Lisa: Good evening and hello.
Late last night, Indiana became
the first state since the
supreme court struck down roe V.
Wade to approve a new law
banning nearly all abortion
procedures.
As protesters gathered outside
the state senate chambers,
Republican governor Eric Holcomb
signed the bill, within an hour
of its passage.
All current Indiana abortion
clinics will lose their
licenses, but the law narrowly
permits some abortions
at hospitals and outpatient
centers in cases of rape and
incest within the first 10-weeks
of pregnancy.
Today, the Biden administration
and Eli Lilly, one of Indiana's
largest employers, condemned the
law, which goes into effect next
month.
The stakes are high for the U.S.
Senate tonight, on the verge of
passing a sweeping reform bill.
Senate Democrats have forced an
unusual weekend session to push
through their half-trillion
dollar health care, climate, and
tax reform bill.
Supporters of the bill got some
good news overnight.
"Newshour" has learned the
senate parliamentarian has given
a green light to the climate and
tax provisions, and many of the
health and drug pricing elements
of the bill.
But a proposal to cap the
out-of-pocket cost for insulin
is still in doubt, and may not
make it through to the final
version.
Votes are expected overnight.
President Biden has tested
negative today, after testing
positive from a rebound case of
covid one week ago.
The president's physician says
Mr. Biden will remain under
isolation until he receives a
second negative test.
For the first time in years,
there is no direct communication
between the United States and
China, including in ongoing
defense and climate talks.
Beijing's silence is seen as
retaliation for house speaker
Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
this week.
China also escalated the
intensity of its actions near
the island, ratcheting up
military drills and attack
simulations, now in their third
straight day.
Earlier today in the
Philippines, secretary of state
Antony blinken rebuked beijing's
actions.
Sec. Blinken: The differences
between Taiwan and the mainland
need to be resolved peacefully,
and what we have seen China do
over the last few years is move
away from a peaceful resolution
of differences to doing so
coercively and potentially
forcefully.
Lisa: The Chinese military says
this week's activities are a
test of its land strike and sea
assault capabilities.
There is escalating violence in
the gaza strip, amid an Israeli
crackdown.
A warning -- some of the
following images are graphic.
Israeli airstrikes pummeled
parts of gaza today, leveling
buildings, destroying what the
Israeli military alleges are
militant targets.
Later in the day, Israel claims
stray rocket fire from
Palestinian militants caused
more civilian deaths in northern
gaza.
At least 15 Palestinians,
-- at least 24 Palestinians,
including a 5-year-old girl,
have been killed since Israel
began strikes against gaza on
Friday.
Still to come on "Pbs news
weekend"...
As kids head back to school,
questions and concerns about
safety.
And...
A new era -- we look at
skateboarding's growing
community.
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