is urgently needed although it did show some new gains in hiring. also tonight a new cnn analysis finds the u.s. could reach herd immunity against the coronavirus by this summer through vaccinations alone as the pace of shots continues to improve dramatically. we re also following the escalating crisis surrounding new york governor andrew cuomo. new reports say his aides rewrote data to hide thousands of nursing homes deaths. this as the former aide is offering more detail about her sexual harassment claims, calling cuomo and i m quoting her now, a textbook abuser. there s a lot oo cover. let s go first to our congressional correspondent ryan nobles up on capitol hill. ryan, a marathon senate effort on covid relief has now hit a wall over a fight over unemployment benefits. where do things stand, ryan, right now? reporter: well, wolf, we are witnessing a staring contest between republicans and democrats right now over one of the most important provisions in this covid relie
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the international criminal court has opened a formal investigation into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories. the probe will cover events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip sincejune 2014. paul hawkins reports. is this a war crime? palestinian homes in the occupied west bank demolished by israel to make way for israeli homes, homes which the un says are illegal. israel disagrees. the icc will formally now investigated this as a war crime. so too is well s military occupation in gaza. this was 2015 when the backlashes on the border with israel. the icc will also look into alleged palestinian war crimes, like hamas firing rockets into israel during the 2014 war. the icc s announcement comes after a five year preliminary investigation. it says it has thejurisdiction investigation. it says it has the jurisdiction to investigate because the palestinians signed up because the pa
we start with a shocking escalation in violence in myanmar, where the united nations says 38 people have been killed on wednesday alone, marking the worst day of bloodshed since the military coup. security forces opened fire on large crowds in a number of cities and at least two of the victims are believed to be teenagers. mass demonstrations have been taking place across myanmar since the military seized control on one february. a warning that this report from our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, contains some disturbing scenes. the conflict in myanmar is now a battle for control of individual neighbourhoods. residents and protesters barricading themselves in. police and soldiers sweeping through to get people off the streets. and sometimes shooting at those brave enough to film from their apartments. gunshot. here, the protest organisers use fire extinguishers to obscure the view, to try to avoid being shot. because that is what the military government is prepa
the international criminal court has opened a formal investigation into allegations of war crimes in the palestinian territories. it will look into events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip sincejune 2014. paul hawkins reports. is this a war crime? palestinian homes in the occupied west bank demolished by israel to make way for israeli homes, homes which the un says are illegal. israel disagrees. the icc will now formally investigate if this is a war crime. so too israel s military occupation in gaza. this was 2015 with the clashes on the border with israel. the icc will also look into alleged palestinian war crimes, like hamas firing rockets into israel during the 2014 war. the icc s announcement comes after a five year preliminary investigation. it says it has the jurisdiction to investigate because the palestinians signed up to the court in 2015, so it will now investigate events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip s
the international criminal court has opened a formal investigation into allegations of war crimes in the palestinian territories. it will look into events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip sincejune 2014. paul hawkins reports. is this a war crime? palestinian homes in the occupied west bank demolished by israel to make way for israeli homes, homes which the un says are illegal. israel disagrees. the icc will now formally investigate if this is a war crime. so too israel s military occupation in gaza. this was 2015 with the clashes on the border with israel. the icc will also look into alleged palestinian war crimes, like hamas firing rockets into israel during the 2014 war. the icc s announcement comes after a five year preliminary investigation. it says it has the jurisdiction to investigate because the palestinians signed up to the court in 2015, so it will now investigate events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip s