ivanka tmp visits the country in 2014 scouting out possible locations. then things seem to stall. >> until 2015. >> ladies and gentlemen, i am officiallyunning for president of the united states. >> in june mtrump announces his candidacy. mueller pints out that three months later, a w effort to builds the trump tower m inoscow begins, this time led by trump's lawyer michael cohen and developer felix seder. >> on page 59, mueller makes it clear candidate trump knew this was happening. he writes: but mueller stresses, publicly candidate trump repeatedly denies any suchs. deali >> i have nothing to do with russia. i don't have any jobs in russia. i'm all over the world, but we're not involved.n russ >> meanwhile, felix seder tells michael cohen he's working with high-level russian oiaic. he emails cohen saying: >> theosow trump tower project is just one source of russian contamucts. eller outlines about a dozen of them in tal. they vary widely. campaign aide carter page meets with russians and is paid to give a speech in russia. policy adviser michael ynn g

then, a conversation with former speaker of the house paul ryan on the tmp administration, the economyand the nextct presidential en. plus, with just days to go before the first democratic presidential primaryebate, a look at the state of the race .or 2020 and, stonewall at 50. reflections on the journey and future of the gay rights movement, a half-century after the landmark uprising that launched the push for equality. >> that was a sechange in how we thought about ourselves andwe how ere going toak

intraday highs in early april and a big reasont there, was huawei or specifically the t fallout from tmp administration's for the decision to blacklist the giantt an important customer. makes about 13% of revenue. when executives on the call said though was listen, they reviewed that ban. shipping some subset of their current products to huawei. i checked in with rbc, they said listen, this waso a lead investors at least didn't go completely to zero. also more broadly, executives said they were seeing early signs of demand improvement and inyou can see that stock m sharply higher in the afterhours, bill. >> josh lipton in san franciscoh ks, josh. >>> well there might be a fox guarding the hen house. and that's where we begin tonight's market focus with bloomberg saying the justice department is looking into claims of potential price fixing of poultry at tyson and pilgrim's pride. pilgrim's pride told cnbc i strongly denies those alleges. they the stocks were down b about more than 1% today.> erkshire hathaway way's ceo warren buffett says despite report, there he been no conflicts with 3

instead they turn this into an investigative machine against the president and that plays right into tmps hands. is thriving on these investigations and passage of votes because he iable to play it off as it is a conspiracy, that the deep state is to take him down. t s voters love that he is hitting the wayat. laura: but the president also said he was a deal maker and that he was going to be someoner who coulk the deadlock. doesn't this just show he is a politician like everyone else? ron: but when you see wins like the war -- potential trade war with mexico, when you sea win like that, you think that he is atting points on the board, while nancy pelo the democrats are passing bills out of the house few and far between that languish in the senate. he has offered to do deals with them if they would drop their investigations, and they haven't thus far yet. she has a very liberal wing toas ap laura: ron bonjean, thank you so much for that analysis. ron: thank you. laa: was kim jong-un's half-brother a cia informant? that is the question being asked after two reports suggest that may be the c

i don't ow tmp if i >> could this be the end is alec baldwin ready to hang up his billowy blond wig? new interview, the actor told usa today he is so done playing president trump on "saturday night live," saying they should find someone who wants to do it, while the "snl" studios are just a few floors above us we have no additional word yet if he is actually finished with the role i heard him on an interview with howard stern a year ago. he said the same thing and came back again forievet when i sg it my impression is that trump really seems to not like it. that makes it funny. >> absolutely, every single time >>> designs for a proposed rooftop infinity pool in london are raising a lot of questions like how do you get in it? the designer for compass pools says they didn't want anything to obstruct the view so a rotating spiral staircase will rise from the pool floor when a swimmer wants to get in or out using an air lock system based on submarines, and a camera system will replace lifeguards the company is also planning to build a 55 story hotel under the pool, which will be called i

tmp offered to say hello and shake hands with kim jong-un at the demilitarized zone between north and south korea. as the president met with the saudi crown prince on the sidelines of the g-20 summit is th evening, reporters asked him about the unusual invitation. >> i said if chairman kim would want to meet, i'll be at the border. certainly we seem to get along e well. >> if the two men meet tomorrow, it will be the first time a u.s. and north korean leader have met >>> well, we watched 20 democratic candidates battle overhe last two nights right here on nbc. today many were back on the campaign trail, some doing damage contro others hoping to capitize on their performance. we caught up with "meat the press's" chuck todd who is back in washington this evening after moderated the debate to get his taken things on front-runners like joe biden. >> hks loo like a front-runner i whos getable where before the ba de you weren't sure. that's the bigge change in t race. he is sll a front-runner, still in the pole position but all of a sudden you have harris and warren who i think did better t

