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Ifill iran has closed its largest deal with an American Company in over three decades. Airplane manufacturer boeing announced its signed an agreement to sell commercial jets to iran air, the countrys main carrier. Irans transportation minister said the sale could be worth up to 25 billion. It marks irans first major deal with a u. S. Company since last years landmark nuclear agreement. Attorney general Loretta Lynch traveled to orlando today, as the Justice Department pushed ahead with its murder investigation. Omar mateen killed 49 people at a gay nightclub there more than a week ago. This afternoon, lynch visited a memorial at orlandos city hall. She signed a note of condolence, and stopped at a display of wreaths honoring each victim. The message of orlando that i have seen today, and what the American People have seen in the wake of this horrific assault, is a message of determination to remove hatred and intolerance from our midst, to live our lives freely and without fear and to stay true to the principles of liberty, justice and equality that define america at our best. Ifill lynch said investigators are still working to determine whether they missed any warning signs that would have confirmed mateen was a threat. Maine republican Susan Collins led Senate Colleagues from both sides of the aisle today in unveiling a compromise on gun control. The measure, which would bar anyone on the governments no fly list from buying guns, comes after the senate rejected four bills from republicans and democrats last night. Collins said it was time to put aside Party Differences and end the senate gridlock. All of us are united in our desire to getting something significant done on this vital issue. Surely the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino and in orlando that took so many lives are a call for compromise, a plea for bipartisan action. Ifill but republican senator john cornyn of texas, whose own proposal failed last night, cautioned that people on Government Watch lists who have not been charged with a crime should not be denied due process. I remain concerned about a provision on the back end, after youve been denied a constitutional right. But well see how the votes come out. I think its a slippery slope when an american citizen is denied a constitutional right without forcing the government to come forward with some evidence on the front end as opposed to leaving that on the back end. Ifill the senate could vote on the gun control compromise bill as early as this week. Longtime pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah was convicted today of racketeering. A federal jury found the 11term lawmaker guilty of all the charges against him, including fraud, money laundering, and bribery. Prosecutors said fattah routed federal grant money to non profits he controlled, so he could pay off debts from his failed mayoral bid in 2007. The 59yearold democrat will be sentenced in october. The Obama Administration today o. K. d routine commercial use of small drones, after years of grappling with rules to govern them. The federal aviation administrations regulations mean operators can fly without special permission. The rules require drones to stay within visual line of sight, no higher than 400 feet. Flights are prohibited over unprotected people, and pilots must pass an aviation exam at an f. A. A. Testing center. The u. S. Led Coalition Today reported only a third of fallujah has been cleared of Islamic State militants. That assessment comes days after the Iraqi Government declared victory, and nearly a month after the iraqi Army Launched its offensive there. Meanwhile in syria, activists said isis militants have now retaken all the territories in Raqqa Province that it previously lost to Syrian Government forces. British Prime Minister David Cameron made a lastditch appeal to britons today, urging them to vote to stay in the european union. It came 48 hours ahead of thursdays referendum to decide whether or not britain will remain a part of the e. U. Speaking in front of 10 downing street, cameron warned leaving the bloc would be irreversible. To put it as clearly as i can our Economic Security is paramount. It is stronger if we stay. If we leave we put it at risk. That is a risk to jobs, a risk to families, a risk to our childrens future and there is no going back. Ifill the latest poll tilts narrowly in favor of britain remaining in the e. U. , but that support is dwindling. Back in this country, strenuous new physical testing for u. S. Marine combat posts are weeding out most female recruits. Thats according to new data obtained by the associated press. The pentagon opened combat jobs to women six months ago. But about 86 of female marine recruits, or roughly six out of seven women, failed the tests. Thats compared to 3 of men. On wall street, stocks finished the day with modest gains after Federal Reserve chair janet yellen said the central bank will remain cautious in raising Interest Rates. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained more than 24 points to close above 17,829. The nasdaq rose six points, and the s p 500 added five. Still to come on the newshour Donald Trumps Campaign Cash crunch. The International Olympic committee upholds an olympics ban on russian track and field athletes. Revamping Science Standards for more effective classroom learning, and much more. Ifill the summer president ial campaign got underway with news of a striking fundraising gap between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Hes written a lot of books about his business. They all seem to end at chapter 11. Ifill democrat Hillary Clinton, returned to the swing state of ohio today to take aim at Donald Trumps Business Record and economic experience. You might think because he has spent his life as a businessman hed be better prepared to handle the economy well it turns out hes dangerous there too. Just like he shouldnt have his finger on the button, he shouldnt have his hands on our economy. Ifill recent polls show clinton leading donald trump nationally, but the divide is even bigger when it comes to money raised and spent. May fundraising reports released yesterday tell the tale. Clinton ended the month with 42 million in cash on hand. By contrast, the Trump Campaign reported it has 1. 3 million. Thats less than primary candidates ted cruz, at 6. 8 million, and ben carson, at 1. 7 million. They dropped out months ago. Even democrat bernie sanders, who has not formally ended his campaign, still had 9. 2 million at the end of last month. Trump said he is unconcerned about the gap, and will raise more this month. He spoke by phone on this mornings today show. Ill just do what i did in the primaries. I spent 55 million of own money to win the primaries. 55. Thats a lot of money by even any standard. I may do that again in the general election. Ifill the Trump Campaign put out its very first fundraising email today with a pledge from the candidate to personally match contributions up to 2 million over the next 48 hours. On the campaign trail, it was business as usual. Trump met with evangelical leaders in manhattan. In video posted from the private session, trump raised questions about clintons christianity, cautioned attendees that they should be careful how they decide who to pray for. We cant again be again politically correct and say and we pray for all of our leaders because all of your leaders are selling christianity down the tubes are selling the evangelicals down the tubes and its a very, very bad thing thats happening. Ifill trump also said he would continue his criticism of clinton with a major speech, also in new york, tomorrow. We take a closer look at how donald trump is faring financially and what that could mean for his chances against Hillary Clinton with the washington posts matea gold and usa todays Washington Bureau chuef susan page. On the campaign trail, louisville, kentucky usa today ifill matea, donald trump says hes just being lean and mean. How much of that is is even conceivable. The problem here is its not just trump hes raising money for. Its the Republican Party as a whole, and the entire ghop ticket ballot thats relying on his fund raising to put money into thecoffers of r. N. C. To finance a get out the vote operation. I think trumps reaction to the fundraising report and the backlash was very telling this morning. He threatened to actually just selffund and leave the party on its own if g. O. P. Leaders didnt rally around him and help him bring in the funds, and thats caused alarge among republican strategists today. Ifill you have been covering Campaign Finance issues for a while now, matea. How unprecedented is this, this gap . If Trumps Campaign is unprecedented we have not had a Major Party Nominee selffinance this way. Up until the primaries it was less of a question of hoich cash he had on hand because he was putting substantial sums into his campaign, at least in the forms of loans every month. That changed in may, when he only fronted his campaign an additional 2. 2 million, raised 3. 1 million. This is the month where he effectively clinched the republican nomination. Those figures are very, very small for summer heading into the key summer months. Ifill so when you clinch a nomination, the theory is you unite the money and the money starts flowing it. That doesnt appear to have happened, at least not yet. It doesnt come in unless you ask for it. And donald trump has not done the meticulous fundraising every other president ial candidate has done when they clinch of nomination. He hasnt done the other things that conventional candidates have done since clinching the nomination. Republicans look at this and say seven weeks in which he hasnt broadened his message. He hasnt built up the staff in key states, and he hasnt raised the money that he will need in the campaign to continue. Ifill explain to people what this money goes for. Because you could understand someone saying, shes just fat and happy. She doesnt need this money. Shes being greedy. You pay for staffers who are going to walk around key states, identify your voters and turn them out on election day. They pay for tv ads. Hillary clinton and her super pacs have put on more than 23 million worth of ads in eight battleground states compared to zero spent on campaign ads by Donald Trumps campaign. And that is setting an impression. There are some positive ads, more of them are negative ads. Theyre setting an impression of donald trump and he is not responding to it soals the Campaign Goes on, that impression gets more and more set and it gets harder and