AMNA NAWAZ: Good evening.

I'm Amna Naw GEOFF BENNET On the "News only two remaining Republican presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Nikki Haley.

GEOFF BENNETT: Israeli leaders become increasingly divided over the war with Hamas, the idea of a cease-fire in exchange for hostages, and whether there's any prospect for a two-state solution.

AMNA NAWAZ: since the pandemic.

JENNIFER TOL Medicaid coverage, even if it reenrolled, can lead to lapses in care.

(BREAK) AMNA NAWAZ: Welcome to the "NewsHour."

There are mere hours to go before New Hampshire voters head to the polls tomorrow morning for the presidential primaries.

On the Republican side, former President Trum in the Iowa caucuses.

GEOFF BENNETT: And Pre Party's nomination and is expected to win the most votes in New Hampshire, even th his name isn't on the ballot.

That's to adhere to a rule by the Democratic Nation Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins is in New Hampshire and joins us now.

So, Lisa, this is an unusual New Hampshire primary.

The Republican race is already down to two candidates.

And President Biden's name, as we mentioned, isn't even on th How are the campaigns seeing it?

LISA DESJARDINS: This is But the Biden and Trump campaigns hope that it will be essentially the end to the real contest.

With Chris C dropping out, suspending his campaign, for the Trump campaign, they want to make sure that Nikki Haley does not get any momentum.

They want that to end here.

For Biden, he wants to He has challenges of his own making.

But, essentially, what's an y chance to avoid a Trump rematch has to happen here.

NIKKI HALEY (R), Presidential Candidate: Thank you so much.

LISA DESJARDINS: She is the last Republican NI KKI HALEY: That's the sound of a two-person race.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) LISA DESJARD the test she wanted, a showdown in New Hampshire.

NIKKI HALEY: When you vote on Tuesday, you're going to be making a decision, do more of the same?

AUDIENCE: No!

LISA DESJARDINS: about education and the debt, and conservative, including blocking transgender girls from sports.

This is her most com as the cause of the Civil War.

Haley trails Trump and needs voters like Stev daughter, Hannah, asked to listen to other candidates.

They did again and again, New Hampshire-style.

The two became campaign trail celebrities.

HANNAH KESSELRING, Nikki Haley Supporter: Eight Nikk events I have to.

He's been to four.

LISA DESJARD STEVE KESSELRING, Nikki Haley Supporter: she like the largest debt that -- of any sitting president.

And I started thinking about like, what do I What do I want to do for her future?

LISA DESJARDINS: What Hannah wants is not Trump.

HANNAH KESSELRING: He's going to call Chris Christie a He's going to call Nikki a birdbrain.

I don't want my president to be li LISA DESJARDINS: But from throngs of Trump vo KAREN MACDONALD, Donald Trump Supporter: I will o America and he takes care of Americans.

LISA DESJARDINS: There is unmatched fervor DO NALD TRUMP, Former President of the United States (R) and Current U.S. Presidential Candidate: Almost every LISA DESJARDINS: And where Trump, who faces 91 felony coun from most prosecution.

DONALD TRUMP: This This is all presidents.

They have to Otherwise, they're going LISA DESJARDINS: Many believe Trump's lies about the 20 with shrug that off and say they see a strong man on big issues.

FEBIE SALTS, Donald Trump Supporter: Number one is immigration.

I came in this country in BRANDON ALDRICH, Donald Trump Supporter: I love the fact that he is taking care of our borders, and he's the only one doing it.

LISA DESJARD STEPHANIE DIETZ, Donald Trump Supporter: are uneducated.

Sorry, I hav LISA DESJARDINS: It is a potent political force against which Haley has some chance.

THALIA FLORAS, Nikki Haley Supporter: This is the first time in -- Joe Biden.

LISA DESJARDINS: ... thanks to voters like Thalia Flo You are a longtime Democrat.

THALIA FLORAS: LISA DESJARDINS: Her office is a personal museum of primaries past.

THALIA FLORAS: Bernie came to New Hampshire.

LISA DESJARDINS: Walls of photos But she's switching this year to vote for Haley, initially to block Tr THALIA FLORAS: And to be honest with you, that's part of my thought process.

Having spent time at all her town halls and events, I grew to admire her.

LISA DESJARDINS: Meantime, she has lost some faith with the Democratic Party, which stripped New Hampshire of its delegates after the state kept its early primary date, despite Biden and the party ordering that it be moved back.

