News Wrap: Markets end week with rally, Miami Beach condominium deemed unsafe

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• Judy Woodruff:

  In the day's other news: Billionaire Elon Musk began his shakeup of Twitter and faced a flood of requests to reinstate banned users.

  The Tesla CEO has vowed to restore free speech to the platform. So far, his takeover plan has been short on details, but he says he does intend to form what he called a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints.

  We will have more on all this after the news summary.

  Stocks rallied on Wall Street today, boosted by a string of better-than-expected earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 828 points to close at 32862. The Nasdaq rose 310 points, and the S&P 500 added 94.

  Residents in a Miami Beach, Florida, condominium on the same avenue of a condo that collapsed last year were forced to evacuate last night after city officials deemed the building unsafe. Engineers found a crack in the main support beam in the garage and other structural issues. The 14-story building is about a mile from the Surfside condo that collapsed, killing 98 people.

  A federal judge in Arizona has refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Maricopa County. He said banning them would violate the group's constitutional rights. That comes amid reports of voter intimidation, including some involving masked and armed people who are closely watching the drop-off boxes.

  In the Philippines, at least 42 people have died in a flash — in flash floods and landslides triggered by a tropical storm. Rescue crews helped the elderly into votes in a hard-hit southern province. Homes there were engulfed by floodwaters. The storm is expected to hit the country's East Coast tomorrow.

  Russia has announced an end to calling up new troops to fight in Ukraine. Moscow ordered the partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists last month after a string of military defeats, in a move that drew rare public dissent.

  In a televised meeting today, President Putin spoke with his defense minister, Sergei Shoigu. They acknowledge mistakes had been made.

• Vladimir Putin, Russian President (through translator):

  I want to thank everyone who took part. You yourself noted that there were certain problems and difficulties at the first stage. This is probably inevitable, given such events have not been held in our country for a long time.

• Judy Woodruff:

  Meanwhile, Ukraine says that it has now shot down more than 300 Iranian-made drones. They have been part of a new Russian campaign to target civilian infrastructure.

  Activists in Iran say police shot and killed at least two protesters in the southeastern city of Zahedan. Demonstrators took to the streets, calling for the death of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. More than 270 people have been killed since protests against Iran's morality police began in September.

  A new United Nations report estimates more than 96,000 Haitians have fled Port-au-Prince due to rampant gang violence. It spiked after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 19 — in 2021. Gangs now control about 60 percent of the capital city. Haiti's government has requested help from foreign troops to end the brutality.

  And two passings to note tonight.

  Rock 'n' roll legend, icon Jerry Lee Lewis died today at his home in Mississippi. Lewis emerged onto the rock scene in the 1950s and became known for his piano talent, explosive energy and cockiness.

  Jeffrey Brown has more.

• Jeffrey Brown:

  In 1957, Jerry Lee Lewis belted out his hit "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" for a national television audience. The attitude and style, pounding piano and blasting rhythm would help define rock 'n' roll, with Lewis an instant stars, nearly rival to Elvis Presley.

  But revelations about his personal life — he had married a 13, possibly 12-year-old cousin, while already married — brought scandal that derailed his career. Run-ins with the law, drug and alcohol abuse, violent deaths of family and friends, it was all part of the Jerry Lee Lewis story, but he also managed to reinvent himself in the 1970s and after on the country music scene, recording nearly two dozen top 10 country hits.

• Speaker:

  Please join me in congratulating the Veterans Era Artist inductee, long overdue in my opinion, Jerry Lee Lewis.

• Jeffrey Brown:

  And was honored as a founding father by generations of pop and rock stars. Elton John called him the best rock 'n' roll pianist ever.

• Bruce Springsteen, Musician:

  Jerry Lee Lewis.

• Jeffrey Brown:

  And at the 1995 opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen introduced Lewis as — quote — "the man who doesn't play rock and roll; he is rock and roll."

  Jerry Lee Lewis died today at his home in DeSoto County, Mississippi, south of Memphis. He was 87 years old.

  For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Jeffrey Brown.

• Judy Woodruff:

  And the Reverend Calvin Butts, the longtime leader of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church, also died today.

  For decades, Butts fought for racial and social justice as the church's senior pastor. He was known for bridging divides. And he hosted global and national leaders from across the political spectrum. Reverend Calvin Butts was 73 years old.

  Still to come on the "NewsHour": with the war in Ukraine raging on, a former Russian diplomat weighs in on Putin's ambitions; David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart discuss the upcoming midterms; what baseball fans can expect as the World Series kicks off; and much more.