i'm scott schaefer. you can find "kqed newsroom" online or on twitter or email us . tune in next week for special edition of "kqed newsroom" and a look at california's plastic problem. have a great weekend. yamiche: new january 6 revelations. and the questions surrounding russia's military. >> and so we intend to find out what calls were made and piece together the truth. yamiche: key records reveal a 7 1/2 hour gap in former president trump's white house phone logs on january 6. >> the white house has decided not to assert executive privilege over the testimony of jared cushner. yamiche: meanwhile trump's son-in-law and former white house advisor testifies before the house committee investigating the capitol attack. plus -- pres. biden: today i'm authorized the release of one million barrels per day for the next six months. yamiche: president biden takes new steps to bring down u.s. gas prices. and russian president vladimir putin drafts 135,000

i'm scott schaefer. you can find "kqed newsroom" online or on twitter or email us . tune in next week for special edition of "kqed newsroom" and a look at california's plastic problem. have a great weekend. ♪ geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. tonight on pbs news weekend, the toll of war. following shocking images of civilians killed in the streets outside kyiv, volodymyr zelenskyy because the attacks genocide. then we analyze the latest revelations from the january 6 committee and look ahead as democrats look to wrap up judge ketanji brown jackson's supreme court confirmation this week. our weekend spotlight with music icon darrell hall. he is back on tour and showing no signs of slowing down. >> when you are on the stage for whatever time you are on there, that is when it gets good. geoff: all that and more on tonight's pbs news weekend.

i'm joined by scott schaefer. in washington correspondent for the synthesis of clinical toll copan who joined us on skype. they give her being with us. >> would be with you. >> once again we are in the position of having this very large budget surplus because california's economy booms. what will this section may mean for california? >> it's very good news. this is the second year of the big surplus. to keep it in perspective $46 billion surplus is bigger than the entire state budget of a lot of states in this country. it's a lot of money. it will be spent on the priorities you mentioned. covid-19, climate change, and the rest. and also a big idea , which democrats have been pushing for a long time, which is to explant medi-cal to more adults regardless of how the immigration status is. there are about 7000 not eligible for obamacare but if this budget passes for the cost of $2 billion be able to access healthcare in the state. that's a big deal. so much of this money is spent reacting to emergencies. the climate

and politics and government senior editor, scott schaefer. thank you. >> thank you. >> turning to a final story of the show, whether it is light or dark outside pinball lovers of the bates off to make a pilgrimage to the pacific pinball museum in alameda. machines from throughout the decades are on display in this week's look at something beautiful. >>> that is universal for tonight. thank you for joining us. kqed newsroom is on twitter or facebook or you can email us. you can reach my twitter app -- we will see right back here next friday night. have a great weekend. ♪ >> the war in europe with no end in sight. >> the leader of the world needs to be the leader of peace. >> the president of ukraine pleads with the u.s. for more help as his country faces russia 's brutal attacks targeting the most vulnerable, including children. >> he is a war criminal. >> the president delivers his strongest rebuke yet to president putin. >> the russian people especially are able to distinguish true patriots from traitors. i'm certain this necessary and nat

and politics and government senior editor, scott schaefer. thank you. >> thank you. >> turning to a final story of the show, whether it is light or dark outside pinball lovers of the bates to make a pilgrimage to the pacific pinball museum in alameda. machines from throughout the decades are on display in is week's look at something beautiful. >>> that is universal for tonight. thank you for joining us. kqed newsroom is on twitter or facebook or you can email us. you can reach my twitter app -- we will see righback here next friday night. have a great weekend. captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, march 20: russia bombards ukraine as the ground war slows and president zelensky calls for peace talks. the state of texas faces challenges after redrawing the lines for congressional and state districts. >> communities of color in fort bend county were really just right on the edge of being able to win political power. across the board in texas, what you see is the creation of these suburban rural districts. >> sr