- with a 7.8 magnitude -- and shook buildings as far away as israel. a second quake followed, with hundreds of aftershocks. a moment of pure terror, people fleeing for their lives in turkey. whole buildings reduced to dust as the powerful earthquake ravaged turkey and syria. rescuers now battling freezing temperatures as they sift through debris. searching for survivors, and pulling out the dead. many left waiting in shock for news of family and friends. >> there are people still trapped under rubble. i have a friend living in this apartment, his children were rescued from the top floor but his daughter broke an arm. we'll see what happened to those li

but at west virginia public broadcasting jim justice has decided that's got to go, too, so he's gotten rid of the professional leadership, he installed his own communications director as thest new ceo and n they've started firing reporters who have reported on scandals and failures in government justice's information. i could describe that west virginia situation as a scandal. i think for most americans whose value the idea of a free and independent press it would be seen as ape scandal, but just watch at what jim justice is doing with the media in west virginia. if that i starts getting nation attention just watch, other republican governors will see what he's doing andov try to emulate it themselves because this is what's in style right now on the american far-right. it is a race to outdo each other with this stuff. and we know where it ends. we've seen this playbook lots of different places. we can is all around the world. and in that spirit there is just i think one more dot to put on this map today from today's news. it's here today in israel of all places. very large-scale aggres

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions toour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: here are the latest headlines. tens of millions of americans are under winter storm advisories tonight, as a major front heads toward the northeast and new england. it's the latest in a barrage of late-winter systems sweeping the nation. they have forced blizzard warnings in california and piled up tornado wreckage in the southern plains. homes and buildings were leveled in norman, oklahoma, after fierce winds and at ast nine tornadoes touched down in oklahoma and kansas sunday night. >> what in the world is that? stephanie: in parts of texas, winds reached 114 miles an hour. norman police chief kevin foster said no one was killed, but there were at least a dozen injuries. >> we have several homes, businesses and schools that appear to have some damage from the storm. there are multiple roadways still closed due to debris and downed power lines. stephanie: a cold front left more than 5.5 feet of snow in the upper of southern

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. >> 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: welcome to the newshour. tonight president biden will deliver the state of the union address. we'll have more on that later. but first, we start with the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and aftershocks that have rocked turkey and syria. amna: the death toll from the quake disaster has reached more than 7700 people tonight, and it's feared many more victims have yet to be found. search teams are working with ever-growing urgency across a huge swath of southern turkey and eastern syria. jane ferguson is on the ground in turkey, and has our report. jane: a moment of light, surrounded by darkness. working overnight in malatya, turkey, rescuers pulled a man out from the rubble alive. voices shouting from under crumbled concrete are still waiting to be saved. an immense rescue operation is underway across turkey and syria. thousands of buildings were leveled. rescuers are now battling against time, hoping to reach those stuck

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nation already today the marathon is underway the only news for you is the team of the first public broadcasting channel working in the anatoliy studio yarema next, we will tell you about people who hardly ever dreamed of becoming heroes, but in fact they became them. they did not want to be outside observers of the war in their native country, so they actively participated in volunteer work. they do what they can. at the front, children, sons-in-law, grandchildren, grandmothers are all waiting at home with victory and have their own advice about its approach about volunteers 80 + see the only news in the marathon good afternoon thank you for taking place old people people, god give you health, may they be healthy, they are almost already me , and there is no quiet way, as it was on one front of the mill and on the second floor, my my beloved 53 year old , and i think i want to hold my neck and that's why i'm there i believe that there will be a victory. i participated in odessa . i helped the partisans in the village. i helped them with the idea of ​​a bottle of milk. there they took it and han

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to "the newshour." today is the first anniversary of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine. it is the largest war in europe in 80 years, marked by calamitous destruction and ath, but also by bravery and a resilient will of the ukrainians. amna: the somber day was observed around the world, at the united nations, across europe and, most profoundly, in ukraine. in kyiv, president volodymyr zelenskyy spoke at length to the world media today, at times welling up with tears for his family and his country. with the support of the pulitzer center, nick schifrin reports again tonight from ukraine. ♪ nick: in the ancient heart of a city that has endured one year of war, they sang the national anthem. its title, "ukraine has not yet perished," a dark but determined call to stay resilient on a solemn anniversary. president volodymyr zelenskyy, his leadership forged in the fire of war, honored the men and women who have saved their country.

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. vanessa: welcome to the newshour. i'm vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy, with newshour west, here are the latest headlines. president biden wrapped up his 4-day trip to poland and ukraine, as we near the anniversary of russia's invasion. mister biden called russian president vladimir putin's decision to suspend participation in the nuclear arms control treaty a, quote, "big mistake." at a meeting with eastern european leaders in warsaw, the president reiterated u.s. support for ukraine and "nato" allies. >> it's even more important that we continue to stand together . you know better than anyone what is at stake in this conflict, not just for ukraine, but for the freedom of democracies throughout europe and around the world. vanessa: meanwhile in russia, president putin attended a patriotic rally and urged his country to support russian troops in ukraine. he also held talks with china's top diplomat in moscow to undersc