THALIA FLORAS: To say I'm disappointed is an und I'm not going to vote in it because they're not counti LISA DESJARDINS: The primary date debacle ended in the Biden campaign deciding to stay off the ballot and out of the state.

WOMAN: We need to make sure that we put Joe LI SA DESJARDINS: So now Biden's fate here is partially in the hands of grassroots efforts, one muscular super PAC and a ragtag campaign of volunteers.

COLIN VAN OSTERN, Joe Biden Supporter: Super unusual.

No one involved has done anything like this LISA DESJARDINS: Colin Van Ostern is a former gube effort, first with six people on a Zoom call.

And now?

COLIN VAN OS in their own communities, and that's a win on its own.

LISA DESJARDINS: As signs lay out, people mu their vote.

STEPHANIE AL So let's do what we can to get him in the -- in office.

MILLIE LAFONTAINE, Joe Biden supporter: I'm very worried that he's going to have a less-than-delightful showing.

And I think that he's LISA DESJARDINS: Harder for him, but it opens up a small chance, maybe the only chance, for Biden's opponents, like author Marianne Williamson, who's been reaching out to voters here for years.

But none may benefit more than Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips, who is a long sh also perhaps the best shot any Democrat has of derailing Biden.

The once-unknown lawmaker is drawing more people, including a well-past-capacity weekend crowd.

MAN: Are you LISA DESJARD of PAC money and straddles party lines, stressing prudence and reform, including of housing.

REP. DEAN PHILLIP no matter th (CHEERING AN LISA DESJARD REP. DEAN PHILLIP he is anything but weak.

LISA DESJARDINS: It's wo ALIYANA KOCH-MANZUR, Dean Phillips Supporter: I think every campaign has to start with every indi LISA DESJARDINS: And with some like this man, who was considering voting for Haley.

MARK MCLAUGHLIN, New Hampshire Voter: If the vote was right now, I would vote f Phillips.

LISA DESJARD MARK MCLAUGH a wasted vote.

I still stic LISA DESJARDINS: All of this is one question in January about November.

NARRATOR: The two most disliked politicians in America, Trump and Biden.

LISA DESJARDINS: If the U.S. is to veer away from a Trump-Biden rematch, someone else must have a very big night here, like Phillips or Haley.

BRETT SHEWEY, Nikki Haley Supporter: I'm afraid that, Tuesday, if she does n is all over at this point.

LISA DESJARDINS: One mor One factor here, of course, are independent or undeclared voters in New Hampshire.

Over 40 percent of registered voters are undeclared.

That means they can vote in either the Republican or Democra And, by the way, Geoff, as you know, they don't like to be told who's going to win.

GEOFF BENNETT: So, Lisa, let's start with the Republican side.

What does the Haley campaign, what do they say th LISA DESJARDINS: Just a few weeks ago, last year, Nikki Haley and her th ey could even pull out a win here in New Hampshire.

This is a very favorable state for her.

But now, when I talk to them Essentially, the margin matters a lot.

She has to prove that she can somehow gain moment try and build something in her own home state, South Carolina, which is next.

GEOFF BENNETT: And for the Democrats, the fact that President Biden isn't actively contestin New Hampshire, that gives a bit of a window to the longshot candidacies of Marianne Williamson and Dean Phillips.

What are you LISA DESJARDINS: All rig This is an extraordinary situation, where President Biden, as I mentioned, has these challenges of his own making by blocking the New Hampshire primary from going first, com off the ballot.

Now voters have Let's show you the New Hampshire ballot.

There you go.

Look at this At the bottom, voters would have to write in Joe Biden.

Now, the secretary of state here in New Hampshire does have some par have to be exactly Joe Biden.

Essentially, those reading the ballot have to belie Joe Biden.

Could be Pre But there are also challenge For example, there was a robo-call that NBC News got ahold of today in which there wa the voice of Joe Biden manipulated to try and tell voters that they shouldn't show up for the poll at all.

It's very clear that Republican here, maybe gets less than 50 percent.

I will also say, though, Dean Philli bigger crowds.

It was reall And another strange thing in these strange times, maybe not so strange, I have met several voters who are choosing between Nikki Haley and Dean Phillips.

What do they all have in common?

The big theme here, they don't want it to GE OFF BENNETT: All right, Lisa Desjardins in New Hampshire for us tonight.

Lisa, thank you.

And be sure to j That's at 11:00 p.m. Eastern right here on PBS.

