additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ch from the tnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. athe united states and ir continuing their tense standoff nder the trump administration's economic sanctionsehran's threat of stepped up uranium enrichment. the u.s. isending the aircraft carrier "u.s.s. abraham lincoln" to the persian gulf and ditional b-52 bombers to counter what the trump administration calls "clear indications" of stilld unspecifreats from iran. sranian media quoted a senior commander of ira revolutionary guard today saying that the presence of u.src ft carriers in the persian gulf is not a threat but an opportunity and that "if the m americans makee we will hit them in the head."ec last nighttary of state mike pompeo said the u.s. is positioning military forces as a "deterrent." >> our aim is not war, our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership. we hope the irania

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additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. t fr tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. president trump's planvert billions of dollars from the defense department to fund construction of barriers and walls on the u.s.-mexico border is partially stalled aurer a federal ruling in northern california last night. u.s. district jue haywood gilliam jr. granted a preliminary injunction halting the redirection of milary funds to two projects that would add 51 miles of barriers iniz yuma, a and el paso, texas. gilliam is overseeing two s lawsuits filrtly after the president declared a national emergency at theorder. that followed a two-month standoff with congress and a n partial government shutder funding to build a barrier wall. in his ring, gilliam wrote that the issues raised in the cases are "not about whether the challenged border barrier construction plan is wise or unwise. instead, this c

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with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program s made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the first questions for the attorney general now that the special counsel's reports public. william barr appeared before the senate judiciary committee today amid new revelations that robers mueller takee about how his work was characterized. a growing rift between the department of justice and the yeecial counsel's office p out today on capitol hill. rtorney general william b defended his handling of robert mueller's rert on russian interference in the 2016 election >> his work conclud when he submitted his report to the attorney general. at that point it was my baby. and i was making a decision blether or not to make it . >> woodruff: barr told the senate judiciary committee the report was delivered unredacted- complaining he had to go through the 448-page report to conceal sensitive information. q ckly became apparent it f:uld take three or four weeks. >> woodre also criticized mueller's decision n

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank yo. >> woodruff: financial markets tanked today in reaction to the escalating u. trade war with ina. beijing fired the latest barrage: w tariffs on u.s. goods to retaliate for u.s. tariffs on iorts from china. the dow jones industrial average tst 617 points to close j below 25,325. the nasdaq fell nearly 270 points-- more than 3%. and the s&p 500 gave up 69. we will look at china's action and what could happen next after the news summary. president trump has issued a new warning to iran, amid claims of o sil tankers beiotaged in the persian gulf. the president was asked today about three ships that were damaged in the gulf, and about suspicions that iran was hind it. mr. trump offered no details about the incidents, but he put tehran on notice. >> we'll see what happens with iran. if they do anything it would be a very bad mistake if they do anything. i'm hearing little stories about iran. if they do anything they will

s >> togram was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the u.s. is lifting aluminum tariffs on canada and mexicobi in to ease trade tensions with its north american neighbors. president trump made the announcement this afternoon. canada and mexico will, in turn, scrap planned retaliatory tariffs on the u.s. in washington, mr. trump said he hope roadblock to passing the u.s.- mexico-canada trade agreement. >> that deal is going to be a fantastic deal for our country, and hopefully congress will approve the u.s.m.c.a. quickly, en the great farmers, and manufacturers, and steel plants will make our economy even more successful than it alrea is. >> woodruff: canadian prime minister justin trudeau called the move "terrife,." meanwhresident trump also said that he is delaying for simonths a decision on imposing tariffs on imported cars and auto parts. that will buy more time for trade negotiations withhe european union and with japan. missouri has become the lat

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president trump defended his eldest son today, after reports that donald trump jr. has been subpoenaed by the u.s. senate intelligence committee. senators want to ask him about a meeting with a russian lawyer, in 2016.sp ial counsel robert mueller's report cited contradictions in trump jr.'s statements, but did not bring charges. the president spoke today at a white house event. >> frankly, for my son, after aing exonerated, to now get a subpoena to go aga speak ouagain, after close to 20 woof telling everybody thad listen about a nothing meeting, yeahi'm pretty surprised. >> woodruff: the president also said that he will let attorney general william rr decide whether mueller should testify before congress. the white house already invoked executive privilege, blocking the release of mueller's full report. house speaker nancy pelosi reacted to that today, blasting mr. trump for rejecting congression

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a string of tornadoes cut a path of destruction across parts of ohio and indiana overnight. the twisters-- including one packing winds up to 140 miles per hour-- flattened entire neighborhoods, killing at least one person and injuring 130 others. in n westerio, the light of day revealed the devastation left by tornadoes hours earlier. around midnight, a line of twisters tore through indiana and ohio. >> our housene. the tornado just hit our house. >> woodruff: thoseitnessed it, described a deafening noise as thetorms hit. >> within five, ten seconds, it goes from dead quiet to injet engine toff. the loudest noise i've ever heard. >> woodruff: more than 50 tornadoes are reported to have d down across eight stat in the midwest monday night. the area around dayton, ohio, was among the worst hit. local officials there are still assessing the damage. >> we do not y know the full extent of the damage, a

