and on the see volcano erupt in tonga, triggering a powerful soon on me, alerts are in place across the region and from japan to the u. s. west coast. a corona virus. curfew comes into effect in the indian capital, one of several cities to lockdown in response to rise in cases. lawyers for tennis number one, novak joker, which planned to appeal your strategy and government's decision to revoke his visa for a 2nd time and trapped in tijuana mexican refugee shelters are overflowing amid a slow down in the u. s. asylum process. and then sport. manchester city. take another step closer to winning the primarily title. they've eaten chelsea one l to taking 13 point lead at the top of the table . ah hello, welcome to the news our, our top story a powerful soon on the as hit the pacific nation of tonga. after an undersea volcano erupted, with many phone lines still down the extent of the damage and the number of casualties is already starting to emerge. there are a so that some residents in tucker are struggling to breathe because of volcanic ash. okay. now also triggered soon army warnings acr

the sky was going to be asked full in tonga. i'm not is it about but so how's it for local people at night. if that happens to be up wind and now are reaches them, they're lucky. anybody down wind or depending have thought that foggy has kind of umbrella like, cloud spreads. anybody under that cloud is gonna get ash falling on them. so you don't to be breathing it in. you don't want to let the accumulates on your roof because your roof is heavy of a snow. it is rock particles so to keep the roots clean and not bring the stuff in. if you drive through fresh ash i'm good asked dr. churned up by a vehicle that can damage your engine. ambia has it's a people will try to walk around next to. so the falling ash is the houses. don't breathe in and don't let it clog up your water system. so your air filtration systems. tron sweep away and next time it ranged. if you're on a hail, you're going to get a muffler coming down towards use of is all kinds of hazards, but follow from a big ash eruption, which is what we're having here. indeed,

in tonga, there is little information on damage because the eruption created a massive ash cloud now covering much of the small nation. new zealand and australia are offering assistance, but the ash and smoke are delaying surveillance flights and aid missions. much of tonga's communications were cut off when the volcano disrupted undersea internet connections. tennis champion novak djokovic left australia today after losing his final legal appeal to allow him to play in the australian open, which begins tomorrow. djokovic, who is unvaccinated and had covid-19 in december, said he qualified for a medical exemption to play in the tournament. australia's immigration minister argued that djokovic's presence could present a risk to public health and “may be counterproductive to efforts at vaccination by others in australia.” in a statement, djokovic said he was disappointed, but respected the court's ruling. the number one ranked player, who is from serbia, left australia shortly after the decision. djokovic has won nine australian opens and is tied with rivals roger federer and rafae

the pacific nationof tonga begins recovery, after a massive volcanic eruption. plus, much more. >> woodruff: this week marks a full year since president biden took office. that also means the president has had broad responsibility for the federal response to the pandemic for a year. there is plenty of data to suggest that things are not going well at this moment. cases are surging in many parts of the country, with nearly 800,000 new cases a day. hospitalizations and deaths are up significantly compared with two weeks ago. the united states is averaging a total of about 150,000 people in the hospital, and nearly 1,700 deaths each day. there have been calls for shifting the administration's strategy. that includes several articles written by former advisers to the president. dr. ezekiel emanuel is a lead of that group of public health experts. he is the vice provost of global initiatives at the university of pennsylvania, and he joins me now. zeke emanuel, welcome back to the "newshour". tell us, why is a new approach needed. >> well, the biden administration cam

the pacific nation of tonga is cut off after an underwater volcano erupt, triggering a synonymy and putting neighboring countries on alert. also, molly's supposed president abraham bu because he has died at the age of 76 and the united states is currently way behind other countries when it comes to offshore wind power. i'm christmas leave me on the east coast coming up. i'll tell you what's being done to change that. i'm sure, i guess we'll go with the sport. we have 4 more games coming up in the african nations and, and other england passing collab fees are streaming, feel all new ashes. when in hope all i have all the action coming up is our ah, welcome to the news tennis. don't know that joke of it has been deported from australia after court upheld a decision to counsel his visa. earlier he said he was extremely disappointed with the decision, but would respect the ruling talk of which had appealed to a federal court after the immigration minister revoked his visa for a 2nd time. on friday, the government argued his presence would fuel anti vaccine center until he was scheduled to play