AMNA NAWAZ: In the day's other headlines: Israeli forces blasted their way deeper into Khan Yunis in Southern Gaza.

Palestinian officials reported ground troops stormed on staffers.

Tanks surrou Patients poured into a third side, the Nasser is overwhelmed and close to collapse.

DR. AHMED ABU MU operations in Khan Yunis, we have received many of the injured.

There's no space for them.

And the siege on the n It'll be hard to operate two to three days out from now with the available resources.

AMNA NAWAZ: Israel says that Khan Yunis is a hub for Hamas and that hospitals serve as nerve centers for fighters.

The White House said today it agrees Ham Israel has to protect innocent people just the same.

The U.S. and British militaries have carried out fresh airstrikes tonight against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

That came after the Iran-bac in the Gulf of Aden.

The U.S. military Separately, on Sunday, U.S. authorities called them deceased.

They were lost at se A United Nations report has shed new light on restrictions that Afghan women face under the Taliban.

It says access to wo without a male guardian.

The report says that -- quote de meaning and dangerous for Afghan women and girls."

In India today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a major Hindu temple built on the ruins of a razed 16th-century mosque.

It's located in Ayodhya and dedicated to the Hindu god Lord Ram.

Today's ceremonies were seen as a political victory for Modi, who's seeking a third term in office.

He hailed the ev NARENDRA MODI, Indian Prime Minister (through translator): January 22, 2024, wr itten on the calendar.

It is the dawn of a new era.

By breaking the mentality of slavery, a nation De riving strength from the power of the past, this is how new history is created.

AMNA NAWAZ: Some opposition leaders boycotted the festivities and Muslims decried the destruction of their temple on the site in 1992.

Back in this country, crews in Memphis worked to repair water lines that were badly da by days of arctic cold.

More than 600,000 people spent a fourth day Fr ozen and fractured pipes have left the city without clean drinking water since Friday.

The cold is also blamed for 75 deaths nationwide this month.

The Supreme Court will hear a closely watched appeal this fall from an Oklahoma death row inmate.

Richard Glos attorney general says he did not receive a fair trial.

The court also agreed today to let Border Patrol agents cut razor wire along the Texas-Mexico border.

The state in The Biden administration sued to stop it.

Today's ruling stands until a final decision in the case.

On Wall Street, stocks moved higher ahead of corporate profit reports comi week.

The Dow Jone The Nasdaq rose 49 points.

The S&P 500 added 10.

And two passings of note.

Dexter Scott King, the younger son of Marti at his home in Malibu, California.

He was just 7 years old when his father was assassinated Later, he became an attorney and chaired the King Center in Dexter Scott King was 62 years old.

And acclaimed Hollywood director Norman Jewison died on Saturday.

His 1967 film "In the Heat of the Night" about a Black detective working with a white racist sheriff won the best picture Oscar.

He also directed "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Moonstruck," am Norman Jewison was 97 years old.

Still to come on the "NewsHour": Tamara Keith and Amy Walter discuss the v new push to highlight abortion rights; Stanford's Tara VanDerveer becomes the winningest coach in college basketball history; a Brief But Spectacular take on making college accessible for undocumented students; plus much more.

It's the last night ahead of the New Hampshire primary, and the Republican presidential field is now a two-person race after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dropped out over the weekend.

Meanwhile, Democrats have to navigate a ballot that will be missing a key name, President Joe Biden.

To help bring us up to That is Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report With Amy Walter, and Tamara Keith of NPR, who is in New Hampshire.

So, Tam, kick us off h Days after lamenting about Republicans wh Trump, as he put it, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis does exactly that.

He drops out of the race and endorses Donald Trump.

What does that say to you about his campaign and this r TAMARA KEITH, National Public Radio: The DeSantis campaign started with so much fr om the moment it actually launched, it was troubled.

He launched on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.

It was a total disaster.

It was just a technical disa And then, from there, his campaign burned through cash.

He ended up relying on an outside super PAC that you're not technically supposed with.

It turns out And he just burned through campaign managers and super PAC heads.

And in the end, it was just a failed campaign.

But the big failure was finding a message that actually electorate, because he was saying he was Trump without the baggage.

And it turns out a lot of Republican voters, enough Republican voters, just don't care about the baggage.

AMNA NAWAZ: He had a lot of support.

He had a lot of mone This is the on his name.

This was aft He had a lot of key endorsements too.

What happened?

AMY WALTER, is that he just never found a message still really likes Donald Trump.

