amna: In the day's other
headlines, president Biden got
an up-close look at the ravages
of storms that have swept
California.
The president and California
governor Gavin Newsom toured the
Seaside town of capitol, one of
the areas south of San Francisco
that was hardest hit by
so-called atmospheric rivers.
The federal emergency management
agency now estimates the storms
caused at least several hundred
million dollars in damage.
Ukraine's president volodymyr
zelenskyy issued an urgent
appeal to western nations today
for tanks and air defense
systems.
He addressed a meeting at the
world economic forum in
Switzerland via video link and
said Ukraine needs tanks to take
the fight to the Russians.
>> We can't get there, to get
the enemy.
This requires a specific weapon.
There is a list of countries
that have it, and there is a
specific list from us of what we
need.
Want to help?
Help.
No dialogue.
Just help.
Amna: He spoke as U.S. Defense
secretary Lloyd Austin met with
Germany's new defense minister
in Berlin.
The allies are pressing each
other to supply tanks to
Ukraine.
In France, more than one million
people took to the streets
blasting plans to raise the
retirement age by two years to
64.
Striking workers and other
protesters held largely peaceful
rallies nationwide, but police
in Paris fired tear gas after
some in the crowd threw objects
at them.
French president Emmanuel macron
responded from a meeting in
Barcelona, Spain, and vowed to
proceed with the pension age
change.
>> In countries where people
live even longer and where we
have strong welfare systems,
when there are fewer and fewer
people who are economically
active and more and more who are
retired, this reform needs to be
carried out if you want the pact
between generations to be fair.
Amna: The French government says
the change would also bring
billions in additional pension
contributions, as workers pay in
to the system longer.
Back in this country, Harvard
university reversed itself and
announced it will offer a
feowship to Kenneth Roth,
former head of human rights
watch.
Roth accepted an offer last
year, but then the Dean of
Harvard's Kennedy school of
government rejected it.
Roth said he believed his
criticism of Israel was the
reason.
Today the Dean, Douglas
Elmendorf, said his initial
decision was an error.
On Wall Street, stocks gave more
ground on disappointing data
from the housing industry and
manufacturing.
The Dow Jones industrial average
lost 252 points
to close at 33,44.
The NASDAQ fell
104 points, 1%.
The S&P 500 slipped
30 points.
And there is word that David
Crosby, a major figure in rock
music in the 1960's and 1970's,
has died.
He was a singer, songwriter, and
guitarist who cofounded two
legendary bands, the byrds, and
Crosby stills, Nash, and young.
>> ♪♪ Don't you ever asked them
why
if they told you, you would cry
so just look at them and
sigh
and know they love you ♪♪ ♪♪
amna: Crosby battled drug and
alcohol addiction for years, but
was twice inducted into the rock
'N' roll hall of fame.
David Crosby was 81 years old.
Still to come on the newshour,
why New Zealand's prime minister
is stepping down after becoming
a global symbol of female
leadership.
After Alec Baldwin faces charges
for a fatal shooting
movie set.
Director Sarah Polley discusses
her new phone.
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