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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff its five days until the wisconsin primary, and rivals in both parties are turning up the heat on donald trump. After a rough 24 hours, the republican frontrunner stayed mostly out of the public eye today. One meeting was with Donald TrumpsForeign Policy team, a day after he refused to rule out a Nuclear Strike against Islamic State militants. Can you tell the middle east were not using a Nuclear Weapon . Can you tell the middle east were not using a Nuclear Weapon on anybody . I would never say that. I would never take any of my cards off the table. How about europe . We wont use it in europe . I im not going to take it aughter ht use it in europe . No, i dont think so. Woodruff in fact, u. S. President s by tradition do not rule out the use of Nuclear Weapons on any front, in order in that same televised town hall, trump also said women who have abortions should be punished, if theyre ever made illegal. Later, in a new statement, he said the physician, not the woman, should face penalties. Today, republican rival john kasich pounced, as he campaigned on trumps home turf new york city. He becomes unmoored. And then has to spend a lot of time, trying to figure out how to correct all the mistakes that he made. I have to tell you, as commanderinchief, and leader of the free world, you dont get doovers. Woodruff in purchase, new york, the democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton zeroed in on the abortion comments. You know one of my favorite americans, maya angelou, said, when someone shows you who they are, believe them. Donald trump is showing us exactly who he is, and we should believe him. Woodruff clintons rival Bernie Sanders took on trumps comments indirectly, in pittsburgh. All of you are aware of republicans running all over the country talking about family values, how much they love families, what i want you to know exactly what they mean. What they mean is no woman in this huge room, in this state, in this country, should have the right to control her own body. I disagree. Woodruff for all of the candidates, the next big day of reckoning looms tuesday, in primaries in wisconsin. Well talk to one of Donald Trumps main Foreign Policy advisors, after the news summary. Parts of the south kept watch today for heavy thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. Avy rainfall triggered flood watches in georgia and louisiana, and tornado alerts in parts of mississippi, alabama, tennessee and kentucky. Last night, a tornado touched down several times in northeastern oklahoma. It damaged homes and businesses and injured at least seven people. At least 21 people died in india today when an overpass that was under construction, collapsed. It happened in a busy commercial district in kolkata. More than 70 people were injured, with an undetermined number still to be rescued. Jonathan miller of independent Television News has our report. Reporter a frantic, terrifying chaos followed the kolkata collapse as people tore with their bare hands at twisted reinforcing steel and crumbled concrete to free those trapped and still alive. A freshlyconcreted 300foot long section of the flyover had given way, crushing cars and trucks and autorickshaws, pinning pedestrians and vehicle occupants under tons of mangled metal and cement. Cctv footage caught the moment. Two yellow ambassador taxis among the vehicles crawling along burrabazar, then this. Someone said it sounded like a bomb exploding. You can see how many must have been entombed in this small area alone. There were loads of people standing underneath, this man says. Rickshaws, taxis, everything was buried. Local residents as furious as they were horrified. I cant tell you exactly why it collapsed, this man says, but it happened because they were trying to finish its construction in a rush. This is the state of our engineering, she says. There is corruption everywhere. Tonight the search and rescue efforts have continued under spotlights, the army and specialist teams deployed now; all as recriminations build in advance of next months state elections. There are likely to be political victims of this tragedy as well. Woodruff the cause of the incident is now under investigation. In syria, theres word of one of the deadliest attacks since a ceasefire took effect a month ago. Opposition activists say at least 23 people died in Government Air strikes that hit near a school and hospital, just east of damascus. That area is divided among various factions. Embattled South African president jacob zuma is facing more legal trouble. The countrys highest court ruled today he failed to uphold the constitution by using more than 20 million in state money to upgrade his private home. Its the latest in a string of claims zuma has abused his power. Back in this country, the north Korean Nuclear threat dominated a meeting between president obama and his counterparts from japan and south korea. It was the first time theyd met since the norths latest nuclear and missile tests. Afterward, the leaders warned their countries could take new action to counter any threats from the north. We recognize that our security is linked that we have to Work Together to meet this challenge, and we also recognize that it is important to the International Community to vigilantly enforce the strong un security measures that were passed in light of some of the Ballistic Missile and Nuclear Activity that pyongyang has been engaging in. Woodruff mr. Obama also met with chinese president xi jinping. Well take a closer look at the challenges xi faces at home, after the news summary. Woodruff in california, propose state raise the minimum wage to 15. And wall street was mostly down. Wall street was mostly down today. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 31 points to close at 17,685. The nasdaq rose a fraction, and the sandp 500 slipped four. And, famed architect zaha hadid died today, in miami, after a heart attack. She was known for bold, futuristic designs, and was the first woman to win architectures pritzker prize. Hadids work includes the glittering opera house in guangzhou, china, the curved Heydar Aliyev center in baku, azerbaijan, and the London Aquatics Center used for the 2012 olympics. Zaha hadid was 65 years old. Still to come on the newshour Donald TrumpsForeign Policy advisor on the g. O. P. Frontrunners world view. Why several president ial hopefuls are having trouble winning over women voters. Chinas president in washington amid unsual public criticism, and much more. Woodruff we return now to politics, and a look at where the candidates stand on Foreign Policy. Tonight, we focus on republican frontrunner donald trump. He met with his Foreign Policy team earlier today. And we are joined now by one of the advisors in that meeting, walid phares. He was an advisor to mitt romney in the 2012 campaign. Welcome to the program. Thank you very much. Woodruff you just told me the meeting went on two hours. Theres been a lot of criticism mr. Trump is not well informed whin it comes to international affairs. How well informed is he . In this meeting we felt he was informed about many actors and players in the world. Of course, he has to be informed by his advisors and hopefully by f he wins by the actual agency. So he is collecting the information, the assessment and focusing on the most important priorities for him. Woodruff hes gotten some headlines lately for comments hes made about the use of Nuclear Weapons about in the asian theater and in in your opinion toward i. S. I. S. Would u. S. Policy about the use of Nuclear Weapons in any way change under a President Trump, do you think . Lets Pay Attention to his work. He said, i wont rule it out. It wont be off the table, but there would be an exception. And the exception would be if the terrorists would obtain nukes, maybe his advisor would tell him we would need that. But it wont change our posture with the chinese and the russians and others as well. Woodruff is that because he doesnt want to take them office table . In his doctrine and approach to all issues, he doesnt want to let go of any options. Does not mean hes going to use that option. His new doctrine of National Security is going to be wider, how to build and how to react to these scenarios. Woodruff hes made comments about n. A. T. O. Thinking n. A. T. O. Should pick up more of the cost of its own defense, is that because he thinks n. A. T. O. Is not under serious threat from russia . Actually, thats another example of how the perception of what he said is different than what he meant, thats why these important meetings are helpful. What he meant by a n. A. T. O. Review is n. A. T. O. Was created under a cold war and the posture changed. Most of the crises are in the levant and norfolk and other places. He wants to restructure the n. A. T. O. Alliance and the posture toward russia as well. Woodruff is that because he thinks russia is not a serious threat . We and russia have Serious Problems and tensions and he recognizes them in ukraine, crimea, but he also knows russia is threatened by the jihadists and i. S. I. S. And even more than us so he thinks it can be an area we collaborate with the russians against the jihadists and maintain our partnership with europe. Woodruff speaking of jihadists, you were telling us one of the things discussed was a new approach toward i. S. I. S. What could that look like . Number one, having to do with a collaboration not just with russia, but with china, india, maybe other african countries. Egibbet. So increase coalition. The other hand, may be a serious Arab Coalition that would do the job on the ground but we need to be helpful with them. Woodruff as you know this administration has tried to put together an Arab Coalition, tried to get countries in the region to Work Together toward i. S. I. S. How would mr. Trump be able to make it happen . Because maybe for the reason it didnt happen is the iran deal, in the sense that the administration was very nervous about not endangering the iran deal and, therefore, the Arab Coalition was very nervous about the iran deal. Now it has been signed. So a new era could be opened with the arab leaders. Woodruff i want to ask you about a comment made by chinese leader xi jinping where hes saying words to the effect hes not going to allow other nations to violate chinas sovereignty in the south china sea. Hes referring to