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john durham about the fbi probe into the 2016 trump campaign and ties to russia was released publicly today. he was appointed by william barr . mtivation it is critical of the fbi, they called the handling seriously deficient and investigators were to credible towards partisan actor, saying, fbi personnel displayed a serious lack of analytical rigor towards the information they received. washington post reporter devlin barrett has been following all this and he joins me now. thank you so much for being here. this is the culmination of four years of work. what else does this say? >> it goes through the steps taken in the investigation and

falsely fbi again and again for how they did it but it does not tell us much more than we already knew, and frankly many of these criticisms have been said before by others who looked at this. william he seems to be arguing the fbi received a lot of information and they should have treated it more suspect? >> basically. they are saying the fbi did not have a lot in terms of allegations to go on and did not do enough careful analysis to stand up to the allegations it was getting. the argument is they rushed forward to investigate trump and when you look at more -- past clinton cases, the fbi was more

cautious. william: did he say there was no reason the fbi should have been looking into the trump campaign? >> the report says it makes sense for the fbi which is in some ways a walk back from other suggestions in the past. the report is fairly cautious on what was supposed to be his criticism which was that the case never should have been opened at all. william: former president trump said durham concludes the fbi never should have launched the probe. in other words, the american public was scammed. to the point you are making, that is not what the is indicating?

no. what he is arguing is the fbi should have opened a preliminary court as opposed to a full investigation. it's a fine distinction but only lawyers and agents care about that level of detail. william: who does durham point his judgment at? >> the senior level he is most critical of. there are particular agents that oversaw this case who have been criticized in the past and he is more critical, arguing they had a confirmation bias and were naturally suspect of trump and that colored the thinking. that is something those officials have denied and said we had an obligation to investigate these allegations. william: the inspector general

issued a report that covered a lot of this material, then, the fbi and doj had to respond. have they responded to this today? >> they have, but the point is they already instituted a significant number of changes to policies and practices where there were things that were found to be wrong and should not have happened. frankly, most people who made those decisions are long gone from the fbi. william: thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> i'm stephanie sy with newshour west, here are the latest headlines. ukraine's president today concluded a 3-day tour of europe and received new military and political support. nick schifrin reports.

>> the british prime minister gave ukraine's president more military support and a historic blessing. your inspiration to us all. >> they will send cruise missiles. >> thank you very much. this can save lots. >> last night he met emmanuel macron in paris. following an audience with the pope, public support from the italian prime minister whose coalition has close ties with

russia and an unprecedented military package in a message designed to end out. >> we will support you rain as long as it is necessary. >> to rally and foster unity is essential. not only for the current phase but long-term. >> a national security law says british weapons will allow keep to target russian supply lines. >> they need to be able to to grade and disrupt capacity and respond to the counteroffensive and they need to start retaking terrain that the russians are using, the kinds of targets indians could choose to go after i threatening the supply lines.

>> in private, zelenskyy has wanted to go further in a leak where he says he is advocated for attacking russia. his promise not to do that with western weapons, a valuable we can. >> we are on preparing the counteroffensive to de-occupy only our territories is recognized by the entire world. >> ukraine said it made its first advances in six months in the world's longest and bloodiest battle. an assessment in the washington post said the leader of wagoner offer targeted support. >> in the desperation, he is crossing 's.

it sows dissent within russia. >> ukraine continues to fight. >> near defense -- air defense systems were targeting a barrage. the turkey presidential election is headed for a runoff. the president moved ahead of his main challenger but he failed to win an outright majority of votes. he has dominated turkish politics for two decades and he remained confident at a rally. >> the fact that the election has not been finalized does not change the fact that the choice is in our favor. we believe we will serve our nation for the next five years. >> the runoff is set for may 28.

