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Org 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 nearly 40,000 verizon landline and cable workers walked off the job in nine Eastern States today. They went on strike eight months after their contract expired, and with little progress in negotiations. Workers in new york and philadelphia stood in picket lines, protesting what they said were verizons attempts to freeze pensions, make layoffs easier and rely more on contract workers. The five people in charge of our company make 235 million. They want to take away from me. Ive got to work 70 hours a week to make ends meet. How is that right . Ig i get paid a good salary. Forget about the rest of the world that doesnt get paid as good as we do. Ds i dont know. Where does it end . When does it end . Woodruff verizon said the real issues are healthcare costs and contract provisions that are out of date. The company also said its trained thousands of nonunion workers to fill in, so customers wont be affected. Confirmation came today that the zika virus, spread by mosquitos, does cause microcephaly abnormally small heads in babies. The u. S. Centers for diseasedi control and prevention reported that exiting evidence also links zika to other severe brain defects. It repeated the standing advice to pregnant women to avoid traveling to areas where zika is spreading. In wartorn syria, the government held parliamentary elections today in the areas it controls. The voting took place as peace talks resumed in geneva. But the Syrian Foreign Ministry ruled any talk of a government without president bashar al assad. Meanwhile, a brawl broke out in Iraqs Parliament today, as ato political crisis deepened. Lawmakers went at each other in a dispute over fighting corruption. Some demanded the Prime Minister sack his current cabinet and bring in technocrats. Repeatedly buzzed a u. S. Navy destroyer in the baltic sea this week coming as close as 30 feet pain russian helicopter also made passes. Video from the ship shows a jet sweeping past in what appeared to be a simulated attack. The white house today was critical. This incident, as you wont be surprised to hear, is entirely inconsistent with the professional norms of militaries operating in proximity to each other in International Waters and international airspace. Ac and we continue to be concerned about this behavior. Woodruff the navy said the cooks crew tried to contact the russian planes by radio each day, but received no response. New trouble erupted between migrants and macedonian police, along the greek border. At least 50 migrants tried to pull down parts of razor wire fences at a closed crossing thats become a flashpoint. Macedonian police fired tear ga again to drive the crowd back. About 11,000 people are stranded in a makeshift tent city on the greek side of the border. Voters in south korea have dealt a surprise blow to their conservative leader. Early results indicate President Park geunhyes ruling party lost their majority in parliament today. The election took place as south korea faces sagging growth asas well as north korean provocation. The results threaten parks plans for her last 20 months in office. A Chinese Court today threw out the countrys first legal challenge to laws against same sex marriages. The case was brought by a gay couple whod been denied a marriage license. Hundreds of supporters gathered outside the court in changsha, and greeted the couple after tha court turned them down. Their lawyer said the fight will go on. translated today is not the beginning and definitely not the end. The achievement of every rightev relies on the efforts of everyone and it is not achieved overnight. I believe as long as we try together, we will finally realize the rights of equality. Woodruff supporters say theyre heartened that a Chinese Court even agreed to hear the case and that state controlled news media covered it. Back this this country, a task forceis in chicago charged police in that city have abused minorities for decades with Excessive Force and a code of silence. The panel was established last year after an outcry over the shootings of black suspects. In a staithing report, the group concluded that Chicago Police have no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color. Five of the nations largest banks have flunked theirth attempts to come up with so called living wills. Federal regulators said today their plans for surviving a bankruptcy without a taxpayer bailout are not credible. J. P. Morganchase, bank of america, wells fargo and others have until october first to revise the plans. The largest u. S. Coal Mining Company filed for federal bankruptcy protection. Peabody energy, based in st. Louis, has seen its stock value cut in half in the past year. Its being pressed by cheap natural gas and tougher environmental regulations. Several other major Coal Companies have also made bankruptcy filings in recents months. And wall street surged again as financial stocks rebounded some. