today, 13 years later, the federal funding is still flowing, at record levels, to america's public broadcasters. we noted the retirement of the head of america's public television stations, pat butler, who helped guide us through these difficult times. congress has enacted a new infrastructure investment program for public media, nearly three times as large as the one it replaced. when covid struck, the economy imploded, congress provided $250 million in emergency financial assistance to america's public media. and our partnership for public radio and television includes our state governments as well who will commit a record $365 million to support public media. there are hundreds of advocates who will hit capitol hill to share the strong positive message of public broadcasting. in a way this should be the easiest of lobbying assignments. public broadcasting is the most trusted name in media. 180 million people watch or listen to it every week. the senate passed the appropriation out of committee 24-2. at a funding level overwhelmingly approved last spring by congress with the agreement with th

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions topbs station by viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening. south carolina voters went to the polls today in the republican presidential primary. former president donald trump looking for his fourth straight primary season victory and former governor nikki haley try to avoid a home state embarrassment. she voted with her family this morning. reporters pressed her on the future of this campaign. >> we will keep taking it one state at a time. i know everybody else wants to look ahead area that is not how i have done any of this. we have taken it one state and one month at a time and focused on that. >> this afternoon, trump spoke at a conservative conference. last night in south carolina at an event for black conservatives to, trump lightened his -- likened his criminal indictments to injustice. nikki haley called the remarks disgusting. the biden campaign called him a poster boy for modern racism. several western leaders were in kyiv today. a lot of mere zelenskyy signed bilateral agre

this program was made possible but the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening. now that the mother of russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been formally notified of her son's death, she's pressing for details of how the 47-year-old died in a remote penal colony in the arctic. she and his lawyer went to the morgue but once they got there this facility had been closed. russia won't hand his remains over for barrel until the investigation is over. navalny's lawyer says he was murdered. in moscow navalny's supporters risk arrest to lay powerful to him. since his death police have arrested more than 300 people across the country. ukrainian forces have withdrawn from avdiivka, handing russia a key victory. outnumbered ukrainian soldiers had withstood a russian assault for four months. rat the security conference, vice president kamala harris met with you crane president volodymyr zelensky. he said he's hoping for a break in the logjam that's bottled aid for ukraine. >> we are counting on this positive

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening. i am john yang. donald trump's decisive victory in yesterday's south carolina primary -- in nikki haley's home state -- moved the former president that much closer to the republican nomination. with nearly l of the votes counted, trump leads haley by 20 percentage points. and he's won at least 44 of the state's 50 delegates, bringing his overall total to more than 100. despite the loss, haley told supporters last night that she's not giving up. >> i'm an accountant. i know 40% is not 50%. but i also know 40% is not some tiny group. there are huge numbers of voters in our republican primaries who are saying they want an alternative. john: the next primary is michigan on tuesday -- it's the last major contest before more than a dozen states vote in march with more than a thousand delegates up for grabs. in israel's war with hamas, there are signs of slow progress toward a deal for a cease-fire and release of both israeli hostages

. >> this made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs stationrom viewers like you. thank you. >> good. ein john yang. as israeli prime minister benjamin and yahoo! with ground to solve on rafa in the southern border with egypt, israel continues bombarding the city from the skies. hospitals say 44 palestinians were killed and more than one dozen children. israeli military officials said two hamas operatives were among the dead. families dread what may lie ahead. >> the ground operation is looming and they will do in rafa what they did in the north. there were massacres in the world was silent. >> it has become a haven for half of gaza's more than 2 million people who fled fighting for the rest of gaza. u.s. officials have become critical of israel. president biden said the military campaign in gaza has been over the top. overnight, russian drone attack in ukraine's second largest city has killed seven people, including three young children. a massive blaze from an oil depot hit spread to homes. more than 50 people were evacuated. in washington, s

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i am john yang. as israel's bombardment of gaza goes on, the world health organization says the main hospital in southern gaza is no longer functional after an israeli raid. the head of the who said 200 patients remain in the hospital. the hamas run gaza health ministry says ly 25 medical staff remain. israel says last week's raid was to look for the remains of hostages and they arrested more than 100 suspected militants. today's airstrikes killed at least 18 people, including children. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu brushed aside national concerns about a planned ground assault, saying those in harm's way would be evacuated. many of the one million gazans who have taken refuge in rafah say there is no place left to go. >> [translated] we will not go, we will die in our country here. where should we go? our homes are gone. everything we own from money to possessions are gone. any sustenance we got is gone. jo

