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Woodruff from the president today, a return to measured tones, and a message of unity. This, only hours after he sounded off in a fullthroated denunciation of those he sees as not sharing his views. John yang begins our coverage. Yang addressing the American LegionNational Convention today in reno, nevada, President Trump largely stayed on message. It is time to heal the wounds that have divided us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. We are one people, with one home and one flag. What a crowd. Yang but at a rally organized and paid for by his Reelection Campaign in phoenix tuesday night, for 77 minutes it was mr. Trump unscripted and unfiltered. He mocked critics of his evolving reaction to the violence in charlottesville and defended his words. He didnt say it fast enough. He didnt do it on time. Why did it take a day . He must be a racist. It took a day. I hit em with neonazi. I hit em with everything. I got the White Supremacists, the neonazi. I got them all in there, lets say. K. K. K. , we have k. K. K. I got them all. Yang but mr. Trump did not mention what drew critics ire his previous remarks equating hate groups and those protesting them. I think theres blame on both sides. And i have no doubt about it, and you dont have any doubt about it either. You also had people that were very fine people on both sides. Yang as the president spoke last night, a leader of the white separatist movement, which calls itself the altright, tweeted trump has never denounced the altright. Nor will he. Before the speech, mr. Trump met after meeting with Border Patrol officers along the mexican border, and mr. Trump later declared he will do whatever it takes to achieve a Signature Campaign promise, even shutting down the government. And we are building a wall on the southern border, which is absolutely necessary. Build that wall build that wall build that wall now, the obstructionist democrats would like us not to do it. But believe me, if we have to close down our government, were building that wall. Yang today, House Democratic leader nancy pelosi accused the having a shutdown . I dont think its in our interest to do so. I dont think you have to choose between the two. Democratic leader nancy pelosi accused the president of threatening to cause chaos in the leafs of millions of americans she said democrats will stand fast against the immoral, ineffective border wall. The president also said talks on renegotiating nafta, which began just last week, are likely headed for failure. Personally, i dont think we can make a deal, because we have been so badly taken advantage of. So i think well end up probably terminating nafta at some point, okay . Probably. Yang and mr. Trump electrified the crowd by hinting at a president ial pardon for former local sheriff joe arpaio. Hes awaiting sentencing for defying a federal court order to stop detaining suspected undocumented immigrants. He faces up to six months in jail. So, was sheriff joe convicted for doing his job . Thats why. cheers and applause ill make a prediction i think hes going to be just fine, okay . Yang as the president spoke, emotions ran high both inside the arena, and on the streets outside, where hundreds of protesters gathered. While it was mostly calm, Police Used Tear Gas after they said rocks and bottles were thrown at them. Officials reported at least four arrests and no injuries. Mr. Trumps Phoenix Performance was reminiscent of last Years Campaign seemingly free of any constraints or inhibitions. And, as in last Years Campaign, it caused critics to question the president s fitness for office. On cnn, former director of National Intelligence james clapper. I found this downright scary and disturbing. Theres very little in the way of controls over exercising a nuclear option, which is pretty damn scary. Yang but for mr. Trumps core supporters, it was music to their ears, and their applause, cheers and chants were just as welcome for the president. For the pbs newshour, im john yang. Woodruff well hear more of what mr. Trump had to say last night, and explore the reaction today, after the news summary. In the days other news, former democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton says mr. Trump made her skin crawl during a debate last year. She recalls the incident during their second general election faceoff, in her new book what happened. In audio excerpts, clinton speaks of how candidate trump followed her around the stage, and says, it was incredibly uncomfortable. Do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he werent repeatedly invading your space . Or do you turn, look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, back up, you creep, get away from me. I know you love to intimidate women, but you cant intimidate me, so back up. Woodruff the debate took place in st. Louis, last october, right after an audiotape had surfaced of mr. Trump bragging about groping women. The u. S. Navy has relieved the commander of the 7th fleet after four ship collisions in asian waters this year. A Statement Today announced vice admiral Joseph Aucoin was removed due to loss of confidence in his ability to command. Hed been scheduled to retire soon. It follows the latest collision, between the destroyer john s. Mccain and an oil tanker, off singapore. Several american sailors were killed; several others are still missing. In yemen, Officials Say an air strike by a