they also planned to ask m about his knowledge to build a tmp tower in moscow. trump had been subpoenaed by the committee's republican chair fter the speciacounsel's report. there needed to be clarification for michael cohen serving time for lying to these investigative bodies, i'm happy to do that. i don't think i changed anything i said because there was nothing to change. >> on capitol hill moments ago h theuse oversight committee voted to hold both attorney general william barr and commerce secretary wilbur rosn contempt of congress. one republican joined all democrats in favor. this is related to the020 census. democrats want documents related to theat administrn's motivations for adding a citizenship question to that census critics say could suppress responses. hours earlier, the president exerted executive privilege to block them from gaining access. >>> something looks a little different at reagan international airport right now. you may notice rows and rows of selam tesbe ground. adam tuss is at the rport to discuss why this could be having an impact on

o tmp c cadets from pine grove high school in pennsylvania and their commanding officer, lieutenant colonel. these cadets are traveling overseas to france to mark the 75th anniversary of d-day and honor the beginning of the march to victory. in addition to participating in the d-day parade, they are taking part in cemeteries in brittney and the american cemetery at omaha beach. these grounds are the resting place for thousands of american heroes who gave the sacrifice in defense of freedom and liberty and to save the world. 2,014 pennsylvaniaians stormed the beaches in normed and difficult. they will present to honor and remember the bravery who faced extraordinary types. nies my colleagues to reck these cadets and the sacrifices made at normandy 75 years ago. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i was saddened to stand along side for

. >> the biggest threat to the security of the united states is donald tmp. >>.ongresswoman gabbert >> greatest threat -- >> other answers included climate change, the current confli with iran, china, russia, and the threat of nuclear war. >>ur coverage of last night's debate will continue and look ahead to tonight's deba with joe biden, senator kirsten gillibrand and pete buttigieg. wh we are hearing from a park police officer shot and killed a man on the gw parkway in 2017. >> in aco new rt filing, the officer said he opened fire in self-defense. 25-year-old bijan ghaisar was unarmed when he was shot to death by two park police officers in fairfax county. vineyard is named in a civil suit as one of the firing officers. in response to the lawsui s neyard said ghaiser's injuries were the result, quote, his own intentional and legal and/or otherwise wrongful conduct. lawyers for the officer say they expect the justice department to ffecide soon whether the oers will face charges for civil rights violations. >>> here is a look at other top stories we are followin mfor you thisorning. >>

your white house advisor jared kushner,a moment asked about when jared kushner was asked about donald tmp'svocal support for the birther movement qu ostioning presidema's citizship. >> is birtherrism racist? wasn't really involved in that. >> i kno you weren't. was it racist? >> like i said, i wasn't involved in that. >> i kn you weren't. was it racist? >> i know who the president an i've not seen anything in him that is racist. so, again, i was not involved in that. >> did you wish he didn't do that? >> like i said, ias not involved in that, that was a long time ago. >> what did you ke of his refusal to answer? >> this is sort of a time-honored tradition in interviewing people connected to president trump in some way, whether economic advisors or a memr of his own family or any, you know, cabinet members, you ase reporters or members of congress in hearings, ask them, u well, what do ke of this thing that the president did? do you disagree with thevi president' on tariffs? and they squirm, they try not tans, a they don't wt to make the president mad, and, so, you end up with things like wh

should a federal appeals court ruled today that tmp administration rules restricting abortion access may take effect-- for now. the rules ban taxpayer-backed clinics from making aboron referrals or sharing space with abortion providers. the appeals panel in san francisco lifted nationwide injunctions against the rules-- while the government appeals. it turns out that about one in six hospital or emergency room visits are followed by a "surprise" medical bill. a study from the kaiser family foundation says millions of americans-- who have healthst insurance-l face pricey out-of-network charges. a u.s. senate committee plans to vote next week on limiting those charges. and, on wall street: hopes for interest rate cuts helped the market move higher. the dow jones industrial average gained 249 points to close at 26,753. the nasdaq rose 64 points, and the s&p 500 added 27, to closeec at a rord high of 2,954.om still toon the newshour: rising tensions-- how to respond to iran's downing a u.s. surveillance drone? the supreme court al religious monument to stand on blic land, hunger in the n

