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Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this was a day of mourning in orlando, as a shocking new killing shook england. The president traveled to florida to console survivors and families of the 49 murdered sunday at a gay nightclub. And, he met with police and first responders. Afterward, mr. Obama and Vice President biden left flowers at a makeshift memorial, and spoke with reporters. Today, once again as has been true too many times before, i held and hugged grieving family members and parents and they asked why does this keep happening . And they pleaded that we do more to stop the carnage. They dont care about the politics. Neither do i. Woodruff but, a leading republican caused a stir today when he initially charged the president bears the blame for the nightclub killings. Arizona senator john mccain told reporters barack obama is directly responsible for it because his decision to pull all u. S. Troops out of iraq led to the rise of isis. Later, mccain said he misspoke, and did not mean to imply the president was personally responsible for orlando. Sreenivasan britain was stunned today, when a member of parliament was shot dead in her own district. Labour party m. P. Jo cox had campaigned to keep britain in the European Union. She was killed in the small town of birstall, near leeds, in northern england. Griff witte is London Bureau chief for the Washington Post, and joins us now. For an american frame of reference, there might be people who think about this like the Gabby Gifford shooting or attack that happened a few years ago here whom was jo cox . Jo cox was someone who was widely respected on all sides of the political debate in britain. She was someone who had been a human rights campaigner before she became a member of parliament. She was elected to Parliament Last year as a member of the Center Left Labour party, and she as someone with an extraordinarily Bright Future in politics. David cameron today called her a rising star. Sreenivasan and there were several different narratives that were swirling. What happened on the scene around the attack . Well, what we understand is that jo cox was meeting with constituents at a library in this small town, which is something she does every thursday afternoon, and she was walking out of the building, and she was approached on the side walk by a 52yearold man who began stabbing her. A passerbir tried to intervene, tried to stop the attack, and the attacker then pulled out a gun, believed to have been perhaps an antique weapon. Firearms are very tightly regulated here in the u. K. , and he began the shoot her and shot her at least two two time, perhaps three times. She died about an hour later. Sreenivasan keith griffin, griffe witte, we also heard the shooter yelled britain first, a slogan but also a phrase of the far right. Its in the clear this man had any kind of relationship with britain first. It is an organization on the far right of the u. K. It is an antiimmigrant, antimuslim organization that does provocative actions across the u. K. Witnesses have said he yelled britain first as he was engaging the attack and afterward. And for that there is speculation he had some kind of political motives. Family members, however, say they dt know him to be someone who had any kind of political affiliations at all or Strong Political views, but they say he was mentally troubled. Christa all right. Griffe witte of the Washington Post joining us from london. Thanks so much. Woodruff in the days other news, search crews in the mediterranean have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the egyptair plane that crashed last month. The flight disappeared between crete and the egyptian coast, killing all 66 people on board. Investigators say the voice recorder was damaged, but its memory unit is still intact. Theyre working to see if it sheds light on what caused the crash. Sreenivasan in washington, c. I. A. Director john brennan warned today that the Islamic State group is trying to send operatives into the west to carry out new attacks. Brennan told the Senate Intelligence committee that the militants hope highprofile attacks will compensate for territory theyve lost in iraq and syria. Isil has a large cadre of western fighters who could potentially serve as operatives for attacks in the west. And the group is probably exploring a variety of means for infiltrating operatives into the west, including in refugee flows, smuggling routes and legitimate methods of travel. Sreenivasan the gunman in the orlando killings claimed allegiance to the Islamic State, but brennan said today the c. I. A. Has found no actual connection. Woodruff swaths of downtown st. Louis had no electrical power, and no air conditioning, for much of this day, as the heat headed toward 100 degrees. The cause was an overnight fire inside a manhole. Last night, smoke could be seen billowing from underground. City hall, courts and other administrative buildings closed for the day. Sreenivasan philadelphia is now the first major American City to adopt a tax on carbonated drinks. City council today gave final approval to a levy of 1. 5 cents per ounce for sugary and diet sodas. The Beverage Industry had waged a multimilliondollar campaign to block the measure. Woodruff a lateday rally lifted wall street after five days of losses. