April 7, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

There were more revelations Thursday of the depth of carnage and devastation across northern Ukraine as Russian forces redeploy to the east. The collection of the dead continued throughout the region, as apparent orders by Russian forces to kill civilians surfaced from German intelligence. Simon Ostrovsky and videographer Yegor Troyanovsky report from a small village outside Kyiv.

In our news wrap Thursday, a near-unanimous Congress voted to cut off normal trade relations with Russia and ban imports of Russian oil, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive COVID, Pakistan's supreme court rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan's bid to stay in power, and the trial in the killing of journalist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi will be moved to Saudi Arabia.

In a historic first, the Senate Thursday narrowly confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Three Republican senators joined all 50 Democrats in voting for Jackson. LaDoris Cordell, who became the first Black woman judge in northern California and recently published a memoir titled "Her Honor," joins Amna Nawaz for more on the confirmation.

Among several former Soviet Republics and satellite states that are now NATO members is the small Baltic nation of Lithuania. Fiercely independent, its security concerns are compounded not just by its former occupier, Russia, but by the adversaries that border it, including the Russian ally Belarus. Nick Schifrin sat down with Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis to discuss.

When Will Hurd announced in 2019 he would not seek re-election to his border district's congressional seat, the House Republicans' only Black member was known as one of the few in his party to openly criticize then-President Trump. Now, the former congressman says it's time for a total overhaul of America’s political system. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss his new book, "American Reboot."

"Artists' Call" was the name of the effort in 1984 when the artistic community throughout North America rallied to protest U.S. intervention in Central America. An exhibition at the Tufts University Art Galleries focuses on that nearly forgotten moment that ultimately provided a blueprint for movements to come. Jared Bowen of GBH Boston reports as part of our arts and culture series, "CANVAS."

Like other former Soviet Republics, Moldova has increasing concerns about its security in the wake of Russia's war on Ukraine. Not only is it hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees, it has had Russian troops on its territory for years in a breakaway region. Special correspondent Willem Marx reports from Moldova on how the echoes of war in Ukraine ring in Europe's poorest nation.