I mean, at the end of the day, So , Tam is absolutely right.

Some of this is tied to him.

But a lot of it is about t If you get Republican establishment, sort of the elite class, the donor class, they want anybody but Donald Trump as the nominee.

That's not what voters want.

And that disconnect has been ap And so for all the money and all the effort that a lot of those folks who are dubbing him, DeSantis, giving him money, wanted to believe that this is the formula, this is how you unseat Donald Trump with a candidate that's a lot more like Donald Trump, the problem, as one Republican strategist said to me early on, is, that strategy, that idea of being Trump without the baggage, really what he was Trump-lite.

And for voters who know that they can get the full-calorie Trump, they didn't want the diet version.

AMNA NAWAZ: (LAUGHTER) AMY WALTER: AMNA NAWAZ: You're in Ne It's essenti We have a new poll from Monmouth, which now shows that, while Haley has pi support from independents, she hasn't closed the gap.

Some 52 percent of potential Republican prima Some 34 percent would pick Nikki Haley.

I should note this was conducted before DeSantis dropped out.

So where do his backers go in New Hampshire?

TAMARA KEITH: I think we have talk of a Trump-like candidate than a Nikki Haley-like candidate.

People who support Ron DeSantis didn't necessarily want to stop Trump at all costs.

And so many of those voters are just going to go to Trump.

DeSantis obviously endorsed him and is rallying behind him.

Many of Trump's vanquished rivals are rallying behind him going back to 2016 and now 2024.

His rivals are up on stage with him, rallying with him at rallies here in the state.

So, for Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis dropping out doesn't actually help, though it does give her that two-person race that she has said that she wanted, and it will provide a lot of clarity after tomorrow night about the state of the Republican Party and the appetite for a Trump alternative.

That said, this is New Hampshire and independent voters c And I have spoken to a lot of left-leaning independent voters who, under any other description, would be Democrats, but they are independents.

They're registered independents, and they will be supp Those sorts of voters can't vote in a Republican primary in the AMNA NAWAZ: Amy, can those independents make up the difference for Haley?

AMY WALTER: Yes, there just aren't enough of them.

And, right now, if you do look at t but not as well among the Republican vote.

And so where it could help is, it could make the margins a little bit smaller, especially, as Tam pointed out if a bunch of people are coming to vote that pollsters didn't pick up on.

Remember, in That didn't happen.

Hillary Clin I don't think that's what But, for Haley, this really is a do-or-die state.

I mean, the state, the electorate is tailor-made for To not win here would basically be the -- I think it would be the beginning of the end of the candidacy.

AMNA NAWAZ: pushed as part of a write-in campaign there.

He's not on the ballot, because New Hamp Even so, the DNC changed the rules, so South Carolina would go first.

So, Bidens's not on the ballot there.

But I do want to talk about the is on Roe v. Wade.

Today is the 51st anniversary of t We know it's a central part of their reelection campaign Here actually is part of a new ad they just put out on that issue.

DR. AUSTIN DENNA amount of responsibility for these restrictiv We need leaders that will protect our rights and not take them away.

AMNA NAWAZ: Tam, we should note there are 12 states where abortion is or could be o the ballot this fall.

Is this still going to b to be at the end of this year?

TAMARA KEITH the Biden reelection campaign feels about it.

And you can see it.

Vice President Harris is re productive rights.

She's starting because voters cared about this issue and because there was a restrictive abortion ban on the books.

And, tomorrow, the pre will all be rallying in Virginia, another state where abortion wasn't technically on the ballot, but where it was a major issue.

So, this is clearly going to be a centerpiece fr ame it as a freedom issue and say that it's not just about one health care procedure, it's about freedom, and they're looping it in with other things like gun safety and the big issues of democracy that we have seen Biden talking about already.

AMY WALTER: Yes, and I think it was also really interesting.

In that ad, she makes this connection between Donald putting many of the current justices onto the Supreme Court, and these restrictive laws in states like Texas, where she's from.

In 2022, Democrats were very effective in making the individua look out of step, basically just showing what those candidates had said about abortion access.

They had very restrictive views on the issue.

But it really wasn't about Donald Trump in 2022 It was about those individual candidates.

And so what the Biden campaign ne Donald Trump and this issue of freedom and abortion access.

TAMARA KEITH: And Donald Trump certainly helped them with that in a recent town hall on FOX News.

He once agai I was at Biden headquarter that video in their arsenal.