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributionso yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i'm john yang. as we come on the air tonight, the united states is carrying out a second wave of airstris against dozens of iran backed houthi targets in yemen. it is in response to last weekend's drone strike in jordan that killed three u.s. troops and injured dozens more. last night's assaults str uck sites used by iran backed militias. pentagon officials say it took just 30 minutes for b-1 bombers and other u.s. aircraft to hit more than 85 targets. iraq and syria said the attacks killed at least 34 people, both members of iranian backed militant groups and civilians. joe buccino is a retired u.s. army colonel. he was the top spokesman at u.s. central command. joe, talk about how you designed an event like this, a retaliatory strike like this. on the one hand you want to do something strong enough to get their attention, but on the other hand you don't want to do something to strong. mr. buccino: there is a range of option

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station by viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i'm john yang. top biden administration officials say they are not done yet with the dual military efforts to both retaliate for the killing of three u.s. troops in jordan a week ago, and to try to stop ongoing threats to commercial shipping in the red sea. for the last three days, u.s. planes have struck sites in iraq and syria used by iran-backed militia groups and in a joint operation with british forces at least three dozen targets across six provinces in yemen that iran-backed houthi rebels use to launch attacks on red sea shipping. national security adviser jake sullivan was on cbs's "face the nation." >> what happened on friday was the beginning, not the end, of our response, and there will be more steps, some seen, some perhaps unseen, we will respond and we will respond forcefully and we will respond in a sustained way. i would not describe it as some open-ended military campaign." >> in a separate campaign appears

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tostation from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. a new york judge has issued a steep penalty to former president trump for inflating his wealth to deceive banks and others. first to russia where alexei navalny is reported dead this evening. amna: russian authorities claimed he died earlier today at a remote arctic prison. 47-year-old anticorruption campaigner and politician had for years exposed the hidden fortunes of many top russian officials including the president incurring their wrath. president biden said the news of his death in russia where many opposition figures have been killed did not surprise him but it did outrage him. he went from being vladimir putin's staunchest credit to leading russia's strongest anticorruption movement and eventually russia's most prominent political prisoner. >> i believe, i am confident and declare they are not the masters of our country and never will be. amna: russian president -- russian prison authorities say he died i

ongoing support of these institutions -- this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingy contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome. tonight, the future of the u.s. border crisis and allies across the world rests with the u.s. senate, which earlier today blocked a bipartisan bill to address immigration and ukraine funding and is now frozen while considering what happens next. >> this follows an unusual day in the house yesterday where gop leadership lost votes on articles of impeachment against the homeland security secretary. our congressional correspondent has been watching it all unfold. senate republicans and five democrats blocked the border compromise today in the senate. the day is not over yet. could any part of this compromise survive? >> that is the question right now. democrats are trying to salvage the foreign aid portion of the bill. i want to tell you where we are right now by showing you. let's take a look at the senate floor right now. you concealments nothing happening. staffers and a few senators. that is because we are w

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and with contributions fromiewers like you. thank you. jeffrey: welcome to the newshour. president biden said it is his hope by next monday a deal could be struck to implement a cease-fire in gaza and start an exchange of israeli hostages for palestinian prisoners. jordan's king abdallah warned against an israeli plan in southern rafa. amna: home to many palestinians who fled fighting in other parts of the strip following this is nick schifrin and he joins me now. let's begin with this hostage deal president biden hopes will be implemented monday. nick: u.s. and israeli officials say they have a new outline of a deal to stop the war for about six weeks and lead to the release of 35 to 45 hostages, that includes women, the elderly and wounded. one obstacle is female israeli soldiers, whether hamas will release them and there is still no agreement right now as to how many palestinian prisoners being held by israel would be released. the goal would be to implement this before ramadan which begins march 11. today, b

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station by viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome. 30,000 is the number of gazans the health ministry says has died. that a grim threshold was crossed after one of the deadliest single incidents of the war. more than 100 people reportedly killed trying desperately to get aid from trucks. >> the need is higher and the hunger is acute. more than half a million people in gaza are one step away from famine. the white house today called the deaths in northern gaza tragic and alarming. president biden said it could complicate negotiations because the war and release israeli hostages. the following report includes images that are disturbing. reporter: they went to retrieve aid. they returned instead with the dead. the food they desperately wanted for their families is covered in blood. it happened at 4:00 a.m. as egyptian aid trucks arrived in gaza city. the sound of gunfire as people who had come to gather a began to flee -- aid began to flee. residents walk away with bags of food surroun

." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. the biden administration unveiled a new set of sanctions against russia to punish it are there for the full scale invasion of ukraine that began two years ago tomorrow. geoff: the sanctions are also meant to target pressure for the death of alexei navalny who died in an arctic prison one week ago from a cause still unknown. i spoke with the u.s. undersecretary of state for political affairs, victoria nuland about the state of the war two years on welcome back to the newshour. as the world prepares to mark the second anniversary of vladimir putin's ukraine invasion, ukraine's counter intensive -- counteroffensive has stalled. additional funding is stuck in the gop led house and russia is showing no signs of quitting. what is the outlook? >> you are not wrong that these are tough days for ukraine. and as you have said, they had to come out of the area. there were soldiers on the front line with only 20 bullets per

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station and viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the newshour. senators grilled ceos of top social media companies. hearing about child safety online that was emotional, heated, and contentious. lawmakers tried to get companies to back proposed legislation, but much of the hearing was focused on questions of accountability, including over the deaths of children. lisa desjardins begins our coverage with this report. >> before one word of testimony, a silent statement. family members greeted tech ceos by holding up photos of loved ones. children they say were harmed by social media. senators quickly voiced the sharp sentiment in a packed room. >> mr. zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, i know you don't mean for it to be so, but you have blood on your hands. you have a product that is killing people. >> the ceos of meta, x, tiktok, snapchat, and discord arrived after some were issued subpoenas to defend their platforms against charges they don't do enough to protect kids

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. the top four leaders in congress met with president biden in the oval office to discuss how to fund the government and what should happen next for u.s. support of ukraine. >> congress faces a number of crises as leaders race to meet deadlines, including one that could spark a partial government shutdown. funding runs out for parts of the government late friday. as we have reported, ukrainians say without more u.s. support, they will lose the war. lisa desjardins has been following it. the meeting was significant, especially for house speaker johnson, who is likely the one who determines how things progress. give us a sense of what happened. >> it was significant. we had a meeting that was serious. the leaders came out and said it was positive discussion. it was not intent. it was not a classical meeting in that it was lopsided. democrats in the meeting including the president and senate leader for the republicans o

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. president biden this evening said it is his hope by next monday, a deal could be struck to implement a cease-fire in gaza and start an exchange of israeli hostages for palestinian prisoners. meantime, jordan's king abdullah warned against an israeli invasion plan for rafah in southern gaza. >> rafah is now home to many of gaza's 2.3 million palestinians who have fled fighting in other parts of the strip. following this all is our nick schifrin and he joins me now. nick, let's begin with this hostage deal president biden says he hopes will be implemented by monday. what do we know about that? nick: u.s. and israeli officials tell me they have a new outline of a deal that would stop the war for six weeks and lead to the release of 35 to 54 hostages. that includes women, the elderly, and the wounded. one obstacle still is female israeli soldiers, believed to be five of them, whether hamas will release them. and

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. it has been a day of joy in israel and dread in gaza and a day of warnings in washington. israeli troops rescued two hostages from hamas militants in rafa in an operation that palestinian authorities has killed more than 30. israel says hamas leadership is hiding in rafa. president biden today warned israel that the displaced must be protected. nick schifrin has our report. reporter: as he is really military lit the rafa sky, on the ground special forces launched a rescue mission. they raided an apartment complex recovering two hostages. a 60-year-old and a 70-year-old reunited with family members after 128 days of captivity. the second and third hostages to be rescued and israel called their release proof that military needs to maintain pressure. >> this rescue mission underscores the importance of our ground operation in gaza. reporter: the prime minister's -- called the rescue historic. >> i want to tell you

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions toour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. william: welcome to “the newshour.” president biden says the united states will impose major new sanctions on russia, after the death of opposition leader alexei navalny. officials gave no details today, but the president said the formal announcement will come on friday. navalny reportedly died in an arctic prison last week. his mother appeared in a video today, outside the prison, still seeking answers and access to his body, and pressing russia's president for action. >> behind me is the ik-3 polar wolf penal colony, where my son alexei navalny died on 16 february. i am turning to you, vladimir putin, the solution to the issue depends only on you. let me finally see my son. i require that alexei's body be immediately given so that i can bury him humanely. william: the kremlin today denied any involvement in navalny's death, or that he was poisoned with a nerve agent. in turn, his widow, yulia navalny, urged european nations to reject