>> a cyclone in myanmar has claimed the lives of six people and killed hundreds of others. the storm damaged homes after making landfall sunday afternoon. bangladesh was spared a direct hit but hundreds of shelters were torn up. a court in china sentenced a 78-year-old america citizen to life in prison on spying charges. the hong kong resident was detained in 2021 but details have not been released. the u.s. embassy in beijing said they were aware of the charges that have no further comment. in thailand, top opposition parties agree to form a ruling coalition. today, the progressive move forward party took a victory lap

, the electoral wind dealt a stunning defeat to the military rulers. >> the duty of parliament is to speak on behalf of people, past progressive laws and make sure we support the duty of the government. >> the thailand prime minister has been in power since a 2014 military coup area back in this country, gerry connolly says a man armed with a metal baseball bat attacked two staff members had us district office. he was not in the office at the time. the suspect was taken into custody. steppers are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. in a statement he said, the thought that someone would take advantage of my staffs accessibility to commit an act of violence is unconscionable

and devastating. have these three people were killed and nine others injured in mexico after a gunman opened fire on a residential street. police shot and killed the suspect who has not been named. two police officers were injured, they are in stable condition. still to come on the newshour. a veto by the north carolina governor sets at a battle over abortion rights. amy klobuchar talks about her new memoirs on the ups and dons of political life. a look inside the american museum of national -- natural history new expansion and more. >> this is the pbs newshour from washington and the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> there is a lot happening at the state level this week with a handful of primary races heating

up and action on abortion laws happening across the country. kentucky and pennsylvania have key primary races underway. meanwhile in north carolina, the democratic governor swears off with a republican legislature. we're going to check in with a few state reporters we will start in north carolina where the capitol bureau chief has been reporting on this back-and-forth. thank you so much for being here, tell us about this bill that the governor vetoed this weekend. what did he do? >> it is a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks, there are still exceptions for things like rape, life of the mother. there are some new notification firemen's for doctors visits and

attics are saying it will make it harder for women seeking an abortion to be able to go through the process, particularly if it's hard for them to get to the doctor. they have paired in some things like paid leave into the larger bill that is -- governor cooper made the vetoed in a public way. it seems like there is some clear messaging implied. >> absolutely. this is a situation where there is not a whole lot of likelihood where the government can sustain the veto but thousands showed up to the rally, and had a lot of looking ahead to next year. democrats in north carolina feel like this is an issue that can fire up the base.

>> does the gop have the votes to override the veto? click they have a narrow majority thanks to democrats who switched parties so as long as everyone sticks with how they go to the first time, that should be overridden, the votes are scheduled tomorrow so we could see this bill become law within the next couple of days in north carolina. >> what is that mean us to mark let's say the log goes into effect. north carolina has had a lot of women from neighboring states that do have bans in place coming to north carolina, this would seem to put north carolina off the map. >> it is something republicans are thinking of as they created this law, if you are coming from

another state and have to make multiple doctors visits, and makes it harder for those coming across to tennessee to jump through the hoops to get the procedure. that might make north carolina less attractive even as it is still less strict to have other types of abortion bans, so we may see some of that, folks might have to drive further north to be able to get a quick abortion procedure. >> thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> turning to kentucky, republican voters head to the polls tomorrow in a contested race. kentucky is just one of three states with gubernatorial elections this cycle along with

louisiana and mississippi. with andy beshear in the governor's mansion, the gop is looking to secure all levers of the government. thank you so much for being here. republicans want to get in and get this nomination to go after governor beshear. what are the main issues voters are talking about? >> the fact that he is a governor in such a republican state, republicans feel like this is a chance to topple him during the general election, so there is a long line, 12 republicans who have lined up, three main contenders so far. a lot of arguments have focused on the hot button national issues we have seen the country and congress. anti-trans messaging and policies that were passed during

the legislative session earlier this year and accusing one another of being the most liberal or woke candidate. it is gotten a little nasty towards the end of the race, a lot of mudslinging going on. candidates trying to capitalize on not getting into the fight. >> daniel cameron is the republican attorney general, he has been in office for four years and is endorsed by former president donald trump, then there is the former ambassador to the united nations, she is a prolific fundraiser and republican politics in kentucky. it's notable but towards the end of the race they have been accusing each other of, who is the last -- less establishment candidate?

