officer mader says he found williams holding a handgun and acting suicidal.mader says he was trying to de-escalate the situation and was urging williams to put down the gun, whehen two more pololie officersrs aiveded. one immediately opopenedire, killlling williams. the police later found william'' gun was not loaded. officer mader says one month later, he was informed he would be fired for "apparent difffficulties in critical incident reasoning." and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadadcasting from stanford university in california. president trump has appeared to a bombshells o of washington post story that he disclosed highly classified intelligence last week to russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and russian ambassador sergey kislyak last week, only -- during meeting at the white house. earlier this month, trump tweeted -- comment appears to contradict statements from top administration officials last night who claim "the washington post" report was false. a

[applause] mader -- major general michael l howard, commanding general, military district of washington. ms. karen at regular, director army national military cemeteries program. [applause] chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. [applause] the honorable jim mattis, secretary of defense. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ["hail to the chief" playing] ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, chaplain austin. us pray. almighty god, prince of peace, you have declared there is no greater love than to lay down one's life for friends. today as a nation, we stand among america's sons and daughters, patriots who have given their lives to ensure our freedoms. we pause on this national memorial day to her member their sacrifice and honor their memory. i pray we may be more aware of how blessed we are as a nation, so we realize the price that was paid to maintain our freedom. we pray today for families and friends who have given their life in service of our nation and pray they will be comforted and reassured the sacrifice of their loved ones is not forgotten. l

theresa mader dies a u—turn over plans for social care changes in the conservative ma nifesto changes option. labour says a student starting university in england this autumn won't have to pay tuition fees if it wins the election. and president trump arrives in israel, where he is meeting israeli and palestinian leaders and will visit some holy sites. i'm ben bland. in the business news... legal action brought by 9,000 investors who are seeking compensation from royal bank of scotland has been adjourned for a day. investors say they lost money on shares after being misled over the bank's financial health in the run—up to its near—collapse and £115 billion government bailout in 2008. they are demanding £520 million from the bank and four former directors — who deny any wrongdoing. the claimants are considering a new compensation dealfrom rbs — double its previous offer. the value of the pound has dropped — at times this morning it's been below $1.30. that's after a strong performance last week. it has gone back up that it reflects not so well. some analysts say the weakening pound is d