the dispute over the islands there. Would a President Trump address china under these circumstances . Were in a primary thats very early and even if he clinches the nomination, it will still be early. For these kind of strategic decisions, he would definitely need the Information Available at the agencies, within the government and defense agent ags and other allies, but the posture is going to be National Security of the United States comes first. Woodruff walid phares, who was an advisor to donald trump, we thank you very much. Thank you for having me. Woodruff woodruff another issue in the spotlight this week women voters. In 2012, they made up 53 of the electorate in the president ial race. To check in on that crucial voting bloc and what is driving the thinking of women voters this year, we are joined by Rebecca Traister, journalist and author of all the Single Ladies unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation. Kelly dittmar, a scholar at the center for american women and politics at rutgers university, and pollster ann selzer, president of selzer and company. We welcome all three of you to the program. Let me start with you, Kelly Dittmar. Remind us, how did american women vote in the last few president ial elections . Sure. So theres a persistent gender gap in terms of womens support and president ial vote choice. Where we see women more likely to vote for the democratic candidate than their male counterpart. If you look at 2012, for example, you see women were supporting barack obama at about 55 compared to men at about 45 , so we call that a 10point gender gap. If you break that down, you see Even Stronger support among women of color for barack obama at 96 , for example, among black women. Woodruff an ann selzer, what do we see so far this year in how the womens vote is break down based ton exit polls in the primaries so far . Lets start with the republicans. Well, were just starting to see things coalesce here. In terms of the primaries with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, she is leading with women. Shes not necessarily leading with younger women. So that really remains her challenge as she thinks about heading into a general election. In terms of the republican side of this, what you have is a stronger showing by cruz among women and a stronger showing for trump among men. He pretty much dominates the male vote. Its a twopoint race between trump and cruz in terms of the primary vote. Woodruff has that been consistent through the primaries or shifting, ann . Well, what we have been seeing is the favabilit3 shifting quite a bit in terms of trump, in particular. In that he has started out from a negative position in terms of overall favorability and only gotten more negligent nigh terms of how negative in terms of how women are rating him. Women are the people thats the constituency that elects president s, as we just heard from the numbers of romney versus obama, and for donald trump to have an unfavorable number of 60 among women, makes it hard tore him to think about winning an election. Woodruff Rebecca Traister, you have been looking at whats driving the womens vote. You wrote a book about unmarried women, but across the board, what do you see women what is it that motivates women when they go to the polls . Well, as you said, you know, i have been looking specifically at unmarried women who make up a huge part of the electorate. In 2012, unmarried women comprised 23 of the electorate and they seemed to vote very far left. They voted for barack obama in 2012. Almost a quarter of the electorate voted for barack obama 67 to 31 . One of the things that i think were seeing reflected on the democratic platform, both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, are putting forth all kinds of policies increasingly making sense in a world in which women are living more independently from marriage than before and include the increase in minimum wage. Twothirds of minimumwage workers are women, half unmarried women. Things like paid leave, bert subsidized Early Childhood education and daycare. Both candidates are talking about reducing college costs. Of course, you know, women are very interested, often especially those who lean left are very interested in protecting reproductive rights which are obviously part of the democratic those are strong democratic priorities. So i think this election in particular, youre seeing a a lt of people, a lot of women voting democratic and talking about their economic concerns and wanting to see new social and economic programs that are going to stabilize their economic life. Woodruff let me turn to Kelly Dittmar about women voting in the republican primaries. Seems theyre not necessarily motivated by the same things that are motivating women who turn out to vote democratic. Yeah, i think one interesting thing we have been seeing in some of the polling on the republican side is that there is been a strong kurt push. We talked in past elections about security moms as a certain subset of voter, but actually more so in this election than some elections in the past, ive seen some gender gaps in the prioritization of securityrelated issues, things like concern about terrorism in light of recent attack