Wednesday on the NewsHour, Democrats push for a broader investment in families and ways to tackle the climate crisis, the Taliban continues to rapidly seize territory in its bid to regain control of the country, and an experimental new technology hopes to harness a brain-machine interface to help people with paralysis.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
News Wrap: Russian opposition leader faces new charges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz5JPZ5cKqo
Democrats pass blueprint for a $3.5 trillion bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCpkKAOK8AA
The challenges of returning to in-person classes 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQwKTKsSSD4
Russia struggles to get more people vaccinated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5whna_2qdw
Taliban now control most of Afghanistan. How did it happen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAOhKy3XDY
Technology making gains for people living with paralysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2WpxflUJys
Minnesota students come together to bring water to schools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iXJwlRZyI4
How the pandemic exposes rifts in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMFJ-DOqZWs

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