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>> president biden meets the irish prime minister in dublin before addressing the country's parliament. >> we believe anything is possible if we set our mind to a deadly we do it together. this is the united states of america. there is nothing beyond our capacity. >> protests turned violent in france amend ongoing anger over plans to raise the retirement age. >> welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. it was said to be one o the most damaging releases of classified information in years. now the fbi says it arrested a suspect in connection with the publication of hundreds of

top-secret documents that have been doing the rounds online. jack teixeira, 21 years old, is an air national guardsmen that was arrested outside his home in massachusetts. america's attorney general merrick garland said jack teixeira was taken into custody without incident. the s. espionage act. the leak proved highly embarrassing for the u.s. authorities. of course, the documents laid bare classified information related to ukrainian troop deployments against russian forces and of the extent of americans spying on its own allies. the very latest, are diplomatic correspondent paul adams. >> one week after the leaks first appeared, and arrest on the suburban streets of massachusetts, with the media already naming the suspect, fbi agents swooped in. the young man at the serious -- center of the most serious breach of american security in

years gave himself up without a struggle. jack teixeira is 21. he works for the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard. >> today the justice department arrested jack teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information. >> the day began with mounting speculation. this morning the washington post described the young suspect that is now being named as a man working on a military base sharing classified information with a small circle of friends. as far back as 2020, during the lonely early months of lockdown. his online friends, amazingly, included individuals in ukraine and russia. one of the group spoke anonymously to the post. he said his friend was not a whistleblower and not working for a foreign government. >> any claims he is a russian operative or pro-russia are categorically false.

he is not interesd in helping any foreign agencies with their attack on the u.s. or other countries. he was a young, charismatic man that loved nature, god, shooting guns, and racing cars. >> the material leaks, especially about the war in ukraine, is hugely embarrassing for america and potentially damaging for ukraine itself. it seems the suspects motives may not have been political at all. >> we have an individual leaking material because they want to develop personal friendships online. in effect, using the release of top-secret u.s. intelligence documents as leverage to gain friendships with individuals in online chat forms. -- forums. >> there are similarities with previous leaks. in 2010 chelsea manning gave .75

million sensitive documents to wikileaks that specializes in a bush and classified material. should chelsea manning, or jack teixeira, both relatively junior had access to so much secret information? the pentagon is looking into how information is distributed, but says the rules were clearly broken. >> this was a deliberate criminal act to violate guidelines, in the same way that if you locked your front door and someone came in her house and took something, you followed procedures and locked your door, but somebody went in your house and it took something and put it took something inputted out on the street. that is what we are talking about here. >> jack teixeira's arrest followed a day of growing speculation about the source of the latest spy drama. first, the washington post newspaper published a description of a young man working on a military base that had shared classified information with a small group of friends. starting as far back as 2020 during the early months of lockdown.

the online friends included amazingly individuals in both russia and ukraine. one of the groups spoke anonymously to the washington post. his friend, he said, was not a whistleblower, and not working for a foreign government. joining me now is our state department correspondent barbara plett-usher. what do we know about this man? >> he was described as a charismatic unenthusiastic. he set up a small online chat group for like-minded young men. white young, some of them. teenagers bonded together by a mutual love of guns, god, and military gear. at least, that is how one of the members described it. he spoke about jack teixeira as a best friend and father figure. you have idea what influence he may have had. they all hung out together, watched movies, traded video gaming tactics and jokes, sometimes, offensive jokes. and he started posting these

documents. initially, it seems, to try to trigger discussion. he would type what the document said but that did not get enough attention. he would post photographs of the documents. >> as far as motive, he seems to be perhaps motivated more by gaining the kudos of other members of the group rather than seeking to blow the whistle on american government activity. >> yes, to impress, perhaps, and also to educate. the member the washington post interviewed said there was probably a bit of showing off and he also wanted to keep them in the loop about world affairs and he had a particular worldview. he was skeptical of government, sometimes hostile to it. he thought there was a lot of government overreach and corruption and law enforcement was sometimes sinister, that sort of worldview. but the member t washington post interviewed said he was not trying to educate the public, or in the public interest reveal official secrets. he was not trying to reprent the interests of another country.

it seems like it was special information for a special group and he warned them not to pass the documents on. >> how much damage do you think the leaks have caused to government, u.s. government operations around the world? >> in terms of the ukraine war, about which many of the documents war, certainly they were unfavorable assessments of ukrainian capacities, but it was not a detailed battle plan. it is not expected to necessarily affect future offensives. definitely there was diplomatic damage in terms of secrets about allies, sensitive information was revealed. but after previous leaks, allies have continued to share information. it's expected they will continue to do so. i think the fact that he cap and about a current ongoing issue, and it is the third time in 13 years, that is really quite damaging in terms of the u.s. reputation and u.s. intelligence gathering. because the document showed how they gathered and got information.

