tamara keith: it is challenging, as president after president has discovered.president biden on his first day said, here's immigration legislation that i'd like to see go through congress. the odds of that actually happening are pretty low. it's been a generation since congress has really revamped america's immigration laws. and the reality is that there is only so much that you can do through executive action. and the biden white house is seeing some of those challenges. president trump and the trump administration, former president trump, made changes to the way the immigration system functions. now the biden administration is coming in and trying to change it back or make other changes. and they are dealing with some of the very same challenges that both former president trump and former president obama dealt with, including unaccompanied migrant minors, teenagers and children showing up at the border, having to figure out how to house them and what to do with them. and the biden administration is facing criticism that it is detaining children, just like the

tamara keith and amy walter break down the politics of covid relief.s much more. >> woodruff: audiences around the world watched harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex, describe life in the british royal family to oprah winfrey last night. in a two-hour interview, meghan spoke about racism she faced from inside and outside the institution. amna nawaz takes a look at what her experience reveals about the ancient institution of the monarchy. >> nawaz: here to discuss what last night's interview says about british attitudes on race within royalty and society more broadly is marcus ryder. he is executive producer for caixin global and a visiting professor of media diversity at birmingham city university. he is also the author of "access all areas: the diversity manifesto for tv and beyond." >> nawaz: marcus ryder, welcome to the "newshour," and thanks for making the time. obviously huge ratin here, massive interest in this interview. what about in the u.k.? how is last night's interview resonating over there? >> one of the important reactions is

and sonme late nights ahead politics monday with amy walter of the "cook political report" and tamara keithr. >> woodruff: fierce divisions seem to drive a wedge into so much of american life at this moment and how we view government. now, a prominent team of educators says one part of the solution likely starts with what's being taught in our schools. they're out with a new plan that calls for revamping history and civics classes in schools. this approach, they say, can be both patriotic and reckon with difficult legacies. harvard professor danielle allen is a principal investigator for the group, “educating for american democracy." >> woodruff: danielle allen, welcome back to the "newshour." so tell us how this group came together, and what is the problem you're trying to fix? >> sure, and thanks so much, judy. it is good to be here. many of us across higher education have been working on rebuilding the education for a long time. we look at young people who report that they actually don't have faith in democracy, or don't consider it essential to live in a democracy. and we've been workin

and tamara keith of npr. >> woodruff: hello to both of you. so good to see you. after these terrible mass shootings. we've been here before. we've seen this situation. we've looked at congress to see what the reaction was going to be. what are the political dynamics right now in 2021, when it comes to gun legislation? >> tamara: the political nacs appeato be quite similar to what they've been in the past, which is there is a high-profile mass shooting, or in this case, there were two of them. there are calls to do something about it. calls for gun legislation that is widely popular was the public. things like expanding background checks. and then usually it fizzles. and we ll see if this time is different. y said sechghphmatoybthr imuris s inet ause the n.r.a. is having financial troubles and is somewhat depleted, so gun safety advocacy movement is stronger than ever before. and certainly there is a president in the white house who has a history of being allied with those groups. but it is not clear yet, and president biden said his next priority for legislation

thank you both, erin haines, amy walter and tamara keith away today.ood to have you both, thank you >> you're welcome. judy: the ncaa basketball tournament is now well underway but even before the opening tip-off, new anger and frustration erupted over the differences in how the ncaa approaches the men and the women's teams. john yang has a close look. >> i got something to show y'all. >> on tiktok, the inequities between the men's and women's tournaments laid bare. >> this is our weight room. >> it began thursday when sedona prince posted a video of the weight room. >> even as miscommunication, no communication or just not caring that people know what's happening on our side of things and that must stop. >> the ncaa initially blamed limited space in san antonio. later, dan gavitt, the ncaa's top basketball executive, acknowledged that wasn't the case. >> we don't meet the expectations of that support, that's on me and for that i apologize. the women's basketball student athletes, to the coaches, to women's basketball committee, for dropping the ball.

that's amy walter of the cook political report and tamara keith of npr.s monday. let's start by talking about president biden, vice president harris and their spouses, out in the country trying to sell the covid relief plan. why is it necessary, or is it necessary for him to do this? what do you see behind this? >> every day this week will have a theme. if this seems unfamiliar, it's because we haven't seen this kind of rollout for a legislative accomplishment in about four years, or longer than that actually, because the end of the obama administration did not have a lot of legislative accomplishments either. but the idea of going out to local media markets, getting that earned media, getting the story out about this accomplishment, selling it, that is a pretty standard thing president have done for a long time. one thing i will point out that's interesting about the language biden and vice president harris are using is they are also selling the idea that this is what government can do for you. they are selling the democratic idea that the government can