geoff: and william brangham joins us now. so, william, the court was unequivocal.s do not have the power to remove federal candidates from the ballot under the insurrection clause. help us understand how the justices arrived at this ruling. william: remember, geoff, this came out of a group of republican voters in colorado saying that january 6, to their mind, was clearly an insurrection, and that donald trump was the cheerleader of that insurrection. and they cited this section 3 of the 14th amendment, which is, as you mentioned, the insurrection clause. and it argues that, if you have sworn an oath to uphold the constitution and then you engage in an insurrection after the fact, you can't hold office again. and so they appealed that all the way to the colorado state supreme court, and they won. and donald trump was ruled that he has to be taken off the republican primary ballot. the supreme court is what, they overturned that today. and they basically said, you cannot have a system where a lot of different states are making this decision, because it would simply

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william brangham takes a closer look. m: throughout 2023, the public religion research institute interviewed over 22,000 adults for what it calls its american values atlas. last week, the organization released its findings on views about lgbtq rights in the u.s. the survey showed for the first time support fell for key policies regarding lgbtq rights. backing first same-sex marriage dropped two percentage points. support for nondiscrimination protections dropped four points. and opposition to people refusing services based on religious grounds dropped five points. to help us understand this data, we are joined by ceo of prri, melissa document. you have been doing the survey for years. and this being the first time you have seen a downward tick in those numbers. how do you explain that? melissa: we were somewhat surprised to see after several years of increasing support among americans for lgbtq rights, that we saw a decline. i think if you look under the hood, so to speak, and look at the data more closely, it is largely d

william brangham has more. iam the education system in : gaza was facing serious challenges before the war began. but today, more than 800 lower schools and 17 higher education institutions lay in ruins, having been either partially bombed or entirely destroyed. making matters worse, gaza's population is disproportionately young and of school age. arnd 65% are 24 years old or younger. david skinner works for save the children, where he's the senior education cluster coordinator in the occupied palestinian territory. he joins us from ramallah in the occupied west bank. david skinner, thank you so much for joining us today. on some level, i think many of our viewers will be surprised to learn that there is any education that is able to go on in gaza, given the ongoing war there. can you just tell us a little bit about what kind of instruction and education children can get today? >> i don't think people should be thinking of it as a full-scale education. it's very hesitant, it is very trivial. if you imagine you a

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william brangham takes a closer look. he cdc issued this new report, and it looks at both deaths directly tied to alcohol, like cirrhosis of the liver, as well as indirect deaths, like injuries and certain types of cancer. it found that, in just five years, alcohol-related deaths rose by 29%. by 2021, alcohol contributed to the deaths of more than 178,000 americans that year. that's about 500 people a day lost because of consuming wine, beer, or other alcohol. for a broader look at these findings, we're joined again by keith humphreys. he's a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at stanford university. keith, very good to have you back on the "newshour.” were you surprised? i mean, this is your field of study. were you surprised by these numbers and how much they had ticked upwards? >> sadly, i am not. we noticed during the pandemic that certain groups of the population were increasing their drinking, including drinking alone and drinking in large amounts. and, also, there's been a long-term trend. although cost

william brangham takes a closer look. dc issued this new report, and it looks at both deaths directly tied to alcohol like cirrhosis of the liver as well as indirect death, like certain injuries and kinds of cancers. it found that in just five years, alcohol-related deaths rose by 29%. by 2021, alcohol contributed to the deaths of more than 178,000 americans that year. that's about 500 people a day, lost, because of consuming wine, beer or other alcohol. for a broader look at these findings we're joined again by keith humphreys, he's a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at stanford university. very good to have you back on the newshour. were you surprised? this was your field of study. were you surprised by how much these numbers had ticked upwards? keith: sadly i am not. we noticed during the pandemic that certain groups were increasing their drinking, including drinking alone and in large amounts, and also there has been a long-term trend, alcohol is very cheap in the united states in historical terms, and w

william brangham delves deeper into why it's occurring. eoff, thanks to widespread vaccination, measles was declared eliminated back in 2000 in the u.s., so seeing these outbreaks in different states, while they are still small in number of cases, has been disturbing to many. dr. paul offit is a pediatrician at the children's hospital of philadelphia who specializes in virology and immunology. his new book, about where we are in our struggle against covid, is called "tell me when it's over." welcome back. i want to put up this graph that shows the rising number of cases of measles the last few months. it starts on the left in 23 and goes to the present. what is your understanding of what is driving this uptick? dr. offit: a critical percentage of parents are choosing not to vex and i -- vaccinate their children. the rate of immunization among kindergartners is starting to drop and it's not surprising this is the disease you see because this is the most contagious of the vaccine for vegetable diseases. william: the cdc just said that 92% of

william brangham looks at the initiative that just passed by a razor-thin margin. a third of the people who are homeless in america live in california. and for years, it's been an endlessly vexing problem for the state. since many of these people also suffer from severe mental illness and addiction issues, the newly passed proposition one includes a $6.4 billion bond to fund 11,000 housing units and treatment beds. it also funds $1 billion for homeless veterans. today, governor gavin newsom celebrated the victory, but opponents say it doesn't do enough to keep people from becoming homeless in the first place, and that it gives the state too much control over mental health spending. christine mai-duc has been covering all of this closely for the wall street journal and she joins us now. thank you so much for being here. heidi laid out some of the top line numbers. what can you explain a little more about who this is most intended to help? christine: yeah, absolutely. from the beginning governor newsom and all the allies behind this effort have been clear that this i