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 187 points to close at 17,908. The nasdaq rose 75 points, and the s p 500 added 20. Still to come on the newshour a tale of two new yorks courting the states urban and rural voters; a major windfall m for Cancer Research courtesy of facebooks first president ; how science helped a quadriplegic man move his fingers, and muchh more. Woodruff first, the latest from the president ial campaign. It is less than a week to go until voters in new york state have their say, and the candidates hit the hustings again today. A major east coast job action was a main focus. Reporter for the democratic hopefuls, it was a day to d embrace labor, ahead of nextof weeks new york primary. Bernie bernie reporter Bernie Sanders joined Striking Verizon workers in brooklyn. Today, you are standing up, not just for justice for verizon workers, you are standing up for millions of americans who dont have a union youre telling Corporate America they cannot have it all reporter Hillary Clinton also slammed verizon saying in a statement me verizon wants to outsource mort and more jobs. Verizon should do the right thing and return togh negotiations. Clinton picked up the support of an Electrical Workers Union in new york, while sanders snagged the transit workers. Thank you so much for your support s reporter the vermont senator also landed his first endorsement from a senate colleague. S oregon democrat jeff merkley announced his backing in a New York Times oped, and on msnbc, he explained why he broke ranks with 40 Democratic Senators who back clinton. This really is is all about the person who has the boldest, most fierce vision on the biggest issues facing america and the world. Reporter republican frontrunner donald trump is stumping tonight in pittsburgh. T but last night, the new york billionaire appeared in a cnn town hall, with wife melania joining in. Melania, do you ever want to say to him, put the mobile device down . That, like, its 2 00 a. M. , and youre still tweeting. Anderson, if he would only listen. I did many times. And i just say, ok, do whatever you want. Hes an adult. He knows the consequences. Reporter trump also lashed out again at party rules that he says are robbing him of delegates. But Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus fired back on twitter, defending the process and saying its the responsibility of the campaigns to understand it. Complaints now . Give us all a break. Trumps rivals john kasich and ted cruz campaigned in maryland and pennsylvania this afternoon. I am here today with a wordd of hope and encouragement all across pennsylvania, all across the this country. People are waking up and help is on the way. cheers and applause were going to seed manufacturg jobs coming back to pennsylvania, the backbone of the middle class. Reporter cruz has his own cnn town hall tonight. For the pbs newshour, im john yang. Woodruff lets turn now to the next primary on the calendar. On tuesday, voters in the state of new york will head to the polls. Joining us to talk about the politics of the empire state, beth fouhy, a Senior Editor at msnbc. Com, joins us from new york city; and from albany, karen dewitt, Capital Bureau chief for new york state publick radio. And we welcome both of you. So, lets start with the republicans. Beth fouhy to you, first. Break it down a little bit for us. Whichus voters are eligible to vote in the republican primary. How are delegates selected in i new york . Well, the only people who can vote in the republican primary, judy, are republicans. This is a closed primary state, and that presents challenges and opportunities to both side. In terms of just the overall look at the republican field,an donald trump is just really dominating here. Hes, of course, from new york. Hes the big alpha dog of new york, and that that status basically is propelling him throughout the state. Most of the polling that weve seen here, the public polling, shows him at or above 50 . Hes beating senator cruz and john kasich by as much as 30 points in all this polling. So right now the big mystery is whether he can actually top 50 , trump, get all the statewide unpledged delegates and get 50 in those Congressional Districts where he could really sweep up a whole lot delegates. Theres a possibility,te judy,ud heeblgd actually get every single one of the delegates in the state. Woodruff and as you said would have to win over 50 of the vote in order to do that. Karen dewitt, to you. Do you agree with the way beth has laid it out . And is trump stronger in one part of the state or another . Er well, yeah, trump doesnt really have a really good get out the vote effort or ground game, but he here is drawing people to the rallies. And theyve been huge, to use his word. A lot of people have been coming to them. Hes been all over the state. Its been very exierkt i think, for new york republicans, as well as democrats. Ts i was talking to the new york state Republican Party chair, ed koch, and he today sade this is new yorks new hampshire. Ha you get to meet these people firsthand. It is really energizing everybody. I think trump is speaking to especially in upstate new york y there is a lot of discontent about the economy. The upstate economy has been doing terribly for decades. Es the manufacturing jobs arent here anymore. Hes attracting mainly the white, middleclass voters who used to have good job, may not have them, are worried about their children having to leave the state. And he does really seem to be resinating a lot more than kasich and cruz, although the way that the delegates are selected, kasich and cruz could win some delegates because its Congressional District byy Congressional