Episode 154

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the arrest of Democratic state lawmakers who fled the state in order to block a vote on a congressional map that favors Republicans. Ed O'Keefe reports. President Trump on Monday continued to slam Erika McEntarfer, the former head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics who he fired, claiming she had "rigged" a poor job numbers report. No evidence has been provided to support that claim. Nancy Cordes reports. A new report from the American Cancer Society found that over a four-year period, the number of colon cancer cases among Americans ages 45 to 49 has nearly doubled. Dr. Jon LaPook has more. Holly Williams reports on how U.S. Marines are training alongside their Australian and Japanese allies in an exercise that's part of the U.S. military's expansion in Asia, an effort to prevent war by deterring China from military aggression. Approximately 200,000 Ukrainians who fled their homes for the U.S. amid the war with Russia are waiting to learn their fate because their work permits are not being renewed. Janet Shamlian has tonight's "Eye on America." From 2000 to 2020, there was a 22% decrease nationwide in butterflies. A Michigan State University study released Monday reveals that butterfly populations in the Midwest are dwindling even faster, and no butterfly species has increased in that region in the last three decades. Jericka Duncan reports.