WEBVTT 00:02.033 --> 00:05.100 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: North Korea's top diplomat arrived in New York this afternoon for talks 00:05.100 --> 00:09.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% on reviving a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un. 00:09.266 --> 00:14.266 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% The official, Kim Yong-chol, was spotted overnight in Beijing, before boarding an Air China flight 00:15.666 --> 00:18.033 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% to New York. 00:18.033 --> 00:21.833 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% He arrived there this afternoon at JFK International Airport, and was to meet tonight with Secretary 00:22.566 --> 00:24.933 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% of State Mike Pompeo. 00:24.933 --> 00:29.933 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% The White House says that President Trump is still concerned about whether the FBI planted 00:30.800 --> 00:32.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% a spy in his 2016 campaign. 00:32.933 --> 00:37.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% That's after a top Republican congressman said today that there's no evidence for the 00:38.800 --> 00:40.866 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% claim. 00:40.866 --> 00:44.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Representative Trey Gowdy of South Carolina chairs the House Oversight Committee, and 00:44.400 --> 00:46.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% he was briefed by the FBI last week. 00:46.766 --> 00:48.833 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% REP. 00:48.833 --> 00:50.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% TREY GOWDY (R), South Carolina: Based on what I have seen, I don't know what the FBI could 00:50.933 --> 00:55.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% have done or should have done other than run out a lead that someone loosely connected 00:57.533 --> 01:00.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% with the campaign was making assertions about Russia. 01:00.833 --> 01:05.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I would think you would want the FBI to find out whether or not there was any validity 01:05.500 --> 01:07.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to what those people were saying. 01:07.566 --> 01:11.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Gowdy also said he understands the president's frustration with Attorney 01:11.166 --> 01:16.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself in the Russia investigation. 01:16.033 --> 01:21.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The New York Times reports that Mr. Trump asked Sessions to reverse his recusal in March 01:22.166 --> 01:24.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of last year, which Sessions declined to do. 01:24.766 --> 01:29.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Today, the president said on Twitter that - - quote -- "I wish I did" pick someone else 01:30.500 --> 01:32.500 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% as attorney general. 01:32.500 --> 01:37.133 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% China warned today the U.S. will regret its latest threat to impose tariffs. 01:38.700 --> 01:40.866 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% The two nations agreed this month to put new tariffs on hold. 01:40.866 --> 01:45.833 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% But the White House said yesterday that it's moving forward with levies on $50 billion 01:46.733 --> 01:48.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% worth of Chinese products. 01:48.766 --> 01:53.266 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% In Beijing today, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman argued the U.S. is only hurting 01:53.266 --> 01:55.266 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% itself. 01:55.266 --> 01:57.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% HUA CHUNYING, Spokeswoman, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (through translator): A 01:57.366 --> 02:00.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% country harms and squanders its own national credibility every time it suddenly breaks 02:00.166 --> 02:02.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% its words and contradicts itself. 02:02.233 --> 02:07.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% If the United States insists on being capricious, China will resolutely take strong and solid 02:08.666 --> 02:10.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% measures to safeguard its own legitimate interests. 02:10.733 --> 02:14.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Meanwhile, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Trade Representative Robert 02:14.533 --> 02:18.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Lighthizer met with top European officials in Paris. 02:18.733 --> 02:23.733 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Friday is the deadline for a U.S. decision on imposing tariffs on imported steel and 02:24.466 --> 02:26.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% aluminum from Europe. 02:26.700 --> 02:30.866 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% There's a break in the barrage of fire across the Israel-Gaza border. 02:30.866 --> 02:35.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The militant group Hamas says that it has accepted a cease-fire brokered by Egypt. 02:37.033 --> 02:39.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The Israelis say they expect a return of calm. 02:39.966 --> 02:44.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Militants fired rockets into Southern Israel on Tuesday, and Israeli warplanes blasted 02:45.833 --> 02:48.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% dozens of sites across Gaza. 02:48.466 --> 02:53.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% India and Pakistan have agreed to stop trading artillery fire in the contested Kashmir region. 02:55.466 --> 02:59.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Relative calm prevailed today after months of flare-ups that killed dozens of soldiers 03:00.533 --> 03:02.166 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% and civilians. 