foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin is back for that. >> schifrin: thankou judy. christopher hill served as both the chief u.s. negotiator with north korea during the george w. bush administration and as u.s. ambassador to south korea. analytical policy journal on north korea. welcome to you both. thank you very much. jenny town, let me begin with you., in your opiniwhy do you think this fell apart? >> i think the real challenge started when john bolton made the comments starting to talk about the libya model. we all know how libya turned out. if you areorth korea receiving those messages, you know, you've gotten the sense that the u.s. wants this process to be very quick. they want it to be, youno the security guarantees on paper. and, you know, without changing the actual nature of our political relationship. so if you're north korea, you're looking at this as sort of a veiled threat, and then the president following up afterwards by saying, oh, if you don't make a deal, you will end up like libya. oftentimes the north koreans said before they're not going th ne

nick schifrin has our t report. >> schifrin: in gaza, today was for burying the dead. nearly 60 funerals in 24 hours, the deadliest day since the 2014 war. at shifa hospital in gaza city, the wounded overwhelm the small staff who's chronically short of beds and supplies. in ramallah, on the west bank, young men threw stones and molotov cocktails at israeli troops. (gunfire)ed israelis fear gas. palestinians call today the naqba, or "catastrophe," the date 70 years ago when hundreds of thousands of palestinians were expelled or fled thanr stral homes, on the day israel was created. moustafa barghouti is a prominent palestinianan politi >> we are here to say that this raeli oppression will no break our will or our popular resistance. >> schifrin: meanwhile in jerusalem, the flags are flying above the new u.s. embassy. in jewish west jerusalem, residents splayed signs anking president trump. but from sou africa to turkey, protestors criticized what they called an israeli massacre of palestinians in gaza. turkey's prime minister called for muslim countries to unite against

for the wshour, i'm nick schifrin. w druff: in the day's other news, the trump administration slapped new sanctions on the o heiran's central bank today. it said the bank's chief had funneled millions of dollars to the militant group hezbollah. it's the latest move cracking down on iran after president trump withdrew from the nuclear deal last week. as the sanctions were announced, iran's foreign minister told european officials in brussels that tehran must profifrom the deal if it's going to remain.e >>e starting a process, a process that ninds to be very nsive, and we don't have a lot of time. s we need to reae sort of guarantee that these benefits can be guaranteed for iran. >> woodruff: the e.u.'s foreign policy chief said they'd left the meeting with a blueprint to continue efforts to save the nuclear deal. north korea has reportedly threaten to cancel next month's meeting with president trump, and suspended a summit with the south just hours before it was set to begin. north koan state media blamed joint u.s.-sou

foreign fairs correspondent nick schifrin has our story. >> reporter: in this historically conservative and religious society, the voting booths are in churches, and some of the voters show up in habits. but old irish habits are dying, anrythis is not the same cou once dominated by the catholic church >> i woke up at 6:00 this morning. i'm not usually an early riser, but i couldn wait to get down here to vote. ng reporter: womenike teresa sweeney are tro replace a law that can currently send women who get abortions to aw years in prison, with a that would allow unrestricted abortions for the first 12 weeks of preancy. the campaign has been painful, and divided families and friends. >> my son's godmother and i actually had a huge falling out, ca haven't spoken a year, e she's a nurse and she is voting "yes" and i vote "no." asd i think, literally, it actually divided us. we are not speaking at all. >> reporter: both sides have made their cases with personal stories. amy callahan has a new son, but in another pregnancy, her fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition. she couldn't have an

nick schifrin joins us along with yamiche alcindor. we heard secretary pompeo said there's been progress. do we know what kind? >> we dont's know for sure but a senior state department official says the u.s. needs to understand what north korea is willing to do or pledge at this summit and that needs to be something north korea has never done before and that means a step toward denuclearization. what does that mean? could be shutting down a nuclear facility, they have done that before. number two, bringing in inspectors to shut down centrifuges, we've never seen that before. three, what the u.s. is hoping, shipping out some kind of nuclear material, we certainly have never seen that before. that's what u.s. is asking for. intelligence analysts said north korea's priority is regime survival and thought nuclear weapons gave them that survival. so the u.s. has to replace the weapons with a fundamentally different political relationship, that means ending the korean war, a peace treaty, a shift in tone, we have no hostile intent toward you

