President Biden's Secretary of Defense, General LLoyd Austin has said he would follow through on President Obama's efforts to close Guantanamo Bay, the prison for terrorism detainees. Today, its population is down to nearly 40, including six detainees cleared for release. Michel Paradis who has represented Gitmo detainees and has authored the book " Last Mission To Tokyo" joins for more.

After months of shutdowns and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, some ski resorts are cautiously reopening in the U.S. and Europe. But not in France. Worried about outbreaks, French ski resorts can't use their chair lifts or open their chalets. But the shutdowns are spurring demand for a much slower snow sport: snowshoeing. And one French company is stepping up production to meet demand.

Tens of thousands of people in over a dozen Russian cities defied heavy police presence Saturday to protest the arrest of Alexei Navalny, a leading political opposition figure to Putin. Navalny's poisoning, recovery, return to Russia, and his organization's viral videos are turning him into a "household name" in Russia, according to PBS NewsHour's Special Correspondent Ryan Chilcote.