PBS NewsHour full episode, Feb. 2, 2022

Wednesday on the NewsHour, the U.S. approaches 900,000 COVID deaths with a mortality rate far higher than other wealthy nations, as the vaccination campaign stagnates. Then, a former NFL head coach sues the league for racial discrimination after being fired by the Miami Dolphins, and scientists uncover rampant COVID infections in white-tailed deer, raising questions about the pandemic's future.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
News Wrap: Biden sends thousands of troops to Eastern Europe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irpC1wrxHX0
Why the U.S. COVID death rate rises above other nations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8r9NM9tGOE
Former NFL coach alleges racist hiring practices in lawsuit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rnJCfFB9qE
How Biden is trying to diversify the federal court system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNr-UnqGrtY
What Whoopi Goldberg's Holocaust remarks can teach us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT9AIobgLrw
New book explores the history of the American South
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h784-x71Sac

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