WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.840 JUDY WOODRUFF: The White House is defending President Biden's decision 00:03.840 --> 00:08.840 to hold COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, and not ship doses overseas. 00:10.240 --> 00:15.240 Last night, he announced that all Americans should be eligible for shots by May 1. 00:15.600 --> 00:20.400 Today, aides confirmed that he has declined to donate part of the U.S. supply. 00:20.400 --> 00:24.320 JEN PSAKI, White House Press Secretary: His view is that his obligation, first obligation, 00:24.320 --> 00:29.320 is to addressing what is still a crisis in our country, right? Yes, he outlined last 00:29.680 --> 00:33.920 night there is a light at end of tunnel, but 1,400 Americans are dying every single day, 00:33.920 --> 00:37.680 and he wants to have, as the leader of this country, maximum flexibility. 00:37.680 --> 00:42.680 JUDY WOODRUFF: Mr. Biden has agreed to contribute financially to help needy nations buy vaccine. 00:44.800 --> 00:49.800 And, today, he met virtually with others in the so-called Quad, leaders of Japan, 00:50.160 --> 00:55.160 India and Australia. They unveiled a plan to boost vaccine production in Asia. 00:56.000 --> 00:58.640 We will look at all of this after the news summary. 00:59.280 --> 01:03.840 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo defied growing political pressure today 01:03.840 --> 01:08.840 and refused again to resign over allegations of sexual misconduct. 01:09.040 --> 01:13.760 A majority of New York's congressional delegation, including, late today, 01:13.760 --> 01:18.760 both U.S. senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, demanded that he step down. 01:19.600 --> 01:21.680 But in a conference call earlier, 01:21.680 --> 01:25.665 Cuomo accused his detractors of joining so-called cancel culture. 01:25.665 --> 01:29.040 GOV. ANDREW CUOMO (D-NY): There is still a question of the truth. 01:30.880 --> 01:35.880 I did not do what has been alleged. Politicians who don't know a single fact, 01:41.600 --> 01:46.600 but yet form a conclusion and an opinion, are, in my opinion, reckless and dangerous. 01:50.160 --> 01:55.160 JUDY WOODRUFF: The governor also questioned the motives of his accusers. But, today, 01:55.520 --> 02:00.520 a seventh woman, another former aide, charged that Cuomo harassed her as well. 02:01.440 --> 02:06.160 Federal health officials say they hope more families will claim unaccompanied 02:06.160 --> 02:10.880 migrant children coming into the U.S. without fear of being deported. They 02:10.880 --> 02:15.880 announced today that they are ending a Trump era policy of sharing information on sponsors 02:16.720 --> 02:21.720 with immigration authorities. Numbers of children crossing the Southern border alone are 02:22.080 --> 02:26.640 surging, with more than 3,000 of them now in detention facilities. 02:27.200 --> 02:32.200 The city of Minneapolis agreed today to pay $27 million to settle a civil 02:32.880 --> 02:37.880 lawsuit with the family of George Floyd. He died in police custody last May. 02:38.560 --> 02:42.560 The family's attorney, Ben Crump, hailed the agreement as historic. 02:42.560 --> 02:46.720 BENJAMIN CRUMP, Attorney for Family of George Floyd: It makes a statement that George Floyd 02:46.720 --> 02:51.720 deserved better than what we witnessed on May 25, 2020, 02:55.280 --> 03:00.280 that George Floyd's life matters, and, by extension, black lives matter. 03:01.600 --> 03:06.600 JUDY WOODRUFF: The settlement came amid jury selection for Derek Chauvin. 03:06.800 --> 03:11.440 He's the former -- the white former police officer charged with Floyd's murder. 03:12.160 --> 03:17.160 In Rochester, New York, an investigation into the death of Daniel Prude accuses the mayor and the 03:18.160 --> 03:23.160 former police chief of withholding information and outright lying. Prude suffocated last March 03:25.120 --> 03:30.080 after police restrained him. Today's report was commissioned by the City Council. 03:30.080 --> 03:35.040 A grand jury has declined to indict any of the police officers involved. 03:35.760 --> 03:40.760 Mainland China today rejected U.S. criticism of its tightened grip on Hong Kong. The U.S. 03:42.240 --> 03:45.760 State Department had called it -- quote -- "an assault on democracy." 03:45.760 --> 03:48.560 But Beijing accused Washington of hypocrisy. 03:48.560 --> 03:49.131 ZHANG XIAOMING, Deputy Director, 03:49.131 --> 03:50.480 Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council (through translator): 03:50.480 --> 03:54.960 When Hong Kong was rocked by disturbances, the U.S. praised it as a beautiful sight. But when 03:54.960 --> 03:59.200 demonstrators stormed the Capitol on January 6, the U.S. branded it domestic terrorism. 03:59.200 --> 04:03.040 What moral high ground does the U.S. have to tell China about what it should do? 04:03.040 --> 04:08.040 JUDY WOODRUFF: China has now imposed measures that let it select more of Hong Kong's lawmakers. 04:10.080 --> 04:15.080 The Vatican says that it has nearly used up reserves from past financial donations to cover 04:16.240 --> 04:21.240 budget deficits. Church officials today forecast red ink of nearly $60 million this year. They 04:22.880 --> 04:27.880 blamed reduced donations amid the pandemic. The Holy See also faces an ongoing corruption probe. 04:30.240 --> 04:35.240 And on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 293 points to finish at 32778. 04:39.120 --> 04:43.840 The Nasdaq fell 78 points, and the S&P 500 added four. 04:44.560 --> 04:48.080 Still to come on the "NewsHour": the Biden administration takes steps 04:48.080 --> 04:51.760 to challenge China's vaccine diplomacy dominance; 04:52.560 --> 04:57.560 Black Americans and women continue to face discrimination in skilled trades; David 04:58.800 --> 05:03.800 Brooks and Jonathan Capehart offer their takes on the politics of COVID relief; plus, much more.