Feb 21 Watch 7:04 Immigration advocates want Biden to do more to prevent discriminatory policies By Ivette Feliciano On his first day in office, President Biden rescinded the Trump-era so-called “Muslim Travel Bans,” which affected travel from several Muslim-majority nations. And while immigration advocates praised the reversal of what they called discriminatory policies, NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano reports… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch 5:20 As the COVID-19 vaccination rollout continues, when will children be vaccinated? As COVID-19 vaccinations continue to expand to new groups of people, there is the question of when children can begin to get shots. Dr. Fauci recently said children as young as first-graders may be vaccinated by the start of school… Continue watching
Feb 21 U.S. coronavirus death toll approaches milestone of 500,000 By John Raby, Associated Press A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 — roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the size of Atlanta. The figure compiled by Johns Hopkins University surpasses the number… Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 9:17 Recovery may take months even as more help reaches storm-hit Texas President Biden declares a disaster in Texas on Saturday, allowing affected Texans to apply for emergency grants for housing and low-cost loans to cover losses from the winter storm, which has left millions in the state without heat, power and… Continue watching
Feb 20 Biden declares major disaster in Texas as federal aid flows By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden’s plate. A month into the job and focused on the coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after winter storms plunged Texas, Oklahoma and neighboring states… Continue reading
Feb 19 U.S. unwinds Trump policy making asylum-seekers wait in Mexico By Elliot Spagat, Julie Watson, Associated Press The Biden administration is moving to restore the asylum system to the way it worked for decades by releasing a group of asylum-seekers into the U.S. It ends their long wait in Mexico. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 8:59 Power largely restored in Texas, but millions remain without drinking water By Stephanie Sy The lights are back on in much of Texas, but for millions the water isn't working. It is the latest crisis in a grinding week of winter storms that have claimed at least 60 lives. Stephanie Sy reports, and speaks… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: White House says vaccine shipments delayed by arctic storm By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the White House confirmed the arctic storm has set back COVID-19 vaccine shipments, the U.S. is once again part of the Paris climate accord, the U.S. began allowing the first of thousands of asylum seekers… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 7:02 Health officials try to rebuild trust of vaccines among Indigenous Americans By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane Native Americans have been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but a history of medical mistreatment has led some Indigenous leaders to brace for challenges in vaccinating their communities. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on those… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 8:44 U.S. military grapples with a rising epidemic of sexual assault in its ranks By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn A video posted by a female U.S. Marine about sexual assault in the military rocketed across the internet and into a Pentagon press-briefing room Friday. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin promised to take additional steps to stop such violence. But… Continue watching