>> thank you for joining us. >> we will take you across the pond now where joe biden has become only the fourth u.s. president in history to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament on the third day of his visit to the island of ireland. mr. biden sat out a shared vision for the future relationship between the united states and ireland and spoke about the legacy of the good friday agreement. from dublin are north american editor sarah smith sent this report. >> president biden says repeatedly that he feels truly at home in ireland. to be invited to address the irish parliament is joe biden's idea of a really good time. >> well, mom, you said it would happen. >> he talked about the history of values and ideals that ireland shares with america and hownternational cooperation

can support peace in northern ireland. on that he seems to think the u.k. could do more. >> i think that the united kingdom should be working closer with ireland. through this endeavor. political must never again be allowed to take hold. >> the assembled politicians heard rishi sunak say yesterday he is ready to work with irish partners to get the government up and running again in northern ireland as soon as possible. president ireland -- biden is not here in ireland to achieve any diplomatic break to achieve the adlock in northern ireland politics. he largely seems to be here to enjoy himself. his team that came with him is desperately hoping he can do that without putting his foot in it. visiting the irish president at dublin's white house mr. biden says he does not want to ever leave. he wrote a similar sentiment in

the visitors book. >> as your irish saying goes your feet will bring you where your heart is. >> other american presidents came here to highlight irish ancestry. president biden's tree will grow alongside others planted by president obama, clinton, reagan, and even john f. kennedy. he visited dublin 60 years ago and claimed that tripp was the best four days of his life. with the --. if it was not for america and europe working together, i do not know what kind of world we would live in. we appreciate your leadership and your personal leadership. >> it feels so good to be able to have this emerging stronger and strong relationship between the u.s. and ireland. >> with full fanfare president biden is welcomed as the guest of honor at a banquet dinner in dublin castle. he talked about his proudly irish-american mother and how she believed he would one day make it here.

service mess, bbc news, dublin. >> our ireland correspondent emma vardy now joins me from dublin. emma, north of the border president biden chose his words very carefully did indeed today? a little bit more forthright. he called on the u.k. government to work more closely with the irish government to support northern ireland. >> absolutely. always more politically tricky territory in northern ireland. but, down here in the irish republic, he is almost universally welcomed. he has really been enjoying himself, as sarah smith was just saying there. he gave a very warm and relaxed speech to the irish parliament today. he cracked a few jokes and got a very warm welcome in return. lots of applause throughout that speech. his irish ancestry has been a real theme of this trip. he wanted to underlie the emotional significance for himself being here. i think that he got that across

strongly. he touched on political subjects too. i wanted to make sure he understood ireland's history of conflict, oppression, and conflict and likened that to the situation of ukrainians saying that ireland has opened its hearts and homes ukrainians and he praised ireland for taking in 80,000 ukrainians. as you say, for northern ireland, he came to that subject as well. he was more blunt today about that situation. he look, in northern ireland, because there is no functional government, power-sharing hacollapsed. he said american companies want to invest but are cautious because of political instability. he said that the u.k. and ireland shod work more closely together but did not explain exactly what that meant. we were all scratchingur heads as to the specifics behind that comment. but in the republican of -- republic of ireland i think he struck a lot of the notes political leaders would have wanted him to.

i think it is a source of national pride to have the president in town. look at the city behind me. i think his visit would've strengthened the ties between irish-americans and the irish republic. >> biden has focused on nurturing piece on the island during this visit. politicians does union politicians were invited to attend the speech today but declined, a sign there is still some way to go in terms of repairing relations. what's unionists in northern ireland always feel that by then another american leaders have not fully understood their position. they felt like -- feel like somebody with joe biden with strongly irish actions always sympathized more with the nationalist perspective on brexit and other issues. unionists have always been cautious and i do not think that has changed. of course, they welcomed it joe biden when he was there. but unionists have their own

domestic problems in northern eland with brexit arrangements and biden's visit would not do anything to change that. we will take you to france now where hundreds of thousands of people joined a protest against a government ban -- plan to raise the retirement age there to 64, the 12th such day of nationwide unrest in paris where 10 police officers were injured in clashes with demonstrators. it ended in dozens of arrests. our paris correspondent hugh schofield send this report. what's over the past month we have seen this ritual played out a bit -- about once a week on the streets of paris. police, demonstrators, a cat and mouse game of tear gas and thrown bottles. the difference today is it is on the eve of what promises to be a crucial decision after the constitutional council, the body of wise men and women who will rule whether this pension reform law is in conformity with the

constitution. protesters here are hopeful that the constitutional council will strike the law down, or at least, parts of it down. with the government hopes, to the contrary, is it will give prima pressure to the law. if it does, it means the pension reform could be promulgated the next couple weeks. will that spell the end to this time of periodic strikes, demonstrations, borderline mayhem? nothing could be less sure. >> here in the usa court has ruled that a widely used abortion pill can remain available. t, it imposed restrictions that pro-choice campaigners say threatened to impede access nationwide. the decision temporarily blocks in order by a texas judge to halt the federal approval of mifepristone.

the drug is one of two used f medication abortions. it will remain available until the appellate court here is the texas case on its merits. under the new ruling the medication can no longer be sent to patients by mail. the competing rulings have caused conclusion -- confusion and alarm in certain circles. in a moment we would've it why that is. first, some of the most commonly asked questions surrounding the drug. the first, what is mifepristone? >> mifepristone is a drug you will hear a lot about. it is one of two pills approved to achieve abortion. it can be taken at home. it is used in more than 50% of pregnancy turmeric ash terminations in the u.s.. the pills can be taken with a prescription and when a surgical procedure in a clinic is not possible. >>'s, some history of the drug and in particular, how long has it been around?

