You can arguably trace the bitter fights over control of the U.S. Supreme Court back to the Clarence Thomas hearings in the early '90's. Flash forward to Merrick Garland, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, and that fight has turned into an all-out brawl.

Today, House Democrats introduced a bill to expand the court by four justices, and have further charged the debate over "packing the court" -- so we'll have that debate on In Depth.

If you're fully vaccinated, congratulations! But the shots likely aren't over for you, or any of us: Pfizer's CEO says another round will likely be necessary by next year.

Speaking of vaccines, LA county supervisor Holly Mitchell will be back to talk about opening up vaccine eligibility to everybody 16 plus.

Congressman Adam Schiff will be here to discuss a very contentious hearing on the biggest security threats facing the United States.

And then...., there will be fans at Staples Center tonight, cheering on the Lakers, for the first time in over a year. But you can't bring in any purses or handbags or really anything that doesn't fit in your pocket -- frustrating a lot of women and disabled people.

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The police officer from a department in suburban Minneapolis who shot and killed Daunte Wright will be charged with manslaughter in his death. The process to charge the officer moved quickly, as most of Minneapolis is on edge: will it ease tensions and how will the case proceed? We'll go In Depth.

Airlines have snatched back those empty middle seats, but today the CDC said it would be wise to keep them open to lower the risk of spreading coronavirus..........will the airlines listen?

And the city of Los Angeles is about to receive a a billion dollars in federal funding thanks to the American Rescue Plan -- so how do you want to spend it? Or, do you want to save it?

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff died in prison today -- well over a decade after his conviction, has the oversight on the investment industry improved?

President Biden makes it official, all American troops will be out of Afghanistan later this year. 

And it was right out of the scifi show "Black Mirror": the New York Police Department's robot dog made its public debut this week.

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The nation's COVID vaccination efforts were dealt a potential setback today when, out of an abundance of caution, the FDA and CDC ordered a pause in administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. There are concerns about incidents of blood clots ... in a small number of people who got the J&J shots.

How badly will this mess with California's plans to open up eligibility to all adults this week; and will this move deal a further blow to confidence in the vaccines? We'll go In Depth.

Then we'll head to Michigan, which is epicenter to the worst resurgence of COVID infections in the country to see what went wrong there.

Then we'll go to the UK... which reopened with a flourish this week after a months-long, strict COVID lockdown. 

In the wake of yet another police shooting of a black man during a traffic stop, we're going to look a specific idea of police reform: should traffic stops and moving violations be handled by unarmed officers and treated more like parking enforcement?

And at the end of the show, the fallout from the closure of Arclight and Pacific Theaters. Can they be saved?

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The Minneapolis area is on edge today, after the killing of a young Black man at the hands of police officers from a suburb. This comes as the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd, is likely entering its last week -- so we'll go there to check the temperature.

And how exactly does a police officer accidentally fire a gun, when they were meaning to fire a taser? We'll go In Depth. 

We'll take a look at the dueling COVID realities in this country right now, where vaccination rates are really picking up -- but so are infections in several states.

And you've probably seen the headlines from research out of Israel, about the a COVID variant "breaking through" a vaccine........we're going to clarify all that....because it's not nearly as bad as it may seem.

Iran's nuclear development program experienced another mysterious "accident" today...there's a 20 foot hole in the ground. Likely sabotage. Just ahead of nuclear talks.

And we'll talk with that local marine biologist who discovered the decades old dumping ground for toxic chemicals -- much rumored -- just off the coast of Long Beach.

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It's been a rough month for the British Royal Family -- still reeling from the fallout of the Harry & Meghan interview -- when today Buckingham Palace announced the death of Prince Philip. He spent seven decades supporting his wife, Queen Elizabeth -- always two paces behind -- and was a prolific philanthropist. We will go In Depth on the life of Prince Philip.

The Dodgers are back in at the Ravine today and so, for the first time in over a year, fans are in the stands. Are you safe at a game with a reduced capacity crowd?

And the 737 MAX... is once again in trouble.

Amazon looks set to beat back that challenge to unionize its workers at an Alabama warehouse -- what does that mean for the ambitions to broaden out organized labor?

Indiana Jones officially coming back for a 5th movie........Harrison Ford ... 80 years old when the movie will be released.

And the U.S. intelligence community paints a bleak picture of our collective future.

