um desjardins: but president said crowley's loss is a victory for him. writing on twitter: "that is a big one that nobody sawen hag. perhaps he should have been nicer, and more respectful, to his president!" it was a very good night for mr. trump and his candidates all around. south carolina governor henry mcmaster, who campaigned with the president monday, won a runoff for the republican nomination. >> as president trumeesays, we willon winning, winning, winning in south carolina! >> desjardins: the president'snd ate on staten island, incumbent dan donovan, easily fended off a comeback bid by former congressman michael grimm who resigned his seat 015 fafter pleading guilty toelony tax fraud. and president trum congratulated former adversary mitt romney, who won his party's nomination for utah's senate seat. the former g.o. presidential nominee and massachusetts governor delivered aofter message on one of the president's hardline issues. >> we also welcome immigrantsd fugees who come here legally. they add to the vitality of our great country. >> desjard

for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. >> nawaz: we return to our lead story. justice kennedy leaves a powerful legacy on the court, best told by people who served as his clerks, argued before him, or closely folled his edrisprudence. michael dorf cleor justice kennedy. he teaches law at cornell. orin kerr is a law professor at the university of southern california and another former clerk to justice kennedy. ilya shapiro is a longtime observer of kennedy's and the court, and editor-in-chief of the cato institute's supreme urt review. and walter dellinger is a former acting solicitor general who argued more than 20 cases before justice annedy. he's nduke law school. y gentlemen, tha for being here. walter dellinger, let me start with you.ti you'd ted more than 20 cases you argued before justice kennedy. what do you remember about making those arguments before him? >> well, one of the gre qualities of justice kennedy was that, in many important cases, you knew he was open to be persuaded by cogent arguments so that, i think often, advocates felt he was someone w

i'll bet i can support i >> desjardins: all this because moderates like california's jeff denham and florida's carlo curbelo have rebelled against g.o.p. leaders to try to force action on the issue. they have launched something called a "discharge petition" to force immigration votes. if a majority of the house signs on, it would trigger floor action. with the help of democrats, the petition is close to having enough names. there is some urgency, thanks t, house ruoderates have just two windows to act on the petition, in the next few days,r n july. today' was an attempt by leaders to find an interoal g.o.p. cose. if they don't, speaker paul ryan knows his moderates oin with democrats to pass something else. >> the best we can do isba cally make sure that we exhaust the possibilities of coming togher as a house republican conference to bring a bill to the floor that everyone can support. >> desjardins: today the conservative fedom caucus has signaled it may be willing to move and make a deal, it's >> i think what you will see is leadership wtake all the input from different members, p

lisa desjardins has been at the capitol and s the details. >> desjardins: today at the capitol, a high-stakes, closed- door fight among republicans, over iigration, and especially so-called "dreamers," hundre of thousands of people brought here illegally as children. >> we have top-graduate kids who want to do great things for this country. >> give me a bill that doesn't have amnesty. i'll bet i can support it. >> desjardins: all this because moderates like california's jeff sdenham and florida's car curbelo have rebelled against g.o.p. leaders to try to force action on the issue. they have launched something called a "discharge petition" to force immigration votes. if a majority of the house signs on, it would trigger floor action. with the help of democrats, the petition is close to having enough names. there is some urgency, thanks to house rules, moderates have just two windows to act on the petition, in the next few days, or in july. today's rare two-hour meeting was an attempt by leaders to find an internal g.o.p. compromise. if they don't, speaker paul ryan knows his moderates will joi

lisa desjardins is here now help us fill in the details of the report. so, as you say in the report, no evidence they found of bias in the overall investigation, but there is still mistakes made? >> that's right. let's start at top with james comey. this report finds that james mey did not operate out of bias. here i'm reading from page 497, they believe his deci based on what he believed were in the f.b.i.'s interest,he however, found he was insubordinate because he went outside of normal procedure, but it is something that still leaves a cloud over f.b.i. today. they used those wordcls, "a d over the f.b.i." >> woodruff: so no evidence of bias in affecting the final investigation conclusion, but ence sense of bias or evid of bias on the part of thinking of individuals involved in that investigation. >> that's correct. there were five people involved in this investigation that they found evidence had an anti-trump bice. today we saw new texts from two of the most prominent of those, that ie lisa pag and author peter strug. peter strug was one f the top

