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KQED PBS NewsHour May 17, 2016

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That has Party Divisions on display again, and it leaves the frontrunner fighting a twofront war. Lets do everything we can to win kentucky in november reporter Hillary Clinton blitzed the bluegrass state today, her sights on a Fall Campaign against donald trump. Now, some people might say, all anybody wants to hear is just im going to do it, but im not telling you how im gonna do it. See, i dont believe that. But americans take their vote for president seriously. And theyre going to be looking at the tv screen and saying, he still doesnt have anything to tell us . Reporter shes also trying to break her primary losing streak against democratic rival Bernie Sanders. Clinton is running her first tv ads in weeks, and says shell put her husband, who won kentucky twice, in charge of revitalizing the economy. Sanders moved on to puerto rico today, which votes june 5th. It is unacceptable to me for the u. S. Government to treat puerto rico like a colony during a time when its people are facing the worst fiscal and economic crisis in its history. Reporter the Clinton Campaign has written off oregon, which also votes tomorrow, and is competing hard in kentucky. She won the state easily in 2008, but recent comments about putting coal miners out of work have hurt her. She wants to avoid losing twice tomorrow. Trump had a different target today british Prime Minister david cameron, who called trumps plan to ban muslims divisive, stupid and wrong. On britains independent television news, trump fired back. If youre president , and hes the british Prime Minister. It looks like were not going to have a very Good Relationship. Who knows . I hope to have a Good Relationship with him, but it seems like hes not willing to address the problem, either. Reporter trump also blasted a New York Times story examining how he treats women. A former model who dated the new york billionaire and was quoted in the story says the paper twisted her words. They spun it to where it appeared negative. I did not have a negative experience with donald trump, and i dont appreciate them making it look like that i was saying that it was a negative experience because it was not. Reporter trump tweeted his own take, saying false reporting, and plenty of it but we will prevail for the pbs newshour, im john yang. Woodruff well talk with supporters on both sides of the democratic race, right after the news summary. Sreenivasan in the days other news, the u. S. And other world powers announced theyre ready to arm the internationally recognized government of libya. They want an exemption to a u. N. Arms embargo, to supply weapons to fight Islamic State forces. Officials from the u. S. And 20 other countries met in vienna. Secretary of state john kerry said they want to help libya fight isis and other militants. But there has been no request otherwise at this point in time for some other kind of intervention. We are simply in a mode of trying to help and assist and develop a libyan capacity to be able to respond to the challenge of security within libya. Sreenivasan the pentagon confirmed today that small teams of u. S. Troops are on the ground, assessing the situation. The Washington Post reported last week that theyre special operations forces, deployed at two outposts. Woodruff the capital of afghanistan was on lockdown today as tens of thousands of minority hazaras protested. They marched in kabul, demanding that a planned multinational power line be routed through their province. They hope it would will lift the area out of poverty. Police blocked off roads in the city, fearing possible violence. Sreenivasan the 50th anniversary of chinas cultural revolution came and went with little official recognition today. State media were mostly silent on the Violent Campaign to revive communist goals that began on may 16th, 1966. Mao zedong rallied the youthful red guard to persecute millions. Today, many criticize the brutal campaign. translated the 30 years after the reforms show that this was totally wrong. The reforms did not bring any benefit to our country, to our lives. They did not bring any development to our economy and our industry. Sreenivasan the cultural revolution officially ended with maos death in 1976. The Ruling Communist Party formally condemned the movement in 1981. Woodruff back in this country, thousands of lowincome students will soon be eligible for federal pell grants to take College Courses in high school. The Education Department said today its earmarking about 20 million next school year, to help about 10,000 students. 44 institutions, most of them community colleges, are expected to participate. Sreenivasan and wall street rallied, as Rising Oil Prices pushed Energy Stocks higher. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 175 points to close at 17,710. The nasdaq rose 57 points, and the s p 500 added 20. Still to come on the newshour Hillary Clintons lastminute push for votes in kentucky. The Supreme Court sidesteps a key contraceptive ruling. Bosnian muslims crack down on allegedly radical mosques, and much more. Woodruff we look at primaries and divisions within the Democratic Party starting with oregon. Its junior u. S. Senator jeff merkley is the only u. S. Senator to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. We welcome you to the president. Glad to be here. Woodruff all of the delegate projections we see show its all but impossible for Bernie Sanders to have enough delegates to win this nomination. What do you know that they dont show . Its certainly is uphill and it would take twothirds of the votes for him to tie secretary clinton, but heres the thing, this is such an important conversation. Bernie is mobilizing grassroots, exciting the base because of his clear vision that america is very much offtrack and has to change in substantial ways to address the challenges for working americans, and it needs to be possible for the citizens of oregon and kentucky and california and the dakotas and new jersey to weigh in and make their voices heard. If the party is going to come together, then it needs to respect everyones opportunity to participate in the primaries, and these issues are going to continue to reverberate because, fient fundamentally, america is offtrack. Woodruff im sure, and ive heard you say well, as long as you have been supporting senator sanders, you said there is urgency to all this. You said we need big ideas. Im sure that secretary clinton thinks she has big ideas, too, and she agrees there is urgey to all this. Well she has somewhat criticized bernie for his big ideas, saying lets move in little pieces. We are blessed with two terrific candidates on the democratic side, and they have good hearts and good minds and were going to unify going into the convention and then going into november, but its bernie whos saying small changes dont address the fax that nine out of ten americans have not participated in the growing prosperity of america over the last four decades, that huge amounts of Campaign Cash are unacceptable and we must radically change the corruption that has been enabled by citizens gliewntd our campaign system. Its bernie who came out and said, keep it in the browned bill is essential. We have to keep doing contracts to sell off fossil fuels that you and i own. Our citizen fossil fuels can no longer be leased for pennies on the acre. To lead the world, we have to change direction and quickly to address this threat to our planet. Woodruff well, how far, though, does senator sanders want to push this . You know more democrats are saying the longer he stays in the more it hurts secretary clintons chances in the fall. Theyre completely wrong. Its Bernies Campaign generating the Grassroots Network and the the passion. That network will be important to the victor in the democratic primary. Its why everyone has to respect the offer side. After a week from tuesday when virtually every state will have weighed in, we will see a parallel to eight yearsing ago. It is june 7 or 8 that then senator clinton said i understand that i am not going to win this, we need to start bringing the two sides together, and they worked on doing that to set the stage for the convention. And i anticipate, i cant speak directly for the Bernie Campaign on this, but i anticipate something similar, should secretary clinton have the majority of pledge del cats a week from tuesday. Youre saying you expect senator sanders to work with senator clinton by the end of these primaries . Yes, by the end of eight days from now, and it isnt that they will instantly come together. There is a negotiation that needs to take place. People who are part of the Bernie Sanders camp, should clinton prevail, are going to need to know that she has heard them, listened to them, understands their frustration and shares in their desire to make substantial changes in the direction our nation is going. And what does he do about those voters who have supported him, letelling pollsters, theyre going to look at donald trump in november. He can be the single most important voice in that regard, helping to bring folks together if he is not the nominee. What do you mean . Ell, if he does not win the nosm nation, those folks who have been supporting him are going to turn to him to see his insight on the partnership thats being crafted with secretary clintons team, and for him to vouch for that partnership would be the most essential element in bringing the two sides together. There are others of us who will work very hard to bring the two sides together, but the responsibility first and foremost will come with secretary clinton and with senator sanders. Are you confident that they can come together before the convention . I am, because i know that from the very beginning, Bernie Sanders has said if hes not the nominee, hes going to make absolutely sure we dont end up with the situation like we did with ralph nader, where, essentially, we handed over an election to a republican, a republican who put our nation way off track. The nation cant afford that, and certainly all the goals that senator sanders has for improving our nation will not be served by that outcome. Senator jeff merkley of oregon, we thank you. Youre welcome and thank you. Now we turn woodruff and now we turn to kentucky. Congressman john yarmuth is backing Hillary Clinton. Hes the lone democrat in the blue grass states congressional delegation. Woodruff congressman yarmouth, good to see you. Thank you for being with us. Good to be with you. Woodruff i dont know if you heard senator merkley say, yes, it looks like senator sanders will be able to sit down and work with secretary clinton if she has the first delegates after the end of these primaries, but also