Mar 09 Watch 5:29 Biden administration scrambles to respond to surge of migrant children at the U.S. border By Yamiche Alcindor, Meredith Lee The situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is increasingly challenging the Biden administration, with the number of detained migrant children tripling in recent weeks, according to the New York Times. Almost half are being held longer than permitted by law. Theresa… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 5:46 Water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi highlights 'dire state' of city's infrastructure By John Yang, Courtney Norris, Lynsey Jeffery Much of Mississippi's largest city is beginning its fourth week without safe drinking water coming out of faucets. Jackson residents, about 80 percent of whom are Black, remain under a system-wide order to boil water, and some don't have any… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 8:07 How the pandemic is intensifying depression and anxiety among teenagers This week marks a full year since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic, and experts are increasingly concerned about the toll it is taking on the mental health of young people in the United States. With in-person classes closed… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 3:21 Longtime journalist Roger Mudd dies at 93 Longtime political correspondent and anchor Roger Mudd died Tuesday at the age of 93. He spent much of his career at CBS, before joining NBC News and then MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. We take a moment to remember his life and decades-long… Continue watching
Mar 09 Arkansas governor signs near-total abortion ban into law By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press The Republican governor had expressed reservations about the bill, which does not provide exceptions for those impregnated in an act of rape or incest. Continue reading
Mar 09 Pentagon approves extending Guard deployment at Capitol By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The decision underscores concerns about security at the Capitol, two months after rioters breached the building in an attack that left five people dead. Continue reading
Mar 09 Florida sues to stop Biden's immigration directives By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Florida's Attorney General Ashley Moody says the new guidance has resulted in immigration officials declining to take custody of people who have served sentences for burglary, drug trafficking and other crimes. Continue reading
Mar 09 Child tax credit expansion sets up showdown with GOP By Alexandra Jaffe, Josh Boak, Associated Press The massive coronavirus relief plan making its way to President Joe Biden’s desk includes a plan to temporarily raise the child tax credit that could end up permanently changing the way the country deals with child poverty. Continue reading
Mar 09 WATCH: Health officials, executives testify about frontline response to COVID-19 By News Desk As the U.S. approaches the anniversary of pandemic shutdowns across the country, health officials and executives will testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee on March 9 about the frontline response to COVID-19. Continue reading
Mar 09 Jury selection resumes for trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Associated Press The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death is forging ahead with jury selection, even though a looming appellate ruling could halt the case and delay it for weeks or even months as the state… Continue reading