1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,080 JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: The White House announced 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:07,080 plans to expand access to rapid COVID-19 tests for use at home. 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:12,840 The federal government is also doubling the number of pharmacies providing free testing. 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,080 The president's COVID coordinator, Jeff Zients, 5 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:20,880 says demand for tests is growing, even as new infections are falling. 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,440 JEFFREY ZIENTS, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator: Today's billion-dollar investment 7 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,200 to further expand production puts us on track to quadruple 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,600 the amount of at-home rapid tests available for Americans by December. 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:38,160 So, that means we will have available a supply of 200 million at-home rapid tests 10 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:39,920 per month, starting in December. 11 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,680 JUDY WOODRUFF: Also today, the Los Angeles City Council approved 12 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:48,680 one of the country's strictest vaccine mandates. Starting next month, it requires 13 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,880 proof of full vaccination for anyone entering indoor public spaces, including bars, gyms, 14 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:00,840 restaurants, and sports arenas. Businesses argued that it will be unenforceable. 15 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,520 There's word that some of the oil spill off Southern California is starting to break up 16 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:11,560 naturally. A weekend pipeline leak off Huntington Beach spewed up to 126,000 gallons 17 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,760 of heavy crude. The Coast Guard says it's being dispersed and pushed down the coast. 18 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:20,640 CAPT. REBECCA ORE, U.S. Coast Guard: What we're seeing right now 19 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,520 is the oil that's showing up on the shore, and putting in place those protective 20 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:30,520 strategies as a precaution, ahead of oil continuing to move in a southerly direction, 21 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,720 and the oil that's already moved south from the original location of the oil spill. 22 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:39,600 JUDY WOODRUFF: Officials suspect that a ship's anchor may have damaged the pipeline. 23 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,600 This year's Nobel Prize for chemistry recognizes an environmentally friendly way to build molecules 24 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,360 for commercial use with less hazardous waste. 25 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:54,360 Scottish-born David MacMillan based at Princeton University was honored, along with Benjamin List 26 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,840 of Germany. Their discoveries are used in everything from medicines to pesticides. 27 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:06,600 The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today over letting a Guantanamo detainee 28 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:12,200 question his former CIA contractors about torture. Abu Zubaydah was held at a CIA 29 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:19,160 site in Poland after 9/11. A U.S. Senate report found that he was water-boarded more 30 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:24,840 than 80 times. So far, the Trump and Biden administrations have blocked his requests. 31 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,520 In the Philippines, the son and namesake of ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos 32 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,360 filed today to run for president next may, triggering protests. 33 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:40,360 Demonstrators burned effigies of both Marcos and President Rodrigo Duterte, an ally. 34 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:46,960 They accused the late President Marcos of human rights abuses and outright theft. 35 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,480 CRISTINA PALABAY, Secretary-General, Karapatan Alliance: The Marcoses remain scot-free from 36 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:55,480 jail. They haven't returned all the money that they got from the nation's coffers, 37 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:03,480 and now they are making a comeback in the highest position in the land. 38 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:11,200 JUDY WOODRUFF: President Duterte is not running again, but his daughter is. 39 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:16,840 Back in this country, the U.s. Housing and Urban Development Department moved today to 40 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:22,600 prevent evictions from public housing. It follows the expiration of a nationwide moratorium on all 41 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:29,560 evictions during the pandemic. The new rule calls for giving public housing tenants 30 days notice. 42 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:36,920 Meanwhile, the Education Department temporarily eased rules on forgiving student loan debt. 43 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,280 It could benefit teachers, military members and other public employees who already made 44 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:48,280 10 years of payments. Under existing rules, the program helped just 5, 500 borrowers since 2007. 45 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,520 On Wall Street today, stocks recovered somewhat, as 46 00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:00,520 hopes rose for a debt ceiling deal in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 102 points 47 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:07,480 to close at 34417. The Nasdaq climbed 68 points. The S&P 500 added 17. 48 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:16,160 And a bridge that became part of the classic Winnie the Pooh children's stories was put 49 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:21,160 up for auction today. The so-called Poohsticks Bridge in Southern England was built in 1907, 50 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:28,280 replaced in 1999, has since been fully restored. Sealed bids were submitted in advance. 51 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,440 Still to come on the "NewsHour": some of the nation's largest pharmacies face 52 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,880 lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis; 53 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:44,440 the ongoing war in Tigray, Ethiopia, exacerbates widespread food shortages; how scientists are 54 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:52,280 genetically modifying mosquitoes to combat the spread of deadly diseases; plus much more.