said senator sanders is going to fight for every vote he can until the end of this primary process. Yeah, well, i think thats fine. I think ultimately the real critical factor will be what they do after it is clear that secretary clinton will be the nominee and has won enough delegates. I dont really worry too much about the campaign rhetoric. I mean, nobody has said meaner things about a candidate in their own party than republicans have done, and now they seem to be doing some kind of a marital ritual going on now. So i think ultimately what happens after hillary reaches that threshold of delegates is the most important thing. And then it will i think it will be truly up to Bernie Sanders to prove that this whole thing with the Democratic Party wasnt just a charade, that he actually wants to see Democratic Values advanced in the fall. Well, you say its up to senator sanders. We just heard senator merkley say its going to be up to secretary clinton to show that she cares about these issues, like big money in american politics, like too Many Americans not benefiting from the Economic Growth weve seen. You know, i was with her five hours yesterday in louisville. Thats all she talked about. I think there is no question that she has met that test. She is clearly concerned about economic parody in the workplace, about minimizing the income and wealth gap in this country, she has detailed policies on things like workplace fairness, paid medical leave, Early Childhood education, all the Free Community college education, debtfree college education. These are things that are clearly on her platform and she talks about them every day. I dont think there is going to be much distance between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders once the rhetoric stopped. Woodruff what does secretary clinton node need to do to appeal to the voters shes struggling to win a majority of, the millennials, Younger Voters . Its remarkable when you look at the exit polls of voters in the last few states that have held their primary votes, West Virginia, indiana, wisconsin, new york, the percentage of voters who say they dont consider secretary clinton trustworthy, what does she need to do to turn that around . Well, she just needs to keep speaking frankly about her record, about the things that she cares about, and ultimately, you know, weve got so much noise in this campaign and i think the people who are listening to Bernie Sanders arent listening to much else, just like the people who are listening to donald trump arent listening to much else. Once its a oneonone race, you have the comparison of somebody who has basically double crossed everybody hes come in contact with during his business career, and you have somebody who has worked steadily for four decades, now, to help the middle class and to help people get into the middle class. I think the choice will be very, very clear for all those people who are now so enthusiastic about bernie. Woodruff dont you still have a considerable amount of repair work to do between secretary clinton and senator sanders . I read today a release from the senator S Press Office saying we call on secretary clinton to some distorting the truth about senator sanders record on supporting the automakers, people who work in the auto industry. Well, again, this is the normal campaign rhetoric, and i think every candidate on both sides of the partisan divide are guilty of some exaggeration and stretching voting records and characterizing the other opponent. Thats going to happen, but again, the proof will be, one on one, and Bernie Sanders faces that choice, and his supporters do, of whether Hillary Clinton or donald trump will be a better commandecommanderinchief, wila better leader for working americans. I dont think there is any question who they will be for. Woodruff quickly, congressman, do you think secretary clinton will win your state tomorrow and do you think she can win it in the fall . I think shell win it tomorrow. Shes bone virtually every state where there is been a closed primary. In West Virginia she carried the democrats who voted, 47 of the people there who voted in the democrat primary werent democrats. Kentucky democrats only can vote. She and her husband are very popular in kentucky, he carried it twice. I think she can make it competitively in the fall. It will be tough for a democratic candidate to win the votes or kentucky, but she promised me shes going to try and i will be there helping her. Woodruff congressman john yarmuth, good to see you. Thanks, judy. Woodruff now, we break down the math and the movement for the democrats and republicans facing the reality of donald trump at the top of their ticket with our politics monday team amy walter of the Cook Political Report and tamara keith of npr. And welcome back to both of you. It is monday. So amy walter, you just heard from senator merkley, congressman i cant rememberth. What is the yarmouth. What is the state of this democratic primary . There have been skirmishes in this race but there is not a big gaping wound here the democratic nominee specifically Hillary Clinton is going to have to heal. And weve talked about this before, but the real challenge for the democrats going forward, and i think youve pointed this out, too, is more generational than anything else, but that donald trump helps to generate enthusiasm where

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