This is a society that treats girls as unequal from the day they are born. Woodruff and saving the famed manuscripts of timbuktu from the threats woodruff and, saving the famed manuscripts of timbuktu from the threats of war, scholars work to revive a nations pursuit of knowledge. Mali is definitely a poor country when it comes to the budget, but when it comes to civilization, culture and dignity mali is a very rich country. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by it doesnt matter what kind of weather. It doesnt matter what time of day or night. When mother natures done her worst, the only thing that matters to us, is keeping the lights on for you. Were the men and women of the International Brotherhood of electrical workers. Keeping the power on in communities like yours, all across the country. Because when bad weather strikes, well be there for you. The i. B. E. W. 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Last months strong jobs report has fueled fears that the Federal Reserve will act sooner rather than later to raise rates. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 332 points to close well below 17,700. The nasdaq fell 82 points, and the sandp 500 dropped 35. The university of oklahoma has expelled two students over a racist chant at a fraternity event. School president david boren said today they were identified as leading the chant. He did not make their names public but did say others may face discipline as well. The university has also shut down its chapter of sigma alpha epsilon. Members have until midnight to remove their belongings. President obama called today for better treatment of americans burdened with student debt. He laid out a series of changes during a speech at georgia tech in atlanta. They call for Loan Services to better inform borrowers about repayment options and to notify them when theyre delinquent, among other things. The president said the system has to work better. Higher education has never been more important. But its also never been more expensive. I believe that america is not a place where Higher Education is a privilege that is reserved for the few. America needs to be a place where Higher Education has to be available for every Single Person whos willing to strive for it, whos willing to work for it. applause more than 40 million americans currently carry student loan debt. In myanmar, hundreds of riot police cracked down today on student protesters. Officers swinging batons charged into the crowds, beating people and arresting more than 120. The confrontation put a sudden end to a standoff, about 90 miles north of yangon, the former capital. The protesters were targeting a new education law. They say it gives the government too much control over schools and curbs their academic freedom. The u. S. Ambassador to south korea was discharged from a seoul hospital today, five days after being slashed on the face and arm. Mark lippert needed 80 stitches to close the deep knife wounds. Despite that close call, he sounded upbeat today as cameras flashed at a hospital news conference. I feel pretty darn good, all things considered. I mean it was obviously a scary incident. But im walking, talking, holding my baby, hugging my wife, so i just feel really good. Woodruff lipperts attacker turned out to be an antiu. S. Activist. North korea denied any involvement, but it did call the attack a deserved punishment for joint u. S. And south korea military drills. And, theres word today that the Central Intelligence agency spent nearly a decade trying to crack the coding in apple iphones and ipads. The intercept, an investigative news site, cites documents obtained by Edward Snowden at the National Security agency. They indicate the c. I. A. Tried to break into apple products as early as 2006. Its unclear if the agency was ever successful in its attempts. Still to come on the newshour secretary clinton speaks out on her private emails while at the state department; a Senate Showdown with the white house over iran; why india banned a documentary about a gang rape; and protecting ancient manuscripts in timbuktu from the elements and the threats of war. Woodruff today, for the first time, Hillary Clinton responded publicly to growing questions over why she used a private internet server and personal email address when she was secretary of state. A quick reminder of the events leading to this in january of 2009 an aide to former president clinton set up a private internet server at or near the clintons new york home. Secretary clinton used that server and a private email address during her time at the state department. This year, clintons staff has handed over to the department 55,000 pages of emails that they say are the only ones related to her government work. Today clinton insisted her use of a private account was above board and only for convenience. When i got to work as secretary of state, i opted for convenience to use my personal email account, which was allowed by the state department, because i thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two. Looking back, it wouldve been better if id simply used a second email account and carried a second phone, but at the time this didnt seem like an issue. Woodruff clinton took a dozen questions from reporters. One asked if she deleted any governmentrelated emails and how far she went to make sure all workrelated material survived. My direction to conduct the thorough investigation was to err on the side of providing anything