joseph in wheeling, west virginia. after joining the congregation, she was a pediatric nurse and administrator for nearly two decades. described as fun-loving, sister christine would drop anything to comfort the sick and support her neighbors struggling with homelessness or addiction, friends said. she also loved to sing, particularly folk songs about her beloved west virginia. sister christine riley was 84 years old. we are see grateful to family members for sharing these stories with us. our hearts go out to you, each one of you, as they do to everyone who has lost a loved one in this pandemic. and please stay with pbs tonight. amy walter is hosting "washington week. " before we go, to mark this first week of being back in the studio, i want to say thank you to a viewer, stephanie byrne. she sent a picture of a quilt she made, based on the bookshelf you would see behind me at my house. thank you. and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again here on monday evening. for all of us a

back in this country, virginia became the latest state to legalize marijuana. the new law allows adults to possess and cultivate small amounts of the drug starting this july, but legal retail sales will not begin until january 20 24. marijuana is currently legal in 16 states and washington, d.c. the los angeles county sheriff's department said tiger woods was going 40 miles an hour over the speed limit when he crashed an suv in february. it blamed the accident solely on excessive speed and the golfer's loss of control behind the wheel on a stretch of road that is notorious for crashes. >> there's two factors -- the speed and the failing to maintain the street -- the curvature of the roadway. there's nothing from a cell phone indicating he was distracted. there's no evidence of any impairment or intoxication. stephanie: woods underwent surgery for multiple breaks in his right leg and is recovering in full. still to come, the crumbling state of u.s. infrastructure, and president biden's push for his plan. new questions around the astrazeneca vaccine complicate gl

senator joe matchen of west virginia made it known he's not in favor of raising the tax rate to 28% and mark warner, astronaut as someone who might go along with the biden team more often, says he's not going to tell reporters what he thinks but that he does have concerns about the biden plan in general. so this is a 50/50 senate majority, they need every senate democrat and there are two that have concerns. so this is going to be a long slog to get this very large bill across the finish line. >> woodruff: long slog, and we thank the two of you for making it all so much clearer. yamiche alcindor, lisa desjardins, thank you. >> thanks, judy. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, california announced it will lift all its covid-19 restrictions june 15th if hospitalizations remain low and there's sufficient vaccine supply. but its mask mandate will remain in effect. meanwhile, indiana ended its statewide mask order, although businesses can still require customers to wear them. and a rare sight in arlington, texas last night. a sellout crowd packed in to watch the texas rangers home opener;

mikey pozzo, a musician and writer, has his own bakery business in his hometown of ashburn, virginia. small steps, in your shoes. for the pbs newshour, i am jeffrey brown. judy: and the young will teach us. fascinating report. and online, we explore what the learn -- world learned about leadership during the pandemic. what qualities helped some world leaders maintain the public's trust, and ultimately hold back the spread of the virus? all that and more at pbs.org/newshour. nd that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay safe and see you soon. >> funding has been provided by. consumer cellular. johnson & johnson. bnsf railway. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in democratic engagement and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank

they helped lead 1.7 million people out of virginia park through downtown without a permit. [yelling] >> schifrin: it was a peak of protests, initially against an extradition law of fundamental democracy. but they were shut down by a wave of arrests anda natial security law that targeted the city's freedoms. and today's convictions are designed to discredit lifetimes of peaceful activists. >> these three in particular, they are like the first generation of democracy proponents who are acting professionally, acting constructively, and many would say some of the -- sg people would say these are the moderates. >> schifrin: sharon holm says the three represent the pillars of the democracy movement and the city. >> the attacking of them i think both reflects the recognition of their influence as well as a real commitment to cutting off that influence. >> schifrin: jimmy lie was a media tycoon until he was frog-marched by plains clothed police out of his own newsroom last summer. what is the state of freedom of speech today in hong kong? >> as long as people are becoming more caut

woodruff: senator shelley moore capito, republican of west virginia. senator, thank you very much. >> all right, thank you, judy. >> woodruff: the defense team for former police officer derek chauvin pushed back today with the defense has been making the case that chauvin's kneeling on floyd's body was not the crucial factor in his death last may. its own expert testimony about yamiche alcindor has our report. >> alcindor: today, the defense called to the stand dr. david fowler, former chief medical examiner of maryland. the defense expert witness spent much of his testimony directly contradicting earlier testimony from the prosecution's expert witnesses. fowler testified that george floyd died of sudden cardiac arrest caused by his underlying conditions. he listed those conditions as heart disease and drug use. he also cited a lack of bruising on floyd from chauvin's restraint. >> all of his injuries were in areas where the knee was not. >> alcindor: prosecution expert witnesses have testified that chauvin's knee restraint directly contributed to floy