during the primary, there is this different language going on as to who can be the most conservative, they will have to pivot the right now it's gotten very interesting, a lot of money has been spent. >> this is an off year election so there are not a lot of name to draw voters. for that have an impact on voters? >> it always happens in these odd-numbered years. secretary of state is predicting about 10% voter turnout, less time was about 13%. the winner in that race won by about 83 votes, that was attributed to the top two candidates getting into a big fight with voters soured on them and created a lane for the third place candidate. a lot of people are watching the results with some trepidation as it could go anyway because of

the turnout. >> thank you so much. moving over to pennsylvania. voters from both parties are choosing nominees. the court consists of or democrats and two republicans with one vacancy. one candidate is judged tricia mccullough who gained notoriety for approving donald trump's request to stop votes in 2020. thank you for being here. democrats and republicans are picking the candidate to run for the seat. what is the state of the race? >> there's not a lot of pollen, so really, the best sense we can

get is from spending and the fund raising candidates have been able to do. on the republican side, it's been a lopsided. the establishment pick has outraised patricia mccullough who has gotten money from top donors as well as school choice donors. mccullough's fundraising has come from doug mastriano who was very entrenched in the stop the steal election results denying movement. they are closely linked. william: as you mentioned, the judges part of the stop the steal movement. we have seen donald trump continue to claim the election was stolen from him. is there a sense that gop voters in pennsylvania are still

motivated by the story? >> we saw some evidence that is not a huge motivating factor. the candidate who had the gop nominee had badly lost. it gives you a sense of how general election voters feel and republican leaders have taken lessons from that. they have put a lot of effort into boosting the candidate they think has a better shot of winning the general election. she has not gotten a lot of traction. it does not mean primary voters will go for it but she has not raised much. >> how much of this matters? we know there is incredible focus on the state supreme court race. in this case, democrats have a

majority. how relevant is that? in a couple of years there will be more seat up and republicans would be in striking distance. in pennsylvania, the courts are pretty partisan and specifically they have a huge role to lay in choosing congressional maps, resolving vagaries in election law, deciding which ballots could be counted if these issues are not resolved. i would say these justices would say they are nonpartisan and they are not supposed to be but people do view these races is partisan so i think it tells you something. absolutely, these elections, especially a few years down the line will have great effect. william: thank you so much for being here.

it's been almost two months since international criminal court issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin and the official in charge of the moscow campaign of stealing children from ukraine. keith is demanding more support. nick spoke with the top biden administration official who is responsible for global criminal justice about her efforts, roadblocks within the american government and the chances of holding putin accountable. >> in this war, death comes at night. the death comes en masse as russia stole dignity from the dead. and reduce cities to rubble. the killers are also thieves,

they kidnapped ukrainian children who are rated in moscow, forced to hug abductors. >> this is a manifest violation of the human charter. one cannot simply invade in an effort to subjugate a neighbor and wipe them off the face of the earth. >> the court has issued -- >> it's in the hague at the icc which in march issued arrest warrants for war crimes against vladimir putin. ukraine's prosecutor general is leading a pursuit by its own.

ukraine's president wants leadership to be punished for the initial decision to wage war. >> only one person is possible of responding to the original crime of aggression. >> it's rated in military tribunals for nazi and japanese leaders and has not been prosecuted since. the icc cannot pursue a charge because russia is not a member. so today, ukraine demanded a special tribunal that could pursue prudent authorized by the general assembly. >> not some compromise that will allow politicians to say the cases done. but, true, a full tribunal

through full justice. >> that is direct criticism of a proposal, the ukrainian support with no u.n. authorization. >> the concern is we do not have access. russia will exercise its veto on any effort to create a standalone tribunal. in the past, they have been established by the security council. their questions whether they are empowered to do that. wouldn't they be stuck with the rule that a national court cannot go after the head of state? the issue is, the court in ukraine will be starting to build oca's against all of those individuals who were in a position to design and execute

those crimes of aggression. this tribunal could accept those indictments when the time is right to confirm those charges. >> does that suggest you not see any accountability for putin? >> under any scenario, we will need custody and that is exceedingly unlikely until there is some sort of political transformation. >> the u.s. also has a practical problem. many countries would not vote to establish a tribunal because they accuse the u.s. of double standards for refusing to submit to investigations over the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> is ukraine interested in have pain the general assembly resolution with a weaker vote than 90 or 80 states would be problematic, i think it would undercut the message of legitimacy. the department of justice has

been great, the department of defense has been terrible. there is another way. help the icc. leaders have helped lead an effort to change the law to allow the u.s. to provide the icc with intelligence, funding and staffing for the investigation. >> we are exploring how we can utilize these authorities. it is still a matter of working through the details. >> multiple officials tell the newshour the defense department rejects holding soldiers accountable out of fear the soldiers. officials say the u.s. intelligence community has dropped its own concerns. last week, durbin accused the administration of withholding evidence. >> why does your department not sharing evidence we have

gathered to help that effort? quick's i have concerns about reciprocity. i remain concerned about the protection of u.s. military personnel. quotes i respect you, but i have to ask for more. if the losses cooperate and you refuse, what conclusion am i supposed to draw? i have to ask you to prove it by doing so. you have drawn an opposite conclusion. >> last month, graham raked the deputy attorney over the coals. >> is the department of defense the holdup? >> senator, i know the department of defense has had long-standing concerns. >> i don't care what the concerns are.