District the way the raceth goes. So they could pick up some delegates and thats what theyre hoping to do. They probably know at this point they cant win. Woodruff so, beth, when karen says trump doesnt have much of a groundlevel organization, does that mean organization doesnt matter in new york . Well,o . He hasnt had murk of an organization anywhere. E. I mean this really is one of these candidacies in the places hes won has beenac primarily te force of his personality, the, force of his celebrity, this real power and connection that he has with certain types of voters in different states. Te new york is even is all of that and more. I mean, new york is his home state. Although, it has changed quite a lot since he was growing up here. For example, he grow up in queens, judy. Queens is now now the most ethnically diverse place in the United States. Flushing, new york, more languages are spoken there than any other place in the United States and has more of an immigrant background than any other place. All of the talk of trump, pushing away illegal immigrants, concern about the borders, when he comes back those home boroughs of queens, hes seeing american diversity in all of the glory and that may be a little bit troubling to him because its not quite the same plays placehe group in. Still, hes very, very popular almost everywhere in work and can possibly break through and get that 50 in all the Congressional District districtd sweep the delegates glag fascinating. Quickly, karen what, appeal ispe there for a truz t ted cruz oh when trump seems to have the advantage . Well, i think cruz did make a real mistake back in iowa when he discredited new york city values. People havent forgotten that. New york republicans are not that conservative. Theyre pretty moderate. So i think cruz has a real challenge here. John kasich seems to be going for more of the electeds. He met with the Senate Republicans trying to convince them to maybe tell their friends to vote for him. Hes trying to go the more moderate route. Hes held a lot of town hall meetings, which he seems to excel in. They are trying chip away at traditional Congressional Districts. Woodruff karen, staying with you, quickly, turning to the democrats. Who can vote ints the democratic primary . And does organization matter for ther democrats . Yeah, it absolutely does. Of course, it is closed just to democrats. But you have Hillary Clinton, who has all the established elected officials from Governor Cuomo, all the way down to local county legislators to Bernie Sanders, who has want younger folks who are very motivated to vote, but the question is will they really come out on election day . Did they register early enough. Some of them may have to be absentee ballot. A the love them are millennials and you would have to use snail mail to do an absentee ballot, which they are not used to doing. So can sanders get as many voters out as Hillary Clinton likely can with her support from the major elected officials, particularly in new york city and particularly with her i support from the major party unions that are supporting her and will help with the get out the vote effort. Woodruff thats right, there is such a thing as snail mail, still. Woodruff beth, how do you look at the clintonsanders competition . Well, its a little bit closer than the field on the republican side, judy, but so far, clinton is quite a ways ahead of Bernie Sanders, and for many, many reasons. Ns lets not forget, she was a senator from new york for eight years. She was elected in 2000, reelected in the 2006. She knows how to run in new york. She knows where to go. She knows the communities she needs to be speaking to, plus she was a pretty wellregarded senator. She paid as much attention to the upstate issues as estate, and she was really responsive around 9 11 and the needs of the First Respond thrers. Also, upstate dairy farms and apple farms and those big cities up there that, as karen put thave been struggling, like the areas around syracuse, rochester, that kind of thing. So Bernie Sanders, even though hes got his thick brooklyn accent, hasnt lived in the state for a long time and is not super well known. He will get those College Students out ftheyre registered and can vote, eligible to vote here, as democrats. Ra hes got a big really tonight in Washington Square park in manhattan, where tons and tons of young people e expected to attend. Hes been going to a lot of college tens of thousands in new york, and there are plenty of them in this stase. So he will get that kind of enthusiasm that weve seen in other states. But he starts really well behind her because of her experience and her connections here in new york. Woodruff so, karen, theres no brooklyn advantage or no home state advantage for Bernie Sanders . Well, ill say one thing that sanders is trying to capital ides on is the socalled fractivists, the antifracking activities who were successful in convincing Governor Cuomo to ban fracking. Hes hoping those voters will come out. They supported cuomos primary challenger back in 2014, and his challenger, who by the way, was a vermont transplant, actuallyy won a number of upstate counties. So, Bernie Sanders this week said hes for a nationwide ban on frac. He mentions it in his speeches here, and hes really trying to play that up, hoping he can get those progressives out, a small