video released from a december traffic stop in windsor, virginia showed two police officers drawn their weapons on a driver and military uniform after pulling them over. they claim he was alluding police but army secondly tony and, who is black and latino somma -- says he waited to pull into a gas station because it is well lit. >> what is going on? amna: one of the officers threaten sam. >> -- threaten sam. then --threatens him. then uses pepper spray on his face. that officer was later fired after an investigation found department policy was not followed. this video was made public after he filed a lawsuit earlier this month alleging the officers violated his constitutional rights. for more on the impact and why they continue to happen, we are joined by two guests closely following them all. an activist, data scientist and cofounder of the groups campaign zero and mapping police violence. welcome to you both and thank you for beg here. lisa, i want to start with you. the police chief believing this was accidental. what was your reaction to that what has been the reaction you ground? >

. >> brown: outside douglas macarthur elementary school in alexandria, virginia recently, students arrived for an unusual >> it feels really, really nice. >> brown: complete with choreographed carpool drop off, temperature checks upon entry, socially distanced hallways with signs to remind students to mask up. >> to see all my friends, to go on the bus, to see the teachers, to see everyone smile, that's the best part. >> brown: happy children, and very high stakes for first year principal penny hairston. >> i'm so hard on myself i don't want to make a mistake so it's my own, my own anxieties. >> brown: in the midst of the pandemic, she's tasked with creating and maintaining a safe, phased reopening plan for students and staff. >> i love my teachers. i feel for them, they are family, and they have families, and i want my families to understand they are doing a lot right now. they're working hard then they're going home and some of them have to do that second job. >> brown: douglas macarthur is using a hybrid model: dividing its 550 students into two groups which alternate attending classes

republicans losing a seat in west virginia, that has become the most republican state in the country after wyoming, and ohio, a state that used to be a swing state, now much more republican leaning. looking at the national picture, we put this map into place in the 2020 election. everything else remains the same. it would shifts just three electoral votes away from biden and toward trump. instead of having three of six electoral votes, it would be 303. it does not seem like much, but when these races are decided by such a narrow margin, even one electoral vote can be critical. judy: every single one. tell us in terms of drawing congressional district lines, what are we learning about that? >> this is the part where the states learn, did you gain or lose a seat. but the real nitty-gritty is going to come later this summer when the detailed data is released to the states. that is where you're going to hear words like gerrymandering. even states that are not gaining or losing unless you are a state that only has one congressional district, you have to redraw your lines. population has s

republicans losing a seat in west virginia, that has become now the most republican state in the country after wyoming. and ohio, a state that used to be a swing state is now much more republican leaning. overall we are looking at the national picture right now. if we put this map into play in the 2020 election, all right, so everything else remains the same, it would shift just three electoral votes. three electoral votes away if biden toward trump. so instead of having 306 electoral votes in the vict re, it would be 303 electoral votes. it doesn't seem like much but when these races are decided by such a narrow margin, even one electoral vote can be critical. >> ef resingle one. and one can matter. and amy, tell us what about in terms of drawing congressional district line, what are we learning about that? >> that's right. this is a portion so this is the part where the state's learn did you gain or did you lose a seat but the real nitty gritty is going to come later this summer when the details-- detailed data is released and you start drawing those lines. that is when you hear words

we had more people in west virginia working, higher wages, more minorities, more women, younger people working. we were on a trajectory of fully realizing the effects of those tax cuts. we had over $1 trillion come back into this country that was repatriated because of the lowering of the corporate rate. i do not want to see is go back to raising taxes to where we will stagnate possibly the progress we have made. the big question is, how do you pay for it. we know the gas tax is a declining resource. let's look at vehicle miles traveled or weighs electric vehicles could pay their fair share for use of the roads. i think we will have to get creative and i think we can, but i don't want to see us raise taxes on small businesses. that is a nonstarter for most people. judy: you are rolling out an increase for the corporate? sen. capito: for me, yes. if this is the direction the president wants to go, put that in his reconciliation package, and let that fly. if we could just have a big and robust bipartisan effort, which i know we can, we are working it through my committee right now, it wi

