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Woodruff donald trump today ruled out a thirdparty or independent bid for the white house, if he doesnt win the republican president ial nomination. The billionaire businessman had refused to make that promise during the opening debate of the 2016 campaign. But he met today with the republican Partys National chairman, then emerged at his manhattan skyscraper to show his signed loyalty oath. I will be totally pledging my allegiance to the Republican Party and the conservative principles for which it stands and we will go out and we will fight hard and we will win. We will win. And most importantly, we will make our country great again. Woodruff the pledge is not legally binding, but trump said he sees no circumstances under which hed tear it up. Ifill a former state Department Staffer who helped set up Hillary Clintons private email server is refusing to testify before a house committee. Instead, attorneys now say Bryan Pagliano will cite his right against selfincrimination. The committee is investigating the 2012 attack on u. S. Diplomats in benghazi, libya, when clinton was secretary of state. Woodruff prosecutors in charleston, South Carolina served notice today theyll seek the Death Penalty for dylann roof, the man accused of shooting nine black churchgoers to death in june. Roof allegedly opened fire during bible study at the historic emanuel a. M. E. Church. Prosecutor Scarlett Wilson says shes met with all of the victims families since then. All understand my responsibility and have shown great respect, even deference, for my decision to seek the Death Penalty for the killings at mother emanuel church. For that i am truly, truly grateful. This was the ultimate crime, and justice from our state calls for the ultimate punishment. Woodruff some of the relatives have publicly forgiven roof, and the prosecutor acknowledged some of them oppose the Death Penalty. Ifill the Justice Department is out with its final report on how police handled the unrest in ferguson, missouri, and it warns other towns to take heed. The trouble in ferguson erupted after a white officer killed Michael Brown in august last year. The report says, in part the absence of trust between the police. And many in the community negatively impacted the response of all agencies involved. It also blames militarystyle tactics that antagonized demonstrators. Woodruff new federal regulations will ban Health Care Discrimination against transgender people. The department of health and Human Services issued the proposal today, under the Affordable Care act. For the first time, it bars bias based on gender identity. The result will likely be expanded Insurance Coverage for gender transition. Ifill china staged a show of military power today, to mark 70 years since japans defeat in world war two. At the same time, president xi jinping is cutting its force, and pledged his country will never seek to dominate others. Lucy watson of independent Television News reports from beijing. Reporter it started with a flourish. Chinas biggest ever display of power. A dizzying spectacle showing the intimidating advancement of its weapons. This parade was to commemorate victory over japan at the end of world war ii. But it was also a vehicle for chinas leader to rally his troops and his nation. This is a spectacular display. His way of stoking patriotism and trying to command respect from the rest of the world. And he chose this Global Platform to announce that he was cutting troop numbers by 300,000, but they will still be more than two million strong. So its a gesture that will do little to reduce regional worries of those wary of chinas real ambitions. When the countrys made huge strides to build a world class army. The president wants to be one of chinas strongest leaders who steers it away from economic turmoil. And this is a man who can grind a city to a halt, change the weather if he wants to, the infamous beijing smog was cleared for this occasion. So little stands in his way. Ifill also today, the Financial Times reported the u. S. Plans to sanction Chinese Companies for using hackers to steal intellectual property. Woodruff french investigators have confirmed that debris found in the western indian ocean belongs to Malaysia Airlines flight 370. The jetliner disappeared more than a year ago with 239 people on board. The debris part of a wing washed up on reunion island, 2,600 miles west of where a search for the plane is continuing. Ifill back in this country, scores on the s. A. T. College entrance exams have dropped to the lowest in nearly a decade. The College Board administers the test. A report today finds that only 42 of students who took the test in the class of 2015 are prepared for collegelevel work or careertraining. Overall, average s. A. T. Scores have been falling steadily since 2006. Woodruff theres also word today of a spike in the number of students asking the federal government to forgive their college loan debt. Nearly 12,000 people have filed claims, saying their school shut down before they graduated, or lied to them about their job prospects. The surge follows the collapse of corinthian colleges, a for profit chain. Ifill and, wall street calmed considerably after the swings of recent days. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 23 points to close above 16,370. The nasdaq fell 16 points, and the s p 500 rose two still to come on the newshour europe struggles to respond to a surge of migrants and refugees moving west. A county clerk jailed for defying the Supreme Court on same sex marriage. And much more. Woodruff we turn again to the migrant and refugee crisis in europe. Another day brought more anger, desperation, and sorrow we begin our coverage in hungary where james mates of independent Television News spent the day with refugees desperate to leave, but with no way out. A warning some images may be disturbing. For 48 hours theyve been kept out of budapest central station, denied boarding on all trains. So when inexplicably this morning the hungarians reopened the platforms, chaos was entirely predictable. They rushed for the first train that came in believing wrongly it was headed to germany. Children were passed overhead, visibly distressed in the crush. They believed this was to be the first train out of budapest and maybe even the last. Wait asking not seem to be an option. Germany. Germany. The announcement that this train is not going anywhere, and please get off it, but after two days stuck in the station, they arent listening, more people are getting on. The sign on the door clearly named a destination in hungary but in a foreign land they had seen what they thought was a german name on the side of the carriage. Weve seen the german writing, this man said. We think this train is going to germany. A volunteer aide worker couldnt convince them otherwise. Maybe the train stay here. I dont know. But no germany. This is what the police say. Even as the train pulled out, there was an announcement that there would be no international depar tures. But seeing the danube pass below was enough to convince them all was going well. The heat in the carriages was almost unbearable. Our camera lens fogging up in moments. And within less than an hour, the news got worse. In the next town, there was a Reception Party this was the end of the line. The passengers from one carriage were encouraged to leave but as they were being corralled by policeman keeping themselves out in riot gear, they began to suspect the truth. They were being lead away to a fearby refugee camp. No camp they chanted. And then the cray that is coming to define this crisis. Sitting alone with a tiny baby, a mother pleaded not to go. Please, please but then her husband grabbed her and the child and threw all three of them on to the tracks. He seemed to indicate his waive was pregnant. Acutely embarrassed of what was happening in front of the world cameras, the police none too gently arrested and handcuffed him. But worse was to come. Hearing the comotion from behind police lines, the rest began to revolt. First a group broke through and away down the tracks. Then faced with fighting a battle, the police line gave way and allowed them back on to the train. A pr disaster, Hungarian Police are taking the line of least resistance an letting these people back on the train. What happens now, well, who knows. And finding out is going to be hard. Realizing this was not looking at all good the world needs to see what happens to these people. The cameras were swiftly and firmly pushed away. It seems the strategy now is to sit it out. There is no indication at all the train is going to pov again nor that those aboard are going to be given any choice but to go to a formal Transit Center and register as refugees here. The dream of a new life in germany may not be happening for a while yet. Woodruff the photograph of a threeyearold syrian boy washed up on a turkish beach has galvanized a worldwide debate about the plight of refugees. Aylan kurdi was one of 12 syrians who died trying to reach the greek island of kos. A Turkish Police officer carried his lifeless body ashore, not far from the resort town of bodrum. Aylan, his fiveyearold brother and their mother all died when a trafficker abandoned them in high seas. Their father survived and today prepared to take their bodies back home, to kobani, syria. translated the man steering the boat saw that the sea is high, the wave was high. We were hit by the first wave and he escaped. He jumped into the water and escaped away. I tried to take over the steering but we were hit by another wave, the boat capsized. I grabbed my children and my wife, they died. Woodruff we take a closer look at how their story is being seen in europe, with steve erlanger, the London Bureau chief for the New York Times. And our own pbs newshour special correspondent malcolm brabant, who has been reporting extensively on the refugee crisis for us in a number of european countries. Ing and we welcome you both. Pal come, you are in copenhagen. What is the reaction there and in denmark to this picture, to what people are seeing unfold . I think people are distressed very much by this. Throughout europe. I think you with have to be extremely hard hearted not to be moved by this. But one of the more interesting comments has come from a march called Martin Hendrickson who is the spokesman for integration for the dan anybody Peoples Party, the party that cracks the whip here. He says it is very distressing but the blame for this lies with the traffic ever traffickers and also with is is and with president with isis and president assad in syria. The problem is, it is these people, if these people who are causing the deaths of people like aylan. Not europe, there