WEBVTT 00:00.080 --> 00:05.080 In the day's other news: President Biden formally released his $6 trillion budget 00:05.280 --> 00:10.280 for the new fiscal year. The plan would sharply increase federal spending on infrastructure, 00:10.720 --> 00:15.680 public health and education. It would be funded largely by tax increases on 00:15.680 --> 00:20.680 corporations and wealthy Americans. Even so, it forecasts a deficit of nearly $2 trillion, 00:22.560 --> 00:25.680 sending overall national debt to new highs. 00:26.400 --> 00:31.400 On the pandemic, the CDC says tonight that fully vaccinated children do not have to 00:31.680 --> 00:36.680 wear masks at camp this summer. It also says that children not yet vaccinated should use 00:37.840 --> 00:42.840 masks in crowds or when they are inside. The new guidance has been much-anticipated by parents. 00:45.120 --> 00:46.880 With COVID restrictions easing, 00:46.880 --> 00:51.200 Americans are traveling in near record numbers this Memorial Day weekend. 00:51.200 --> 00:55.280 Today, the secretary of homeland security, Alejandro Mayorkas, 00:55.280 --> 01:00.280 warned of long lines at airports, with traffic hitting pre-pandemic levels. 01:00.400 --> 01:04.320 ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security: People will see lines because 01:05.120 --> 01:10.120 there's going to be a tremendous amount of people traveling this weekend, but patience 01:11.280 --> 01:15.120 is required. This is a partnership between TSA and the people we serve. 01:15.120 --> 01:20.120 JUDY WOODRUFF: Mayorkas also said that officials are considering possible vaccine passports 01:20.640 --> 01:25.640 for people going abroad. Later, however, his agency said there are no such current plans. 01:26.320 --> 01:29.120 The issue has become a flash point for opponents, 01:29.120 --> 01:32.240 who say the passports would violate personal freedoms. 01:32.960 --> 01:36.880 Also today, the World Health Organization said that it's formulating a plan 01:36.880 --> 01:39.760 for more studies on the origins of COVID-19. 01:40.480 --> 01:45.480 Overnight, the U.S. criticized the initial study as -- quote -- "insufficient and inconclusive." 01:46.880 --> 01:51.880 That report found it was extremely unlikely that the virus escaped from a Chinese lab. 01:53.440 --> 01:58.440 A new cyberattack has hit more than 150 U.S. and foreign government agencies, 01:59.440 --> 02:04.440 think tanks and humanitarian groups. Microsoft says that the culprits are the same Russians 02:05.200 --> 02:10.200 behind the SolarWinds hack. This time, they accessed an e-mail service used by the U.S. 02:11.280 --> 02:16.280 Agency for International Development, and then targeted 3,000 other accounts. 02:17.360 --> 02:22.160 Vice President Kamala Harris told graduates at the U.S. Naval Academy today that they 02:22.160 --> 02:26.720 will face challenges unlike anything that came before. She spoke to about 1,000 02:27.360 --> 02:32.360 graduating midshipmen in Annapolis, Maryland, the first woman to do so in the school's 175 years. 02:35.040 --> 02:36.880 And she warned, it's a new era. 02:36.880 --> 02:40.640 KAMALA HARRIS, Vice President of the United States: Adversaries have their sights set on our 02:40.640 --> 02:45.640 military technology, our intellectual property, our elections, our critical infrastructure. 02:48.640 --> 02:53.640 The ransomware attack by criminal hackers earlier this month, well, that was a warning shot. 02:55.120 --> 02:58.640 JUDY WOODRUFF: Last year, the academy held its first 02:58.640 --> 03:01.280 virtual graduation ceremony due to the pandemic. 03:01.920 --> 03:05.120 Three police officers in Tacoma, Washington, pled 03:05.120 --> 03:09.280 not guilty today to killing a Black man, Manuel Ellis, 03:09.280 --> 03:14.280 in March of 2020. Two white officers are charged with second-degree murder. An Asian American 03:15.600 --> 03:20.600 officer is accused of manslaughter. Prosecutors say he held Ellis down until he suffocated. 03:22.960 --> 03:27.200 Organizers in Oklahoma have canceled Monday's main event 03:27.200 --> 03:32.200 commemorating the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. They cite unexpected circumstances. 03:34.160 --> 03:39.160 U.S. Homeland Security officials had issued general guidance about possible attacks at 03:39.520 --> 03:44.520 such events. The massacre involved white mobs killing some 300 people, most of them Black. 03:46.560 --> 03:51.560 In economic news, the Postal Service is asking to raise first-class stamp prices by 3 cents to 58 03:53.520 --> 03:58.400 cents. It is part of a general increase filed today with the Postal Regulatory Commission. 03:59.040 --> 04:04.040 And on Wall Street today, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 64 points to close at 34529. 04:06.720 --> 04:10.720 The Nasdaq rose 12 points. The S&P 500 added three. 04:11.440 --> 04:16.440 And the investigation continues tonight in the rail yard shooting that killed nine people in San 04:17.520 --> 04:22.520 Jose, California. The motive remains unclear, but officials have identified the victims. 04:24.000 --> 04:25.760 Stephanie Sy has a remembrance. 04:25.760 --> 04:30.760 STEPHANIE SY: Thirty-six-year-old Taptejdeep Singh spent his final moments trying to keep others 04:31.600 --> 04:36.600 safe, his family said. A husband and father to two, Taptejdeep was committed to serving others. 04:38.880 --> 04:43.880 Michael Rudometkin started at VTA as a mechanic, before becoming an overhead line worker. 04:44.640 --> 04:47.920 The 40-year-old was described on Facebook as a great friend. 04:49.120 --> 04:54.120 Jose Hernandez III lived life with zest, his family told the Associated Press. 04:54.880 --> 04:59.880 He was described by his father as a man with many friends. Jose was 35. 05:01.440 --> 05:05.600 Alex Fritch was described as optimistic, passionate, and a dreamer, 05:05.600 --> 05:10.600 a husband and father to two teenage boys. Alex, who worked at a substation, was 49 years old. 05:13.040 --> 05:18.040 Paul Megia was an assistant superintendent at VTA and always willing to help employees 05:18.560 --> 05:23.560 and accept tasks with a smile, his colleague said. Paul was 42 years old. 05:24.800 --> 05:29.800 Timothy Romo was described as caring and selfless, and he had endless jokes. The 49-year-old husband, 05:31.840 --> 05:35.840 father, and grandfather worked at VTA for more than two decades. 05:36.960 --> 05:40.960 Lars Lane was the first to help his neighbor, and he loved his family 05:40.960 --> 05:45.960 fiercely, his son said. According to local news outlets, Lars would have turned 64 this weekend. 05:48.640 --> 05:53.200 Abdolvahab Alaghmandan worked for VTA for two decades. He 05:53.200 --> 05:57.840 often worked overtime and throughout the pandemic. He was 63 years old. 05:59.120 --> 06:04.120 Adrian Balleza was a light rail operator at VTA. He was a loving family man, 06:04.880 --> 06:09.880 who still had so much to give, his family said. Adrian was 29 years old. 06:12.560 --> 06:13.840 Such an enormous loss. 06:14.560 --> 06:19.560 And still to come on the "NewsHour": why the mega-drought is dangerous for the Western U.S.; 06:20.400 --> 06:25.400 how QAnon is dividing families; art inspired by the Tulsa massacre 100 years later; and much more.