There are several developing stories as we come on the air, including two significant setbacks tonight in the search for a cure for coronavirus. Just as cases are spiking nationwide, were going to get to that and the Drug Companies that are now pausing their tests on experimental drugs in just a moment. But were going to begin with that marathon confirmation hearing on capitol hill that is now stretching into the night. President trumps pick for the supreme court, judge amy coney barrett, has spent the day defending her judicial philosophy and dodging questions about how shed rule on future cases, including next months challenge to obamacare. Barrett also refused to say how she would rule on abortion, insisting she has not made deals with the president or the white house. And while she would not commit to recution herself from any electionrelated cases, barrett said she would not be usedaise pawn by the president to decide the election in his favor. With her confirmation all but certai
Until we have some method of saying it has been passed. Judy all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by advice and recommendations to your life. That is fidelity wealth management. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson and johnson. The india fund committed to restoring justice and meaningful work through historic ideas. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Judy the Supreme Courtanded presidt trump a big legal defeat today on a major focus of his domestic agenda. It overturned his decision to end protections for immigrants who arrived illegally as children. John yang reports that
world. i m laila harrak. u.s. president joe biden says ukraine doesn t need jets right now. what ukraine says it must have to pushback moscow s forces as the war grinds into its second year. and in east palestine, ohio, officials are going door to door to check on the health of residents after the toxic train wreck. we ll discuss the risks they could be facing. and a rare winter storm is bringing historic snow, dangerous flooding, and blizzard conditions to california. the latest weather report ahead. just days after observing the one-year mark of the russian invasion, ukrainians are noting another grim anniversary. the loss of crimea to moscow in 2014. it s been a thorn in ukraine s side ever since, and every year is remembered on this date with a day of resistance. meanwhile, the latest package of eu sanctions against russia is getting high marks in kyiv. here s president volodymyr zelenskyy on saturday. translator: now new sanction steps are in the tenth package,
situation i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. plus a cnn exclusive, lawyers for former president trump allowing federal investigators to search mar-a-lago again. and newly released emails between trump and his former lawyer proving his voter fraud claims were bogus. a federal judge calling it evidence of a conspiracy to degree fraud the united states. but let s begin with the breaking news out of the u.k. liz truss resigning after six weeks, 44 days in office. our team is following this breaking story. scott mcclain is outside of 10 drowning street and richard quest is standing by as well. six weeks in office and gone after a disastrous budget plan. so what happens next? yeah, that is a great question. we ll have a new prime minister by the end of next week. i think that liz truss tried everything that she possibly could to save her premiership. that also started to go wrong from the minute that she announced her disastrous eco
Numbers keep increasing. We keep seeing covid patients. The work is heavy. We try to keep each other up and help each other out. I dont think as nurses youre less immune to being scared and terrified of it like the general population. What is scary now is that people are starting to be deceitful with their coronavirus testing results. Because you could spread it and still feel fine and theyre going out in public and giving it to people and i dont think that people realize it would wipe us all out just by being deceitful and selfish and not staying inside. Once again we begin the show with voices from medical workers on the front lines of this pandemic as the situation continues to deteriorate. In a growing number of states, welcome to wednesday. It is meet the press daily and im katy tur in for chuck todd. As we approach the july fourth holiday there is concern this pandemic could once again spiral out of control if something doesnt change. Cases are rising at record levels. States are