AMNA NAWAZ: All right, Amy good to see you both.

Thank you so much.

AMY WALTER: You're welcome.

GEOFF BENNETT: As the war in Gaza nears four months since the October 7 Hamas attacks in Israel, the shape of the debate inside that nation has become even starker, around 130 hostages still held, a world increasingly outraged at the Palestinian death toll, and clear disagreements with Washington, as the Israeli prime minister says he will stay the course.

Nick Schifri NICK SCHIFRIN: Israeli p Parliament committee meeting, the families of hostages held in Gaza erupted.

MAN (through translator): I ask you, if these were your children, what would NICK SCHIFRIN: Hostage families are increasingly challenging the government, including outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's house.

They want to prioritize their loved ones over prosec That debate is now inside Israel's war cabinet.

Gadi Eisenkot is a war cabinet observer and former army chief.

In December, his son Gal was killed fighting in Gaza.

He promised to make the right decisions for those who have sacrificed.

Last week, he criticized Netanyahu and said the best way to release the hostages was a cease-fire.

GADI EISENKO return the hostages alive in the near future without a deal.

And whoever is selling lies to the public, then he's selling lies.

There's no other way to put it.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Publicly, th e war and its effort to uncover Hamas tunnels that it says hid hostages, including this one under the Southern Gaza City of Khan Yunis.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, Israeli Prime Minister Ha mas monsters' capitulation terms.

Only total victory will ensure the elimination of H NICK SCHIFRIN: But U.S. officials say there are negotiations over a longer pause in exchange for the release of most, if not all, of the hostages.

JOE BIDEN, President of the United States: There are a number NICK SCHIFRIN: There's also a longer term Netanyahu disagreement with the U.S. On Friday, President Biden reiterated he believed Israel's security would be best guaranteed by a two-state solution.

But QUESTION: Bu JOE BIDEN: No, he didn't say no.

He didn't sa NICK SCHIFRI what he said.

BENJAMIN NET establishment of a Palestinian state, which would impose an existential As long as I am prime minister, I will continue to firmly stand by it.

JOHN KIRBY, NSC Coordinator For Strategic Communications: It's the president's view that a two-state solution is the best path forward.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Today, National Security Council spokesman John K on Israel.

JOHN KIRBY: going to require leadership there.

NICK SCHIFRIN: To discuss the next steps in to release the hostages and over the two-state solution, we get two views.

Retired Brigadier General Jonathan Shimshoni had a 25-year career in the Israel Defense Force.

He's now one And retired Major Gershon Hacohen had a 42-year career in the Israel Defense He's now at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University.

Thanks very much to you both of you.

Welcome to the "NewsHour."

Yoni Shimshoni, le What is the best way, in your opinio in Gaza?

BRIG.

GEN. JONATHAN SHI not the way that force only, no diplomacy, no political direction.

And the more we apply force at the moment, not that we shouldn't have during the first four to six weeks, it's causing the hostages to wilt and to be in greater jeopardy.

So we need to somehow create some kind of deal that will include stepping down, stepping back, or doing whatever it takes to create a deal that will have a political dimension to it to release the hostages.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Gershon Hacohen, Do you think the Israel should do deal"?

MAJ. GEN. GERSHON HACO they are actually bringing an existe It is really an existential warfare.

And we cannot focus ourselves only on the other mission to release the Ac tually, we are working in both sides with these two efforts simultaneously, not just either/or.

And yet the surrender of Israel.

It means a demand NICK SCHIFRIN: Yoni Shimshoni, what about that, the idea that the Israeli government is both pursuing a military option to pressure Hamas, but also being willing to act pursue this diplomatic path?

We know from reports that it is of hostages.

BRIG.

GEN JONATHAN mind-set.

And if they hostages in the last stand.

The other option is that they would be willing to seek a secure exit, and -- of some kind.

And in that case, they would use the hostages.

And the logic of that situation suggests that we should go for a d And if it requires a diplomatic cease-fire, whatever it is, do it now, because the logic of this situation says, either there's a deal or we lose all the hostages.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Gershon Hacohen, is that right?

Could more military pressure in fact lead to the death of the hostages?

MAJ. GEN. GERSHON HACO Everyone aware about that.

We cannot ignore it.

But on the other side is We cannot permit ourselves not to defeat Hamas in that occasion.

We are not just making pressure upon Hamas in order to release the hostages.

We are struggling to defend the Israel existence.