saudi arabiarun Coalition Force killed as many as 60 people today, including rebels and civilians. It happened just north of the capital, sanaa. The city is controlled by the shiite rebels, backed by iran. Emergency workers spent the day recovering bodies from the rubble. The saudis said theyre reviewing the incident. The u. S. State department is defending a decision to cut or delay nearly 300 billion in u. S. Aid to egypt, over human rights violations. Cairo today criticized the move as a misjudgment by the u. S. , but activists say dissent is being stifled by the regime. State Department SpokeswomanHeather Nauert says the hope is that withholding aid will lead to change. Egypt has been put essentially on notice with this. Now as i talk about the money that has been put off to the side i want to mention that they still did get a billion dollars in fiscal year 2017. So they still got some of their money but were withholding part of that money until they can start to come around and adhere to democratic reforms. Woodruff President Trumps advisor and soninlaw Jared Kushner was in cairo today, and met with egypts president and foreign minister. Pakistan pushed back harder today, against pressure from President Trump. He stepped up criticism this week that pakistan harbors taliban militants who stage attacks in afghanistan. Today, the Pakistani Foreign minister said in an interview, about the Trump Administration they should not make pakistan a scapegoat for their failures in afghanistan. Back in this country, federal prosecutors in las vegas are trying to regroup after a jury refused tuesday to convict four men in a ranch standoff. They were accused of threatening and assaulting federal agents in 2014. Two were acquitted on all charges, two others, on most charges. The case grew out of a standoff between Rancher Cliven Bundy and federal officers over his refusal to pay grazing fees on public lands. An earlier trial ended in a hung jury. Statues of two confederate generals were shrouded in black today in charlottesville, virginia. The city council ordered the monuments to robert e. Lee and thomas Stonewall Jackson covered. Its to symbolize mourning for Heather Heyer. She was protesting against White Supremacists this month when a car ran her down and killed her. And on wall street, stocks pulled back after yesterdays big gains. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 87 points to close at 21,812. The nasdaq fell 19 points, and the s p 500 slipped eight. Still to come on the newshour i ask a republican congressman from texas about the president s threat to shut down the government if congress doesnt fund a border wall. Eyes on north korea as the u. S. And south korea hold joint military exercises, and much more. Woodruff we return to the president s Campaign Rally last night, and get the perspective of a republican congressman where the border debate hits home. Representative will hurd of texas serves on the House Homeland Security committee, as well as the intelligence and oversight committees. Earlier this month, hurd visited 20 different dairy queens for a series of meetandgreets with constituents across his sprawling district. It stretches from san antonio down to el paso. Thats onethird of the entire u. S. Mexico border. Congressman hurd, thank you very much for joining us. So, 20 dairy queens. Tell us, what did your constituents tell you . What was on their minds . Well, what was interesting is one of the first quns i got asked was about north korea. I think the potential threat of nuclear war makes people want to ask those questions. We also heard about tax reform as well, and with 820 miles of the border with u. S. And mexico, the smart wall which is a piece of legislation i have been working on, they were asking more questions about that. So it was one of the things i try to do every year. Ive done over 450 Public Events in last two and a half years ive been in conclude, and its a great way to get the temperature of the people youre supposed to represent. Woodruff well, i dont know whether you had a chance to talk to constituents today, but i do want to ask you about President Trumps comments last night at that rally in phoenix, where he went after the news media other ands, said his remarks in the aftermath of charlottesville had been misrepresented, that hes denounced bigotry, and hes denounced racism. He says hes been unequivocal in that regard. Do you think hes been unequivocal in his statements since charlottesville . Well, ung that the changes in some of the positions created doubt about whether the leader of the free world, you know, denounced racism and bigotry. I think hes hes clarified those statements, but whenever theres any kind of doubts, especially when it comes to the president of the united states, thats unacceptable. And in america today, theres no room for skinheads or kkk or neonazis, or antisemitism or hatred or bigotry of any kind. Woodruff where do you think he stands on the issue of racism . Well, i think he has clarified those those statements in previous comments, but, again, i think everybody would have been would have been would feel better if those were the statements that came out first and foremost on day one. Woodruff congressman, i want to turn you to the subject that we mentioned a moment ago, and that is the president s Statement Last night that he very much still wants that border wall built along the u. S. Mexico border. He said at one point that hes prepared to see the government shut down if the congress does not vote the funding for that border wall as he envisions it. And i know you have not supported his position on the wall. How do you read what hes saying . Well, i think shutting the government down for 1. 