the state supreme court of virginia back to charlottesville's move to take down confederate statues, including one of general robert e. lee that was at the center of a white nationalist rally in 2017 where a woman was killed. the other statue is of thomas stonewall jackson, another confederate general. claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week to 719,000, up 61,000 from the week before. on wall street, big tech led the market higher. the dow jones industrial average gained 171 points to close at 33,153. the nasdaq rose 233 points. the s&p 500 closed above 4000 for the first time. still to come on the newshour with judy woodruff, george floyd's girlfriend offers details of his life at his murder trial. president biden pushes renewable energy as a goal of his infrastructure plan. people with underlying health conditions discuss their struggles to get a vaccine. plus much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: this was day four of the trial of fo

we saw that in the video of army lieutenant nezario in virginia that happened, dime light last week. we saw that in the video with the initial encounter with george floyd. when they tapped on the window of. >>> george floyd's are suv with a flashlight, they saw a black face. police said i'll tase you, taser taser taser. instead she had a gun in her hand and shot him. judy these are all different circumstances but the overall mood is the same. black people feel under threat. they feel under siege and until the rest of america changes its attitude, and until law enforcement somehow changes the way it views the people they are sworn to serve and protect, nothing is going to change. >> woodruff: david why does this keep happening and what do you think about what needs to change? >> brooks: well the first thing that needs to change is we accept there is racial bias in polici. there are too many people in the police force that think it's not there. it's not only jonathan's experience and the experience of almost every african american person i know, there are dozens of studies in traffic s

. >> west virginia democratic senator joe manchin has insisted that in no circumstance would he vote to weaken the filibuster rule. he also voiced opposition to a process called reconciliation, that warren and the filibuster would allow democrats to push legislation without republican support. officials on the island of st. vincent and the eastern caribbean are rushing to evacuate some 16,000 people as a volcano threatens to erupt. scientists say that recent seismic activity lead them to believe an eruption and be close. a royal caribbean cruise ship will be housing them overnight. in sudan, the death toll from days of tribal violence in darfur for has reached 132. looting continued in the provincial capital of westar for where a shooting on saturday triggered the conflict. tensions between arab and the non-arab tribes have posed a challenge for the country;s transitional government. myanmar's military rulers are limiting internet access and confiscating tv satellites and an effort to crack down on protests. demonstrations continued even after security forces killed 11 protesters ove

the cdc is looking into one other death potentially related to the j&j vaccine in virginia. the vaccine has been on pause since april 13. california's two university systems joined a wave of colleges mandating covid-19 vaccines for students this fall, and overseas, india reported a global record of 315,000 infections in 24 hours, with another 2100 deaths. details on india after the news summary. the u.s. senate passed a bipartisan covid-19 hate crimes bill, responded to attacks on asian americans and pacific islanders. it includes funding to increase data collection and reporting. hawaii's democratic senator mazie hirono cosponsored the measure. >> as important as the content of the bill is, the message of this bill that will be the senate are going to stand with our aapi community and any community that is discriminated against on the basis of race or any of the categories that you and i can think of. stephanie: today, the u.s. house of representatives voted again to make washington, d.c. the nation's 51st state. democrats pushed it through on party lines with no republican

at this salon in virginia, the manager has seen the impact the discriminatory thinking first hand and says many clients openly worry about being judged if they wear their hair naturally curly. >> a lot of times when we talk to our clients in the corporate setting, most of the conversations are along the lines of, i am in a predominantly non-black environment, so i can go in looking like my hair has not been taking care of, because there is that assumption if you don't have natural hair, you are not taking care of it. correspondent: still, women are abandoning methods for changing their appearance and embracing natural black styles. >> it is an art. >> it is. correspondent: many black men are growing that her longer. for one man, he is hoping to make a professional statement. >> i made the decision to grow my hair out out of necessity, since all the barbers were not able to cut our hair last year, but it got to the point where i was switching careers and wanted to change stereotypes, what does a black person look like. announcer: taylor -- correspondent: he says he understands he could

i think about the sergeant in virginia who was putting his hands out the window, being very reasonable. and i think about daunte, this young man who was probably not making the best decision. but he did not in harm's way. he was trying to get away from them on a traffic citation and they shoot and kill him right in the midst of the derek chauvin trial regarding george floyd's killer. which i believe is the civil-rights case. that you would have a police officer kill an unarmed young man within 10 miles from the courthouse. yamiche: ben crump, we have talked about black people and policing for a long time, what is the disconnect? >> it is implicit bias. they don't give marginalized majority -- marginalized minorities the benefit of professionalism. that is why you see them doing the most trying to use their discretion to de-escalate matters. they de-escalate a just fine on january 6, 2021, when white nationalists stormed the capital. it is not that they can't de-escalate. i believe it is implicit bias training that they don't respect black people in america enough to make sure that we g