This is the main goal of the war.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Yoni Shimshoni, let's look beyond t Who do you believe should run Gaza after the war ends?

BRIG.

GEN JONATHAN It's a Palestinian population.

And if anybody's going to le another.

And what the States, Europe, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and more, are telling us, yes, it needs to be a Palestinian entity and it needs to be rolled up in with the Palestinians in the West Bank, i.e., the Palestinian Authority.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Gershon Hacohen, who do you think should run Gaza af MAJ. GEN. GERSHON HACO And we are expecting and we have the right to expect that this state will be in alliances with Israel and not an enemy.

Right now, the Palestinian Authority is not in all They are supporting terrorists.

We can live with the idea that the United States really insisted that completely under Palestinian hands.

OK, but not with Palestinian Authority.

I don't believe in the promise of President Biden that he can change the entity and the character of Palestinian Authority.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Yoni Shimshoni, what Authority has incited Palestinians toward violence and is corrupt and is, frankly, unpopular among Palestinians in the West Bank already?

BRIG.

GEN JONATHAN The Germans and Japanese were the devil, were demons, and Egypt was out to destroy Israel for so many years.

I think thin tremendous power and security control for a long time and require demilitarization for a long time and international oversight.

I think things can be moved.

NICK SCHIFRIN: There are some de cisions based on personal decisions, trying to extend his prime ministership, as opposed to national security.

What do you think?

MAJ. GEN. GERSHON HACO He is leadin I don't believe that our soldier will sacrifice their life for that personal interest of Netanyahu.

They are struggling for something much more sublime than a political interest of somehow.

So, I don't believe in it.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Gershon Hacohen, Yoni Shimshoni, thank you very muc BRIG.

GEN JONATHAN MAJ. GEN. GERSHON HACO GEOFF BENNETT: Medicaid recipients have typically had to prove their eligibility each y renew their coverage.

But that stopped during the An d, for three years, recipients have been continuously enr But that reenrollment provision ended in April.

And, since then, more than 15 million people have been di We're joined now by Jennifer Tolbert, deputy director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured at KFF.

Thank you for being with us.

So, Jennifer Are people forgetting to reenroll or is something el JENNIFER TOLBERT, Deputy Director, Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, KFF: W I think it's a combination of factors.

So, because states kept people on the Medicaid program for three there are a number of people who have had changes in circumstances, they have gotten new jobs, they have increased their hours at their existing jobs, and because of that increase in income, are no longer eligible.

But we also know that there are a lot of people who are losing c procedural or paperwork reasons.

And this is a situation in which the state is disenrolling so don't have information to confirm whether the person is still eligible.

GEOFF BENNETT: And who is most affected by that?

And what about children who are covered by Medicaid?

How are they affected?

JENNIFER TOL I think going into this process, the assumption was because Medicaid eligibility for children is higher than that for adults, that there would be fewer disenrollments among children.

But among reporting states, and we only have data from about 23 states, but among those states showing disenrollments broken out by age, children account for nearly 40 percent of all disenrollments.

And so, nationally, that translates to about five mil GEOFF BENNETT: And when people lose coverage, what exactly are they losing?

What's at stake here?

JENNIFER TOLBE And many people on Medicaid are dealing with chronic health conditions or mental health issues for which they need ongoing medication and treatment.

And particularly for kids, this can mean losing access to needed medications to control ADHD or to help with autism or diabetes.

And so losing Medicaid coverage, even if it may be for a short period while someone is trying to get reenrolled, can lead to lapses in care, so people not being able to get needed medications, not being able to see doctors or therapists that can help them control whatever health care issue they're dealing with.

GEOFF BENNETT: You know, looking across the country, 61 percent in Texas to 13 percent in Maine and Oregon.

Why is that?

JENNIFER TOL Some of it has to do with when states started disenrolling people.

Some states started earlier than others.

Other states have taken greater steps to try and ensure that people who are still elig remain on the program.

So one thing that states are doing or requi ex parte reviews.

And this is where state checks available da to qualify for Medicaid before they send a renewal notice asking someone to complete forms and provide other documentation.

States that have higher ex parte renewal rates tend they are able to enroll or renew more people without asking people to take action, which can be burdensome, or which can lead to problems like people not receiving notices in the mail or not being able to gather the required documents that the state is requesting.

GEOFF BENNETT: If someone believes that they have been improperly disenrolled, what can they do?

JENNIFER TOL So the best thin Now, unfortunately, this can be difficult in many states because there are still long wait times for many call centers when people try and get through.

