WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.080 JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: The White House announced 00:02.080 --> 00:07.080 plans to expand access to rapid COVID-19 tests for use at home. 00:07.840 --> 00:12.840 The federal government is also doubling the number of pharmacies providing free testing. 00:13.280 --> 00:16.080 The president's COVID coordinator, Jeff Zients, 00:16.080 --> 00:20.880 says demand for tests is growing, even as new infections are falling. 00:20.880 --> 00:23.440 JEFFREY ZIENTS, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator: Today's billion-dollar investment 00:23.440 --> 00:27.200 to further expand production puts us on track to quadruple 00:27.760 --> 00:31.600 the amount of at-home rapid tests available for Americans by December. 00:33.200 --> 00:38.160 So, that means we will have available a supply of 200 million at-home rapid tests 00:38.160 --> 00:39.920 per month, starting in December. 00:39.920 --> 00:43.680 JUDY WOODRUFF: Also today, the Los Angeles City Council approved 00:43.680 --> 00:48.680 one of the country's strictest vaccine mandates. Starting next month, it requires 00:48.880 --> 00:53.880 proof of full vaccination for anyone entering indoor public spaces, including bars, gyms, 00:55.840 --> 01:00.840 restaurants, and sports arenas. Businesses argued that it will be unenforceable. 01:01.520 --> 01:06.520 There's word that some of the oil spill off Southern California is starting to break up 01:06.560 --> 01:11.560 naturally. A weekend pipeline leak off Huntington Beach spewed up to 126,000 gallons 01:13.760 --> 01:18.760 of heavy crude. The Coast Guard says it's being dispersed and pushed down the coast. 01:18.960 --> 01:20.640 CAPT. REBECCA ORE, U.S. Coast Guard: What we're seeing right now 01:21.280 --> 01:25.520 is the oil that's showing up on the shore, and putting in place those protective 01:25.520 --> 01:30.520 strategies as a precaution, ahead of oil continuing to move in a southerly direction, 01:30.560 --> 01:34.720 and the oil that's already moved south from the original location of the oil spill. 01:34.720 --> 01:39.600 JUDY WOODRUFF: Officials suspect that a ship's anchor may have damaged the pipeline. 01:39.600 --> 01:44.600 This year's Nobel Prize for chemistry recognizes an environmentally friendly way to build molecules 01:45.840 --> 01:49.360 for commercial use with less hazardous waste. 01:49.360 --> 01:54.360 Scottish-born David MacMillan based at Princeton University was honored, along with Benjamin List 01:55.840 --> 02:00.840 of Germany. Their discoveries are used in everything from medicines to pesticides. 02:01.600 --> 02:06.600 The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today over letting a Guantanamo detainee 02:07.200 --> 02:12.200 question his former CIA contractors about torture. Abu Zubaydah was held at a CIA 02:14.160 --> 02:19.160 site in Poland after 9/11. A U.S. Senate report found that he was water-boarded more 02:19.840 --> 02:24.840 than 80 times. So far, the Trump and Biden administrations have blocked his requests. 02:26.720 --> 02:31.520 In the Philippines, the son and namesake of ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos 02:31.520 --> 02:35.360 filed today to run for president next may, triggering protests. 02:35.360 --> 02:40.360 Demonstrators burned effigies of both Marcos and President Rodrigo Duterte, an ally. 02:42.080 --> 02:46.960 They accused the late President Marcos of human rights abuses and outright theft. 02:46.960 --> 02:50.480 CRISTINA PALABAY, Secretary-General, Karapatan Alliance: The Marcoses remain scot-free from 02:50.480 --> 02:55.480 jail. They haven't returned all the money that they got from the nation's coffers, 02:58.480 --> 03:03.480 and now they are making a comeback in the highest position in the land. 03:06.240 --> 03:11.200 JUDY WOODRUFF: President Duterte is not running again, but his daughter is. 03:11.840 --> 03:16.840 Back in this country, the U.s. Housing and Urban Development Department moved today to 03:17.600 --> 03:22.600 prevent evictions from public housing. It follows the expiration of a nationwide moratorium on all 03:24.560 --> 03:29.560 evictions during the pandemic. The new rule calls for giving public housing tenants 30 days notice. 03:31.920 --> 03:36.920 Meanwhile, the Education Department temporarily eased rules on forgiving student loan debt. 03:37.280 --> 03:42.280 It could benefit teachers, military members and other public employees who already made 03:43.280 --> 03:48.280 10 years of payments. Under existing rules, the program helped just 5, 500 borrowers since 2007. 03:52.240 --> 03:55.520 On Wall Street today, stocks recovered somewhat, as 03:55.520 --> 04:00.520 hopes rose for a debt ceiling deal in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 102 points 04:02.480 --> 04:07.480 to close at 34417. The Nasdaq climbed 68 points. The S&P 500 added 17. 04:11.360 --> 04:16.160 And a bridge that became part of the classic Winnie the Pooh children's stories was put 04:16.160 --> 04:21.160 up for auction today. The so-called Poohsticks Bridge in Southern England was built in 1907, 04:23.280 --> 04:28.280 replaced in 1999, has since been fully restored. Sealed bids were submitted in advance. 04:31.520 --> 04:35.440 Still to come on the "NewsHour": some of the nation's largest pharmacies face 04:35.440 --> 04:38.880 lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis; 04:39.440 --> 04:44.440 the ongoing war in Tigray, Ethiopia, exacerbates widespread food shortages; how scientists are 04:47.280 --> 04:52.280 genetically modifying mosquitoes to combat the spread of deadly diseases; plus much more.