it's a question that's unanswerable for most people. >> yang: yamiche alcindor, lisa desjardins, thankyou very much. in the day's other newore than 200 migrants waited on board a rescue ship in the mediterranean, hoping foa place to dock. italy refused to accept the veel yesterday, the second time that's happened this month. instead, italy insisted malta accept the ship. separately, the united nations reports some 220 migrants drowned off the coast of libya this week. the european union began enforcing tariffs today on $3.4 billion of u.s. goods-- from bourbon to motorcycles.et it'siation for u.s. tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. in turn, president trump nded the e.u. remove its tariffs and trade barriers. otherwise, he warned "we will be placing a 20% tariff on all of their cars coming into the u.s." talks to end south sudan's five-year civil war have faltered, after president salva kiir rejected working wion the oppositieader. the president and former vice president riek machar met in ethopia this week for srst talks since 2016. but kiir's spokesmd today that machar can't be t

lisa desjardins and yamiche alcindor, thanu. >> woodruff: we'll t a man who once ran the customs and border patrol agency, after the news summary. in the day's other news: the u.s. supreme court sidestepped defitive rulings on partisan redistricting. the justices ruled against wisconsin democrats who claimed republicans gerrymandered state legislative districts. the court said the plaintiffs did not have legal standing to sue. a second ruling, in a case from maryland, went against a preliminary challenge by republicans against a district drawn by democrats. the cases now return to lower courts. democrats and republicans jousted today over last week's report on the f.b.i.'s probe of hillary clinton's e-mails. itappened at a senate judiciary hearing with the justice department's inspector general michael horowitz and f.b.i. director christopheray republican chair chuck grassley and democrat patrick leahy focused on the president's claim that the f.b.i. spied on his campaign. >> if the inspector general had not discovered their anti-trump texts, they would still be with mueller's team.

congressional correspondent lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> reporter: with a pen, president trumpin changed the fate of thousands of families with an executive order reversing his decision to enforce the law by separating children from parents at the border. >> the border is just as tough t we want to keep famili together. anybody with a heart wouldgleel very strabout it, at the same time we don't want people coming into our country illegall >> reporter: the change came a month and a half into the zero tolerance policy, and after a day of intense pressure on the whithouse. from republicans... >> has the white house been handling this well? >> no, clearly they didn't think this thing through. >> reporter: democrats... >> we are here to call on the president to rescind this zero- tolerance policy. this is not about attacking the prident. this is about humanity. >> reporter: and protesters, including some shouting at homeland security secretary as she ate dinner at a mexican restaurant last night. president trump announced the about-face around lunchtime. >> we're gonna be signing an

lisa desjardins traveled to northern new jersey to see how this national phenomenon/trend is playing out in one competitive house district. >> reporter: on memorial day... ♪ ♪ ( drums ) >> reporter: ...in northern new jersey, retired first sergeant amery vasso is leading the remembrance. >> today, we are taking time to ensure the nation remembers the sacrifices of america's fallen. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the event is a calm, profound statement of service and gratitude. amery served 23 years in the army, including in desert storm and iraqi freedom. he's also a voter, who values veterans' principles. >> they swore an oath to uphold and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and all that. i think they hold that still to this day, even if they're out. >> reporter: amery lives in a closely-watched, unique district-- the open congressional seat in new jersey's 11th district. among the crowded field are no fewer than four veterans, two in each party, all first-time candidates. >> come on, what's up, boy? >> reporter: amery is undecided, but gives one of the most often-

a lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >>de need to avoid a contin tit-for-tat escalation. >> reporr: an unusually blunt assessment today from british prime ministerheresa may after this weekend's tense g-7 summit. >> this was a difficult summit with, at times, some very candid diussions. ( laughs ) but the conclusion i draw is that it's only through continued dialogue that we can find ways to work together to resolve the challenges we face. >> reporter: topping those challenges at the moment is the split between president trump and his g-7 counterparts over u.s. tariffs on steel and aluminum. some of his harshest words were aimed at justin trudeau, the canadian prime minister who criticized the u.s. tariffs on saturday, after mr. trump left the summit early to head to singapore. >> it's kind of insulting. it would be with regret, but it would be with absolute certainty and firmness that we move forward with retaliatory measures on july 1, applying equivalent tariffs to the ones at the americans have unjustly applied to us

court decisions and the ongoing immigratn debate. >> desjardins: while house republicans struggle on aig compromise ition bill, members of the senate are showing more signs of bipartisship, but it might not be enough for a solution to the immigration battle brewing on the hill. senator mazie hirono is a democrat from hawaii and the only immigrant currently serving in the senate, having come to the u.s. from japan as a child with her mother and brother. senator hirono, we're going to talk about immigration and child waseparation, but, first, to start with the news of the day, the decision by the supreme court on the president's travel ban. you've had some very strong words, comparing this tthe koramatso decision. chief justice john roberts wrote in the decision that he said ita wholly inapt to liken that to this one toy. is he right? >> i am not the only one making the comparison. in fact, justice sotomayor, in her dissent, also likened this cision to the koramatzo, which was also justified on the basis of national security. that iwhat the president i saying regard his muslim ban-- or

ri>> there are always nts in relationships. >> reporter: for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. >> woodruff: we get two views now on this recent confrontation with the u.s. and its allies and begin with the white hse perspective. marc short is the director of legislative affairs for the el>> marc short,me back to the program. >> thanks for having me. >> was this the presidenn 's intense summit end as it did. >> i don't think. so the i think the prethdent afte summit said his relationship with the members was on a scale 0-10 a ten. he also commented that our ultimate goal here is lower all trade barriers so there would be no more barriers and no i think what is unfortunate feeling like they had a good summit, the president was headed to an incredibly international summit with the north korea dictator and after he was oshall-- the prime minist canada decided to make the comments he did. that is what was frustrate together team. >> even the president's allies, friends are saying there is nore plan out tor frea trade. that what we are hearing right now from the administration is that

we had an absolutely bizarre conference call with hhs today where lisa desjardins asked re three times in a row of hhs officials are you still receiving separated kids? and hhs refused three times in a row to answer that question. so we don't know if six means those are the only number of kids that who have been reunited. we don't know if they are actually receiving new children and more children are being reunited than only six. lawrence, i just want to read you something i got in my e-mail 30 seconds before we went on the air. this is new from hhs. they're confirming to me that we received separated kids when there is credible jeopardy or criminality. so yes, we will still receive separated kids. this is not the circumstance under which the trump administration was separating children. but hhs has just confirmed to me separated kids are still coming in, which is why there is some confusion with the number of kids they still have in their custody. they say it's 2,047 as of tonight. >> so jacob, just to clarify, even if the trump policy has been stopped, even if they've stopped doing t

congressional correspondent lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> reporter: mix reactions came from across the cntry today, after president trump's reversal on faly separations. from protesters in milwaukee, degry entire families will b ined... to a sense of relief from undocumented immigrants staying in a private shelterallen texas. >> ( translated ): this is good news for the hispanic community, because no one has the right to separate children from their parents, seeing so many kids aiying and asking for their moms, was simply u >> reporter: from the white house came a new outreach on the issue. first lady melania trump made a surprise visit to mcallen today, touring facilities holding unaccompanied minors, including a few who were separated from parents-- a result of her husband's immigration crackdown a the border. >> i've heard theyre very happy and they >> they love to go to school. i >> also like to ask you how i can help to these children to reunite with their families. >> reporter: the first lady decision's to wear a jacket while leaving washington today, with writing on t