ah, welcome to the news are it's been 3 days now since the volcanic eruption and soon army in tonga. but the full scale of the destruction is any now being emerged. no new satellite images show a thick layer of ash on the runway of paula's main airport. on the left is how it looked before the eruption and the ashes. delane deliveries of international aid and his expected take days to clear the ashes proving quite problematic. not just for water and sanitation because tom collected water from the roofs of households. but in terms of access for the aid from a straight to a new zealand and other flights, they need to clear the runway. latest information i have is that 60 percent of the runway has been cleared. and this is done manually. i hear up to 200 volunteers sweeping the runway in preparation for the supplies to land on thursday or friday. if things happen according to plan. well, this is our tongue as main port looked at the end of december in the latest satellite pictures. you can see, contain a flung about and the other area is smothered in grey ash. now the un says surveillanc

he studied the hunger tonga, hung up by volcano, from 2014 to 2015. he joins us by skype, so you have spent time in the area a could you 1st of all, stop by explaining what causes an event like this. here, what a marion. good to talk to you. so intervene like this. this was the culmination of magma building up inside the spoke kind of for quite some time. so it's full of magnetic gas. so it's full of trapped gas with inside the magma. and as the magma pressure rises within the volcano, and there's the gas pressure rises, eventually volcano can no longer hold it. and so there was a sudden release of that gas to produce the rupture. and so like you were mentioning, we visited that island that was produced in interruption in 20142015. and that was basically a little island produced in the middle of a large cold era. and that was kind of like the full run around the curtain rise to the main event. and we were also seeing coral fridge, colorado that was uplifted recently and around 2015. so the swelling of bank volcano has been going on for about 10 years

. ♪ judy: today the first satellite images emerged of the pacific nation of tonga following saturday's volcanic eruption. the photos show the islands coated in ash. despite the violent explosion, the tongan government has so far reported just three deaths. the status of two smaller islands in its chain is still unknown. john yang takes a closer look at the science behind the volcano, it's explosion, and its aftermath. john: judy, science says the explosion revealed some of the mystery behind underwater tornadoes. it produced a tsunami that was felt 5000 miles away, and triggered in oils in peru. it triggered a lightning storm that lasted seven hours, and had 400,000 strikes. it was heard as far away as alaska. but for all the ways it made itself felt around the world, its damage was relatively confined. tonga bore the brunt of the volcano's fury blanketed with ash that is now contaminating its water supply. michael poland is a research geophysicist with the u.s. geological survey's cascades volcano observatory in vancouver, washington. think you for joining us. as we talk about that wa

>>or the people of tonga, we're heading their way now with a whole lot of water. the ship can hold-- currently holds over 250,000 liters of water, and we'll be able to provide that once we arrive. and every day thereafter, we're going to be producing another 70,000 liters of water. >> woodruff: the ships will reach tonga by friday. back in this country, new york state's attorney general has laid out evidence that the trump organization exaggerated assets to win loans and tax breaks. it is in a court filing aimed at forcing compliance with subpoenas. it says, in one case, the company claimed the trump penthouse in new york was nearly three times its actual size. the trump organization rejected the allegations. >> the supreme court rejected president trump's request to block release of white house documents sought by the house january 6th committee. on wreath today, on wall street today, interest jitters sent major stock indexes down again, by 1% or more. the dow jones industrial average lost 339 points to close at 35,028. the nasdaq fell 167 points. the s&p 500 dro

the damage from saturday's volcano eruption on tonga is coming into greater focus. ash has been cleared from tonga's airport, and planes carrying disaster relief supplies froaustralia and new zealand are on the way. the government said nearly every home on three of the smaller, sparsely populated islands was wiped out. new zealand also sent two ships with supplies and a de-salination plant to provide clean water to thousands. >> for the people of tonga, we're heading their way now with a whole lot of water. the ship can hold, currently holds over 250,000 liters of water and we'll be able to provide that once we arrive. and every day thereafter, we're going to be producing another 70,000 liters of water. stephanie: the flights are expected to arrive soon and are expected to stay on the ground less than 90 minutes to minimize the risk of spreading covid. a suspect in last summer's assassination of haitian president jovenel moise has been extradited to face criminal charges in miami, a department of justice spokesman confirmed today. businessman and convicted drug traf

now the and says it's stepping up in response to the volcanic eruption and sonoma in tonga. the government has described it as an unprecedented disaster, australia, new zealand, sending a by boat because tongue, as my runway has been covered in ash, wayne hay has more oakland help is on its way to tongue up to new zealand navy ships carrying supplies have begun a 3 day journey, which should see them arrive on friday. perhaps the most essential cargo will be fresh water and a desalination plot to make more while the ships of their we're hitting their way now. with a whole lot of water, the ship can hold. currently holds over 250000 liters of water and will be able to provide that once we arrive. and then every day thereafter, we are going to be producing another 70000 liters of water. satellite images show a thick layer of ash on the runway of tongue. his main airport on the left is how it looked before the russian. the ash is delaying deliveries of international 8 flights volunteers, which is a cleaning up the runway. and the stains before the end of the week that may well b

