News Wrap: Gunman kills at least 5 people in a Tel Aviv suburb

Judy Woodruff:

In the day's other news: The FDA and the CDC endorsed a second booster shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines for those over 50. It also applies to younger people with badly weakened immune systems. The move came as vaccinations have slowed markedly, and as a new version of the Omicron variant is spreading.

We will get details after the news summary.

In China, Shanghai's sweeping lockdown to stop a COVID surge entered a second day. Streets were largely empty, and shops were shuttered. The lockdown is being carried out in two phases, beginning in and around the financial district. Officials said thousands of financial workers are sleeping in their offices to keep business running.

The U.S. Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, joined calls today for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any cases involving the January 6 Capitol riot. Schumer cited reports that Virginia Thomas, who is the justice's wife, texted former President Trump's chief of staff, trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY):

The information we know right now raises serious questions about how close Justice Thomas and his wife were to the planning and execution of the insurrection. The January 6 Committee is investigating, and doing a good job, and I think they will turn over every stone. And we await the outcome. But there's enough evidence already, I think, that he should recuse himself.

Judy Woodruff:

Two dozen other House and Senate Democrats urged Thomas' recusal on Monday.

There is word that former President Trump's official phone records during the January 6 assault have a roughly eight-hour gap. Various reports today said the gap spans the time that Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. But it is widely known that he spoke with Republican lawmakers during those hours. Investigators are now looking into whether he used different phones.

In Israel, a gunman killed at least five people in a Tel Aviv suburb today, the third deadly attack in a week. Cell phone video showed a man with an assault weapon running into the street and opening fire, before he was killed by the police. Israeli reports said he was a Palestinian.

South Korea has dismissed North Korea's claim that it launched a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile last week. The North Koreans showed video purporting to be their longest-range missile yet. The South said that it was a less powerful, older version, and that the video came from a previous launch.

The U.S. Border Patrol reports a sharp new increase in migrants crossing the southern border. The agency said today that some 190,000 people have been stopped since the year began. That is twice the total from the same period a year earlier.

It also comes as the Biden administration is deciding whether to end asylum restrictions related to COVID-19.

Back in this country, the White House budget chief today defended President Biden's newly released plans for taxing and spending. Shalanda Young testified at a congressional hearing, where Republicans criticized tax hikes on corporations and the wealthy by $2.5 trillion over 10 years.

Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO):

What is the president's rationale for imposing tax increases that'll harm jobs, particularly when the country is trying to emerge from a pandemic?

Shalanda Young, Director, Office of Management and Budget Director: He believes that we should invest in the middle class, those working to get to the middle class, and he has a policy — and this budget follows it — not to raise taxes over — for anyone making less than $400,000.

Judy Woodruff:

The president also called last year for a minimum tax on the wealthiest households, but it never gained traction in Congress.

Congressional leaders made final farewells today to Don Young, the longest serving Republican ever in the U.S. House of Representatives. He lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, as family and colleagues attended a ceremony in his honor. President Biden visited the Capitol later to pay his respects.

Young served 49 years in the House before his death this month at the age of 88.

The U.S. Senate voted today to consider Lisa Cook's nomination to the Federal Reserve Board. She would be the first Black woman on the Fed's board. The nomination had been stuck in committee, as Republican members questioned her experience. Now the full Senate will proceed with a confirmation vote.

And on Wall Street, stocks rallied again, on hopes that negotiations will end the war in Ukraine. Major indexes were up 1 percent to nearly 2 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 338 points to close at 35294. The Nasdaq rose 264 points. The S&P 500 was up 56.

Still to come on the "NewsHour": the president signs a law making lynching a federal hate crime; the Supreme Court hears an Army Reservist's case involving exposure to burn pits in Iraq; Oscar winner Troy Kotsur discusses his historic victory for "CODA"; plus much more.