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tor pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. william: welcome to the "newshour." russia has cemented a substantial battlefield win in eastern ukraine tonight after a grinding four-month fight. moscow says its forces cleared the last ukrainian defenders from avdiikva, a bombed-out city in the donetsk region. russian military footage showed attacks on a sprawling industrial site in avdiivka. ukraine said its forces had to retreat because of a lack of ammunition. president volodomyr zelenskyy warned today that russia is exploiting the delay of new american aid. 26 members of the european union are calling for an immediate humanitarian pause in gaza. that came today as hamas health officials reported the gaza death toll has passed 29,000. and, israel released security camera video purportedly showing a hostage and her two small boys wrapped in a sheet. they were seen in central gaza just after being taken captive in october. the u.n.'s top court has kicked off a six-day hearing into isr

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to "newshour." a federal appeals court in washington has rejected donald trump's claim of presidential immunity for actions he took trying to overturn the 2020 election. amna: the unanimous three-judge panel wrote "former president trump has become citizen trump." this clears the way for his federal trial on conspiracy and obstruction to a four but mr. trump is expected to appeal the ruling which could further delay the case. william brangham has been keeping track of all the developments and joins me now. this was a long-awaited ruling. what do we need to understand about how the judges ruled here? william: this was a clear setback for the former president. a unanimous ruling from the three-judge panel and the first time an appeals court in our history has ever been asked about presidential immunity and the judges forcefully pushed back on each of the former president's assertions. they ruled in essence that donald trump has to fac

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the “newshour”" kansas city is coping tonight with the aftermath of the super bowl parade shooting that left one person dead and 22 others injured. half of them were under the age of 16. geoff: it was at least the 48th mass shooting in the u.s. already this year. and it left local officials asking themselves about what more they could do to protect the public when there was already a heavy police presence at the event. it was a morning that began with revelry. nearly one million elated fans of the kansas city chiefs lining the streets on wednesday. as players atop a double-decker motorcade wrote out the high of their historic super bowl win. >> let me hear you one time! geoff: the victory lap culminated outside union station where massive crowds gathered for one last rally with their home team. just minutes after it ended the area, still packed with people, the celebration turned deadly. pops of gunfire send the crowd into a panic

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. it has been a day of joy in israel, a day of dread in gaza, and a day of warnings in washington. israeli troops last night rescued 2 hostages from hamas militants in rafah, in an operation that palestinian authorities say killed more than 70. israel is now threatening to assault rafah, where it says hamas leadership is hiding, and which is hosting more than half of gaza's 2.3 million residents. but president biden today warned israel that the displaced must be protected. nick schifrin has our report. nick: as the israeli military lit the rafah sky, on the ground, special forces launched a rescue mission. israel says it raided an apartment complex, and traded fire with hamas militants, before it could recover two hostages. 60-year-old fernando marman and 70-year-old louis har, reunited with family members after 128 days of captivity. they're the second and third hostages to be rescued, and israel called their

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. william: welcome to "the newshour." a top israeli official is offering new hope tonight for a deal to free the hostages in gaza, and pause the fighting. benny gantz is a member of the israeli war cabinet. he spoke today at a news conference in tel aviv. >> there are ongoing attempts to promote a new hostage deal and there are promising early signs of possible progress. we will not stop looking for a way and we will not miss any opportunity to bring our people home. william: he also warns that if there is no deal, fighting will continue into ramadan, the muslim holy month that begins in march. in gaza, israeli air strikes rained down again overnight, and hospital officials reported at least 67 palestinians were killed. palestinians said bombs crushed family homes in rafah, where more than a million gazans have fled. one man condemned the world's response, including tuesday's u.s. veto of a u.n. ceasefire resolution. >> this veto was not a surpr

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the newshour. on thursday, special counsel robert hirsch's report concluded no criminal charges were warranted against president biden for his handling of classified documents. however, the report made several references to president biden's age and called his memory into question. the president shot back last night. >> i'm an elderly man and i know what the hell i'm doing, i'm president, i put the country back on its feet. >> laura brown lopez has been following this and joins me now. the president spoke directly to the nation about this report. a heated press conference. why? >> sources told me the president felt compelled to respond. he wanted to highlight there were no charges, my people of that, and point out the differences he handled his documents and the way former president trump handled the classified documents. basically that he cooperated and gave them back. former president trump didn't. they wanted to dispute edit

individuals and institutions -- ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingy contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. a big day on capitol hill where early this morning u.s. senators passed a $95 billion plan to fund ukraine, israel and other foreign aid and where tonight the house of representatives plans another attempt at impeaching homeland security secretary george santos. a few days ago it was not even clear this bill could get through the senate and what happened? >> there was a rare weekend session after the tumultuous week last week and overnight, a 6:00 a.m. vote this morning. the senate did vote to pass ukraine foreign aid bill which is a $95 billion bill, the largest amount is for ukraine. $60 billion. there is $14 for israel and other $10 million for humanitarian aid, including gaza. also, international operations related to fentanyl. here is what happened. in the end, it was veteran senators feeling there was a complete need to support ukraine. let's look at who voted for this. republican

