the queen, prince philip, prince charles, and lbj is sitting in that chair and walter cronkite on that couch and you see exactly what you see right now. the president was alive for about a year and a half when this library was built, it was inaugurated in may of 1971 as i mentioned he died in january of 1973. he had a limited time he was a part of this library's life, but a very important time. lady bird johnson continued to make it an important part of her life until she died in 2007. and this library is as much about lady bird johnson and her touch as it is her husband's. throughout the room, there are some wonderful artifacts that the johnsons collected while they were in the white house. some comes from heads of state. others come from friends of theirs who gave the johnsons gifts for the presidential library or for the white house that were then brought to this space. one such item is this painting by diego rivera, one of 15 cubist paintings that diego rivera did during the course of his career. it was given to president johnson from the president of mexico during one of the stays

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from you eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteool of journalism at arizona state university. amna: for decades the u.s. has supported israel in word and deed, vocally backing its defense policy and supplying tens of billions of dollars in aid and weapons. some within the democratic party are questioning that support and challenging president biden's handling of this new war between israel and hamas. here is john yang. correspondent: on this latest crisis in the middle east is turning out to be much of a chance for president joe biden and u.s. policy in the middle east as it is for benjamin netanyahu. daniel brumberg is the director of democracy and governance udies at georgetown university. thanks so much for joining us. in the last couple of days, we have seen the only palestinian-american and congress who has been very critical of president biden on this issue press him on the tarmac at the airport in detroit when he arrived yterday. 138 house democrats urged the president to present both sides for a cease-fire as soon as possib

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism. >> while the pandemic's toll is easing in the u.s., it has a firm, deadly grip on a number of other countries. the estimated global death toll from covid-19 remains around 13,000 people a day. the who's new estimates are far higher than many realize. william: more than 600 people died from covid-19 and america in the past 24 hours, though in other countries, the official toll is many times higher and new infections keep climbing. india reported more than 4200 deaths in the last day. brazil, more than 2400. six of the countries with the highest current death rates are in south america and according to the who that is likely a significant underestimate of the real toll come off by 3 million to 4 million deaths at least. for many of these nations, life-savinvaccines are bary available. dr. gandhi specializes in infectious diseases and global medicine at the university of california san francisco. great to have you on the prram. do you think that these who estimates are accu

. >> this is "the pbs newshour," from w eta studios from the walter cripe -- from the walter cronkitechool of journalism at arizona state university. judy: now, returning to the renewe and worsening crisis between israelis and palestinians. here again, john yang. john: the escalation has been very quick. we have widespread civil unrest in israel, rockets coming from lebanon, and now israeli tanks rolling into gaza. a senior fellow with the brookings institution and advisor to the u.s. united nations joins us. a senior at the carnegie endowment for international peace for more than three decades and four administrations who helped shape u.s. policy in the middle east at the state department joins us as well. welcome to you both. we have seen a lot of cycles of violence in the middle east, but does this feel different to you, the way this ratcheted up so quickly? the way we are seeing people fighting in the streets? >> yes, escalation was very rapid. it happened seemingly out of nowhere. one reason is that the issues at stake were core issues for palestinians. evictions from homes of pa

. >> host: two professional colleagues, walter cronkite and bill small. >> guest: walter cronkite was the greatest an forman i ever worked with. he -- anchorman i every worked with. he sort of just knew when you ought to do a story and how to lead into the story, his kindness, i thought cronkite was outstanding. bill small was the bureau cleave for cbs in washington. one of the toughest guys i've ever had to deal with and one of the fairest, most decent men i've ever had to work with. bill small did more to bring women into the industry than any big shot i know. he was the one who introduced people like leslie stahl and connie chung goo the top ranks of cbs, diane sawyer. yeah. >> host: there's a poetic irony in the book. your beginnings were mr.ow's conclusions and you in some many ways became his legacy at cbs news. the last correspondent personally hired by murrow in 1957, and you were a newcomer what turned out -- in what turned out to be his final broadcast, the year-end aroundup of 1960 called years of crises. her invite outside join him when he became director of usia in the ke

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from wta's to -- new studios in washington and from the walter cronkiternalism. judy: in many states fully vaccinated americans can resume a large variety of activities without wearing a mask. the new guidance announced yesterday by the cdc was met with jubilation in many corners but there are concerns the changes for indoor masking are happening too quickly. we follow up on those questions. reporter: some of those concerns are tied to the country's vaccination rates. more than half of all americans are not yet fully vaccinated, and when you add americans under the age of 18 years old the nation is at just 36% fully vaccinated. and many places may not be ready to ditch their masking requirements yet. we look at these concerns with dr. ranit mishori. she is a professor of family medicine at georgetown university and senior medical adviser to physicians for human rights. for the record she is also an advisor to our parent company, bbt it. thank you so much for joining us. good to talk to you. let's start with these concerns over health. what are you concern

. >> this is the pbs "nehour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkiteool of journalism at arizona state university. judy: today the european union slapped sanctions on belarus, one day after authorities ordered what europeans call a state-sponsored hijacking. yesterday a civilian airline was forced to land in minsk so that authorities could arrest a journalist to have been critical of the regime. it has been called the biggest political crisis for global aviation in years. nick: when ryanair 4978 was forced to land, authorities did not only remove the luggage they arrested 26-year-old activists raman pratasevich. he ran an online news service that helped to organize mass protests against president lukashenko. known as europe's last dictator, who has been in power one -- and power one year longer than he has been alive. tonight belarusian authorities released a video of him giving what seem to be a scripted confession of organizing protest. today the ryanair chief executive blames the belarusian government and said four security agents were on board to e

. ♪\ ♪ >> this is thebs newshour from w eta studios in wasngton and in the west from the walter cronkiteism at arizona state university. ♪ anchor: earlier today, congress passed and sent to president biden's desk a bill to combat the recent rise in hate crimes including against asian americans and people of pacific -- pacific islander dissent. it's a rare moment of bipartisanship. how did we get here and what does it mean? i'm joined by lisa desjardins. let's talk about this bill. it's now with president biden. what exactly does it do? >> this bill is only 24 pages long. it does change a lot, especially about what we will know on hate crimes. let's take a look at key factors in this. the bill would create a new position at the department of justice that would expedite the processing of, reporting of, the handling of cases involving hate crimes. also, it will hand out grants to police and sheriffs to police and sheriffs the province across country to help train them and help them report hate crimes data. in a more able way than they are right now. finally, in terms of grants, it will offe

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and from the west from the walter cronkiteof journalism. judy: over the past 14 months, the u.s. government has allocated hundreds of billions of dollars to help small businesses survive the pandemic's economic hurdles. all that funding has been managed by the small business administration, whose head was on capitol hill today giving an update. our own lisa desjardins has been following the money as well an she joins me now. lisa, we know several of these programs are ending and we learned today at least one of them is far short of the money these businesses need. tell us where all this stands. lisa: that's right. there is so much good news about opening, increased vaccinations, people's lives moving forward. but it is important to talk about small businesses. at the beginning of this month, about one third of america's small businesses were still struggling to get back to 2019 levels. to help them of course what we have been talking about all this time is eight from bills pass to the u.s. congress to help these small business

from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university.ovid vaccinations in the u.s. have been dropping in recent weeks. it comes as more than half of all adults in the country have received at least one shot. willliam brangham explores the complexities behind this decrease in demand, and what it will take to get more americans vaccinated. william: we know that all adults in the u.s. are now eligible for the vaccine, but the pace of vaccinations has dropped and we are now at 2.5 million shots each today. some jurisdictions are declining vaccine shipments because they say they have too much on hand and not enough arms to put this in. is it hesitancy, opposition, or more of a wait-and-see approach? dr. philip keiser is one of the many public health officials trying to figure that out. he runs the local health authority in galveston, texas. very good to have you on the newshour, thank you for being here. my understanding is that you are at about 40% of adults fully vaccinated, which is pretty good in yr county, it is better than the national

announcer: this is the "pbs newshour," from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitel of journalism at arizona state university. judy: today, president biden met with a bipartisan group of governors to discuss vaccination efforts as the administration aims to inoculate a majority of american adults by july 4. governor spencer cox, republican of utah, attended today's meeting. governor, thank you for joining us. we do see yr state of utah is near the bottom of the list when it comes to proportion of the population that has been vaccinated. we are interested to know why that is and what are people telling you about why they don't have the vaccine? governor cox: unfortunately, that's just not good reporting. all utah onesans aren't of -- eligible for the vaccine. utah is the youngest state in the nation. people under the age of 16 can't get it yet. you should be looking at the eligible population. when it comes to eligible population, we are doing very well, close to 60% of the adult population eligible has already received the first dose of the vaccine. utah is doing ve