are others saying europe is to blame for this. For example, turkeys president is saying that europe really is turning the mediterranean into a graveyard as a result of its policiment but this is something that is being rejected by the right which controls denmark. Woodruff Steven Erlanger, what do you see, the reaction not only in britain but as you look across the continent . Sometimes pictures move events and are not just moments of events. And this seems to be one of those pictures. Hes had an enormous impact. An Many American papers didnt run it on their front pages. But nearly all the british papers did. And many of the papers in france too. And it has put enormous moral and political pressure on government leaders. Much of the truck on the austrian highway with 71 decomposing bodies did. It gives a sense of human trag gee tragedy and it gives a political push. Its particularly pushed david came ro who has come back from vacation and yesterday had a rather callous remark about how taking more refugees wont solve the problem. And while thats true, hes trying to balance his own domestic political problems which are very much antiimmigration. And the french and germans are together trying to push a unified eu plan against an eu that is not unified, that works by consensus. So it is possible that this picture and the outrage among public that had it has caused will push these politicians to come up with a solution that is less chaotic and less callous than what weve seen so far. Brown mall con brabant, is that what you are seeing, that maybe this one picture and the events that lead up to it could really bring these european leaders to come come together to do something . It does appear as though the your mean union is planning to do something in the coming weeks. Theyre coming up with a plan whereby about 160,000 ref gees will possibly be distributed around europe. There are countries that will opt out including denmark an the united kingdom. But it appears the pressure is really mounting on David Cameron, especially as a result of a campaign from the independent newspaper where they have had this Twitter Campaign saying that refugees are welcome. There is a sense that maybe David Cameron is going to come up with a new plan to take some refugees directly from the front line states which are acting as hosts for them at the moment. Maybe from jordan or from turkey or from lebanon. But certainly it looks as though britain will have to open its borders to some degree. But i dont think that is necessarily going to be the case in denmark where the governing coalition, well, the governing party, backed up by the dan anybody Peoples Party is fairly resolute. Woodruff Steven Erlanger s there one or more who are the european leaders that are going to be making a difference in the coming days and weeks on this . Well, usually in the eu its germany and france together. If they can get together, and italy, that is really what tends to push the matter forward. And they have come out with a joint statement merkel and hollande today which called for the setting up of reception centers. Which is far too late. But centers to house migrants and Asylum Seekers and feed them. And most importantly, screen them and decide whether theyre real refugees or whether theyre economic migrants. And then can be sent home. But secondly, they also want to set up a mandatory system whereby refugees and Asylum Seekers are shared out to the rest of the european union. Because at the moment, as the french say, only five countries have taken 75 of all the Asylum Seekers. The problem is, as i say, eu works by consensus. The polls are against it. The hungarians are against it. A lot of the new members from Central Europe are against mandatory quotas. So its going to be difficult. But the Eu Commission is working on ideas that perhaps some countries wouldnt wont take refugees but provide money instead for these centers. But as malcolm says, theres a meeting of interior justice minister, not until the 14th of september. And then that might be followed by a summit meeting of actual leaders. So this, this tragedy still has weeks to go, it seems to me. Rooney malcolm brabant, you have been reporting on this for weeks and weeks now, if these steps are taken, is that going to make a difference . Well, ive been talking to my contacts on the greek island of lesbus to see what is happening now. It seems there is an he nor mouse rush to get into europe. I was talking to somebody who regularly goes down to the beaches every morning to welcome these refugees. She says you look out of your window now and there are sometimes 20 or 30 boats. 3,000 people a day. Are now arriving. There were supposed to be maybe as many as 70,000 people waiting just across the water in turkey to come across. The traffickers are sending them across in waves. There are now 15,000 people who are in the town of nitillini which is the capital of the island. 15,000 refugees in an island with 25,000 greeks. The rush is just enormous to try to get into europe. And remember, that the weather is just about to change in september. Its been rough all week across the agean but the traffickers are sending these people across. The boats are really struggling to get across there, very poorly constructed. They have very weak outboard motors. And people are getting into the water. And its been a miracle this week that there