1 00:00:01,966 --> 00:00:04,033 JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: Wall Street rallied after the Fed's announcement. 2 00:00:04,033 --> 00:00:08,600 The Dow Jones industrial average gained 303 points, 1 percent, to close at 30668. 3 00:00:11,033 --> 00:00:16,033 The Nasdaq rose 2.5 percent. The S&P 500 added 1.5 percent. 4 00:00:18,033 --> 00:00:21,500 President Biden pushed oil companies today to produce more gasoline and cut 5 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:26,500 prices. He wrote to industry executives, restating his charge that they are profiteering. And he 6 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:33,100 said -- quote -- "The crunch that families are facing deserves immediate action." 7 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:38,066 The industry, in turn, blamed Mr. Biden's policies for curbing production. 8 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:43,800 A white man accused of fatally shooting 10 Black victims at a supermarket in Buffalo New York 9 00:00:45,733 --> 00:00:49,633 will face federal hate crime counts. Payton Gendron was charged today. 10 00:00:49,633 --> 00:00:54,600 It came as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland visited the memorial for the victims in Buffalo. 11 00:00:55,733 --> 00:00:57,866 He said there's a moral obligation to act. 12 00:00:57,866 --> 00:01:02,833 MERRICK GARLAND, U.S. Attorney General: In fear that they will go to work or shop at a 13 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:10,600 grocery store and will be attacked by someone who hates them because of the color of their skin. 14 00:01:12,633 --> 00:01:16,933 JUDY WOODRUFF: Garland did not rule out seeking the death penalty. 15 00:01:16,933 --> 00:01:21,933 Gendron already faces a mandatory life prison term if he is convicted on state charges. 16 00:01:23,833 --> 00:01:28,433 The Michigan police officer charged with murdering Patrick Lyoya was fired today. 17 00:01:30,333 --> 00:01:33,866 Christopher Schurr shot Lyoya in the back of the head after a struggle in April. 18 00:01:35,833 --> 00:01:38,800 The Grand Rapids police chief recommended last week that Schurr be dismissed. 19 00:01:40,966 --> 00:01:44,500 A federal grand jury has indicted the California man accused of plotting to murder Supreme Court 20 00:01:46,433 --> 00:01:50,666 Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Nicholas Roske was arrested last week near Kavanaugh's home in 21 00:01:52,566 --> 00:01:56,100 Maryland. A conviction could carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. 22 00:01:58,066 --> 00:02:01,666 There are new questions about Georgia Republican Congressman Barry Loudermilk 23 00:02:01,666 --> 00:02:06,666 leading a tour of the U.S. Capitol Complex one day before the January 6 attack. The January 6 24 00:02:09,100 --> 00:02:13,233 Committee released video today showing some in the group photographing stairwells and tunnels. The 25 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,300 committee chair suggested it might be suspicious. Loudermilk said it was entirely innocent. 26 00:02:21,266 --> 00:02:23,900 REP. BARRY LOUDERMILK (R-GA): To go to that stairwell, there's a golden eagle sconce 27 00:02:23,900 --> 00:02:28,233 that's on the wall. That's what he was taking a picture off. I mean, there -- these are folks 28 00:02:28,233 --> 00:02:33,100 who have never been to Washington, D.C., and they were here to visit their congressman. 29 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:38,100 JUDY WOODRUFF: The Capitol Police have said there is nothing suspicious on the video. The committee 30 00:02:40,533 --> 00:02:43,933 says one man on the tour was outside the Capitol the next day making threats against top Democrats. 31 00:02:45,933 --> 00:02:50,900 A federal judge in Washington convicted a man and his son today for January 6 crimes. 32 00:02:52,933 --> 00:02:56,833 A widely seen photograph shows the father, Kevin Seefried, carrying a Confederate Flag. 33 00:02:59,366 --> 00:03:02,733 He and his son were found guilty of obstructing an official proceeding and disorderly conduct. 34 00:03:05,166 --> 00:03:09,300 The nation's top pandemic expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has come down with COVID. The National 35 00:03:11,166 --> 00:03:15,400 Institutes of Health said today that Fauci has mild symptoms. He is 81 and has been 36 00:03:17,333 --> 00:03:20,833 vaccinated and boosted twice. Meanwhile, FDA advisers endorsed Moderna and Pfizer 37 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:27,466 vaccinations for children under 5. Shots could begin on Monday if they win final approval. 38 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:32,133 The United States has announced its largest military 39 00:03:32,133 --> 00:03:37,133 aid package yet for Ukraine. The $1 billion package includes rocket launchers 40 00:03:38,733 --> 00:03:42,000 and heavy artillery. In Brussels, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin 41 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:47,000 confirmed the aid and the need to ship it to outgunned Ukrainian fighters soon. 42 00:03:48,966 --> 00:03:50,666 LLOYD AUSTIN, U.S. Secretary of Defense: When you're in the fight, you can never get enough, 43 00:03:50,666 --> 00:03:54,400 and you can never get it quick enough. So -- but, having said all that, 44 00:03:56,300 --> 00:03:59,700 we're going to work hard to make sure we're doing everything humanly possible. We're 45 00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:03,100 going to continue to move heaven and earth to get them the capability that they need. 46 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:08,100 JUDY WOODRUFF: In Ukraine, Russian forces kept up a heavy bombardment in Severodonetsk after 47 00:04:09,566 --> 00:04:12,400 Ukrainian troops rejected an ultimatum to surrender. 48 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,500 Back in this country, extreme heat gripped a swathe of states from Florida 49 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:22,500 to the Great Lakes for a second day. Forecasters warned that readings in the 90s and higher 50 00:04:24,366 --> 00:04:28,266 could generate severe thunderstorms tonight. The heat could begin to ease tomorrow. 51 00:04:29,733 --> 00:04:32,633 Record flooding this weekend and around Yellowstone National Park 52 00:04:32,633 --> 00:04:37,600 may have altered the landscape there for good. New images show a local river 53 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:42,600 shifted its course after a torrent caused by heavy rain. The water also washed out roads, 54 00:04:44,233 --> 00:04:48,633 damaged homes and drove thousands of visitors away. Video from Sunday 55 00:04:48,633 --> 00:04:53,633 showed a rockslide striking one car as it left the park. No one was hurt. 56 00:04:55,233 --> 00:04:59,500 And President Biden has issued new executive orders on LGBTQ rights. 57 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:04,300 Among other things, they aim to discourage so-called conversion therapy to change 58 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:09,300 sexual orientation or gender identity. It's a response to state laws seen as being anti-LGBTQ. 59 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:17,333 Still to come on the "NewsHour": what parents need to know about the newly approved COVID vaccines 60 00:05:17,333 --> 00:05:22,333 for children under 5 years old; the U.K. tries to push ahead with its controversial plan to deport 61 00:05:24,466 --> 00:05:28,466 asylum seekers to Rwanda; why a Minnesota bank 62 00:05:28,466 --> 00:05:33,466 building ranks among the United States' most significant architecture; plus much more.