melina imo has been unable to reach her family in tonga since saturday. her 2 sisters live on the main island conquered top, who her brother and his family lived on a small island for father. i'm worried. i like everyone else. they know you have your sleepless nights. and i not knowing what to expect a fiber optic cable. one of the countries, main lines of communication was damaged by the eruption and may take weeks to a store within a week or 2 i, we should be able to know whether we can be able to get our full connectivity up and running. for now, this is the only communication. many people in tonga have a t, v and radio station in australia covering the pacific region is fielding coles from relatives around the world who are desperate for updates. we've had tomlins calling from sweden, austria puts of japan and so for just desperate for any news from home, deaths have now been confirmed, including angela glover, a british woman who was rescuing her dogs. and she was hit by the powerful wave. we are just shattered. tom is the only word i can think to de

but it was tonga, the court, the bronze of it was like a explosions in town. i get feels from her. okay. no. any, like, literally popped out here. jonathan, everyone just rolled the ash cloud, turning daylight sky's as dark as night. people fleeing in their cars from above you can see just how enormous that cloud is. please head to higher down if you are in danger zone waves. more than half a meter high. reaching american samoa, japan, seeing high water, 2 smoking warnings in fiji and thousands of kilometers away in the us, particularly here on the west coast. normally it is earthquake for that of the main concern here. but tsunamis caused by events far far away, but also a real risk right now. they're supposed to be staying off the beaches out of the water. but clearly that isn't happening. i was shows i can earn a tory for the circling the ball, which is probably it's pretty unusual for west. well, so right. something soon army related, but so far we're still here. oh, very thing. yeah. even if like a one wave comes through, that's smaller than what's here. so i'm more worried ab

the pacific nation of tonga is cut off after an under water volcano erupt triggered at su nami, and putting neighboring countries on alerts. on molly's deposed president abraham brutal car kato, has died at the age of 76. i'm devin ashwin sports defending champions. algeria reaction in the africa cup of nations later, there were 3 other games as well. and another england basset collapses, australia sale of all nail ashes series when in a box ah hello, it's just after 1500 hours g m t. we start in the netherlands. that's where protestors are on the march and amsterdam against cope with 19 restrictions. that's despite the government lifting some of its locked down measures, the demonstrator said that's not enough. and what more freedoms restored the netherlands reported its highest number of daily infections. earlier this week, we'll get an update from stuff boston who's joining us from one of the process in amsterdam. so the protests are right across the netherlands, increasingly widespread step with no sign of dying down. absolutely we have for i think of thousands of people here on the str

high tides, triggered by the volcanic explosion near tonga, had been filled as far away as peru where a ship supplying the country's main oil. processing plant was rocked by waves generated by the russian the result, a 2 kilometer long oil spill. sarah clark out his era brisbin australia were, can ologist heather handley explains why the ash can be so dangerous and the whole clinic ashley itself. so these are very hard fragments and it's not like ashed like from burning. so that's all crumbly and soft. these are little fragments of volcanic glass angular. so yes, when you breathe a, the civically, obviously the danger your lungs but also what that will kind of cash carries the gas pot that kind of took 3 now. and so when that volcanic cash kind of goes into water resources, i example, you know, thoughts, rain and then that mixes with that the water in atmosphere. you the, the sofa that kind of out here to the volcanic cashback can then make acid rain. and it's the same with the drinking water supplies. so, you know, imagine a locked hunger are collecting drinking water from the rain w

>> sreenivasan: this morning, the eruption of an underwater volcano about 40 miles off the coast of tonga triggered tsunami advisories across the pacific, from hawaii to alaska and along the west coast. the volcano sent a plume of ash and steam that could be seen in satellite images. >> we have a tsunami warning at this time. please evacuate to higher grounds immediately. >> sreenivasan: the national weather service in american samoa warned residents to get to higher ground. u.s. officials issd tsunami advisories along the west coast. there were some reports of minor flooding ang california and oregon's coasts, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. for more national and international news, visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: russian disinformation campaigns aren't confined to attempts at tampering with u.s. elections. in fact, they're rife in countries once ruled from moscow. some former soviet states have tried to suppress the propaganda by banning russian television stations and even limiting the use of the russian language on their domestic channels. but as newshour week

