JUDY: IN THE DAYS OF THE NEWS,

THE U.S. HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES GAVE PRESIDENT

BIDEN A WIN ON ANOTHER ONE OF

HIS PRIORITIES, BOOSTING THE

U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY.

DEMOCRATS PUSHED THROUGH A BILL

INCLUDING $280 BILLION FOR

SUBSIDIES.

TAX BREAKS.

PARTS OF APPALACHIA FACED FLASH

FLOODING.

WATER ROSE TO HOMES AND

SUBMERGED ROADS.

GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR REPORTED

EIGHT DEAD AND WARNED THE WATER

IS STILL RISING.

>> SADLY, WE BELIEVE WE WILL

LOSE KENTUCKIANS AND HAVE A LOT

OF KENTUCKIANS WILL LOSE MOST OF

WHAT THEY HAVE.

JUDY: THE HEATWAVE OVER THE

PACIFIC NORTHWEST PUSH

TEMPERATURES OVER 100 DEGREES

AGAIN AND IT IS EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS NO AGREEMENT --

PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS TO BRING

HOME BRITTNEY GRINER AND PAUL

WHELAN, BOTH JAILED IN RUSSIA.

IT COULD'VE ALL TRADING A

CONVICTED RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER IN

A U.S. PRISON.

IN UKRAINE, RUSSIAN FORCES

LAUNCH HAVING A MISSILE STRIKES

ON AREAS THAT HAD NOT BEEN

TARGETED IN WEEKS.

MISSILES RAINED DOWN ON THE KYIV

REGION.

RUSSIAN STRIKES ALSO HIT IN THE

NORTH.

MEANWHILE, UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS

HAVE BEGUN A COUNTER OFFENSIVE

TO TAKE BACK THE HERSEN REGION

IN THE SOUTH.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE WITH

PRESIDENT XI JINPING TODAY WHO

WARNED AGAINST PROVOCATIONS OVER

TAIWAN.

THE U.S. IS PLAYING FIRE ON

TAIWAN AND SAID THAT XI SHARPLY

CRITICIZED A PLANNED VISIT BY

NANCY PELOSI TO THE ISLAND

NATION WHICH CHINA CLAIMS AS

PART OF ITS TERRITORY.

PRESIDENT BIDEN WARNED AGAINST

ANY HOSTILE MOVES.

>> THE U.S. POLICY HAS NOT

CHANGED AND THAT THE U.S.

STRONGLY OPPOSES UNILATERAL

EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE STATUS

QUOTE OR UNDERMINE PEACE AND

STABILITY ACROSS THE TAIWAN

STRAIT.

>> THE LEADERS TALKED BY PHONE

FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS.

PROTESTERS FOR INDIGENOUS

PEOPLES RIGHTS.

TWO WOMEN UNFURLED A BANNER

URGING THE POPE TO RISK AND --

RESEND A CENTURIES OLD DOCTRINE

THAT LEGITIMIZED TAKING NATIVE

LAND.

MANY WERE SURVIVORS OF SCHOOLS

THAT FORCED ASSIMILATION ON

NATIVE CHILDREN.

JETBLUE HAS AGREED TO BY SPIRIT

AIRLINES AT A DEAL VALUED AT 3.8

BILLION DOLLARS TO CREATE THE

NATION'S FIFTH LARGEST AIRLINE

PROVIDED FEDERAL ANTITRUST

REGULATORS APPROVE.

YESTERDAY, SPIRIT ABANDONED A

PROPOSED MERGER WITH FRONTIER

AIRLINES.

STOCKS ADVANCED ON HOPES THAT

THE FEDERAL RESERVE MIGHT GO

SLOWER ON INTEREST RATES.

IF THE ECONOMY SLIDES INTO

RECESSION.

NASDAQ ROSE 100 30 POINTS, THE

S&P 500 ADDED 48.

STILL TO COME, WHAT THE NEW

SENATE DEAL COULD MEAN FOR THE

FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE.

WHY BABY FORMULA REMAINS SCARCE

DESPITE EFFORTS TO BOOST SUPPLY.

A PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP INSPIRES

ARTISTS TO STRETCH THEIR SKILLS.

>> THIS IS THE PBS NEWSHOUR FROM

W ETA STUDIOS IN WASHING