harder to change that the longer you wait. Ifill lets talk about Hillary Clintons 42 million. Where is she raising money from . Last night in new york secretary clinton had three mydollar fundraising events in conjunction with the democratic party. This is a strategy she has actually been pursuing since last fall when she formed the largest joint fundraising committee. That is helping her bring in not only small donations to her campaign but muchneeded large donations into the d. N. C. , suffering from a long debt they were holding. So the d. N. C. , which has not raised as much money as the r. N. C. This cycle, is getting a big boost from Clintons Campaign. That is something trump is just starting to chip away at with the Republican Party. Ifill its fair to say she raised more last night in three highdollar events than he has on hand right now. I would imagine so. And she has tapped into a very active, smalldollar donor base. Really, after getting a scare from senator sanders who managed to finance almost all his entire campaign with small, online conations, Clintons Campaign has upped on up efforts in that area and brought in substantial money online in small donations. Republican strategists are scratching their head wonder yg donaldonald trump is not doing e same with his supporters. Ifill that support is predicated in part, susan, on the fact hes a millionaire and has a lot of money and throughout the primary talked about how he was paying his own way. But a lot of paying his own way were loans. There are two things we discovered. He lent himself some of that money, and the other part is a lot of the money that was spent went to trumps own companies. Thats right. To his for the airplane, the trump aircraft that he uses, toward the resorts that he owns, or his companies own where hes used them for news conferences and rallies. So some of this money has gone back to him. Hes sent mixed messages on whether hes willing to put a lot of money into a general election. And you see that ifill isnt that part of his appeal, im a rich guy and i cant be pawt . Thats right. One thing republicans will say he hasnt done things in the conventional way this far and hes gotten the nomination. I think its true his core support remains behind him, and maybe if he appealed to them for small donations, maybe they would come through. But there is this sense of the clock ticking. We were just 20something days away from the republican convention. Ifill matea, you talked about the small dollars. What about the big dollars, people like charles cocacola who helped mitt romney. It its a really mix the picture, the koch s is completely focused on Competitive Senate races right now and is staying out of the president ial race. There are some alongtime veteran Party Fund Raisers who have signed on and lent their name to the trump fundraising effort with the r. N. C. However, ive been told a lot of those people are sort of signed on in name only, and there are sort of limited amounts of inthact theyre able to vtrying to get people to sign up to bundle checks from their friends and family. So i think its a mixed picture right now. Ifill youre waiting to see what happens with the next Campaign Finance reports in june. Thats what he said today. And lets see what happens in the polls, too. One of the surprising things sas terrible a time as donald trump has had the last couple of weeks, he has not Hillary Clinton has only a small lead nationwide, and you had a quinnipiac poll coming out today that showed it basically tied up in pennsylvania and ohio, two key states. And this gives republicans some hope with the shakeup in the trump organization, the departuf corey lewandowski, as the campaign manager, maybe trump is ready to make some of the changes that republicans really believe he has to make if this is going to be a competitive race. Ifill susan page of usa today, and matea gold of the washington post, thank you, both. Ifill just last week, the International Association of athletic federations, also known as the i. A. A. F. , voted to ban russias track and field team from competing at this summers olympics in rio because of widespread doping. Today, the International Olympic Committee Meeting agreed but added one significant loophole. John yang has the story. Yang the i. A. A. F. Decision was unprecedented in olympic history. Russian president Vladimir Putin slammed it as unfair collective punishment. Todays move by the i. O. C. Seems to send contradictory signals. On the one hand, the i. O. C. Did uphold the ban. But it also said russias track and field athletes could participate if they pass follow up drug tests administered in other countries. There was lots of confused reaction to all this. Christine brennan is back with us to help sort through it. Shes a sportswriter, columnist and commentator with usa today and abc news. Christine, this is very confusing. On the one hand, they uphold the ban, and they say that the i. A. A. F. Was they respected their right to impose the ban. But they also opened the door for athletes to compete. How does this work . Oh, its going to be confusion. Ive never seen ive covered the olympics, john, for 32 years. Ive never seen anything like this where six weeks out from the rio opening ceremonies and this could be a situation where we dont know who is marching in unde