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained nearly 93 points to close at 17,733. The nasdaq rose 10 points, and the s p 500 added six. Sreenivasan and, walt disney opened shanghai disneyland today its first theme park in mainland china. The Opening Ceremony featured communist Party Leaders and familiar characters. Officials held up the park as a symbol of u. S. China relations. Its valued at 5. 5 billion. Still to come on the newshour, a senators 15hour filibuster could it change the gun control debate . Making economic sense of britains vote to leave or stay in the e. U. The navys new approach to p. T. S. D. Firsthand accounts from survivors of the orlando shooting, and much more. Woodruff the debate over gun control took center stage in the u. S. Senate for nearly 15 hours as democrats pushed for votes on measures they say could prevent another mass shooting. Woodruff Senate Minority leader harry reid confirmed this morning that republicans will allow votes on guncontrol amendments to a larger, money bill. But, he complained, its not at all clear they can pass. Republicans must join us for those measures to pass. But that wont happen if republicans continue to take their orders and i mean orders from the National Rifle association and the gun owners of america. Woodruff Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell had a ready answer that democrats played politics yesterday while the f. B. I. Briefed senators on orlando. Senate republicans attended, and asked serious questions. A Significant Group of Senate Democrats skipped it. Skipped the briefing altogether. For a campaign talkathon out here on the senate floor, which also prevented us from Going Forward on the bill. Woodruff connecticut democrat chris murphy spearheaded the filibuster that ran nearly 15 hours, until early this morning. He evoked the 2012 massacre at a school in newtown, connecticut, and a teacher who shielded a child it takes courage to look into the eye of a shooter, instead of running, wrapping your arms around a six year old boy and accepting death as a trade for a little boy under your charge. That, then ask yourself, what can you do to make sure that orlando or sandy hook never, ever happens again . Woodruff murphy wants a vote on barring gun sales to those on a terror watchlist. He drew support from a number of fellow democrats. Republican pat toomey of pennsylvania also spoke up im of the view that its time to get something done here. What i think we need to do here is do everything we can to make sure that terrorists are not able to buy guns, at least not legally. But we also need to have a meaningful mechanism for people to challenge their status on that list, and thats what we havent put together here. Woodruff a g. O. P. Alternative calls not for barring gun sales, but delaying them by 72 hours, for anyone on the watch list. Woodruff this afternoon, the senates numbertwo republican, john cornyn, said the senate will vote on four gunrelated measures on monday. Joining me now is one of the more than 20 Democratic Senators who took part in last nights filibuster, senator al franken of minnesota. Senar, thank you for joining us. Given the implaquable opposition of virtually every republican in the senate, what do you think this filibuster accomplished . Well, i hope it changed the conversation in light of the just horrific events in orlando, the worst mass shooting in our countrys history. Chris murphy represented newtown when he was in the house of representatives and said how difficult it is for him to talk to the families of the kids who died there in that shooting and tell them that four years later nothing has happened. And i think that. I commend chris murphy for doing this. And i think it changed the conversation. And thats why were having these votes. Were going to have these votes on monday. And i think anything that we can do to stop one of these events is a good thing. And Dianne Feinstein is putting forward a bill that will take people who are on the terror watch list and make it so theyre not able to buy a gun. And chris murphy has offered legislation to close the loopholes, the background checks at gun shows and online because anyone who is on the terror watch list, they get turned down at a gun store, they can just right now go online or go to a gun show. And weve got to do everything we can to prevent Something Like this happening. Were not going to get all of them, but any one that we can stop, we must do. Woodruff senator, im sure you know republicans are arguing. Theyve got their own arguments on every one of these proposals. On the terror watch list proposal, they still think since. Or they argue that buying a gun is a constitutional right, and even for someone who is on a terror watch list, maybe theres a short delay, but you still have to give that person an opportunity to buy a gun at some point. Well, you know, we should be talking about how to do this, but talking about a threeday delay i dont think makes sense. The gao just came out with a report that says that people on the nofly list, 91 of them were able to buy guns at gun stores. The ones that were turned down, they werent denied because theyre on the terror watch list. They were denied for some other reason. We have to make sure that people who should not have guns do not have guns. That is a priority. And, yes, if you want to adjudicate somebody who is