September 28, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

More than 20 years ago, Kara Swisher decided to leave The Washington Post to cover the internet full time — a decision that made her one of the most respected and feared journalists holding the tech world accountable. She's now the host of The New York Times podcast "Sway" and the Vox podcast "Pivot." She offers us her Brief But Spectacular take on power and responsibility within tech.

The end of America's 20-year war in Afghanistan was a "strategic failure," according to the assessment of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley. Milley, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Gen. Frank McKenzie, who runs U.S. Central Command, all appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday to discuss the withdrawal. Nick Schifrin reports.

For more on Democrats' plans and negotiations over the infrastructure and reconciliation bills, Amna Nawaz is joined by the chairman of the House Budget Committee, Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky.

New York became the first U.S. state to require all healthcare workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine — or face being fired. And the governor's office reported more than 90% of 450,000 hospital and nursing home staff and other healthcare workers have now received at least one shot. But, as John Yang reports, many hospitals are bracing for staff shortages if they have to lay off unvaccinated workers.

The effects of the pandemic on children vary dramatically depending on the country. With schools still shuttered in Uganda and other developing nations, many children have no choice but to work to survive. In Africa, more than one-fifth of children — around 87 million kids — work. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Kampala.

In our news wrap Tuesday, an overloaded boat docked in Sicily overnight with nearly 700 migrants on board — marking the biggest arrival in Italy in 5 years. A federal appeals panel upheld New York City's vaccine mandate for teachers, but teachers said they'll appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Stocks had one of their worst days in months as inflation worries and rising bond yields took a toll.

It is a crucial day of negotiations on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., where Democrats are working around the clock to pass 2 significant bills — on infrastructure and major Democratic priorities in a reconciliation bill. Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins joins Amna Nawaz with the latest on the negotiations and what's at stake.