News Wrap: Fighting continues in Sudan despite temporary ceasefire agreement

GEOFF BENNETT:

In the day's other headlines: Heavy gunfire echoed in Sudan's capital after a 24-hour cease-fire was supposed to begin.

The military and a paramilitary rebel force had agreed to a temporary truce, but fighting raged on. In Khartoum, civilians lined up outside bakeries, despite the danger, desperate for fresh food after four days of combat.

MOHAMED, Khartoum Resident (through translator):

The situation is very hard. It was sudden. There's no electricity, no water. It's the fourth day in a row without water. People also weren't prepared. As you can see here in the supermarket, most goods are not available.

GEOFF BENNETT:

Late tonight, in Khartoum, the U.S. Embassy advised Americans in Sudan to shelter in place.

In Ukraine, two warring leaders have made competing visits to their troops as they gear up for expected spring offensives. The Kremlin today released a video of Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting a Russian-held part of the southern Kherson region on Monday. And Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with soldiers in the Donetsk province. That eastern area has seen fierce fighting all winter.

A Russian judge today ordered Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to stay in jail pending his prosecution on espionage charges. The 31-year-old appeared in public for the first time in weeks standing in a glass cage in Moscow city court. Afterward, his lawyers said he's staying upbeat.

MARIA KORCHAGINA, Attorney For Evan Gershkovich (through translator):

He's in the mood. He is in a fighting spirit. He is ready to prove the right to free journalism. He is ready to defend himself.

Today, at the court session, he made a corresponding statement that he was ready to prove that he was innocent of the act incriminating him.

GEOFF BENNETT:

Gershkovich was arrested in late March and accused of trying to get secret information about a Russian arms factory. The U.S. government and The Wall Street Journal strenuously deny the charges against him.

Back in this country, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the Postal Service violated a mail carrier's religious rights by forcing him to work on Sundays. He eventually quit and is now asking the court to revisit a 1977 ruling. That ruling allowed employers to deny some religious accommodations if they impose undue hardship on the business.

Southwest Airlines faced a new disruption today after data connection problems briefly grounded its flights nationwide. The grounding lasted 17 minutes, delaying more than 1,800 flights. Planes sat on the tarmac and customers sought answers at airports. Just four months ago, Southwest's scheduling system collapsed during the Christmas travel rush.

Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin says he has been fully cleared to return to pro football just four months after his heart stopped during a game. Hamlin had just made a tackle when he collapsed back in January. Emergency crews worked to save him in front of a national TV audience.

Today, he reflected on it all.

DAMAR HAMLIN, Buffalo Bills:

The wow moment is every day just being able to wake up and just take deep breaths in and live a peaceful life, to have a family, to have people around me that love me and that care about me, and for those people to still have me in their lives. They almost lost me.

Like, I died on national TV in front of the whole world. You know what I mean?

GEOFF BENNETT:

Hamlin, who's 25 years old, says he started attending voluntary off-season workouts with no medical restrictions.

The FDA today cleared the way for yet another COVID-19 booster. Approval from the CDC could come as early as tomorrow. Those 65 and older or with immune system problems are eligible for the bivalent booster that targets the Omicron strain and its offshoots. The original versions of the vaccines will no longer be used.

On Wall Street, stocks had little to show for the day's work. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 10 points to close it 33976. The Nasdaq fell four points. The S&P 500 added three.

And a toddler has joined the ranks of White House intruders. A little boy squeezed through the security fence today. He was intercepted by Secret Service uniformed officers, then returned to his parents. The fence was doubled in height in recent years, but the space between the bars was widened by an inch.

Still to come on the "PBS NewsHour": government officials come under scrutiny for failing to keep migrant children out of unsafe jobs; more on the efforts to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from Russia; and we speak with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about the recent violent clashes in his country.