Regardless of our religion, nationality and ideology, we shouldnt harm each other. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan North Carolina refused today to stop enforcing a law that bars new protections for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. Republican governor pat mccrory announced he wont comply with a Justice Department demand. Instead, mccrory announced hes suing the Justice Department, and he accused the Obama Administration of overreaching. I do not agree with their interpretation of federal law. We believe a court rather than a federal agency should tell our state, our nation and employers across the country what the law requires. Sreenivasan in washington, attorney general Loretta Lynch announced justice is filing its own civil rights suit against the state. She said restricting bathroom access for transgender people is statesponsored discrimination. None of us can stand by when a state enters the business of legislating identity and insists that a person pretend to be something or someone that they are not. Or invents a problem that does not exist as a pretext for discrimination and harassment. Sreenivasan well have an interview with governor mccrory, right after the news summary. Woodruff in the days other news, cooler temperatures and light rain brought some relief to the fire zone around fort mcmurray, canada. That gave officials a chance to get back into the devastated city and see the damage first hand. More than 80,000 people have been evacuated and its unclear when theyll be able to go home. Sreenivasan a toughtalking mayor has been elected president of the philippines in todays election. Rodrigo duterte has vowed to wipe out corruption and kill criminals. Hes also raised eyebrows with sex jokes and foul language. Still, millions of filipinos supported him in a bid for radical change after years of grinding poverty, Poor Services and insurgent violence. Woodruff in brazil, the impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff was put on hold today at least temporarily. The head of the lower house of congress annulled aprils vote on impeachment charges, two days before the senate was to vote on suspending rousseff. She reacted cautiously to the news. translated i have just learned, the same way you have, that an injunction has been accepted and that therefore the process has been suspended. But i dont have this information officially. I am speaking here because i could not in any way pretend i was not aware of the same thing you are. But it is not official. I do not know the consequences. Woodruff the issue may now return to the lower house of brazils congress, delaying the impeachment process by days or weeks. Sreenivasan north koreas Supreme Leader got a new title today party chairman. The move came as the Ruling Workers Party wrapped up its First Congress in 36 years. State television showed the elaborate meeting, where kim jong un pledged to further strengthen north Koreas Nuclear weapons capability in quality and quantity. Also today, three bbc journalists were expelled from north korea over their reporting. Woodruff back in this country, this was swearingin day for ferguson, missouris First Black Police chief. Delrish moss takes over a mostly white force in a city thats twothirds black. The killing of Michael Brown in 2014 led to federal findings of widespread racial bias and profiling by ferguson police. Sreenivasan theres word that poisonings from Electronic Cigarettes are surging among young children. Nationwide Childrens Hospital in columbus, ohio says pre schoolers can put ecigarettes in their mouths and drink liquid nicotine. It causes vomiting and other symptoms. Cases surged from 14 a month in january of 2012 to 223 a month by last spring. Woodruff wall streets week got off to a lackluster start. The down jones industrial average lost 34 points to close below 17,706. The nasdaq rose 14 and the s p 500 added a point. Sreenivasan and the planet mercury made a rare transit across the face of the sun today. Nasa animation depicted the tiny planet crossing between earth and sun over seven and a half hours. The actual event, viewed by a satellite, showed mercury as a black dot against the the glowing solar surface. Mercurys transit happens only about 13 times a century. Still to come on the newshour we talk with North Carolinas governor about the federal fight to protect the states bathroom law, Donald Trumps battle to unite the republican party, saudi arabia ousts the most powerful man in oil, and much more. Woodruff it was a openly contentious day, as the fight intensified over a controversial state law in North Carolina, restricting bathroom use to ones gender at birth. Both the states governor and legislature sued the federal government rejecting the Justice Departments view that the law violates civil rights. As we heard a few moments ago, u. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch vowed to stand by the Transgender Community. We are joined now by North Carolinas republican governor pat mcrory. Gov mer mcrory, welcome. Thank you, judy. Woodruff thank you for being with us. You know what the attorney general said today. She said the Justice Department is going to take action to block implementation of this law. So will you comply with that move by justice . Or will you go ahead and try to continue to implement . No, well actually taking them to court also thsm is what we are seeking is clarity in the judicial system to further define gender identity and gender identitys usage in our rest rooms in our high schools, our junior highs, our elementary schools, our universities and our highway rest stops. We are seeking basic clarity of this. Because the executive branch does not have the power to interpret law. Thats the power of the judicial branch. An thats what were seeking. But what the attorney general has done now with her new ruling is basically all employers of the United States of america and all universities in the United States of america based upon her letter of interpretation is saying that all employers must allow gender identity in the private sector for any employer over 15 employees. That means a man who believes theyre a woman would be able to go into a womans rest room, locker room or shower facility. An thats where the dispute. Is and were asking for basic clarity of that. It is a very complex and emotional issue. And i think the courts are the right way to do it sooner or later i think the u. S. Congress has to get clarity on this whole issue also. Woodruff we will see how it plays out legally. But im sure you heard the attorney general say today that this amounts to statesponsored discrimination. She compared it to the jim crow laws of decades ago where in africanamerican, black americans were not allowed to use rest rooms that white people were. She said this is harming innocent people. Thats extremely devicive rhetoric and dangerous rhetoric which is totally be related to an issue on whether a male or female should use a male bathroom or a female rest room. In fact, my chief of staff whose father was a civil rights pioneer in durham where the attorney general also grew up, we are watching that together. And he went dont go there. There is absolutely no connection. This is an issue which is really about privacy versus equality. And that balance. And people have an expectation of privacy, according to many of our citizens, not just in North Carolina you about again, this is now going to be a nationwide issue. When you go to a rest room or a locker room or shower facility, there is an expectation of privacy, that the only other people in that room, in a very private moment, i might add, will be people of the same gender. An weve got to resolve this very complex and new issue that was actually brought up by the left, political left, not the political right. Woodruff governor, as im sure you also know, what the Transgender Community would argue is that their privacy is at stake as well. We heard the attorney general say, she said, and i guess this is the language in the lawsuit, they say this is causing transgender people to suffer emotional harm, mental anguish, distress, humiliation, indignity. Do you acknowledge that there is that affect from this law . I acknowledge we need to work this out. And what we do in North Carolina and what many states are doing right now, i think over 27 other states have almost identical laws as North Carolina. So this is not just a North Carolina issue, is we, i actually encourage other types of arrangements for people of transgender. It might be a unisex rest room or shower facility that is not in a multipurpose area, to respect both the unique needs of a transgender or to meet the unique needs of girls and boys and men and women and their families which are the norms that we have been using in america for generations. It is a very complex issue. Im extremely sensitive to peoples gender identity, which is a brand new term in the last several years. But they are now interpreting, not only gender identity, theres a new term, gender expression which has not been clearly defined. And we need to get that definition. And i dont think its the executive branchs role to define that. I think that belongs either in the courts or frankly, i think the u. S. Congress needs to quit ignoring this issue. And by the way, im talking to my republicans. I think they need to get clarity on this issue for off the nation and all employers. Woodruff governor mcrory, do you know anyone who is transgender, and if so, what have they said to you about this . You know, different reactions. Some of the Transgender Community that i have talked to is frankly upset that the political left brought this up. Because they didnt think there was much of a prok. I did not know we werent having a problem in North Carolina until the city of char lot, before that the city of houston, brought up a mandate for all private sector employers. And i might add just six mobts ago the city of houston rejected by a 61 of the vote of the people, a similar mandate and no one including the attorney general attacked the city of houston. But for some reason theyre now attacking the state where she grew up in. And again, this is not just a North Carolina issue. This needs clarity by the courts, and by the u. S. Congress. I dont think we should have different antiDiscrimination Laws relating to this across the nation. I think this is a federal issue, as most Discrimination Laws are. And i think we need to consistency. And this is where the courts need to step in. And i