But my advice is to stay patient and continue to try and get through to the Medicaid agency.

If not that, there are community-based organizations and entities called navigators and enrollment assisters that can provide people with help to complete their renewal process or to challenge if they think they have been improperly disenrolled.

GEOFF BENNETT: Jennifer Tolbert with KFF, thanks so much for your in We appreciate it.

JENNIFER TOLBERT AMNA NAWAZ: The head coach of the Stanford women's basketball team, Tara VanDerveer, made history last night as she became the winningest coach in college basketball history, surpassing former Duke men's head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

VanDerveer has now won 1,203 games in her 45 seasons as a head coach, 38 St anford.

She has won She has also led the U.S. team to Olympic gold and has been national fi ve times.

More than 30 of her players have To discuss the impact VanDerveer has had on the game, we are joined now by Christine Bren of USA Today.

Christine, always good to se Just give us a sense o women's basketball.

CHRISTINE BR And because we are now in the absolute pinnacle of talent, of course, Caitlin Clark, LSU, the stories that people know so well, it is absolutely fitting that one of the great people in the game, one of the smartest coaches ever, male or female, great strategist, self-effacing, someone who would rather read a book than look at anything online, who is not on social media, works out every day, plays bridge, Tara VanDerveer, a legend, a pillar of the game, again, men's and women's.

You don't have to have the adjective women's in many ways with her, but the reality is, it is women's basketball.

She has been leadi wonderful law, 51-and-a-half years old, working its way through our country and changing women, changing girls' opportunities, women's opportunities.

Tara VanDerveer is one of those great historical fi She is still coaching.

And, as you said, when we can say that she has passed the great coach Mike Krzyzewski, Duke men's basketball coach, and that maybe there's a couple of people out there who don't want to give a woman her due, but my goodness, the nation has.

And it's wonderful to see the acclaim that she is getting for this incredible AMNA NAWAZ: You mentioned the self-effacing style.

She has really evolved, adapted her game.

She's been coaching since she was 24, but her.

Tell us abou CHRISTINE BRENNAN: I covered her during the Olympics i Olympic gold medal.

I have cover And, of course, again, the important thing here is, she won she won in 1992, and then again in 2021.

So talk about longevity and the ability to adapt with the game.

And I think it is -- the fact that she takes breaks, she works out, she is all consumed in one way, Amna -- as we know, a great coach has to be.

But in another way, she disengages, and she really wants to have kind of a life, where she loves to read or just get away from it all.

And I think, because of that, she has stayed sharp, she stayed fresh, the fact that she still loves it.

Her -- of co And she's doing this at Stan And think about that.

You just can So she's doing this with the cream of the crop, both athletically at the most competitive time in the history of the sport.

AMNA NAWAZ: You mentioned that 1996 Olympic Th at was -- for me, that was the dream team to wat They won the Olympic gold that had superstars like Lisa Leslie a Staley and Rebecca Lobo on it.

The impact of that team and their win and th paved the way for the WNBA to be formed.

I mean, talk about the impact VanDerveer has had, not just on the Olympic te am, but on basketball and the actual establishment of a league.

CHRISTINE BRENNAN: Well, you're right.

And that was the Atlanta Gam A lot of pressure on that team that Tara VanDerveer from Stanford to coach that, as you said, that dream team, because, in 1992, the U.S. women had won the bronze medal.

They did not win every game.

They lost and didn't win the go And so, therefore, the pressure And what was riding on it?

Only the future of women There were actually two leagues that came out of those VanDerveer's team won the gold.

And one of them, of course, exists to this It's the WNBA, so the professional oppor of Title IX, those athletic opportunities.

You can actually then become a professional athlete and make money Those also came out of the victory that Tara VanDerveer's team had.

AMNA NAWAZ: And just when you look at the game today, Christine, we sa deal was just announced between the NCAA and ESPN for over $900 million over eight years.

Most of that deal, most of that deal is made up of women's basketball games.

What does that say to you about where the game is today?

CHRISTINE BRENNAN: I think if anyone has watched out every arena she goes to, kind of like a latter-day Harlem Globetrotter situation, but it's a woman's basketball player that the nation has fallen in love with.

Of course, LSU winning that national title game against Iowa, the TV ratings fo Amna, were so close to the men's ratings.

We have never seen more people watch a woman's ba actually, frankly, college or pro -- and then also the fact that it was really just a couple million short of what the men had.