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions topbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. the u.s. has started a series of military strikes against iranian backed militia in syria and iraq. amna: the bombing is in retaliation of a bombing last week and that killed three american soldiers and wounded dozens others in jordan. nick schifrin has been reporting on these fast-moving developments and is here now. what is the latest? nick: the u.s. military says it used 125 munitions on more than 85 targets across seven locations in iraq and syria. the targets included command and control intelligence centers, as well as storage facilities with missiles, rockets, drones these groups have been using to target u.s. soldiers. john kirby said just a few minutes ago these targets were specifically connected to a tax to u.s. troops in the region. there have been more than 160 attacks on u.s. troops across iraq and syria, including the one this weekend that killed three u.s. soldiers. but the targets tonight wen

individuals and institutions -- ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingnd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. a big day on capitol hill, where early this morning u.s. senators passed a $95 billion plan to fund ukraine, israel, and other foreign aid, and where tonight the house of representatives plans another attempt at impeaching homeland security secretary alejandra may arcus. lisa desjardins is there and joins me now. just a few days ago it wasn't even clear this bill could get through the senate. what happened? lisa: there was a rare weekend session after the tumultuous week last week and after overnight work that ended in a 6:00 a.m. boat, where overwhelmingly the senate voted to pass this ukraine foreign aid bill. it is a $95 billion bill. the largest amount is four ukraine, $60 million. there is also money for israel, $14 billion. just under $10 billion for humanitarian aid, including civilians in gaza. there are sanctions and penalties on fentanyl, on international operations and co

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions toation from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the “newshour”" the justice department has declined to prosecute president joe biden for his handling of classified obama era documents found in his former office in washington, d.c., and at his home in delaware. geoff: in a 345-page report, special counsel robert hur wrote, "we conclude that no criminal charges are warranted in this matter." president biden offered his first public comments about the report earlier this evening. >> the special counsel acknowledged i cooperated completely. i did not throw up any road blocks. i sought no delays. in fact, i was so determined to give the special counsel what they needed i went forward with a five-hour in-person interview over the two days of october 8 and october 9 last year even though israel had just been attacked by hamas on october 7. i was especially pleased to see the special counsel make clear the stark difference between this case and donald trump. bottom line is the special

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to youron from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: -- amna: welcome to the newshour. on thursday, special counsel robert hur's report concluded that “no criminal charges” were warranted against president biden for his handling of classified documents. however, the report made several references to president biden's age and called his memory into question. the president shot back last night. pres. biden: i'm well meaning, and i'm an elderly man, and i know what the hell i'm doing. i've been president. i put this country back on its feet. geoff: -- amna: white house correspondent laura barron-lopez has been following what this may mean for the 2024 election and joins me now. the president spoke directly to the nation during a heated press conference. correspondent: sources tell me the president felt compelled to respond, want to do i like there were no charges, remind people of that and point out differences between the way he handled classified documents in the way former president donald trum

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the “newshour”" as israel's bombing of gaza continues, some progress tonight towards a resumption of talks to both release hostages held by hamas, and reach a ceasefire agreement. geoff: israel's army radio said the country's war cabinet, made up of the prime minister, the defense minister, and opposition leader, approved sending emissaries to truce talks to be held in paris. but that slow progress toward a deal did nothing to stop the bombing and killing in gaza. in rafah this morning, the sun rose over fresh rubble. gazan health officials said close to four dozen palestinians were killed in israeli airstrikes. dina al shaer lost three members of her family last night. >> in 2014, they took three of my siblings and in the 2024 war they took the people i love. they took a piece of my heart. geoff: in rafah, the al-farouk mosque is in ruins as the muslim holy month of ramadan approaches. >> listen good people, let the whole world