wrongly on the list, that should be done, but it shouldnt be done in three days. Woodruff senator, what makes you think compromise can be worked out now when even when the democrats were in the majority in the senate after the Newtown School shooting, they were not able to enact significant legislation on guns . One, we came very close then. And two, i think this terror watch list is a different issue. And i think that what we saw in this filibuster last night and the reaction of people around the country, i think that my republican colleagues who are certainly up for reelection, you see it with donald trump, whose response to this has been, you know, in many ways terrible, is seeing. Hes running for president. He sees that, you know, 80 of republicans are for these measures, and some 87 of the American People are for that. So i hope that my colleagues understand that this is just the right thing to do and that they will not give into the pressure from the nra. Woodruff even if the senate were the pass new language, senator, we have every expectation that the house would not. So is this just then an exercise in what . This is an exercise in trying to prevent these from happening. Thats what this is. And there has been movement on this issue because of this horrific event. And i believe thats being felt in the senate and in the house. Woodruff so you do believe next week we may see one or more of these proposals pass the senate . I hope some i dont know what senator cornyns proposal. Is i dont know what senator grassleys proposal is. But youll notice we are getting proposals from them now. Now, they may be like weve seen before, with poison pills or Something Like that, but i think the conversation has changed in the wake of this horrific event. Woodruff senator al franken of minnesota, we thank you very much. Thank you, judy. Sreenivasan as we heard, britain was stunned today by the killing of a member of parliament. Jo cox was a strong supporter of saying the country should stay in the European Union. In one week britain votes on that very question. Both sides in the argument suspended their campaigns today out of respect. Before the latest, our economics correspondent paul solman was in oxford hearing the arguments. Tonight, the case for leaving the e. U. Its part of his making sense series, which appears every thursday on the newshour. Reporter the oxford union, perhaps the worlds most famous debating society. Mr. President , i am delighted to be here at the oxford union, the pinnacle of university debating in england. Reporter capping off the spring term last week, the years most hotly anticipated debate the e. U. Referendum, better known as brexit, british exit from the European Union coming up for a real vote one week from today. We have a long and illustrious tradition of democratic self government, we are as entitled to rule ourselves as the people of the United States of america. This is your birthright, this is your heritage, this is your future, reclaim it and vote leave. applause lets make the case for immigration as a sign of success of this country and lets celebrate this magnificent achievement of those whove come. Reporter this is mansfield, one of oxfords 38 colleges, where some 400 of oxfords 22,000 students live and learn. Mansfield is known for its non conformity its openness to students from all countries and classes, not just from upper crust prep schools. Small wonder its faculty want to remain in the e. U. Sometimes i talk to my colleagues over lunch and they cannot imagine that anybody would vote leave. Reporter but at the entry point to mansfield, terry greenwood, who helps run the porters lodge, will vote to vamoose. I have no confidence in the basic ability or competence of anybody in the European Parliament, whatever. Reporter but its going to cost the United Kingdom to leave the union, is it not . So what . We should be in charge of our own country. We, not some unelected parliament. You wouldnt have your next door neighbor come in and tell you what to eat at your table. Well thats precisely what the European Union is telling us to do. Its telling us how to conduct our lives. Reporter somerville is one of oxfords first colleges to admit women, in 1879. Indira gandhi lived and learned here; so did margaret thatcher. The faculty want to stay in europe, but olga smith, a so called scout who helps keep house for the current head of college, does not. Well, i think weve lost control of the borders. Reporter do you think that the people who are coming in are driving down wages . The wages and unemployment, yeah. Yes, cos, theres a lot more foreign people doing all that doing all sorts of jobs. I feel that we should leave. Reporter David Townsend is assistant gardener. Ive always regarded myself as english first, then british. Ive never regarded myself as european. As an island nation, i think its inborn, i think. Reporter but the brexit vote isnt just a class conflict town against gown. Consider this excerpt from a feature film gone viral making the case for leaving. We the people are being cajoled, frightened, and bullied into surrendering our democracy and freedom. This film is a rallying cry. We must fight for our independence, for the right to determine ourselves the laws under which we live, and for the freedom to shape our own future. Reporter the politician often compared to donald trump here, forme