AMNA NAWAZ: In the day's other headlines: Three patients were evacuated today from the ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak.

Two of them are confirmed to have the disease, with the third being a suspected case.

Health workers in protective gear were seen loading them into ambulances.

The ship's British doctor is among the patients.

They were flown to a hospital in the Netherlands for medical attention.

That leaves around 150 people still on board the vessel.

Health officials said today they are not showing any signs of symptoms.

The ship itself is now en route to Spain's Canary Islands.

MONICA GARCIA, Spanish Health Minister (through translator): Once there, a joint health assessment and evacuation procedure will be put in place.

Unless their medical condition prevents it, all foreign passengers will be repatriated.

AMNA NAWAZ: The World Health Organization says there have been at least eight recorded cases of the rare rodent-borne disease.

Five have been confirmed by lab tests.

Three people have died.

A passenger on board the ship said they were misled when the suspected outbreak initially occurred.

RUHI CENET, MV Hondius Passenger: Since we were not informed of any contagious disease, everyone was relaxed.

These vessels are at sea for weeks.

And all the passengers are all together.

I think some tests should have been required.

Regulations should be updated regarding this.

AMNA NAWAZ: Meantime, officials in Europe and Africa are working to identify anyone who may have had contact with passengers during the course of the ship's journey.

But the WHO said again today that the risk to the broader public remains low.

U.S.

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick faced questioning today from the House Oversight Committee over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Security personnel surrounded Lutnick as he arrived on Capitol Hill for the interview, which happened behind closed doors.

A person familiar with Lutnick's testimony told PBS News that he met with Epstein three times over the years, including once at Epstein's private island.

But the federal case files showed the two had kept in contact via e-mail.

Ahead of today's interview, committee Chairman James Comer acknowledged Lutnick's contradictory statements.

REP.

JAMES COMER (R-KY): I haven't seen wrongdoing in the e-mail correspondence, but he wasn't 100 percent truthful with whether or not he had been on the island.

So we will see and we will obviously release the transcripts and everyone can see for themselves.

AMNA NAWAZ: Speaking to reporters outside the meeting room, Democrats on the committee described Lutnick as a pathological liar and called the decision not to film today's session -- quote - - "part of an egregious cover-up."

Lutnick is the first current Trump administration official to testify before the panel.

He has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

Some iPhone owners could get up to $95 in payments after Apple agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over false advertising.

The $250 million settlement would resolve claims that the company had misled consumers over the abilities of its A.I.

system called Apple Intelligence.

The deal covers around 37 million devices.

That includes all iPhone 16 models bought between June 2024 and March 2025, plus some iPhone 15s.

If approved by a judge, the settlement would be one of the biggest ever for Apple.

The company has denied any wrongdoing.

In Colorado, a bout of severe winter weather is overshadowing any earlier hints of spring, with snowfall canceling flights and classes and closing down businesses.

Several cities were under winter storm warnings today, with at least one area seeing up to 28 inches of snow.

And while some snow is not uncommon in Colorado this time of year, the city of Denver, for one, is seeing its heaviest may snow in decades.

There is an upside to the weather, though, as it comes during one of the state's worst droughts on record.

Warmer temperatures are expected to return tomorrow.

Turning over seas, Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of breaking a unilateral cease-fire announced by Kyiv that was supposed to take effect last night.

Russia says its air defenses shot down more than 50 Ukrainian drones, one of which killed five people in occupied Crimea.

And Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone strike killed two people at this kindergarten in the Northeastern city of Sumy.

The U.N.

says Russian attacks have killed at least 70 Ukrainian civilians since last Friday and wounded more than 500 others.

On Wall Street today, stocks surged on hopes that the Strait of Hormuz will soon reopen.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped more than 600 points on the day.

The Nasdaq gained around 500 points, or more than 2 percent.

The S&P 500 also ended sharply higher.

Still to come on the "News Hour": the FBI reportedly investigates a journalist who wrote about Kash Patel's alleged drinking; Republican campaigns target Muslims in Texas; and we examine the life and legacy of media mogul Ted Turner.