thank you very much. >> thanks, nick. >> schifrin: this is going on year two m of robeeller's investigation. the president says robert mueller has exceeded his remeant. has he and why han't we seen more conclusions. >> i don't think the special counsel has exceeded the remit scope of the investigation. if you look back at the document that set this in motion, the department of justice authorized the special counsel to look at anything linked to the russia meddling in our election andar mattersing out of that investigation. so it's a broad scope in fact addition, if you see what the special counsel has ne, he ha gone to the district of virginia, the judge there has approved the manafort investigation, and he's als ferred matters out to other prosecutors' offices such as the investigation that's now new york against michael cohen >> schifrin: garrett graff there are a lot of aspects to this investigation. does robert eller embrace the kind of unwieldily notion of this investigation, or did heg expect somethch more narrow? >> well, i think what we do sees as matt said,ll of this falls pretty c

nick schifrin begins with new documents released today about a pivotal moment. >> schifrin: it was an undisclosed meeting in trump tower between donald trump jja, d kushner, then campaign manager paul manafort and a curious guest: russian lawyer natalia veselnitskaya. and today, the senate judiciar committee released thousands of pages of documents providingehhe most comprsive look at that meeting. it was set up by rob goldstone, a british music publicist. goldstone had emailed trump junior he had dirt on hillary clinton that was "part of russia and its government's support fo" mr. tr trump junior replied, "if it's what you say, i love it." and he later told the committee, "i had no waof assessing where it came from, but i was willing to listen," and he ed incriminating information. the same day trump junior set up the meeting, his father promised to soon reveal new revelations: >> we're going to be discussing all of the things that have taken place with the clintns. i ink you're going to find it very informative and very, very interesting. >> schifrin: but trumpheunior told t committ

for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: back in this country: the supreme court has ruled that states have the power to legalize sports bet the case came from new jersey, a state that fought for years to nogalize sports bets at ca and race tracks. brendalanagan of njtv-news has that background. >> my intentn, unless somebody stops us, is to be up and running within two weeks. >> reporter: dennis drazin runs monmouth park-- a racetrack that expanded its bar and lounge to accommodate sports wagering-- betting new jersey would win its decade-long court battle to overturn the federal ban on legalized sports betting in most states. r league sports fought n jersey all the way to the u.s. supreme court, whi today ruled that ban is unconstitutional-- a david versus goliath victory for the former legislator who filed jersey's lawsuit.g >> fightery step of the way, having no one believe i a could wi now finally coming home with a victory, and the benefits to the state. it's a sweet, sweet feeling. >> reporter: the high court ruled 6-3 that states could not be forced to regulate spor

nick schifrin begins our coverage. >> schifrin: today president trump delivered on years of promises to unravel his predecessor's signature foreign policy achievement. >> i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. >> schifrin: the president cld have withdrawn gradually, or left ambiguity. but today's action was swift and left no doubt. he reimposed the nuclear-related sanctions the deal lifted, and threatenedore sanctions. >> we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanctions. any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned with the united states. >> schifrin: president trump cited long-standing criticisms: the deal doesn't restrict iranian support of proxies such as hezbollah, which the u.s. calls a terrorist group. the deal doesn't restrict iran's ability to develop ballistic missiles that can reach israel. and the deal includes expiry dates, or nsets, that allow iran to eventually enrich and stockpile uranium, and restrict inspectors. >> this was a one-sided dealul that shave neve

f noeign affairs and defense correspondent nick schifrin geti an insid from a top state department officialply involved in both decisions. >> reporter: amna, thank you. with me is brian hook, senior policy advisor to the secretary of state, and director of policy planng. he went to pyongyang earlier this week with the secretary of and, he led negotiations with the europes ahead of the president's decision to withdraw from the iran dewi. let's star iran and talk about pressure. the administration has talked about wanting a better deal with iran, a bigger deal wih iran that covers other issues, but iran says that it doest want to negotiate anything. before the iran deal,e efe jcpoa was signed, there was a lot of pressure, sanction regimes from the u.s china, russia. today russia, europe's feeling a little resentful about the last week. china is willing to push back on the u.s. how do you create pressure on iran when there is no consensus internationally to have a pressure regime? >> i actually think we do have decent consensus eespecially with our european allies. we have the same threat asse

as nick schifrin reports, it wae involvement in one of the agency's most controversial activities thatront and center. >> schifrin: for three decades gina haspel couldn't tout her work. today she had to defend it. >> i welcome the opportunity to introduce myself to the american people for the first time. it is a new experience for me as i spent over 30 years under cover and in the shadows. >> schifrin: haspel joined c.i.a. in 1985 and has held at least 20 jobs, almost all clandestine. inhe intelligence communit she's well respected, said florida republican marco rubio. >> if someone like you cnot be confirmed to head this agency, then who can? >> schifrin: but the protests began before she even started. haspel's played pivotal roles in the agency's most controversial recent actions. after 9/11, c.i.a. created at lest six "black sites" for what was then called enhanced interrogation. inside what are believed to be c.i.a.-run buildings, detainees were subject to brutal interrogation techniques such ad waterboaing, sleep deprivation, and confinement in coffin-like boxes. in 2014 senate de

foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin reports. >> schifrin: amna, thank you.tw u.s. teams are trying to resurrect the summit. one is in singapore, working on logistics. the second met with north korean officials in north korea. that team is led by veteran diplomat sung u.s. ambassador to the philippines, and also includest ast secretary of defense randall schriver, and alison hook from the national security council staff. these meetings come after another extraordinary show of friendship between north korean leader kim jong-un and south korean president moon jae-in. they met this weeks d on 24- hotice, their second summit in just the last month. president moon is the man in the middle, pushinboth sides toward the summit. and to talk about all this, i'm joined by patrick mceachern, a state department offial focused on east asia who's currently on leave at the odrow wilson international center for scholars. thank you very much for being here. >> pleasure to be here. last week a senior white house official said june 12 is, i'm quoting him here, like in ten minutes, sugg

as nick schifrin reports, mr. trump and his south korean counterpart met today at a crucial moment. >> schifrin: in the oval office today, president trump blended a handful ofope with a pinch of perspective. hope that his planned summit with north korean leader kim jong-un coulcreate a historic peace. >> he has a chance to doat something maybe never been done before. he will be safe, happy, his country will be rich.ko norta really has the chance to be a great country. and i think they should seize the opportunity and we'll soon find out whether they want to do that. >> schifrin: and that perspective, that maybe the summit won't even happen. >> there are certain conditions gwe want, and i think we' those conditions, and if we don't we don't have the meting. thers a chance it will work out, there's a very substantial chance it won't work out. that doesn't mean it won't work out over a period of time. but it may not work out for june orth. >> schifrin: north enters the summit presenting itself as a ll-fledged nuclear

foreign affairs and defense correspondent nick schifrin begins our report with what went wrong. >> schifrin: on october 4, 2017, american and nigerian soldiers imre returning from what commanders had claed would be a low-risk mission. this video is from americans helmet cameras, posted online as isis propaganda. today the pentagon released animation of what became anam sh. two u.s. vehicles, in purple, drove south to escape isis fighters, in red, but a third u.s. vehicle got pinned down. that vehicle were staff sergeants bryan black, jeremiaho john and dustin wright. this is believed to be jerimiah' johnsohelmet cam. he takes cover behind the s.u.v. as they tried to drive to rmty. but they were outaed and overwhelmed three to one. bryan black was shot, and killed instantly. in what's believed to be dustin t wright's helmet cam, wriand johnson start running to escape through the woods, but they were both shot, and killed. by this point, the rest of the team was about 2000 feet away, with their nerian allies in green, firing at isis fightewh, threatened to overrun them. this is where la david

as nick schifrin reports, the u.s.-backed incumbent prime minister, haidar al-abadi, is running third in most districts and a distant fifth inchaghdad. ( rs and applause ) >> reporter: supporters of muqtada al-sadr flooded the streets of the baghdad district named for the shiite cleric's family. they celebrated a man who was once a symbol of sectarianism and resistance, who's transformed himself into a populist leader. iraq's electoral commission has released results from 90% of the country, showing a startling, apparent upset. sadr's nationalist alliance "saeroun" as the front runner, and sadr himself as the likely king-maker. sadr rose to prominence after the u.s.-led overthrow of saddam hussein. in 2004, sadr's mehdi army b fought a brutaloody insurgency against coalition forces, demanding they withdraw from the country. his men also targeted sunni iraqis, helping spark the civil war that ripped through iraq in 2006. cently, he's re-branded himself as a nationalist-- anti-u.s. and anti-iran. he tapped into widesprea

here's foreign affairs and defense corresndent nick schifrin. >> schifrin: in his first major speech as secretary of state, mike pompeo painted an's government as the source of middle east instability. >> the regime reaps a harvest of suffering and death in the middle east at the expense of its own people. >> schifrin: the new strategy targets iran's economy. the trump administration believes re-imposing sanctions will cripple iran's finances, so it can't afford its nuclear ram, or its support for regional proxy groups. >> iran will be forc to make a choice: either fight to keep its economy off life support at home, or keep squandering preciousealth on fights abroad. it will not have the resources to do both. >> schifrin: targeting iran's economy could end up targeting european companies that sell iran products, like aircraft manufacturer airbus and french automaker puegeot. pompeo said the u.s. did not care if u.s. policy hurt european economic interests. >> i know that they may decide to keep their old nuclear deal going with tehran. that is certainly theision to make. they know wh