the tmp campaign has been trying to get the president to direct his tweets at people other thanbien.en. go after bernie. do something to make the democrats have t own the farther left candidates rather than biden. >> i think that's right. donald trump looks at polls. we know that. he is very present, focused. he sees biden against him. hes going to focus on joe biden. i don't think the president really -- i think t president is struggling on how to define joe biden. joe biden is such a known entity, certainly in america and the democrat party. donald trump has an easier me talking about people who are out in the public sphere. >> he is not going to -- i don't know why his campaign is second guessing him so much. this is the one ing that actually has shown some -- >> he has a little gut instinct. >> a good feel for it. he is after biden now. he will be after whoever is next when the time comes. >> it'sg interest how he is very dismissive of kamalas harri and pete buttigieg. i don't understand why he is that dismissive right now. >> he knows joe biden. he is used to going after -- he h

comi up on the newshour: mark shields and david brooks break down president tmp's controversial comments about receiving foreign help in campaigns. plus, how embracing the legacy of blues music is revi sng a strugglithern city. >> woodruff: but first, in syria, there is a tale of two territories-- the final stronghold of those opposed to ete assad regime is the ta of relentless attacks, and the source of constant tension between syria and neiboring turkey. and then there is the area berated by the u.s. and its allies. as nick schifrin reports, each area faces unique, and immense, challenges. >> reporter: with the war in syria now grinding into the shnth year. baer assad has all but won t war and kept power with much of ssia and the country. the killing and suffering continues especially in northwest ria in idlib province. lillions of civilians and tens of thousands of nts are under constant bombardment. in northeast sia, theyrian kurds with u.s. and european backing destroyed i.s.i.s.'s strong hold nearly three months ago. the kurds control a st area, but many of its major cities are des

then, a conversation with former speaker of the house paul ryan on the tmp administration, the economy, and the nextct presidential en. plus, with just days to go before the first democratic presidential primaryebate, a look at the state of the race .or 2020 and, stonewall at 50. reflections on the journey and future of the gay rights movement, a half-century after the landmark uprising that launched the push for equality. >> that was a sechange in how we thought about ourselves andwe how ere going to take our rights. if ty gave them to us or not, we were here to take them. >> schifrin: all that and more, on tight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbsn newshour has bovided by: >> babbel. a language program that teaches spanish, french, italian, german, and mo. >> consumer cellular. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institions to promote a better world. at www.hewlett.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: d individuals. >> this program was made possibl

spoke to in this story a pollster here who said he put to palestinians in the west bank, evenif the tmpministration gave you everything that palestiniansave been asking for, things like statehood, jerusalem as capital, et cetera, would you accept the deal, and 50% of the people came back and said they wouldn't. that comes down to a lack of trust at the moment. an example of that has been basically whenever we saw vice president pence come to the reon in december 2017, he came here just shortly after thetr p administration had announced that it was going to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. as a res pullestinian leadership refused to even meet with pence. and that has really been the situation expheert backstory on this palestinian response to this bahrain conference. >> woodruff: and, jane, i know we don't make ourselves the story, but yesterday you and your colleagues came under saw the when you were reporting. tell us a little bit about that. >> that's right. there was a very small pro,test just a small, like, half a dozen people gathered in protest to what's goingn in bahrain at th

per filings on february 10th, 2019, the tmp re-election campaign received 1,425 donations tote it willing 71, 0 71,740.11. on the 11th, it received 1,558 doe naenations totaling $112,00. a 9% increase in donations and 57% increase in value. on the 12th, it received 2,009 donations. march 13th and 18th appearances yielded similar assaults. clearly conflicts about television is only the tip of the iceberg. social media creates many more opportunities for conflicts of interest. in november your office issued warning letters to six white house employees appointed by president trump who used their official twitter accounts for activity to promote president trump's re-election campaign. at least six white house employees did not follow osc guidance, correct? >> yes. >> one of the employees who received a warning letter was the former deputy press secretary at the white house. he tweeted a messagege that included a link to a republican national committee web page on the accomplishments of president trump first 500 days in office. should a federal employee be tweeting political research from a pa