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Despite fierce debates and calls for action gun control has been one of the most stable policy areas in the United States. Not much has changed in the way Americans can gain access to firearms. Today, President Biden weighed in, with executive actions aimed at curbing access to "ghost guns" and appointing a staunch gun control supporter as the head of ATF.

So we will go In Depth on the always complicated issue of gun control.

Johnson & Johnson was supposed to be the game changer allowing us to hit the gas pedal on vaccinations thanks to one-dose shots. Instead, we've seen manufacturing problems and we expect a sharp drop in the supply.

Closer to home, vaccine appointments are going unfulfilled at LA county and city mass vaccination sites, so why not just open eligibility early to anybody who's interested?

And outside of Sacramento ...the city of Elk Grove has a way to keep the homeless encampments clean: they're paying the homeless to clean them up.

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First it was the lockdowns, then it was face masks: the next big fight tied to the COVID pandemic will be over so-called "vaccine passports," the proof of vaccination that is increasingly being required by businesses. While several Republican governors have vowed to block passports in their states, Norwegian cruise lines will require proof for all passengers and crew.

So we'll go In Depth.

Bad news for AstraZeneca could mean bad news for the global vaccination effort: regulators in the European Union say they've found possible links between AstraZeneca's vaccine and dangerous blood clots.

New research out of Ireland shows an incredibly low risk of COVID transmission in outdoor settings.........but does that include sitting shoulder to shoulder .... say with 50-thousand fans ..... in a baseball stadium?

Why are evangelical Christians one of the most skeptical groups of Americans when it comes to getting vaccinated? We'll ask a pastor.

And the pressure is mounting on the Biden administration to consider boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China --- should politics be separated from the games?

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Ready or not California, reopening is headed your way soon. Governor Newsom announced today that he plans to swing the doors wide open and drop almost all COVID restrictions and precautions by June 15th. He did acknowledge that any surge in COVID infections could change those plans, but the expectation has now been set: are we ready to return to normalcy within two months?

And what are the political calculations in declaring the state fully reopened by mid-June........could it be because a recall vote is lurking a few months after that? We'll go In Depth on all of it.

Something to store away when COVID restrictions are dropped and everyone returns to the office: the CDC said we can all probably stop obsessively cleaning and sanitizing surfaces, since COVID is airborne; but will we listen?

The conventional wisdom was that suicide rates would sore during the pandemic in 2020, driven higher by anxieties and social isolation of lockdowns--but we are learning that in fact, suicides decreased last year--we'll look at the complicated factors behind that.

Homeless shelters set up in the parking lots of Southern California's storied beaches? That's the proposal of one LA City Councilman, we'll ask him about it.

And what is arguably the most horrifying and important impact of the COVID pandemic: a national ketchup shortage.

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Whether or not we're in the fourth wave of COVID infections across the country is debatable--there are some states experiencing an alarming rise in COVID cases, but there are also a lot more vaccinated people that could hold down the numbers. But it's very clear that this pandemic is far from over, and the question is: do we have the discipline and patience to see it through to its end? We'll go In Depth.

Then there are the concerns over new variants and strains of the virus: there's an outbreak in the Bay Area that's being linked to a virus strain from India. And up in Western Canada, the entire Vancouver Canucks team has been pulled from action from the Brazilian variant that has made some young, healthy athletes very sick.

We'll go In depth on all of it.

Several big corporations are now caught in the middle of a growing fight over Georgia's voting restrictions laws.......and after Major League Baseball moved its All Star game out of Georgia, the pressure from both sides is getting intense.

A new Reuters poll shows a lot of Republicans don't believe their eyes about the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January.

And we'll look at the growing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, where attempted crossings last month reached record levels.

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Once again the U.S. Capitol complex was under lockdown today; and once again, a Capitol Police officer lost his life -- we'll take you to D.C. and get the latest.

The CDC has announced changes to its guidelines: first, fully vaccinated travelers are free to travel, but with precautions. Then, some statements made earlier in the week by the CDC director on vaccines and transmission of the virus ... were walked back.

So we'll go In Depth on both issues and talk about why communicating science can be awfully tricky.

Jim Acosta, public enemy number one for much of the MAGA world, is back on the program to talk about life after President Trump.

Iran and the United States will try to rekindle a relationship and, maybe, a nuclear deal.

And what will services for Good Friday and Easter look like in churches across the country this year, as we're in this kind of "in-between" period with the pandemic?

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