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the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff:here is an ancalating showdown between the two ends of pennsy avenue, and both sides are digging in u.eir heels. the chairman of th house judiciary committee says it has today taken a "grave and momentous step." lisa desjardins begins our coverage of the mounting clash t over access entire mueller report. >> desjardins: todayr moves in an escalating fight between branches, house democrats called a rare hearing, the first step toward holding g the attorneral in contempt of congress. judiciary chairman jerry nadler pointed to refusals to testify or hand over an unredacted mueller report. >> the trump administration has taken obstruction of congress to new heights. >> desjardins: simultaneously, the trump administration made its own statement. the department of justice sent nadler a letter saying the contempt vote was unnecessary t and th president is exerting protective executive privilege over the d

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from vieike you. thank you. >> nawaz: tensions between the u.s. and iran have prompted new diplomatic and military moves today. it follows washington's warnings of unspecified threats by iran. today, the state department ordered non-essential government staff out of neighboring iraq. and, germany and t netherlands halted military training missions in iraq. but in berli german officials also issued a veiled warning about intensifying u.s. sanctions on iran. >> ( translated ): because maximum pressure always carries th escalation then we certainly do not need one thing at the moment: an additional fuse. and that is why wengill do everyte can to ensure that this does not happen. >> nawaz: in washi house speaker nancy pelosi also warned against any miscalculation. house democrats quoted heras aying the u.s. has to avoid a war. and new rsey senator bob nendez said the white house must not take military action without approval from congress he declared

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. h >> woodruff: afterd-up that lasted for months, the u.s. senate has overwhelmingly passed a funding bill to help communities hit by natural disasters. the vote was 85 to 8. the house is expected to quickly follow suit, and the president 'sid today that he will sign it. the newshourhite house correspondent yamiche alcindor has been tcking the debate, and joins me now. so, yamiche, you hg e been followis. there's a lot in this bill. give us a sense of what it is. >> well, this is a require by parents bill aimed at impacting areas and helping are impact bid natural disasterst. the's $19.1 billion in disaster relief for parts to have the united states hit by hurricanes, flooding and wierdle, going to the southeastl midwest,ornia and the as well as some parts of the military for damaged bails. there's ao $1.4 billion for puerto rico to help with the reroverym hurricane maria that hit the island in 201ls789 that was

with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made ssible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs statio thank you.rs like you. >> woodruff: president trumpay s g down the current trade standoff with china, and playing up prospects of a deal. the two nations have fired offw lvos of tariffs on billions of dollars in goods. but, mr. trump insisted today that his relationship with chinese president xi is "extraordinary," and he insisted that the trade negotiations have not collapsed. >> we're having a little squabble with china, because we've been treated very unfairly for many, many decades, for acally a long time. we are again in a very, very strong positio if they want to make a deal, it could absolutely happen. >> woodruff: u.s. trade officials today published a list of another $300 billion worth of chinese goods that could be targeted. beijing, in turn,ow to fightto he finish. leaders in the u.s. and iran appeared today to try to ease rising tensions in that part the world. state tv quoted grand ayatollah ali khamenei as saying, "this is not a m

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> nawaz: president trump today codismisseerns about north korea's recent missile tests, publicly disagreeing with japanese prime minister shinzo abe. idin tokyo, the prt held a joint press conference with abe, and said he is not bothered by ofthe actionorth korean leader kim jong-un. >> well, i view it as a man, perhaps he wants to get attention, and perhaps not. who knows? it doesn't matter. el i know is that there h been no nuclear tests. there've been no ballistic ssiles going out. there have been no long-range missiles going out, and think that someday we'll have a deal. >> nawaz: in contr minister abe did express concern about north korea firing short- nge missiles earlier thi month. >> ( translated ): north korea's may 9 short-range ballistic missile launch violates the u.n. resolutions, and it is extremely regrettable, as i have repeatedly said. but i would ke to express my respect in the new approach taken

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the man who ledtihe russia invtion has finally gone public. special counsel robert mueller spoke today at a nine-minute news conference. he summed up his findin russian election interference and the trump campaign, and on thofpresident and obstructio justice. >> if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so. we did not however make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. >> woodruff: special counsel robert mueller broke his silence today report did not cresident trump-- on whether he tried to obstruct the investigation. he pointed out that justice department guidelines barred him from prosecuting the president. >> under long standing department policy a present president can not be charged with a federal crime while he is in office that is unconstitutional. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option. >> woo

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additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs rstation from vieike you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new yorken hari sreivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us.da it's the seconof president trump's state visit to japan, a day" called "productive but in a tweet about north korea early in the morning, he seemed tosee at odds with both japa prime minister shinzo abe and members of his own administration." north korea fired off some ndall weapons, which disturbed some of my people,thers, but not me." the president also seemed to embrace north korean chairmanm ng un's criticism of former vice president joe biden as being "a loi.q. individual." in an interview today, white house press secretary sarah sanders stood by the president's criticism of biden. she also said that north korean tests of short-range ballistic missiles earlier this month p don't bother tsident. >> look, the president's focus in all of this process is on continuing the very good relationship that he h