. >> this is the "pbs wshour" from our studios in washington and inhe west from the walter cronkite schoolf journalism at arizona state university. amna: there are good signs for the economic recovery today. jobless claims are at their lowest levels since march of last year. hiring is on the rise, and with th come more questions about the need for special pandemic unemployment benefits. many republican governors across the country are cutting those federal benefits, which provide another $300 a week for recipients. we're going to look at this now with gina raimondo. she's the secretary of commerce and she joins us now. madame secretary, welcome to the newshour and thank you for making the time. despite those numbers, we should point out there are a number of firms and businesses across the country who say they cannot fill jobs. we hear stories from a restaurant owner who says he's about 30 short. he has to turn business away. another business owner who is actively soliciting referrals from customers. what can you say the administration is doing to help those business owners? sec. raimondo:

. ♪ >> this is "the pbs newshour" from w eta studios and the walter cronkite school of journalism at state university. judy: the covid crisis in india is relentless and appears to be only worsening. death tolls and infections skyrocket. prime minister narendra modi is under increasing political pressure. reporter: this horrible site is repeated across new delhi today. crematorium is running out of space for victims of this virus. many grieving families are told to just wait in line. >> people have to wait at least five to seven hours before getting a chance to cremate the bodies. although as you can see the bodies are being cremated rapidly, there is still a long queue of ambulances carrying bodies outside the crematorium. reporter: india reported 3400 official covid deaths yesterday and nearly 370,000 infections. it was 400,000 last friday. experts believe these numbers are a vast underestimate of the true severity of this crisis. widespread shortages of tests and the numbers of cremated bodies have added to the discrepancies. the impact the coronavirus is having has created a horri

thiss pbs newshour west, from w eta studios in washington and our bureau at the walter cronkite schoolsm at arizona state university. >> a conversation and a concert this week on "firing line." >>> a conversation and a concert this week on firing line. he played for many more presidents at the lighthouse in honor of president biden's inauguration and played with the world's great orchestras but also for children on

i say in the book that walter cronkite would spend half an hour every night documenting all of the fissuresrican society, and then cbs and the other two networks would spend the next three and a half hours trying to erase that from viewers' minds. i mean we were getting beverly hillbillies and petticoat junction and green acres, gunsmoke was still on the air. the closest we got to vietnam was gomer pyle and mchale's navy. but really beginning around 1970 and directly in response to losing younger audiences, cbs in particular reached the conclusion that it had to tear down the wall between the medium and the moment. >> brown: by 1974, the cbs saturday night lineup included "all in the family," with its generational clash around bigoted patriarch, archie bunker; the unheroic vision of war in "mash," and "the mary tyler moore show," centered on a 30-something single, professional woman. the same forces, brownstein writes, were changing the world of film, with movies like "chinatown" and "nashville" that focused on the underbelly of american life-- its cynicism, corruption, and violence. along

walter cronkite and others were able to talk to the center. these days we self select into our preferred media eckho systes and fox and algorithms feed us the content that we like so i do blame the media but we have to acknowledge the hard problem which is media companies are pursuing profit and it looks like people like to have their own outrage stoked at the morally egregious behavior of people on the other side. >> it seems to me the hyper partisan content clouds reality. if your on social media, you're reading uggy stores about your political opponent. you end up thinking the country is more divided that it really is, right. america is not as split as it appears on social media or fox. >> that is right. that is one of the major findings from the last five years in political science and psychology. and one of the reasons i'm most hopeful is we are battling phantoms. if we think about the people on the other side, some of the politicians are as bad as we think they are. but if we think about what republicans believe, what democrats believe,

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalismarizona state university. judy: president biden's remarks today signaled somewhat of a shift about vaccine distrition, and about expectations of how many adults will get vaccinated by mid-summer. we look at this and other pressing questions with the u.s. surgeon general, dr. vivek murthy. he's a key member of the president's team on covid. welcome back to "the newshour." let me ask about appears to be shift in emphasis away from mass vaccination sites to get more individualized approach to reach as many people as possible. how much concern is there that there is resistance to getting the vaccine? dr. murthy: good to see you today. this is a really important topic, which is how do we move forward in this next phase of the vaccination. each phase of this campaign has had its own challenges, but right now but we have to do is, number one, make sure that people who have questions get answers from trusted sources. two, people who are wondering if it is important to get vaccinated recognize

