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. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. >> consumer cellular. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. at www.hewlett.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation forn public broadca and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thanyou. >> woodruff: the f.b.i. now says it's agents got a tip before saturday's attack on a synagogue near san diego, but it came too late. the bureau says it learned of a threatening social media post only minutes before a gunman killed one person and wounded three. separately, another california g n was arrested friday, and charged with p

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all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> babbel. a language program that teaches spanish, french, italian, german, and more.su >> conr cellular. >> financial services firm raymond james. illiam and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. at www.hewlett.org.it >> andthe ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for tblic broadcasting. and by contributioyour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: in paris tonight, there is catastrophe. fire has gutted much of the centuries-old notre dame cathedral, one of the world's great landmarks. the flames broke out late in the day and burned into the night. crews struggd to save what they could-- the 800-year-old structure itself, priceless stained glasand religious relics. for the latest, we turn to kate moody. she is a reporter with the frenc

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. esue and edgar waim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip lstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that'shy we're your retirement company. additional support has bee provided by: and by the corporation for publ contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us the white house insisted today that president trump did not encourage violence against democratic congresswoman ilhan omar when he tweeted a video that included snippets of comments omar made in a speech last month interspersed with footage of the world trade center's twin towers burning on 9/11. the tweet, posted friday, remains onr. trump's twitter feed. the video in it include

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all that and more tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: be >> b a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. me >> concellular. ra >> bnsway. f ancial services firm raymond james. >> and with 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: president trump is back on the attack about the special counsel's russia rblort. today, hted his own former advisers who told investigators that he tried repeatedly to hinder the probe. in tweets, he charged many of the statements were "fted and totally untrue." he also called them "total b.s.... only giveno make the other person look good." this was a shift from a y earlier, when mr. trump claime that he had been vindicated. the redacted report found no trump campaign conspiracy with russia. it stopped short of charging that the president obsucted justice. meanwhile, hous

for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the u.s. market bounced back in march. the labor department reports employers added a net 196,000 jobs, up sharply from february. meanwhile, the unemployment rate held steady at 3.8%. wage growth slowed slightly, with a 3.2% increase from a year ago. we will take a closer look at the numbers after the news summary. former vice president joe biden today defended his displays of affection toward women, but tried to defuse the criticism he has been taking.wo at least four men have said biden made them uncomfortable with hugs and other physical contact. at a washington speech, he joked about hugging the man who leads the electrical workers union, saying he had "permission." later, he spoke in a mor serious vein. >> i'm sorry i didn't understand more. i'm not sorry for any of my intentions. i'm not sorry for anything that i have every done. i have never been disrespectful intentionally to a man or a man.'s thot the reputation i had since i was in high school, for god's sake. >> woodruff: at the sam

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all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. am babbel. a language progrhat teaches spanish, french, german, italian, and more. >> consumer cellular. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.on and byibutions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> yang: the trumpad nistration is accelerating efforts to police the southern border. the department of homeland security now says itp reassigning 2,000 inspectors to deal with a surge in migrants fromer central a. over the weekend, president trump said he would cuto el salvador, guatemala and honduras. he is also threatening to cle the border we'll get the details, after the news summary. a mputer glitch during the monday morning airport rush delayed thousands of travele today. it involved a flight planning sontractor's computer system, and hihwest airlines the hardest, delaying nearly 1,000 flights. the

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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.nk you. >> woodruff: presidentrump railed against special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation today, calling the probe a "coup." mueller didn't find any evidence of russian collusion in the 2016 election, but he did find proof that mr. trump tried to interf multiple times.igation the president's comments came during a speech to the national rifle association in dianapolis. >> they tried for a coup. it didn't work out so well. ( applause di and 't need a gun for that one, did i? all was taking place at the highest levels in washington, d.c. >> woodruff: the president's remarks came hours after deputy rattorney general renstein defended his handling of the two-year-long russia vestigation. it was his first public comments sincthe special counsel's redacted report was released. rosenstein also lashed out at lawmakers, the media, and the obama administration as he spoke to a lawyers' group in new york. >> the previous administration n ose not to publicize the full story about rus

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