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributionsbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> stephanie:. i am stephanie sy with newshour west. here are the latest headlines. the south is finally expecting relief tonight, after ice storm disrupted travel and claimed at least 10 lives this week. forecasters say warmer weather is moving in. but for thousands in texas, it can't come fast enough. several hundred thousa customers have been waiting for the power to come back, and many more have been laboring to break up the ice. meanwhile, and arctic cold front is heading for new england. the national weather service says wind chills could dip below minus 50 degrees tomorrow, and wind speeds could top 100 miles an hour. house republicans voted to oust democratic congresswoman ilhan omar today from the foreign affairs committee. it was a party-line vote. democrats said it was retaliation after they booted two republicans from committees in 2021, for incendiary statements. the somali-born omar said she was singled out for her race and rel

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: good evening and welcome. it's happened again, a burst of gun violence wiping out lives seemingly at random. monday nights attack at michigan state university left three students dead. geoff: five others were critically wounded before the gunman shot himself. that has left investigators based with finding a motive and a campus community in shock and grief. michigan governor gretchen whitmer, an msu alum herself, mourned the loss of life. >> another place supposed to be about community and togetherness shattered by bullets. geoff: as students coped with the aftermath of the mass shooting, officials released new details on the gunman. police say 43-year-old anthony mccray was found with a note indicating threats to two schools in new jersey where he had ties. those schools were closed today. officis say the shooter, seen on a surveillance recording holding what appeared to be a pistol, had no affiliation with msu. he'd been charge

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions froms station -- contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. geoff: good evening and welcome to the newshour. the death toll from the catastrophic earthquake in turkey and syria has risen to nearly 21,000 with no end in sight. amna: aid is starting to trickle in, but for many it is too little, too late. jane ferguson reports from the capital of hog-tie -- hatay province. correspondent: bodies gathered from the rubble are everywhere collected and labeled and stored industry. no buildingsre trusted anymore. fresh running water is too scarce for the religious rights of the dead, and older tradition of clean soil is now used to dignify the bodies. the heartbroken come to the cemetery to claim their loved ones. if here held out hope they would find their missing family members any other place, but still the grief comes it waves. gonah has seen 10 members of her extended family arrived in body bags. more are missing. >> i live in a separate building from some of the rest of my famil

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening and welcome to the newshour. the city of memphis laid terry nichols to -- tyre nichols to rest today. >> at his funeral, mourners celebrated nichols' life. and joined civil rights leaders from around the cotry in issuing a call for justice. >> ♪ don't give up the fight ♪ [singing] reporter: laying her son to rest, rowvaughn wells said tyre nichols' life was one of purpose . >> i promise you, the only thing that is keeping me going is the fact that i truly believe my son is sitting at the sight of god. [applause] and i guess now his assignment is done. reporter: a loving son, father, brother, fed ex employee, skateboarder and friend to all . nichols was the youngest of four siblings. his sister, keyana dixon. >> i see the world showing him love and fighting for justice. but all i want is my baby brother back. reporter: is funeral comes three weeks after his death, after a brutal beating by memphis police during a traffic sto

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionsyour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: we have two major stories this evening. as the one-year anniversary of the war in ukraine approaches, president biden and putin delivered speeches reflecting a sharp divide in the conflict with no end in sight. we begin in ohio. the federal government today ordered norfolk southern to clean up contaminated soil and water at their train derailment site in east palestine, ohio. the to rail men let officials to carry out a so-called controlled release of toxic chemicals, forcing thousands to evacuate. returning residents say they are feeling the effect of air and water contamination. geoff is in in -- is in east palestine tonight. amna: officials were on the ground assuring residents that everything is being done to clean up the area and hold norfolk southern, the train operator, accountable. [laughter] >> ok. geoff: in his second trip to east palestine in less than a week, epa administrator michael regan was visiting residents near

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening. welcome to "the newshour." the death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck turkey and syria topped 43,000 people today. that number is sure to keep climbing now that more search teams have reached the hardest-hit areas. amna: against all odds, rescuers are still pulling people out alive from the wreckage 11 days later. in the turkish city of antakya today, this 40-year-old man was freed after spending 278 hours under the rubble. but the window for finding more signs of life is closing quickly. geoff: officials in ohio say new testing has shown that the public drinking water in east palestine is safe to drink after a train derailment left behind toxic chemicals earlier this month. but the state still recommends those who use private wells continue drinking bottled water. governor mike dewine told residents that the air quality is safe as well. gov. dewine: today they have sampled air in over 500 separate homes. the

. ♪ announcer: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionsyour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. by geoff: -- amna: president biden has arrived in poland tonight, after making an unannounced visit to kyiv just days ahead of the one year anniversary of russia's full scale invasion of ukraine. the administration says it informed moscow before biden arrived. this marks the first visit by a u.s. president to ukraine in 14 years. with the support of the pulitzer center, nick schifrin reports from kyiv. nick: at the end of a 5000 mile journey the commander in chief , visited a capital at war, to provide an embattled country a show of solidarity. on the right, the leader who one year ago refused a us effort to evacuate, wearing his trademark olive drab. on the left, the leader who became ukraine's most important supporter, wearing a tie striped with ukraine's national colors. pres. biden: i'm here to show our unwavering support for the nation's independence, your sovereigy and territorial integrity. nick: the administration today called