organizations continue to slowly assess the damage from last weeks' volcano eruption and subsequent tsunami in tonga, which killed at least three people. international aid has begun to arrive, and some communication is slowly being restored to the small pacific isnd nation. before-and-after satellite photos reveal near-total devastation to three of the hardest-hit islands. one of the world's largest volcanic eruptions in years, the disaster cut a crucial undersea communication cable that likely will not be fixed for weeks. water supplies have also been contaminated by a giant volcanic ash cloud that has spread throughout the region. as on-the-ground cell phone footage starts to emerge, officials there say the road to recovery will be a long one. one new york city police officer is dead and another remains in critical condition, following a fatal shooting last night in harlem. the shooter, armed with a stolen gun, fired on police officers who were responding to a domestic disturbance call. 22-year old rookie officer jason rivera was killed. 27-year-old officer wilbert mora was critically wounded. the

jazeera walker. dooku peruse. government says an oil spill triggered by the volcanic corruption near tonga is twice as big as feared. it's estimated maybe 12000 barrels as leaks into the pacific ocean. not a on a sanchez has more from lima. the oil continues to slowly move north with pretty didn't look as you're flying over the area on saturday. the scope of the disaster is much worse. official say, with the italian flagged oil tanker. my daughter, you see nearly 12000 barrels of crude oil twice as much as initially thought government ministers have been meeting the ship's captain to try to understand what happened. officials said the captain doubted that as soon as me from the volcanic eruption near tang cost the pipeline to break as the matador. it was a floating, nearly 1000000 barrels of crude, to a rough finery. it would appear to be according to the captain. apparently the issue was not so much due to the waves, the ships are so heavy with a big draft, so a swell does not actually create much of an impact. the chief prosecutor ideal tapia says he wants to know if the pipelines were p

the 1st batch of aid to come directly from china has arrived in tonga. the $33.00 ton shipment includes food, drinking water, tents, and radio equipment. but people on the island will have to wait for the aid to be distributed cove at 19 prevention measures mean that everything has to be disinfected and quarantined for 3 days on dearest sworn in its 1st female president, shimaya castro swept the national both in november, promising to restore democratic institutions optimal than 12 years of single policy rule. but a growing rift in congress threatens to derail the new president's political agenda . i'll just here as manuel ra follow reports from the capital o celebrations across the goosey golden. as human against all former 1st lady upon doris was sworn in to become the country's 1st female president. yet either in a manner he had a man, oh dear sisters and brothers honduran people, the presidency of the republic had never been assumed by a woman in honduras, 200 years have had to pass since the declaration of our independence. oh, city streets, through

carefully planned the operations to make sure that the relief supplies are safely and quickly delivered to tonga on canadian truck drivers and thousands of anti vaccine protests is shut down the capital ottawa for a 2nd day on sunday. they're against cove at 19 mandates including one that requires truckers to be vaccinated across into the u. s. in solidarity drivers in the western province of alberta, closed their border with the u. s. prime minister just in trudeau and his family have been moved from their home for their own safety. and in belgium, people march to the capital brussels to protest against corona virus restrictions. they say that vaccines must remain optional. the government east, some rules earlier this month, but people wanting to access public spaces must have booster shots. after 5 months . us based music streaming sites specified as announced, new measures to combat cove at 19 misinformation. it follows a decision by several high profile musicians to remove their music from the platform in protests against a podcast who's been accused of spreading falsehoods about vaccines. j

the captain doubted that as soon as me from the volcanic eruption near tonga, caused a pipeline to break, as the matted doughty come was offloading nearly 1000000 barrels of crude to a refinery. where would i pick up the bank? i, according to the captain, apparently the issue was not so much due to the waves. these ships are so heavy with a big draft, so a swell does not actually create much of an impact. well, she's prosecutor ideal tapia says he wants to know if the pipelines were properly maintained. regardless. he says it is clear that spanish oil giant rep ssl has some responsibility elaborate he's, yes, bama rip so has not denied the spill. there is a responsibility for delight action. obviously we see that i have not i could swiftly in the mitigation or mediation. and now the rehabilitation on the overall reptile controls peruse most important refinery. it's now facing the possibility of losing its operating license and define of nearly $5000000.00 in total bombing door with allow the public prosecutor to enter the refinery, explained what happened and we are ready to fully collab

breaking compa dispose of the english premier league ah, the 1st shipment survey to the arrived in tonga, the pacific island country has been cut off from the rest of the world and saturdays volcanic eruption and the synonymy military aircraft from australia and new zealand were able to land after the runway was cleared of ash. wayne hay has more from oakland tongue was cut off from the rest of the world when the disaster struck a submarine fiber optic cable was severed. and we'll take at least 4 weeks to repair . in the meantime, some satellite phone and internet connections have been set up, allowing more footage to emerge of the devastation caused by the volcano and su nami, for some family in new zealand. the slight improvement and communication has come as a relief, even though everything. part of houses be washed away. the props, but we're here that are in offerings a well at the moment income. others anxiously wait for news while they prepare their own aid packages to send home. amid so much uncertainty, the pacific island community and new zealand is coming together to help the p