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washi moderator robert costa. robert:the battle this week between the white house and democrs over the release of the full mueller report has sparked a still raging debate over power in politics, oversight and executive privilege. many republicans insist it's case closed. but tre are som cracks in the g.o.p. side. democratic leaders are frustrated by president trump's refusalo comply with their demands, declared that the u.s. in a constitutional crisis. joining me tonight, peter baker chief white house correspondent for the "new york times", laura barron-lopez, national political reporter forco "poli abby phillip, white house correspondent for cnn, and eamon javers, washington correspondent for cnbc. peter wrote about the president's strategy in friday's "tes." his bottom line, mr. trumpem is daringrats to impeach him. the message from the west wing, or shut up, impeach or move on. peter, you've written aook, "the breach," about the clinton impeachment. yo

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert:president trump issued an ultimatum to democrats this week and congressional investigations or forget about any deals between now and the 2020 election. the president delivered that m bluntsage to speaker pelosi during a brief white house meeting on wednesday. earlier, the speaker accused the president of being related to a cover-up. she did not appreciate the president's walkout which stalled talks over infrastructure. >> the white house has a bag of trks they save for certain occasions. they don't necessarily apply to the occasionut they're distraction, which is his master of distraction. we will all agree on that. robert: the relations continued to fray as both the speaker and the president made cuttinge remarks, lik this one, about the speaker's knowledge of the latest trade agreement. president trump: she's a mess. look, let's face it.oe she't understand it and they sort of feel she's disintegrating before th

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. >> this program s made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.u. thank >> woodruff: the u.s. chinave trade talks nded, for now. the new tariffs have just begun. esident trump imposed th higher, 25% levies overnight, in a bid to bring beijing to an agreement. and, he promised, they will help-- not hurt-- the u.s. but, the latest negotiations ended without resolving the standoff. and u.s. farmers, in particular, are bracing for further pain. we will have an extendedeport, after the news summary. wa street managed a modest rally, despite the ongoing china tensions. the dow jones industrial average gained 114 points to close at 25,942. the nasdaq rose six, and the s&p 500 added ten. another top house democrat issued subpoenas today for six years of president trump's tax returns. congressman richard neal chairs ys and means committee. he had already made a formal request for the returns, but the treasury department rejected it this week. this comes on the day the chair of the u.s. house judici

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support of these institutions:al and indivi >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brangham: president trump is back on the attack against special counsel d bert mueller s now-closed russia investigation. yesterday, mueller explicitlys said that port did notes clear the prent of obstruction of justice. today, the president called mueller a "never-trumper." he also tried to clarify an earlier tweet that said, "i had nothing to do with russia helping me get elected." >> no, russia did not help me get elected. you know who got me elected? you know who got me elected? i got me elected. russia didn't help me at all. it was all a hoax, and then they say, "gee, he foughtack." isn't that terrible? "he fought back." of course they fight back, because it was a false accusation. >> brangham: as for impeachment, the president called it "a dirty, filthy, disgusting word." separately, president trump denied knowing of white housefo s to keep a warship out of his sight while he was in japan this week. th

and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: wall street is feeling the pain tonight, from a jo of uncertainty over u.s trade talks with china. talk of new tariffs starting this friday sent the market into a day-long sell-off. the dow jones industrial average plunging 473 points to close at 25,965, for its worst percentage decline since early january. the nasdaq fell 159 points, and the s&p 500 shed 48. the trump white house today intensified its resistance to vestigations by congressional democrats. officials ordered former whitese house codon mcgahn to defy a subpoena from the u.s. house judiciary committee. it seeks documents related to i the russestigation. meanwhile, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell joined the president's pushback against democrats. >> they told everyone'd been a conspiracy between russia d the trump campaign. yet, on this central question, the special counsel's fiasing is clear:closed. case closed. this ought to

og >> this m was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president trump is out with a plan for a partial overhaul of the nation's immigratiosystem. called today for admitting more highly-skilled workers-m and giving tiority over those with family already inside the u.s. the president spoke from the white house rose garden, and said his plan is pro-workeand differs from current law. >> we discminate against genius. we discriminate ainst brilliance. we won't anymore once we get this psed. we cherish the open door that we want to create for our country. but a big proportion of those immigrants must come in through merit and skill. >> woodruff: the plan does not f peoplethe millions o already living in the country oulegally, and it faces du prospects in congress. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi called mr. trump's approach "condescending." >> are they saying most of the people that have ever come here to the united states in the history of our country are wi

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: today, the trump administration took two significant steps to counter what it says is an escalated threat from iran. the s. will deploy additiona troops and military equipment to and, the administration went around congress to sell additional arms to saudi arabia. to put these moves into context, i'm joined by our nick schifrin. so hello, nick. first of all, what areabhey talking out deploying? >> they're talking about 1,500 addional troops in four categories, an additional fighter sqdldron to the me east, e tending the deployment of a patriot missienle, intell and reconnaissance -- drones to monitor iran and proxies -- and engineers o strengthen. they looked around the region and they say they're actually at a lower posture than a few years ago and s iran vantages in the region, so they felt they had to rei anfor insist that this is defensive, that they are responding to iranian actions and that their