that could be possibly viewed as work related. And i think that we have more than met the requests from the state department. The server contains personal communications from my husband and me, and i believe i have met all of my responsibilities and the server will remain private. Woodruff for reaction to secretary clintons press conference and a look at how this could affect a potential president ial campaign, we are joined now by two political strategists hilary rosen, a democratic consultant and managing director of the Public Relations firm s. K. D. Knickerbocker. And matthew dowd, a republican consultant, who has worked on a number of political campaigns including George W Bushs re election bid in 2004. We welcome you both to the program. Matthew dowd, what did you make of secretary clintons explanation that this was done out of convenience and she feels confident that shes turned over more than any email that might have been interpreted as having to do with her government work . Well, judy, first of all she answered some questions but i dont think she put a lid on the controversy. I think this will only expand and grow based on the course of this. Part of the problem is its not that the American Public cares ant the emails, its that they have an unbelievable amount of need for trusted officials officials and potential trust to the United States. I think Hillary Clinton did not resolve that to the satisfaction of most people out there. Maybe to democrats who will defend her regardless but she has questions yesterday to be answered and asked of her directly. I think convenience is never a good excuse for an elected official to say i did it out of convenience, thats never a good excuse for an elected official to say why they did a certain behavior. Woodruff hilary rosen a lot more questions to be answered . I think she had something to be accomplished today which was she was never going to satisfy everybody, but could she achieve a reasonable explanation that most people would be saturdays fade with . And i think she achieved that. It was you know, if i had to do it over again, i would do it differently. You know, that is a big thing for somebody to say. And secondly, the state department really now has 30,000 emails to release to the public that well see whats in those emails. I think the ball is kind of in their court. I dont think anybody in the American Public actually believes that all of their emails should be, you know open and accessible to everyone. Woodruff what about that, matthew dowd . And Hillary Clintons explanation that this personal server she and president clinton has is secure and what she did was above board even if she, in retrospect, thinks maybe she should have done ate different way . Well, the problem she has, which is the whole part of the public that comes in with a lack of trust, is shes basically saying, trust me, i did the right thing. Trust me, we did it in a secure manner. Trust me, we released all the emails you need to actually see. Trust me on this. So theres no evidence anybodys seen that the computer and the server was housed in a secure manner. Theres no evidence that we can trust the fact that here are the emails you can see and cant see. I think, in the end the problem she has and its part of the problem with her candidacy of president if she runs is is this a throwback to the 90s . Are we going to back to the 90s where we constantly have to ask and reask questions and are we getting information that were expected to get, or is this a campaign about the 21st 21st century . Thats the problem of this issue with her is it makes voters feel like were going back again to the 90s and a time we would rather leave behind. Woodruff im see ago report that says jeb bush when she was governor of florida use the add personal server and still has it. And he selfselected the emails he released to the public. So when we talk about this in a Campaign Context people will see this as politics. For the most part, what Hillary Clinton needs to convince people of is as secretary of state she did an enormous amount of good and is trustworthy. I think matthew is right to that degree. Having said that, i dont think anybody will will have a different standard for everybody that comes out of public life. Woodruff one other excerpt from secretary clinton, this was in answer to a question that how can the public trust that she didnt delete emails that were professional but unflattering to her . Heres how she answered that. You would have to ask that question to every single federal employee because the way the system works, the federal employee, the individual, whether they have one device, two devices three devices, how many addresses, they make the decision. So even if you have a workrelated device with a workrelated. Gov account you choose what goes on that. That is the way our system works. So we trust and count on the judgment of thousands maybe millions of people to make those decisions. Woodruff matthew dowd, what about that . Well, i think shes right in that federal employees have to be held to a certain standard on how they conduct personal internet, but thousands of employees arent the likely candidate for president to have the United States, so im hope sheg sees herself as holding her self to a High Standard in the midst of this in the course of what office shes potentially trying to seek first. Secondly, the idea that wedge point fingers and say, well, if i did what everybody else does jeb bush and thousands of federal