Thank you.
Judy: The pressure is building
on members of congress this
evening to act on gun violence.
Democratic and Republican senate
leaders voiced hope today for a
bipartisan bill.
After the massacres in Buffalo,
New York, and uvalde, Texas, a
senate hearing on domestic
terror, garnell Whitfield
testified about his mother in a
-- in the Buffalo attack.
>> I ask every one of you to
imagine the faces of your
mother's as you look at mine and
ask yourself, is there nothing
that we can do?
Because if there is nothing we
can do, than respectfully,
senators, you should yield your
positions of authority to others
that are willing to lead on this
issue.
The urgency of the moment
demands no less.
Judy: The white house said
president Biden is encouraged by
developments in congress.
The U.S. Department of homeland
security is morning of potential
new threats from domestic
extremists.
In a statement today, the
department said, "Several
high-profile events could be
exploited to justify acts of
violence.
It cited in -- a supreme court
decision, migrant border
crossings, and midterm
elections.
The world today lowers sharply
its future economic outlook,
forecasting growth of just under
3% this year.
The January forecast had
projected more than 4% growth.
The bank pointed to the war in
Ukraine and to inflation among
other factors.
Treasury secretary Janet Yellen
says she expects U.S. Inflation
to remain high for some time,
but she says president Biden's
policies are not to blame.
She appeared before the senate
finance committee.
>> Do you agree with the San
Francisco fed that the nearly $2
trillion spending package was a
significant causal factor in the
high inflation we have seen this
past year?
>> Senator, we are seeing high
inflation in almost all
developed countries around the
world, and they have very
different fiscal policies, so it
cannot be the case that the bulk
of the inflation that we are
experiencing reflects the impact
of the arp.
Judy: Inflation in the U.S. Is
now running at what-year highs.
It has been a busy day for
voters in several states.
California is featuring two
high-profile races.
In Los Angeles, two Democrats
lead a 12-candidate field in the
mayor's race, and San Francisco
district attorney faces a recall
vote amid mounting public anger
over crime.
In Ukraine, Russia's military
claimed it now controls nearly
all of luhansk province in the
east, including much of the city
of donetsk.
The Ukrainian president said
that his forces urgently need
help to push the Russians back.
>> In order to advance, it
requires at least 10 times more
military and at least 10 times
more people.
We have more desire but still
less military equipment.
Therefore, we cannot move
forward very strongly.
Judy: Russian forces now occupy
about 20% of Ukraine's
territory.
An fda advisory committee
recommended approving the covid
vaccine made by novavax and
referred it to the CDC.
Novavax is using a more
traditional manufacturing
process than other covid vaccine
makers.
Health officials say they hope
that that can win over skeptics.
On Wall Street, tech and oil
stocks led the way as major
indexes gain about 1%.
The Dow Jones industrial average
moved up about 261 points to
close at 33,180.
The NASDAQ rose 100 13 points.
The S&P 500 added 39.
Still to come, recently
disclosed Vatican documents show
a secret back channel between
pope Pius XII and Adolf hitler.
Writer and director George
Stephens junior reflects on his
life and time in Hollywood in a
new memoir.
>> This is "The pbs newshour"