amy walter, tamara keith, always good to see you. thank you.rupted at schools, school boards and library meetings across the country, as parents, lawmakers and advocacy groups are debating the value and merit of many books, new and old. this is national library week, and a report out today catalogs the surge of challenge juices to what's on the shelves in america's libraries. jeffrey brown has more for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeffrey: in its report, the american library association documented more than 1,200 challenges to library books and resources last year. that's nearly twice as many as 2021, about three times the pre-pandemic average, and the highest since the ala started collecting data 20 years ago. it also lists the 13 books that have been most challenged this past year, including the top three, "gender queer: a memoir" by maia kobabe, "all boys aren't blue" by george m. johnson, and nobel prize-winning author toni morrison's "the bluest eye.” deborah caldwell-stone is the director of the american library association's offi

still to come on the newshour, tamara keith and amy walter analyze the latest political news.entifies the top library books that people tried to ban last year. why one man started walking tours in an under-served san francisco neighborhood. plus much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: the u.s. announced a 72-hour ceasefire to begin tonight in sudan between the army and a rival paramilitary group. meantime, the u.s. also says it is facilitating the frantic evacuation of civilians from sudan. drones and other military assets are flying over the land route from sudan's capital, khartoum. the u.s. does not have any military personnel on the ground, since evacuating embassy staff to djibouti over the weekend. those civilians are fleeing street battles that have killed more than 400 people in fighting that started 10 days ago. nick schifrin starts our coverage. nick: sudan's capital is collapsing. warfare in the streets. jets flying over civilian neighborh

amy walter and tamara keith return with analysis on the latest political news.olf tournament shows off the strength of a new controversial saudi-backed league. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: it's being described as the most serious intellince leak in years. dozens of pages of classified material are spreading online, after being originally posted on a gaming platform. u.s. officials are investigating the origin of the leaks and the impact of information meant to be secret about the war in ukraine, russian forces, and even u.s. spying on american allies. nick schifrin is here to give us details. good to see you. let's start with what we know. what is in the documents and how concerned are u.s. officials? nick: there is serious concern about the u.s.'s relationship with allies that are mentioned in the documents and about the front line in ukraine. let's talk about ukraine first. we reviewed 53 of these documents dated from late february

i'd like to thank tamara keith and the white house correspondents association for having me.hank you. i'm well aware that not everybody in this room knows who i am. so let's just address the elephant in the room. i know what it is half this room. think i'm keenan thompson. the other half think of louis armstrong. president biden thinks something to daddy your family matters. nonetheless. i'm happy to be here at this event amongst government officials who speak to msnbc. former government officials who now works at msnbc. and future government officials who currently work at msnbc. and often overlooked purpose of tonight's dinner, you know, serious, business overlooked purpose of tonight's dinner is to award scholarships to students who have shown great achievements in journalism. that's right. be brave young souls are the future of the industry. and i'd like to stop right now and to congratulate tonight's top scholarship recipient, arizona state senior jorge santos. oh yeah. george couldn't be here tonight. he's auditioning for rupaul's drag race. that's not bad. we say good

i'd like to thank tamara keith and the white house correspondents' association for having me.address the elephant in the room. i know what it is. half this room think i'm keenan thompson, other half thanks i'm louie armstrong. president biden thinks i'm the daddy on "family matters." nonetheless, i'm happy to be here at this event amongst government officials who speak to msnbc, former government officials who now work at msnbc, and future government officials who currently work at msnbc. an often overlooked purpose of tonight's dinner, you know, serious business, the overlooked purpose of tonight's dinner is award scholarships to students who have shown great achievements in journalism. that's right. these brave young souls are the future of the industry, and i'd like to stop right now and congratulate tonight's top scholarship recipient, arizona state senior george santos. oh, yeah, george couldn't be here tonight. he's auditioning for ru paul's drag race. that's my bad. we say good luck to you, george. sachet away. and also speaking of drag queens can we stop with the groom

joining us now president of the white house correspondents association board tamara keith.n the show. we love talking about this event. it can be a controversial event. it can be a really fun and funny event sort of where the press and the white house get to make fun of each other. this year might be a little bit different. tell us what we can expect in terms of the dinner itself. >> one big difference is that both the president and the vice president will be up there on stage. that hasn't happened since 2009. in 2016, president biden was vice president. he was there, but he was sitting out in the audience, i think next to helen mirren. that's a big difference is having the second gentleman and first lady up there on stage. i really see that as an endorsement of the important work of the press broadly in american democracy. >> jonathan lemire. great to see you. so much of the focus is going to be on our colleague at the "wall street journal" who has been detained in russia. we last saw evan on a clip where he was literally in a cage in a courtroom in moscow. our thoughts ar