the pacific nation of tonga is cut off after an underwater volcano erupt, triggering at su nami, and put a neighboring countries on alerts fund. molly's deposed president abraham hoover car k to has died at the age of 76. i'm devin ashwin sports defending champions. algeria reaction in the africa combinations lisa, while livable is beaten brentford in the premier league, add another england batting collapses, sees australia seal a 4 nail ashes series when inhabit. ah, we begin in the netherlands wordpress house doors have been marching in amsterdam against coven 19 restrictions. despite the lifting of some of the locked down measures, the demonstrator said that's not enough. and want a complete end to some of the toughest restrictions in europe. dutch doctors reported the highest number of daily infections a few days ago. steph, austin has more from amsterdam, was saying the 10s of thousands of people protesting on the 3 pier and amsterdam today. i have to say the mood is quite heated, but peaceful so far, at least what has been happening and that lindsey was district of long in the

she says the situation in tonga is dire. many geisha names down the connection, the underwater cable between p t, and that has been damaged extensively. and for that reason, it's very difficult to obtain that information. at this date, we have met you in agencies and international organizations afternoon. and what we have is that he's been immediate need for hold and also for water because they used to be for that has been reported. and as a result, you know, what i have been point emanating in most of the island that have been probably put you read who would obviously have had mental trauma because like once in a lifetime event and they probably have something so traumatic advised from the mineral resources department direction, there may be action thinking and do that by people to be prepared to stay indoors even in fiji. in fact, there was an advisor that you know, inviting us to be green, calling people, state doors and basically to go out in the rain. so from that day, as you know, the sequence as well days in the next

force. 7 more people die calling for a return to civilian governance office at today's eruption in tonga, the scale of the disaster remains unclear. australia, new zealand, send reconnaissance aircraft to find out more and homeless.

corona, of our situation in the state to others is now in a synonymy has hit the pacific nation of tonga. after an undersea volcano erupted, it's still unclear. the extent of the damage is many fine lines are down. warnings remain in place for samoa. fiji van iwatsu and parts of australia. andrew chappelle has the latest the hunger tongue, whom the high pub oqueeno in the south pacific ocean, about 70 kilometers north of the tongue and capitol dooku alova has been active in recent days. it's a russian sending ash more than 20 kilometers into the sky on friday. another rupture on saturday was so violent. it was seen from space and register 2000 kilometers away and new zealand. it triggered us unami, which hits hunger within 20 minutes. waves crashing ashore on the main islands on the topic and violent ash turn skies over the capitol as black as night. residents of low lying islands in the area have been told to stay in doors where a mask outside and cover rainwater reservoirs due to the falling ash and acid rain . here's how one woman described it to her family and friends, those like exp

high tides, triggered by the volcanic explosion near tonga, had been filled as far away as peru where a ship supplying the country's main oil. processing plant was rocked by waves generated by the russian the result, a 2 kilometer long oil spill. sarah, clock out 0 brisbin, australia, ro, vulcan holders have her handly, explains why the irish could be so dangerous and of all tennis ash itself. so these are very hard fragments. i mean, it's not like ash likely from, you know, burning. so that's all crumbly and soft. these are little fragments of volcanic glass angular. so yeah, when you breathe in, physically. ready that obviously is a danger your lungs, but also what that will kind of cash carries is to get past that kind of trip now. and so when that ball can cash and goes into water resources. so example, you know, he starts rain and then that mixes with that the walk in atmosphere. you the, the sofa that's kind of up here to the volcanic cashback can then make acid rain, and it's the same with the drinking water supplies. so imagine a locked hunger collecting drinking water from th

the first disaster relief arrived in tonga, five days after an undersea volcanic eruption. flights from new zealand and australia were finally able to deliver much-needed drinking water and other supplies after ash was cleared from the airport. katie: the runway being open and able to acceptlights in with essential relief items is one of the very good news stories of this disaster response. we had hundreds of volunteers come out and manually clear the runway of debris and ash to ensure that those flights could land. stephanie: across the pacific, peru declared an emergency as it ttles a huge oil spill caused by rogue waves from the volcano's eruption. the spill has fouled nearly 7000 square miles of islands and fishing waters. u.s. federal prosecutors charged four officials in belarus with air piracy for diverting a ryanair flight last year. the plane was crossing belarusian airspace when authorities used a false bomb threat to force it down, a pretext to arrest an opposition journalist on board. it's not clear if those charged will ever stand trial. the ncaa has announced