1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,080 In the day's other news: President Biden formally released his $6 trillion budget 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:10,280 for the new fiscal year. The plan would sharply increase federal spending on infrastructure, 3 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:15,680 public health and education. It would be funded largely by tax increases on 4 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:20,680 corporations and wealthy Americans. Even so, it forecasts a deficit of nearly $2 trillion, 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,680 sending overall national debt to new highs. 6 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:31,400 On the pandemic, the CDC says tonight that fully vaccinated children do not have to 7 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:36,680 wear masks at camp this summer. It also says that children not yet vaccinated should use 8 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,840 masks in crowds or when they are inside. The new guidance has been much-anticipated by parents. 9 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:46,880 With COVID restrictions easing, 10 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:51,200 Americans are traveling in near record numbers this Memorial Day weekend. 11 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,280 Today, the secretary of homeland security, Alejandro Mayorkas, 12 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:00,280 warned of long lines at airports, with traffic hitting pre-pandemic levels. 13 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,320 ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security: People will see lines because 14 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:10,120 there's going to be a tremendous amount of people traveling this weekend, but patience 15 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,120 is required. This is a partnership between TSA and the people we serve. 16 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:20,120 JUDY WOODRUFF: Mayorkas also said that officials are considering possible vaccine passports 17 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:25,640 for people going abroad. Later, however, his agency said there are no such current plans. 18 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:29,120 The issue has become a flash point for opponents, 19 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,240 who say the passports would violate personal freedoms. 20 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:36,880 Also today, the World Health Organization said that it's formulating a plan 21 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,760 for more studies on the origins of COVID-19. 22 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:45,480 Overnight, the U.S. criticized the initial study as -- quote -- "insufficient and inconclusive." 23 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:51,880 That report found it was extremely unlikely that the virus escaped from a Chinese lab. 24 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:58,440 A new cyberattack has hit more than 150 U.S. and foreign government agencies, 25 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:04,440 think tanks and humanitarian groups. Microsoft says that the culprits are the same Russians 26 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:10,200 behind the SolarWinds hack. This time, they accessed an e-mail service used by the U.S. 27 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:16,280 Agency for International Development, and then targeted 3,000 other accounts. 28 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:22,160 Vice President Kamala Harris told graduates at the U.S. Naval Academy today that they 29 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,720 will face challenges unlike anything that came before. She spoke to about 1,000 30 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:32,360 graduating midshipmen in Annapolis, Maryland, the first woman to do so in the school's 175 years. 31 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:36,880 And she warned, it's a new era. 32 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,640 KAMALA HARRIS, Vice President of the United States: Adversaries have their sights set on our 33 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:45,640 military technology, our intellectual property, our elections, our critical infrastructure. 34 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:53,640 The ransomware attack by criminal hackers earlier this month, well, that was a warning shot. 35 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,640 JUDY WOODRUFF: Last year, the academy held its first 36 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:01,280 virtual graduation ceremony due to the pandemic. 37 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:05,120 Three police officers in Tacoma, Washington, pled 38 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,280 not guilty today to killing a Black man, Manuel Ellis, 39 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:14,280 in March of 2020. Two white officers are charged with second-degree murder. An Asian American 40 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:20,600 officer is accused of manslaughter. Prosecutors say he held Ellis down until he suffocated. 41 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,200 Organizers in Oklahoma have canceled Monday's main event 42 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:32,200 commemorating the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. They cite unexpected circumstances. 43 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:39,160 U.S. Homeland Security officials had issued general guidance about possible attacks at 44 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:44,520 such events. The massacre involved white mobs killing some 300 people, most of them Black. 45 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:51,560 In economic news, the Postal Service is asking to raise first-class stamp prices by 3 cents to 58 46 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:58,400 cents. It is part of a general increase filed today with the Postal Regulatory Commission. 47 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:04,040 And on Wall Street today, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 64 points to close at 34529. 48 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,720 The Nasdaq rose 12 points. The S&P 500 added three. 49 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:16,440 And the investigation continues tonight in the rail yard shooting that killed nine people in San 50 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:22,520 Jose, California. The motive remains unclear, but officials have identified the victims. 51 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,760 Stephanie Sy has a remembrance. 52 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:30,760 STEPHANIE SY: Thirty-six-year-old Taptejdeep Singh spent his final moments trying to keep others 53 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,600 safe, his family said. A husband and father to two, Taptejdeep was committed to serving others. 54 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,880 Michael Rudometkin started at VTA as a mechanic, before becoming an overhead line worker. 55 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,920 The 40-year-old was described on Facebook as a great friend. 56 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,120 Jose Hernandez III lived life with zest, his family told the Associated Press. 57 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:59,880 He was described by his father as a man with many friends. Jose was 35. 58 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,600 Alex Fritch was described as optimistic, passionate, and a dreamer, 59 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:10,600 a husband and father to two teenage boys. Alex, who worked at a substation, was 49 years old. 60 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:18,040 Paul Megia was an assistant superintendent at VTA and always willing to help employees 61 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:23,560 and accept tasks with a smile, his colleague said. Paul was 42 years old. 62 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:29,800 Timothy Romo was described as caring and selfless, and he had endless jokes. The 49-year-old husband, 63 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:35,840 father, and grandfather worked at VTA for more than two decades. 64 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,960 Lars Lane was the first to help his neighbor, and he loved his family 65 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:45,960 fiercely, his son said. According to local news outlets, Lars would have turned 64 this weekend. 66 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:53,200 Abdolvahab Alaghmandan worked for VTA for two decades. He 67 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:57,840 often worked overtime and throughout the pandemic. He was 63 years old. 68 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:04,120 Adrian Balleza was a light rail operator at VTA. He was a loving family man, 69 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:09,880 who still had so much to give, his family said. Adrian was 29 years old. 70 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:13,840 Such an enormous loss. 71 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:19,560 And still to come on the "NewsHour": why the mega-drought is dangerous for the Western U.S.; 72 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,400 how QAnon is dividing families; art inspired by the Tulsa massacre 100 years later; and much more.