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JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: 
The former police officer who fatally shot

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Daunte Wright outside Minneapolis was 
charged with second-degree manslaughter.

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Kim Potter resigned yesterday 
and was arrested this morning.

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The Wright family's attorney 
reacted in New York.

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BENJAMIN CRUMP, Attorney For Family 
of Daunte Wright: In less than a week,

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the district attorney made the 
decision that we will charge 
this officer, and the family

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of Daunte Wright will get to 
have their day in court. So, we 
say justice for Daunte Wright.

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Potter's former boss has 
said she grabbed her gun by mistake.

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And the charge against her 
involves negligence, not intent. 
She could get 10 years in prison.

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Meanwhile, the trial of former Minneapolis 
officer Derek Chauvin continues

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in the murder of George Floyd. We will 
have that story later in the program.

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The U.S. Capitol Police officer 
who shot and killed a woman 
during the January assault

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on the Capitol will not be 
charged. Federal prosecutors cited 
insufficient evidence today.

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The woman, Ashli Babbitt of San 
Diego, was part of a pro-Trump mob.

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A scathing new report blames 
the leadership of Capitol 
Police for a raft of failures

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before January 6. In widely 
reported findings, the force's 
inspector general cites equipment

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shortages and expired weapons, 
riot shields that shattered upon 
impact as police battled hundreds

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of rioters, and a lack of 
intelligence tracking and training 
that left officers unprepared.

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An advisory panel to the CDC made 
no decision today on resuming the

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use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID 
vaccine. The group asked for 
more data on rare blood clots

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and will reconvene in a week 
or 10 days. At the same time,

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public health leaders insisted there's 
plenty of other vaccine to go around.

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JEFF ZIENTS, White House COVID-19 Response 
Coordinator: We have more than enough

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supply of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to 
continue the current pace of vaccinations,

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meet the president's goal of 200 million 
shots by his 100th day in office,

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and continue to reach every adult who 
wants to be vaccinated by the end of May.

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Also today, 
new federal data showed drug 
overdose deaths began rising

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again before the pandemic, and accelerated 
once it hit. The CDC said that more than

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87,000 Americans died in the 
year ending in September 2020,

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mostly from opioids and methamphetamine. 
That's up 30 percent from a year earlier.

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The Biden administration has 
proposed ending a Trump era ban

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on federally funded clinics 
referring women for abortions.

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Planned Parenthood and others argued that 
the ban obstructs access to birth control

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for low-income women. The Trump 
rule stays in effect until the 
new regulation is finalized.

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Texas Republican Congressman Kevin Brady 
announced today he's retiring after next

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year. He's served 25 years and 
once chaired the House Ways 
and Means Committee. So far,

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four House Republicans and two 
Democrats are not seeking reelection.

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The U.S. Senate today confirmed 
Gary Gensler to chair the U.S. 
Securities and Exchange Commission.

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He's expected to push tougher 
regulations for Wall Street.

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And most Republicans 
opposed his nomination.

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On Wall Street today, the Dow 
Jones industrial average gained 
53 points to close near 33731.

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But the Nasdaq fell 138 points, 
and the S&P 500 lost 17.

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The digital currency exchange Coinbase

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made its trading debut. It closed with 
a market valuation of $86 billion.

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And Bernie Madoff, who organized 
the largest fraud in Wall Street's 
history, died early today.

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Stephanie Sy has our report.

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STEPHANIE SY: The scope of 
the scam shocked the world.

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WOMAN: This is one of the 
biggest fraud schemes ever.

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STEPHANIE SY: The victims numbered 
in the tens of thousands. Their 
losses were recently estimated

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at between $17 billion and $20 
billion. The man behind the 
con, financier Bernie Madoff.

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He rose through the ranks of 
Wall Street riding the image 
of a self-made financial guru,

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eventually becoming the chairman 
of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

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The ruse was in full swing in 
the 1990s, made off fabricated 
profits, attracting new investors,

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while paying bigger returns to old 
ones, the biggest Ponzi scheme ever.

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He swindled major charities,

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universities, and celebrities. As of last 
year, about three-quarters of the cash,

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some $14 billion, had been 
recovered by a court-appointed 
trustee and returned to victims.

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Journalist Diana Henriques, 
author of "Wizard of Lies," told 
"NewsHour"'s Jeffrey Brown in 2011

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how Madoff pulled off such massive deceit.

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DIANA HENRIQUES, Author, "The 
Wizard of Lies": So you would 
never doubt your judgment

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about trusting Madoff, because Madoff 
made you feel like you were a genius,

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too. He had that magic. 
It really is amazing.

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STEPHANIE SY: But in 2008, his magic 
was revealed for what it really was,

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one big lie. His own sons turned him in.

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QUESTION: What do you 
have to say to the public?

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STEPHANIE SY: In March 2009, 
he pleaded guilty to securities 
fraud and other charges

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and was sentenced to 150 years 
in prison. Bernie Madoff died 
today in prison in Butner,

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North Carolina. He'd been battling 
the final stages of kidney disease.

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For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Stephanie Sy.

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Bernie 
Madoff was 82 years old.

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Still to come on the "NewsHour": the 
Biden administration announces an

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unconditional withdrawal of 
U.S. troops from Afghanistan; 
Secretary of Education Miguel

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Cardona discusses the nationwide 
return to in person classes; 
we talk about Republican

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resistance to the jobs and 
infrastructure bill with Senator 
Shelley Moore Capito; plus much more.