And so I think that's where we are, that of Title IX, and we are watching that the nation has fallen in love with what it has created, the girl next door, the girl you see in the kitchen every morning, and the support now is there.

And for years, we knew that, to the men's game, was not being allowed for the women's game to use and market itself.

That all changed a few years ago, and now the women are getting their due, and they're getting those big contracts, and we see the fans.

It all works in conjunction with everything else, al together to show us just how much the country has fallen in love with basketball and with women's basketball and these wonderful women's stars that we have watched literally grow up in our neighborhoods.

AMNA NAWAZ: Congratulations to her.

And, Christine Brennan, th Always great to talk to you.

CHRISTINE BRENNAN: You too, Amna.

Thank you.

GEOFF BENNETT: Karen Vallejos is the executive director o supporting students whose immigration status may pose challenges to their academic aspirations.

As a former undocumented student herself, Vallejos says she saw firsthand the barriers that prevent immigrant students from realizing their dreams.

Tonight, she shares her Brief But Spectacular take on dreamers pursu KAREN VALLEJOS CORRALES, Executive Director, The DREAM Project: I was 5 years old when my family moved from Bolivia to the United States.

Even as a small child, I knew I was undocumented.

I didn't really understand the ramifications of I knew that, because we were undocumented, we c That for me was the worst part of it.

I missed my family.

It wasn't un for my status.

Being undocumented in high school, you really start to feel it when everyone st for college.

At that time, it was 2 And in Virginia, there was no mo st tuitions from public schools were twice or three times as much.

The DREAM Act was a legislative bill that offered a pathway to citizenship for individuals who were brought here as children.

It was something that By the time it was 2010 and I was in high school, it still By then, I had become a very strong advocate, and I was actually on the Senate floor when the DREAM Act was being voted on.

WOMAN: Motion to concur in the DREAM Act, signed by 16 senators.

KAREN VALLEJOS CORRA all across the country, I think.

So it was just t Even though we were strangers, everyone was holding hands, and people were counting kind of whispering and saying, that's 15 votes, that's 35 votes.

WOMAN: Mr. McCain, no.

Mr. Inhofe, no.

Mr. Cochran, n KAREN VALLEJOS going to pass.

MAN: The mot KAREN VALLEJOS CORRA There's not going to be any legislat to do next.

It was in th Eventually, we, with the support of our families, ended up starting is the nonprofit I am now an executive director of.

We thought that we could start a program that would help offer schol For students, that was the most immediate need.

Our parents would do bake sales, dinners for That first year, The DREAM Project was able to raise eno to high school seniors.

Since my own graduation, the It was giving out 100 scholarships.

It had a formal mentoring We even have students now pursuing t and you just see the value that giving them a chance when they're young can really bring them.

Access to education is im Young Americans are headed to college this fall, and thousands will be Th e students we work with all have amazing academic backgrounds, are incredibly involved in their school communities.

They're an asset to the Americ My name is Karen Vallejos Corrales, and this is my Brief But Sp pursuing higher education.

GEOFF BENNETT: And you can watch Well, the new season of the "PBS NewsHour"s Student Reporting Labs podcast "On Our Minds" is under way, hosted by two new teen hosts, Bree Campbell and James Kim.

The series focuses on mental health challenges among young people.

NARRATOR: On our minds is a podcast about the teenage experience made by teens, four teens.

NARRATOR: Ea TEENAGER: All of us need som where we feel like we can reach out to someone else and get help.

NARRATOR: This season, we're covering topics such as: NARRATOR: Defining success.

NARRATOR: Ge NARRATOR: Laws affecti NARRATOR: Music and how it boos NARRATOR: And more.

NARRATOR: St LEBRON JAMES, Los Angeles Lakers: I'm LeBron NA RRATOR: We MAN: Try and stay connected with friends, listen to what works, not what is telling you works.

MAN: Everybody's s NARRATOR: There's a lot on our minds and talking about it helps.

NARRATOR: "On Our Minds" season four is produced by "PBS NewsHour"'s St in collaboration with KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media.

NARRATOR: Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

AMNA NAWAZ: Season four of "On Our Minds" GE OFF BENNETT: And remember to join us again here tomorrow night, when we will have full coverage of the New Hampshire primary both here on the "NewsHour" coverage starting at 11:00 p.m. Eastern.

And that is the "NewsHour" for tonight.

I'm Geoff Bennett.

AMNA NAWAZ: On behalf of