there is a law on the books. do you need to follow the law? yes. we will take this up with the department of defense. >> should the department of defense be worried about future prosecutions if it drops into resistance? >> there is virtually no comparison to what russia has done to anything that might involve u.s. service members. we have a full-scale war of aggression being committed through systematic and widespread war crimes. there is no comparison, i do not see can turn that this would set any sort of precedent. >> the debate william: asian

americans have celebrate -- new research is calling into arise, we spoke recently with the head of the asian american foundation. >> one into report feeling unsafe according to a new report from the asian american foundation. among the findings, nearly 80% of asian americans do not feel they fully belong and are accepted. half do not feel safe in public places. what is more, nearly one in five americans will be seen over

time? >> they have been largely consistent. we have seen more during covid about attacks or covid-19, but this is the safety level. over half of asian americans felt unsafe in public transportation and subways, they felt unsafe in their own neighborhoods. >> how much can you link? the subsequent search, parents,

aunties or uncles. does that feel dissipated at all? a lot of that was due to the cover 19 pandemic and recalls the fact that asian americans have felt attacked for generations. this your -- this year has highlighted that those stereotypes of perpetual honor rear their ugly heads in the results. this is not just a phenomenon due to covid 19. last year was the first time we asked how much do you feel like you belong? this year, we understand more why. they tell us they feel like they don't belong because of the

attacks. the direct correlation, the second reason was the lack of representation, lack of seeing role models, those are the new insights. >> the feeling of not belonging or safe, what kind of impact does that have? >> a tremendously negative impact. you don't feel like you are safe or can belong. we cannot thrive or succeed nor be respected by others. it is fundamental we believe we can belong and feel safe in our society and it has a damaging effect on mental health, the health is a specific -- significant problem for this community. we have the terrible statistics that among youth, suicide is the

leading cause of death. >> sentiment goes back to the earliest days of our nation. the first law restricting immigration was targeting chinese people. it is what we are seeing now the latest chapter in the story? >> we are seeing a recurrence but it's unique. the recent attacks we have seen in atlanta and tas make us really concerned about anti-asian sentiment, the rhetoric has led to more anti-china sentiment which leads to anti-asian american sentiment , we have to be careful to manage that to make sure we don't inflame tensions towards the community. >> i want to point out the survey found 75% of americans

see this as a problem. there is awareness and acknowledgment. is it progress? books there are some signs of progress. a lot of people when we asked what we can do, the number one answer was greater interaction. that was encouraging. people are open to having more interaction, getting to know members better the second answer was education. we want to promote more knowledge. >> norman chen is the ceo of the asian american foundation. >> make you very much. -- thank you very much. william: with so much partisan

political division in our country, joy is not a word typically associated with politics, but it is for amy klobuchar who recently explained it is the topic of her new book, the joy of politics. >> welcome to the newshour. this is an intimate memoir, you invite readers into your personal life, your fight with cancer, losing your father, almost losing your husband, the run for president. >> a lot of america has made it through and that is one of the reasons i wanted to write the book, everyone has been through so much, everyone knows someone with a loss, little kids bouncing on the parent need while they had the laptop on the desk. you have the political divide,

the violence out there. it's been a really hard time. my answer was be honest about what we have been through but not spend my whole time lamenting setbacks, rejoicing in the comebacks, we have been through this and our gathering together again. >> you wrote something at the end that struck me. he wrote about obstacles. sometimes when you don't quite make it to the top, you learn all kinds of lessons along the way. what did you learn? >> the first thing i learned was with breast cancer was be thankful for what you got. no other cancer strivers feel the same way. then, it's how do you make something good. for me, it's coming out and saying i waited too long to get my mammogram and i was able to get through it. >> you open up writing about your husband and that he made

sacrifices. you talk about his fight with covid. he was in the hospital, isolation from us to month. i imagine that was frightening. >> it was the first month of major covid. there was no vaccine. to have that and not be able to see him, it may be devoted to doing everything we could to get a vaccine. secondly, helping people with personal issues. with economics, post-covid. zeroing in on that. >> you pull back the curtain on moments in our history that people will appreciate, starting with donald trump's inauguration , that dark speech he delivered.

