WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:01.360 JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: 00:01.360 --> 00:06.360 U.S. public health leaders pushed to shore up further the number of COVID-19 vaccinations. 00:07.840 --> 00:12.840 Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci told a U.S. Senate hearing that 00:12.960 --> 00:17.440 maintaining the pace of vaccinations is key to relaxing restrictions. 00:17.440 --> 00:19.520 DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, Chief Medical Adviser to President Biden: I feel confident that, 00:19.520 --> 00:23.280 if we continue to vaccinate people at the rate that we're doing, 00:23.280 --> 00:28.280 that we will very soon have a situation where we will have so few infections in this country, 00:29.280 --> 00:34.160 we will begin to return to normality that all of us desire so much. 00:34.160 --> 00:37.600 JUDY WOODRUFF: Meanwhile, the White House announced a deal with Uber 00:37.600 --> 00:42.600 and Lyft to give free rides to and from inoculation sites until July 4. 00:43.920 --> 00:48.920 Undocumented college students will now have access to COVID relief and reversing a Trump era 00:51.040 --> 00:56.040 ban. Today's announcement includes so-called dreamers brought to the U.S. as children. 00:56.240 --> 01:01.240 At the same time, the number of migrant children in federal custody more than doubled in the past 01:02.320 --> 01:07.320 two months. The Associated Press reports 21,000 kids are now being held at more than 200 sites. 01:10.720 --> 01:15.720 Federal and state officials moved today to head off East Coast fuel shortages, 01:15.840 --> 01:20.840 as the Colonial Pipeline shutdown continues. A cyberattack closed the line last Friday, 01:22.080 --> 01:26.960 and more than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast have now run dry. 01:26.960 --> 01:31.920 In Washington, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm blamed panic buying. 01:31.920 --> 01:36.920 JENNIFER GRANHOLM, U.S. Energy Secretary: Much as there was no cause for, say, hoarding toilet paper 01:38.160 --> 01:43.160 at the beginning of the pandemic, there should be no cause for hoarding gasoline, especially 01:44.080 --> 01:49.080 in light of the fact that the pipeline should be substantially operational by the end of this week. 01:50.560 --> 01:54.320 JUDY WOODRUFF: We will take a closer look at this story later in the program. 01:54.880 --> 01:59.880 A Russian-speaking ransomware gang is threatening to release confidential data from Washington, 02:00.800 --> 02:05.800 D.C.'s police force. The gang says the city has offered them only a small payment. 02:06.560 --> 02:11.560 The data includes identities of informants and police disciplinary files. 02:12.400 --> 02:17.400 A federal judge in Dallas has rejected the National Rifle Association's bid for bankruptcy 02:18.080 --> 02:23.080 protection. The ruling today blocks the gun rights group from reorganizing itself in Texas. The NRA 02:25.280 --> 02:30.280 is now incorporated in New York, where a state lawsuit seeks to dissolve it for financial abuses. 02:32.560 --> 02:37.280 The man accused of fatally shooting eight people, mostly of Asian descent, 02:37.280 --> 02:42.280 at massage businesses around Atlanta was indicted today on murder charges. 02:42.640 --> 02:47.640 Robert Aaron Long will also face counts of hate crimes and a possible death penalty. 02:48.560 --> 02:53.560 Also in Georgia, three men accused of chasing down and killing Ahmaud Arbery last 02:54.000 --> 02:59.000 year pled not guilty to federal hate crimes charges. They're already accused of murder. 03:01.200 --> 03:05.280 In Russia, a gunman attacked a school today, killing seven students, 03:05.280 --> 03:10.280 a teacher and another employee. It happened in the city of Kazan, east of Moscow, 03:11.360 --> 03:16.360 in the Tatarstan Republic. At least 21 people were wounded, most of them children. 03:16.960 --> 03:20.960 The regional governor said that the 19-year-old suspect was arrested. 03:20.960 --> 03:24.960 GOV. RUSTAM MINNIKHANOV, Tatarstan Republic, Russia (through translator): 03:24.960 --> 03:28.640 First of all, it's a huge disaster. We lost seven children, 03:28.640 --> 03:33.600 eighth grade students. Obviously, any help required will be provided to the school 03:33.600 --> 03:38.600 and to the families. This is a huge tragedy today for the whole republic, for our country. 03:39.360 --> 03:42.160 JUDY WOODRUFF: This was the deadliest school shooting 03:42.160 --> 03:47.160 in Russia since a college student killed 20 people in Crimea in 2018. 03:48.320 --> 03:53.320 There's word that President Biden will nominate former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to be ambassador 03:54.800 --> 03:59.800 to Japan. The "NewsHour" confirmed it today. An announcement is expected later this month. 04:01.360 --> 04:05.920 The president announced today that one million Americans have signed up for health insurance 04:05.920 --> 04:10.920 under Obamacare during a special enrollment period. He reopened the online marketplace 04:12.240 --> 04:17.240 in February for six months. New enrollees also receive larger subsidies than before. 04:18.960 --> 04:23.960 In economic news, U.S. employers posted a record 8.1 million job openings in March. That's the 04:26.240 --> 04:31.240 most in 20 years. But inflation worries weighed on Wall Street today. The Dow Jones industrial 04:32.560 --> 04:37.560 average lost 473 points to close at 34269. The Nasdaq fell 12 points. The S&P 500 slipped 36. 04:44.160 --> 04:49.160 And horse trainer Bob Baffert now says a skin ointment may have caused his Kentucky 04:50.000 --> 04:55.000 Derby winner to fail a drug test. Medina Spirit could be stripped of the victory 04:55.840 --> 05:00.800 over trace amounts of a banned steroid. However, today, he was installed 05:00.800 --> 05:05.760 as the early favorite in Saturday's Preakness, subject to additional testing. 05:06.480 --> 05:11.040 Still to come on the "NewsHour": we discuss vaccinations with the Republican governor 05:11.040 --> 05:13.680 of a state with one of the lowest rates in the country; 05:14.480 --> 05:19.480 the ransomware attack on a major fuel pipeline causes a surge in fuel prices; 05:21.120 --> 05:26.120 the Senate begins deliberation on a critical and contentious voting rights bill; and much more.