>> mifepristone was approved by the public health regulator, the fda more than two decades ago. in the years since it has become accessible. >> given it has been around for such a long time, why has mifepristone become so controversial? >> the safety of the pill has been questioned by antiabortion activists. since roe v. wade was overturned in 2022, the u.s. abortion battle has increasingly focused on abortion pills. >> joining me now is job correspondent jessica parker. where does this leave women in need in search of abortion? >> it got pretty complicated over the last week. worth taking a step back. nearly one week ago now, a federal judge in texas ruled approval of mifepristone should

be withdrawn but there was a seven-day day delay to the decision. in the meantime, there has been legal wrangling and the latest ruling could see access partially restricted. nothing has actually changed yet. what you can see, as you mentioned before, is women would not be able to take it beyond seven weeks pregnancy and they would not be able to get it delivered by mail. but, it is up in the air to some extent. we know the biden administration halt changes. it is still playing out. we could be talking about this tomorrow evening. breaking news on a related topic. in florida, a six-week heading to governor ron desantis's desk after the state house the bill. >> speaking to staff at the clinics today, how are they handling the fluctuating situation? >> those who are antiabortion are celebrating what has happened. the decisions that have been made, they say it's a win for

women and girls. they report women are concerned, calling in, saying, should i still come for my appointment? particularly, women coming from far away from a state where abortion is banned. should i get on that flight? should i make that car journey? clinics were having to do a lot of patient reassurance while figuring out what was going on themselves. it was confusing and continues to be a situation in flux. >> finally given the current conservative majority on the supreme court, there is no guarantee they will not decide to uphold the texas judge's verdict on this? >> i mean, legal experts i have spoke to are wary of calling this. when they overturned roe v. wade they essentially handed power to the states. this ruling would apply across the country. a lot of people are saying it is a different kind of decision.

people are hesitant to call exactly what the supreme court might do. the european space agency delayed its mission to jupiter due to bad weather. it was supposed to get underway from french guiana today. officials attempted to launch the rocket friday instead. it is expected to take eight years for the aircraft to reach jupiter. the mission's aim is to search for microsized life, one of the most ambitious missions of its kind to date. gonna has become the first country in the world to approve a new vaccine against malaria. it is a step -- step forward towards fighting a disease that kills thousands of children of your. the drug is the most effective of its kind ever produced. it is seen as a vital step towards the fight against the disease. it still kills thousands of children every year.

the fashion designer who gave the world the miniskirt died at age 93. she opened her first shop in the london borough of chelsea in 1955 and was at the forefront of what became known as the swinging 60's. david seltzer looks back. >> when she invades new realms of fashion, young girls are interested and so is the national press. >> mary, more than a new look. a new way of life. bold, free, fun, daring. miniskirts, hotpants, all about freedom. liberation. >> it was the first time it became possible. it was very full of the sort of thing that was happening. >> skirts were short. the colors were bold.

issues were flat. -- the shoes were flat. gray, dowdy london was suddenly a style capital. mary quandt started off making hats. she soon decided she wanted to make something that reflected a new era. another 60's pioneer was photographer david billy. >> mary quad doing little drawings of girls on bicycles and things like that was all right. there were not many girl designers, really. i like her personality. she was wonderful, very positive too. >> she wanted to challenge the rules of 50's fashion. >> anachronistic out of date nonsense. in the mass production age, we must make mass production close

-- clothes. the design interest bread -- spread to makeup, bedding, and perfume. the spirit ever prayed a with always there -- the spirit of her hate i was always there. miniskirt, she said, was invented on the streets of london. she just captured a mood that captured the mood of the swinging 60's. >> she died at age 93. >> a celebration in order for the grand am after -- guerrillas. the oldest known gorilla in the world today turns 66 years old. the berlin zoo, where she lives, honored the milestone with a buffet of fresh fruit. she was born in 1957 in the wild. a sailor brought her to france, in west africa, where she was later acquired by the berlin zoo. we don't discuss a ladies age on

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geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on the "newshour" tonight, government investigators arrest a member of the air national guard suspected of leaking highly classified documents online. geoff: a federal appeals court allows an abortion pill to stay on the market for now with some restrictions. how abortion providers are navigating the swiftly-changing legal landscape. amna: and the united nations agrees to outline what countries are legally obligated to do about climate change. we meet the young pacific islanders who made that possible. >> if we were to go down in the history books, the countries that float in the middle of nowhere, let us not go down without a fight.