john mccain was next to you and was whispering things to you. >> he said we are altogether. instead it's dark and he starts whispering names of people like miscellany. he is reciting speeches and dates and lines from speeches because he was such a student of history and connecting them to the trump speech. the final thing he whispered was , this is an all-time record. he said most money ever spent on plastic surgery on any stage. >> fast-forward. this picture cap was the moment where you deliver your speech.

it took about a got to know the contenders. he was sinking c2 booster spirits. >> people know what a kind person the president is, he would always say good line. he would do that all the time. >> your pen exploded. >> that was the pbs debate. what happened is, you see candidates do it where you have to scribble down notes, facts. i got and of my hand. i realized he brought his own pen. let them does not work.

this is when i realized it turns out to be a great debate. he stayed in the building well past midnight. what do you recall? >> that started out as a celebration. the young kids. it ended after the insurrection. it is roy blunt and me and be

led the rules committee. we were the only three left in the senate chamber with pages who are caring mahogany boxes to say, get these out of the senate because they would have been destroyed or burned. we are walking over broken glass, pillars that are filled with racist full garrity's. our goal and mission was to make sure democracy prevailed. those kids. it's the joy in getting things done. it's the joy in seeing democracy at its best.

it's always worth seeing. william: how to capture and convey the wonder of science in the natural world, especially at a time where this is being fought over. the natural history expanded its reach as part of the arts and culture series. >> connections to things and collections. >> now onto the bar. >> a walk to see the new building in new york. >> it feels like an organic

space. bones, people would show all kinds of things. >> everywhere you look, especially in the five-story atrium, soft curves and shapes. the team were inspired by natural landscapes. the leap was about connections, flow, curiosity, discovery. those let us to creating a structure with lots of openings, connections, almost in a landscape where curious to explore crevices and go through openings. >> the museum with some 5 million visitors a year has been

a place of discovery for a long time, known for dioramas. enormous dinosaurs and whale. the whole of gems, planetarium and much more. this is where ben stiller spent the night at the museum. it is also a research and occasional to -- educational institute. curators and researchers working within it. it's the kind of experience the former, and president of this

historic museum knows firsthand. >> my mother sign me up i also began for scientific processes? this does well on many levels. >> highlights the small for encounters with the most perverse group of animals and a butterfly to learn about lifestyles in different species. >> we are actually inside the human brain. this is a digitized human brain. >> the critical test for a

museum like this she says is how to make life come alive. the key is what do we know. starts with the science. then, i think about the pathways , so between the science and public interest you find an area that is so ripe for creativity in different ways to communicate different topics different audiences. >> that makes a prime place to see natural history. with dioramas and digitalization, transporting people in different ways. >> does not make the dioramas any less full or relevant.

if anything, it gives them a fresh feeling because when you walk in to the digital theater and see the curved walls with landscapes, you are reminded of dioramas. it is a digital diorama area. >> cool stuff for sure. but science today is a hot button cultural arena. think of battles over vaccines and climate change. the incoming museum president approaches this is the educator he has been his entire life. >> when we see reports of mistrust and lack of confidence in science, i believe the root cause is a lack of understanding of the scientific process itself.

>> science has to be accessible to everyone. everyone should be able to have the opportunity to develop literacy and fluency, if we don't do that, we risk losing a lot of talent, hopefully will help us solve many of the problems that we also have real challenges in terms of policymaking and decision-making. >> the disputes also gave the architect a different sense of urgency. >> at elevated the crisis and maybe think besides presenting the facts, we have to feel the wonder, art and science work together and we need to see the

beauty of it. >> i noticed you look that way and liked it. >> notice how the portal she she she. i am wanting to go over there right now. >> that of course is what everyone hopes future visitors will feel as well. for the pbs newshour, i'm in new york. >> that's the newshour for tonight. for all of us, thank you. we will see you soon. >> major funding has been provided by. >> cunard is a proud

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