employees, i am hoping the standard we hold to a leader that well elect to the president of the United States is a much higher standard than just the bare bones, just the basic things i did what everybody else did. Reporter does that mean that all president ial candidates should be expected, hilary rosen, to release all their emeals . Is that the point weve reached . I dont know, and i think the point that matthew is making is a good one in that we want our elected officials to be above reproach. But now we have a situation where we cant undo the past and, so, the only thing that will satisfy some people and it wont satisfy everybody is if her server were released. If all of her personal emails were released. You know what . Then everybody the republicans would start saying oh, im sure she deleted a bunch before she released them to the public. This will never end and i think what we need to do is see what the state Department Releases the onus is on them. There will be an enormous amount of information about her term as secretary of state and when the campaign starts, lets listen to Hillary Clinton and her sense of accountability to the public on a broad of things as ewell as other candidates. Woodruff no matter what she releases and the state department puts out, there are still going to be questions of secretary clinton . Well, i think, yeah, that is true to a degree, but shes also put herself in a box to a degree, shes created this problem. Part of the reason why shes in this situation where people have a hair trigger reaction to stuff like this is because there has been a tendency on the part of the clintons to not always be transparent to not always be open to not always answer directly the question to, not always reveal the information people are asking for. So part of this is selfcreated. I would think from an elected official who understands the baggage she comes to the potential office with she understands it and would overregulate or be overtransparent. The problem i think people have is it does not transparency and openness does not feel as if its an authentic part of Hillary Clintons dna. Yeah, i think most people dont feel that way. I think most people see a woman who is working her heart out who for the last week when everybody was talking about emails, she was talking about the plight of women and girls around the world and whether weve made enough progress and what else needs to be done including in this country and i think what we really have is a fairly serious kind of pollsy mock in some respects that sees in as extra noise and i think this will be somewhat of a challenge for her in a campaign can she separate legitimate questions from the public and reportsers from what will continue to be a republican witch hunt for her. Woodruff one thing that came up today was a question about money the Clinton Foundation has taken from Foreign Countries who have treated women badly h and in some cases abused women, saudi arabia, secretary clinton said she and the foundation have been very open about what they do. Where do you see that issue. I think that issue youre bringing up is a bigger issue than the email issue. One, im an independent so this isnt a republican witch hunt. Secondly, the new york times, no republican news room broke this about the emails. The idea that she walks around the world and claims im for womens empowerment and want womens rights and she is doing a lot, but simultaneous the countries with the worst records on womens rights are giving large contributions to a foundation she and her husband are a part of is a huge problem. Woodruff hilary rosen, one final comment. One quick thing. First of all, the reason we can even judge the countries is the total transparency of the Clinton Foundation unlike other foundations, theyve listed their donors. Secondly, saudi arabia is a good example. When Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, she issued the most scathing report on scraibds treatment of women that had ever been issued by the United States government ever, and saudi arabia was a contribute tore the Clinton Foundation. What she said today is they know where i stand, it wont change me, it never has or will. If they want to give money to save peoples lives in africa or haiti, thats okay with me. Woodruff hilary rosen and matthew dowd, thank you both. Thanks. You. Woodruff we turn now to the letter thats widening the gap between the white house and Congressional Republicans over the Iran Nuclear Talks. The war of words only heated up today. Woodruff Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell showed no sign of backing down today. Instead, he defended the letter drafted by freshman republican tom cotton, of arkansas, and signed by mcconnell and 45 other g. O. P. Colleagues. It declared any nuclear deal with iran that lacks congressional approval would be solely an executive agreement between the president and Ayatollah Khamenei irans supreme leader. And, it went on to warn the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time. Cotton elaborated in an interview with a. B. C. News. Im trying to stop iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon, today, ten years from now, twenty years from now, and the leadership of iran needs to know if the congress doesnt approve the deal, congress is not going to accept the deal. Woodruff the move got a doublebarreled response from the white house and democrats on capitol hill. Vice president biden, a former longtime senator, denounc