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the "newshour." the most significant immigration reform proposal in a generation is now in the hands of the u.s. senate, after negotiators unveiled their compromise deal. the bipartisan deal would tighten asylum rules and allow for partial border shutdowns, while increasing enforcement, and opening some new avenues for legal migration. geoff: the measure would also offer billions of dollars in assistance to ukraine, israel, and taiwan for the defense of their respective borders. congressional correspondent lisa desjardins has been digging into the bill text and the immediate reactions to it. it is good to see you. this is a significant bill, 370 pages as you well know, because i know you read through the entire thing. lisa: a lot to talk about here. there are two pieces to the bell. a very big policy on asylum and big dollars when it comes to security here and abroad. let's look at the overview. let's talk about the immigration

. ♪ ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. william: welcome to the "newshour." defense secretary lloyd austin offered a full apology today for failing to disclose his battle with prostate cancer. the military's second-in-command kept president biden in the dark when he was initially diagnosed in december, and during subsequent hospitalizations. that prompted new federal guidelines and triggered a political firestorm. at the pentagon today, austin -- who is 70 years old -- was visibly limping as he made his way to the podium for his first press conference since the scandal broke. sec. austin: i'm recovering well, but as you can see, i'm still recovering. i wanna be crystal clear -- we did not handle this right, and i did not handle this right. i should've told the president about my cancer diagnosis, i should have also told my team and the american public. and i take full responsibility. william: the reviews of the department's notification protocols are still ongoing. our own nick

another direction is the new law on media, and in general... the sphere of media and the public broadcasting system in ukraine, also another direction, and i am very proud that ukraine has made huge progress here in the last 5 years, is the fight against domestic violence, violence against women and children, including the ratification of the istanbul convention, our gold standard in this area, which ukraine very bravely ratified, even despite the war that was already ongoing in 2020 , the second year that the convention was ratified. i think this is a huge and important improvement of the measures currently being taken in ukraine to help ukrainian women and children, and not only those who are in ukraine, but also those who, for known unfortunate reasons, are outside its borders. we also improved together legislation in the field of social human rights, protection and promotion of the rights of minorities and the lgbtiq community. and that. a few more examples where we see very, very tangible results that we are very proud of. another aspect that is very important for every citizen of ukrai

well, now here's the story: armin körper, a journalist of the german public broadcaster, cdf, heads themoscow bureau. tv channel filmed a report where he distorted the picture of life in mariupol, occupied by russia, and therefore the essence, the essence of this story is that there is a bombed-out city, it is not known by whom, well, just like that in the morning somehow the people of mariupol woke up and it began, it began to destroy the city, it destroyed, destroyed, until it was destroyed by some unknown forces, it is not about this, it is just a bombed-out city, in which, despite everything, life is restored, - says the german journalist, eh... houses are being built , people are selling in shops , some establishments are opening, and so, well , it’s like, what’s the matter here, well, people are living, and there it is also emphasized that the majority of those people who are now in mariupol, they are pro-russian, they support russia, so what series do you want, after all, it is good, the humanitarian situation is stable, people live, the city is being developed, and this, frankly

riley hostages, while israel free palestinian terrorists and mainstream outlets from a r d, the public broadcaster to media conglomerate axle springer have issued strict guidance to their journalist on the story. a r d sent an internal memo to it's a journalist where it states that if any civilian deaths take place, it has to be stated as the civilians are being used as human shields. and this was probably catered by from us kind of to this, of talking to how moscow fits the feats if you prefer it. and we have one of the scholars ties and stuff like when it's done, we'll just talk about some interest. this will change the and if that's the only image that german seen, then the public are not going to understand the actual scale of the score. and just how much violence has been inflicted on an innocent civilian population. spring a has like support for israel written into it's worth contracts. if you work as a journalist for one of their ultimate se food sites on which is the biggest piece of paper in the german media landscape or developed, you are kind of committed already from the get go, regard

syrsky, and for example, the german public broadcaster, ard, he published a rather long article witht comments about who he is, where he came from, and the emphasis, in fact, i would highlight in this article three emphases, first... his successes in the defense of kiev and kharkiv, that is, at least part of the german forces recognize him as a fairly successful commander, and secondly, not a commander, but a commander, he became a commander only now, and thirdly - this is exactly how syrskyi is will be able to cope, it is clear that he is not the only one who will cope with it, but one way or another, since during his term of office, if you can call it that, it will be possible to solve the question of mobilization, because again, quoting the words of mr. syrsky, he is a supporter of rotation military personnel on the front line, and the rotation of the military personnel on the front line is impossible without providing the army with additional human resources, and this in turn leads us to the question of mobilization, what will it be, here german journalists are already asking the