. >> this is pbs newshour west, from weta studios in washington and from our bureau at the walter cronkitealism at arizona state university. [music plays] i spent alyear waiting to bite into the first tomato still warm from the sun. and i spent the next four months gorging myself on what i would go out on a limb and call my favorite ingredient. i'm vivian and i'm a chef. my husband ben and i were working for some of the best chefs in new york city when my parents offered to help us open our own restaurant. of course, there was a cah. we had to open this restaurant in eastern north carolina, where i grew up and said i would never return. the avett brothers perform "will you return"

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitel of journalism at arizona state university. judy: now back to tensions exploding in jerusalem, and in gaza. hamas militants today fired rockets into israel, and toward jerusalem. in response, israel conducted airstrikes in gaza, killing more than 20 people, including at least nine children. for more than a week, palestinians have protested throughout jerusalem over attempts to evict palestinian families from their homes. amna nawaz has the story. amna: in jerusalem today, thousands gathered to celebrate the israeli capture of the eastern part of the city from jordan 54 years ago but by early evening, they were forced to disband as air raid sirens warning of hamas rockets echoed through the city. for days the streets in nearby majority-palestinian east jerusalem have been far from peaceful. the holy sites reek of tear gas, the stench of skunk water deployed by israeli soldiers pollutes the air, and stun grenades light up the streets. over the weekend israeli soldiers injured more than

solemnity to the whole institution and there's a wonderful little video that i'll finish with the walter cronkite narrates as he is completing the coverage the 1972 coverage live on cbs of the internment of mr. truman. and he said, you know harry truman. was a man. uniquely of his time he was you know ordinary man came up through the ranks. and because he was that way and uniquely of his time. we will never see his life again. now i do hope that history will prove cronkite wrong, but i will say that i do think the legacy of harry truman is something that is incredibly unique. last president i'm sure will never have another president who didn't go to college. i'm sure we'll never have a president who you know was a farmer and just came up through the ranks and local politics and made his way all the way to the oval office. i think i think that trajectory is probably gone forever, but there was something wholesome about it. there was something valuable about it and i think in preserving that legacy in this library and in this museum in this way at this time, i think that we are doing a great servic

there was media as well as -- including a young walter cronkite. the end of this was 300 children dead, one third of the towns average population. incidentally, it would be the reason why the federal government would mandate [inaudible] for natural gas. but again, this is life in the new oil patch in east texas. for many east texans, the calamities generated new thinking. they're kenya's existence encourage them to appreciate life's surprising bursts of health and wealth as a miraculous interlude in an otherwise difficult slide towards cataclysmic and. and pray to an all powerful being who gives and takes away suddenly, but who is always there. there's was a mentality that defied post millennial confidence in the graduate -- gradual betterment of humanity. they accepted the hellacious reversals of an a cop -- apocalyptic mode. but rather than dwell on despair, local pastors urged citizens to renew their faith in a christ who expected them to use what's prosperity they had in the passing moment to prepare for his return. surely god is beginning the

. >> once walter cronkite retires, all three network news anchors within a period of a couple of yearshe last gasp where people watching the media liked and trusted the media. >> nuclear arms and how to prevent global destruction are expected to be the major topic of president reagan's news conference tonight. that conference will be nationally televised within the hour. leslie stahl is at the white house. >> the white house is hoping that tomorrow's -- >> in the '80s, women came into the newsroom. when i first joined, it was '72. there were very few. by the '80s, there were more and more. >> the decade of the '80s was still a time of sink or swim. you had to be resilient in your own way to survive in a period when you were going up against a lot of people who still didn't think women had what it took. >> these are some of the most famous faces in broadcasting. all of whom happen to be women. >> the best producers, i'm going to get fired -- the best producers at cbs news are women. and they are at the level of taking hold and making decisions about individual pieces. they are not yet e

walter cronkite, who went to war. but instead we got you, steve. host: since this is a worldwide pandemic, according to william, it should have participants from multiple countries. william, detroit -- linda, detroit, good morning. go ahead. caller: it's strange to me that people are talking about china,, china, china now. trump opened to businesses there. his son alone was over there to borrow money from china to build trump world. you get what you ask for. host: thanks for the call. this is from inside of "the new york times," one man believed to be the hong kong coronavirus patient, the first of january 2020, now 3.4 million people worldwide have died as a result of covid-19. ruth is joining us next from illinois. independent line, good morning. how are you today? caller: i'm fine. i just want to say that when it first started in january, what trump told woodward was not so. because dr. fauci and his team was at the podium three or four times a week, telling us all about covid. and in january about she told us that it was airborne. trump wasn't