Judy: In the day's other news,
31 members of a white
supremacist group are free on
bail in Idaho and charged with
planning violent disruptions at
an lgbtq event.
Members of the patriot front
were arrested Saturday in
Cordell lane.
Police said today they found
equipment and documents
detailing plans for violence in
the city center.
>> That level of preparation is
not something you see every day,
it was clear to us immediately
this was a riotous group that
had prepared in advance to come
downtown and disrupt either the
pride event or the prayer in the
park event, or at least riot
downtown in Sherman.
Judy: The charges against the
"Patriot front" members are
misdemeanor counts.
The men will make initial court
appearances in coming weeks.
The U.S. Air force has cleared
the crew of a c-17 cargo plane
after a tragedy during the
evacuation of Afghanistan last
August.
Civilians clung to the wheels as
the plane took off from kabul
and then fell to their deaths.
The air force tells military.com
that a review found the crew
faced extreme conditions and was
not to blame.
An Iraqi man held at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba for 15 years pleaded
guilty today to war crimes in
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
It was part of a deal that will
see him transferred to a third
country.
37 men are still held at
Guantanamo.
The Biden administration is
trying to reduce that number.
Senior officials in Iraq insist
they'll
keep trying to form a government
after more than 70 Shiite
lawmakers resigned on Sunday.
Muqtada al-sadr's anti-iran bloc
finished first in October's
election, but could not form a
governing coalition.
Today, the Iraqi parliament
speaker disputed the idea there
has to be a new election.
He spoke in Jordan.
>> This option, holding a new
election, is a constitutional
option.
But it is not on the table so
far.
We seek to form a government
that can bear the responsibility
of political powers, its
achievements and can be
evaluated by the people.
Judy: The resignations leave
iranian-backed groups with a
majority in the Iraqi
parliament.
In eastern Ukraine, nonstop
Russian shelling blasted a
chemical plant in
sieviero-donetsk, where
civilians and fighters are holed
up.
The provincial governor said all
bridges into the city have been
destroyed.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian police said
they are investigating the
killing of more than 12,000
people nationwide since the war
began.
China struggled today with new
eruptions of covid-19.
Schools in part of beijing went
back to virtual learning, amid a
rash of infections linked to a
nightclub.
In Shanghai, mass testing and
some restrictions returned, less
than 2 weeks after a 2-month
lockdown was lifted.
The city reported more than 500
new cases.
Back in this country, the U.S.
Supreme court ruled against
immigrants asking to be released
from detention, while they fight
being deported.
The decision said they have no
right to bond hearings, despite
claiming they face persecution
back home.
And record flooding forced
yellowstone national park to
close today.
The park service reported
extremely heavy rain washed out
roads, touched off mudslides and
swept away a bridge.
Officials closed park entrances
and said they'll start
evacuating visitors already
there.
Still to come on the newshour.
Gun violence researchers
investigate the root causes of
mass shootings.
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter
break down the latest political
headlines.
Broadway honors its best at the
first Tony awards following the
pandemic.
Plus much more.
>> This is the pbs newshour from
W eta studios in Washington and