5 billion of a concrete structure doesnt make sense. The g. A. O. Did a report recently that showed that it actually costs more money when the government was shut down in 20 i think it was 2013, than keeping it open. So i think thats a strategy that we shouldnt pursue, and to me the alternative is a smart wall, building a ball from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and leasteffective way to do border security. Its 2017. We should have secured our border by now. We should have operational control over the 2,000 miles. And the quickest and most effective way to do that right now is with technology and manpower. And this is a fraction of the cost. The wall based on the administration numbers per mile is 25. 5 million a mile. A smart wall, where you use technology, half a million. Its a 24 million difference per mile. It is 2017. We can deploy sensors that tell the difference between an animal and a person. We can track that person with a drone until we deploy our most important resource, the men and women in Border Patrol. And thats a fraction of the cost of building a concrete structure. And what we have to remember is every mile of the border is different from every other mile. And building a a 30foothigh concrete struck the that you are takes four hours to penetrate in the desert, is the equivalent of the bridge to nowhere. And if you dont have Border Patrol to respond to threats on a physical structure, then that physical structure is actually not a barrier. So we should be smart about it, and we should be making sure we dont have a onesizefitsall solution to border security. Woodruff it was interesting, the president referred only to democrats opposing his support of that wall last night. But its clear that you and other republicans hav republicas concerns as well. I want to ask you about what the president had to say about the two republican arizonas. He didnt call them out by nairnlg senator mccain, and senator flake. But he went after both of them, as he has in the past, and we know in the last few days of reporting, that he got into a shouting match with the republican leader of the senate, Mitch Mcconnell, flaft few days. Today, both mcconnell and the white house have put out statements saying theyre still working together. But, clearly, theres been really, some bad blood. How do you look on that . Well, one of the things, judy, i learned as i was crisscrossing my district going to all these dairy queens is people realize theres way more that unites us than divides us. That that is appropriate for our party, thats appropriate for us, all of us as legislators. And i think our time should be spent on talking about those things that unite us as americans and deliver for the american public. And i think that is something that is a better use of everyones time, and this is going to further the cause of the American People a lot more than focusing on divisions. Woodruff and do you think the president is talking about unifying americans enough . I dont think so. And, again, you know, the bully pulpit that the president has is pretty significant. And i think that one of the things this ive learned in my two and a half years in congress is the American People want to see us Transcend Party label and tan vend and actually get things done, deliver to the American People, and fing we were focused on that, we would be seeing a lot more folks happy with whats going on in washington, d. C. Woodruff representative hurd of texas, thank you very much. Always a pleasure to be on. Woodruff there remains a lot to unpack from the president s expansive speech last night in phoenix. We turn to karine jeanpierre. Shes a Senior Adviser to moveon. Org, a contributing editor to bustle, an online womens magazine, and a veteran of the obama administration. And matt schlapp, hes the chairman of the American Conservative Union and the former white house political director under president george w. Bush. And its great to see you both with us again. Thank you very much. Matt, i want to come to you first. The president is talking unity today in that speech that he gave in nevada. But last night yeah. Woodruff it was a raucous call. He was defending the way he handled charlottesville. I was just talking to congressman hurd about it. His supporters in the audience loved it, but a lot of people who were listening say they were concerned about what they heard. How did you hear it . Yeah, i think thats whats going on in our politics and its been going on for, i think, for too long. But were in our corners. The nation is are very divided plecht has never been more left, and the right has never been more right. And this president was elected at least his core supporters didnt elect him because they wanted to bring peace and unity to the country. They were spoiling for a fight because of after eight years of obama and what they felt being cut out of the system they wanted to see advances on the issues they care about. Donald trump is actually the type of president that his voters asked him to be. Woodruff and, karine, what does that mean . Well, thats kind of scary in that regard because as president , youre supposed to be a president for all, and hes