am very, very sensitive to all siesd of this issue. Woodruff very quickly, we have just a few seconds left. We know that a number of businesses have expressed their unhappiness about this, said that theyre not going to move to the state or bring events to the state. How big a hit are you prepared to take to see North Carolina take financially. Thats why i am taking it to court. We are had one business, pay pal which does business in sudan, iran and saudi arabia where the gay and Lesbian Community is not welcomed at all. In fact, they are killed. So there is a little selective hypocrisy by one or two companies. But we want to work with the private sector. Again this is not just a North Carolina issue. This is going to be an issue for the entire United States and i think the federal government does need to step in through the courts or through the u. S. Congress and give us all clarity in not only State Government but local governments throughout the United States. Woodruff North Carolina governor pat mcrory, we thank you. Thank you very much, judy. Woodruff now to the race for the white house in politics, donald trump and Hillary Clinton strategies when it comes to attracting a key group of the electorate that could determine the outcome of the election women voters. John yang reports. Reporter for Hillary Clinton, this is what a pivot to the general election looks like looking beyond tomorrows West Virginia primary, the democratic frontrunner was talking family issues in virginia. I would like to see us look at universal prek in the school system. Then we need to take a hard look at how we have a childcare system that does provide Quality Childcare at an affordable cost. Reporter its not just that rival Bernie Sanders is favored in West Virginia. Dont tell anyone tell you this campaign is over. Reporter its that this Bedroom Community outside washington, d. C. , is likely to be a key battleground in the november election. One challenge for the candidate who wants to be the first woman president winning the votes of suburban women, like Amy Fitzgerald of chantilly, vigrinia. She voted for clinton in the primary, but says the former secretary of state doesnt understand the challenges of her life. Its like shes a puppet. Its like someone is handing her a piece of paper saying okay, this is what america wants to hear. This is what you need to say, and its not really truly coming from her heart. Reporter mary mclean twice voted for barack obama and then for donald trump in virginias primary. Now, she says she hoping for a third candidate. When it comes to Hillary Clinton, i get the impression that as much as she champions womens rights and the importance of family, i would say she is in the pockets of big banks when it came to the bailout. Reporter clintons focus today on suburban women in this swing county in a swing state is part of her general election strategy. Trying to win over independents and republicans uncomfortable with donald trump. Over the weekend, trump tried to use raised the personal scandal that embroiled president clinton against candidate clinton. And hillary was an enabler, and she treated women horribly. Just remember this, and some of those women were destroyed not by him, but by the way that Hillary Clinton treated them after everything went down. Reporter the allbutcertain republican nominee has also been waging verbal combat with Party Republican leaders whove spurned him. Today, House Speaker paul ryan seemed to try to ease tensions with trump, telling the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he would step down as co chairman of this julys Republican Convention thats what trump wants. Hes the nominee. Ill do whatever he wants with respect to the convention. Trump is also looking ahead. Today he named naming former rivalturnedsupporter Chris Christie to head the Transition Team for a potential administration. For the pbs newshour, im john yang in stone ridge, virginia. Woodruff its time for politics monday with amy walter of the cook political report, and tamara keith of n. P. R. So lets talk about Hillary Clinton out on the campaign trail today. Clearly trying to appeal, tamara, to women voters to make the case that shes the one. And yet as you just heard in that report, it is a mixed picture. How mixed is it . It is more mixed for donald trump than it is for Hillary Clinton, lets just be clear. And generally speaking, there is a againer gap. Gend err gap, going back to 1980 there is a againer gap where women voters tend to favor the democrats. For the last, all those years they favored the democrat. And so she has demographics on her side, certainly. But she is working hard and as john yang pointed out, she was there in this very swing county where the where the congresswoman, the new congresswoman who represents that district, has said shes not ready yet to support donald trump. Shes a republican. Woodruff a republican. Yeah, i would say Hillary Clinton has a problem with women. Done all trumps problems are bigger. When you look at the last polling that has come out nationally, amongst suburban women and obviously where we saw the report from john today, thats the key area. Swing area, she was at mine us ten in terms of her Approval Ratings among suburban women. However donald trump w