it serves around 180 adults with idd in maryland and virginia. last year, when the virus emerged, ervin remembers looking at the risk factors and being very concerned about the people they serve. >> so the cdc comes out sort of early-ish with with a list of of conditions that don't combine well with covid-19 and drive much more severe outcomes. and we're looking at the list and we're thinking, oh, my gosh, this, this is -- >> this is a portrait of our patient population. >> yes. >> what we're finding is across the board, no matter the type of intellectual developmental disability, there's increased risk of covid 19 severity. >> scott landes is a sociologist at syracuse university, who for years has studied health outcomes for those in the idd community. he says people with idd, conditions like down syndrome, cerebral palsy, rhett's syndrome and autism, often have underlying health conditions that make them more susceptible to covid-19. and that, combined with the fact that many receive care in group living facilities, in close contact with careta

. >> nawaz: video released from a december traffic stop in windsor virginia showed two police officers drawing their weapons on a driver in military uniform after pulling him over. >> nawaz: they claim he was“ eluding police,” but army second lieutenant caron nazario, who is black and latino, says he waited to pull over until he'd reached a gas station because it was well-lit. >> what's going on is you're fixin' to ride the lightning, son. >> nawaz: one of the officers threatens nazario... >> i'm honestly afraid. >> you should be. >> nawaz: then uses pepper spray in nazario's face. that officer was later fired, after an investigation found department policy was not followed. this video was made public after nazario filed a lawsuit earlier this month, alleging the officers violated his constitutional rights. for more on the impact of this latest police killing, and why they continue to happen, we're joined by two guests closely following it all. lisa clemons is a former police officer and is the founder and director of a mother's love initiative, a community support organization bas

at sheldeez salon in sterling, virginia, salon manager thobe mak has seen the impact of that discriminatory thinking first-hand. she says many clients openly worry about being judged if they wear their hair naturally curly. >> a lot of times when we talk to our clients who are in the corporate setting, most of the conversations are along the lines of, "i'm in a predominantly non-black environment, so i can't go in looking like my hair is not being taken care of," because there seems to be that assumption of that bias that if you have natural hair, you're not taking care of it. >> alcindor: still, many black women are abandoning wigs, hair extensions, or chemical straighteners, used to change their appearance. instead, they are embracing natural black hairstyles, like afros and braids. and many black men, instead of keeping their hair cut short, are growing it longer and getting locs. for anwar taylor, he's hoping it will make a professional statement. >> i initially made the decision to grow my hair out of necessity, since all the barbers weren't able to cut our heads last year. but then it

be traveling, talking about the american family plan, going to georgia and pennsylvania as well as virginia. so there is really going to be a push to try to get congress to say we need to pass this. but it will be tuff to get republicans on board because of those tax hikes that are going to the wealthiest of americans. >> woodruff: steeking of that, lisa, what are you hearing already in the way of reaction from membe to all of this. >> that's right, republicans have a real problem with this. they see this as tearing down what they believe is one of their seminal achievements, the 2017 tax cuts. democrats as you heard disagree. i talked to one senator who will be in the chamber tonight and says i know that the president is talking about bipartisanship but i want more than words. i want action. she says this plan to her looks part i san. on the other hand democrats are saying they like the plan, some of them want more like bernie sand ares who i talked to today, he will have a prominent, a seat pretty close to the front tonight. he says he does want to add more to this plan especially when it

. >> woodruff: west virginia democratic senator joe manchin has insisted that under 'no circumstance' would he vote to kill or weaken the filibuster. he did so in an op-ed for "the washington post," and also voiced opposition to a process known as reconciliation. that, or an end to the filibuster, would allow democrats to advance legislation without republican support. manchin's vote is key in the evenly-divided senate. in sudan, the death toll from days of tribal violence in darfur has reached 132. looting continued today in the provincial capital of west darfur, where a shooting on saturday triggered the conflict. tensions between arab and non- arab tribes have posed a challenge for the country's transitional government to bring lasting peace to the region. myanmar's military rulers are now limiting internet access and confiscating tv satellites in an effort to crackdown on anti-coup protests. meanwhile, demonstrations continued in dawei, even after security forces killed 11 protesters overnight. over 600 people, including 40 children, have died since the military's takeover in febr