03:02.166 --> 03:06.666 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Kashmir has ignited two wars between India and Pakistan since 1947. 03:08.700 --> 03:12.933 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% In Afghanistan, the U.S. military says that an artillery attack killed more than 50 Taliban 03:13.666 --> 03:15.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% leaders last week. 03:15.100 --> 03:17.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It happened in Helmand Province in the south. 03:17.966 --> 03:22.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The overall U.S. commander, Army General John Nicholson, says it struck at the Taliban's 03:23.700 --> 03:24.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% illegal drug revenues. 03:24.300 --> 03:26.900 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% GEN. 03:26.900 --> 03:27.933 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% JOHN NICHOLSON, Commander U.S. Forces, Afghanistan: This group in Helmand in particular are very 03:27.933 --> 03:29.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% involved in criminal activity. 03:29.900 --> 03:34.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They seek to continue instability, so they can profit from the drug trade. 03:36.800 --> 03:39.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Because of the money they derive from drugs, this has been one of the more well-equipped 03:39.300 --> 03:41.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and well-paid Taliban networks. 03:41.933 --> 03:46.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But by killing leaders, we will achieve a disruptive effect in Helmand. 03:46.033 --> 03:50.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Separately, Afghan security forces beat back an attack on the Interior 03:50.766 --> 03:52.966 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Ministry in Kabul today. 03:52.966 --> 03:57.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The ministry says that all 10 attackers died, along with one policeman. 03:59.433 --> 04:03.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% A bizarre tale of espionage and faked murder in Ukraine today. 04:03.200 --> 04:08.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Police reported Tuesday that dissident Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko had been shot 04:09.133 --> 04:11.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and killed in Kiev. 04:11.233 --> 04:15.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But this morning, he showed up alive and well, and said it was all a sting to expose a Russian 04:17.066 --> 04:19.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% plot to assassinate him. 04:19.133 --> 04:22.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% ARKADY BABCHENKO, Journalist (through translator): All these months we were in touch, and we 04:22.633 --> 04:24.000 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% worked on the details. 04:24.000 --> 04:26.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% As a result of this operation, one man is arrested. 04:26.200 --> 04:30.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I would like to ask that you excuse me for all that happened in the past, because I have 04:30.500 --> 04:34.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% attended funerals for colleagues and friends many times and I know this feeling when you 04:34.633 --> 04:35.633 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% have to bury colleagues. 04:35.633 --> 04:37.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I am sorry for this. 04:37.600 --> 04:40.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Ukrainian authorities said that they have arrested the alleged organizer 04:40.500 --> 04:42.466 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% of the plot. 04:42.466 --> 04:46.733 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Russia dismissed the operation as -- quote - - "obviously calculated propaganda." 04:48.766 --> 04:52.033 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% Back in this country, the Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, rolled out a 40-point 04:52.033 --> 04:54.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% plan on school shootings. 04:54.366 --> 04:59.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It calls for armed marshals in schools, more mental health screening for students and a 05:00.300 --> 05:02.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% handful of gun safety measures. 05:02.300 --> 05:07.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% An attack this month in Santa Fe, Texas, left 10 students and teachers dead. 05:09.000 --> 05:11.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% President Trump will meet with the victims' families tomorrow in Houston. 05:11.800 --> 05:16.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The Federal Reserve voted today to relax the Volcker rule that bars banks from risky financial 05:18.233 --> 05:20.233 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% trades. 05:20.233 --> 05:23.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It's the latest move by the Trump administration to deregulate the industry. 05:23.600 --> 05:27.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The change still needs the approval of four other agencies. 05:27.933 --> 05:32.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And on Wall Street, stocks recovered as a political crisis in Italy appeared to ease. 05:32.900 --> 05:37.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% There'd been fears that the turmoil could undermine the euro currency. 05:37.533 --> 05:42.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The Dow Jones industrial average gained 306 points to close at 24667. 05:42.533 --> 05:47.533 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% The Nasdaq rose nearly 66 points, and the S&P 500 added 34. 05:49.533 --> 05:53.133 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Still to come on the "NewsHour": fact-checking the president's claims at a Tennessee campaign 05:55.233 --> 05:59.033 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% rally; broken justice, two innocent brothers and the consequence of a plea bargain; and 06:00.433 --> 06:00.833 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% much more.