In the death of a 25yearold black man, freddie gray. A look at why the prosecution is having such a hard time making its case. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by some say its a calling. Some say they lost someone they loved. Many say its to save lives, as many and as often as possible. Theres 100 reasons why someone becomes a doctor, but at m. D. Anderson, its because theres nothing and we mean nothing we wont do in making cancer history. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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 for Hillary Clinton today, a recommendation and a rebuke from the federal bureau of investigation. They came after a yearlong investigation into her use of a private email server, when she was the nations top diplomat. No charges are appropriate in this case. Woodruff with those seven words, f. B. I. Director james comey all but lifted the legal threat to the democrats president ial nomineetobe. He said, in essence investigators found no wanton wrongdoing to make criminal charges stick. Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. Woodruff but comey also spoke in blistering terms about clintons use of a private e mail server as secretary of state. Although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. Woodruff clinton has acknowledged it was a mistake to use a private email system, but shes asserted that classified material was never handled improperly. I did not email any classified material to anyone on my email. There is no classified material. Woodruff today, however, the f. B. I. Found that 110 emails contained information that was classified when it was sent or received. And, the fbi also found it is possible that hostile actors got access to the secretarys account. Any reasonable person in secretary clintons position, or in the position of those Government Employees with whom she was corresponding about these matters, should have known that an unclassified system was no place for that conversation. Woodruff the announcement came after the f. B. I. Interviewed clinton for three andahalf hours on saturday. The candidate was speaking in washington as comey made his report. She did not address it there, or later, in charlotte, North Carolina. Instead, her campaign issued a statement, saying republican reaction to comeys announcement was swift and strongly negative. The g. O. Ps presumptive president ial nominee donald trump took to twitter, saying and House Speaker paul ryan said in a statement the white house said it would have no official response to the f. B. I. Findings. They now go to the Justice Department, where attorney general Loretta Lynch said last week shell follow prosecutors recommendations. That followed a furor over her impromptu meeting with former president bill clinton. The f. B. I. Also found the state department was generally lax about handling classified material. A Department Spokesman responded that we take it very, very seriously. Well take a closer look at the f. B. I. Findings, after the news summary. All of this unfolded on the same day that president obama campaigned with Hillary Clinton for the first time this year. The onetime rivals flew together on air force one, and appeared at a rally in charlotte, North Carolina. The president said clinton is ready for the oval office. I can tell you this Hillary Clinton has been tested, she has seen up close whats involved in making those decisions, she has never been any man or woman more qualified for this office than Hillary Clinton, ever. Woodruff Republican Donald Trump also campaigns in North Carolina tonight. Iraqi search teams recovered more bodies in baghdad today, and the death toll from sundays bombing soared to 175. Distraught family members held funeral processions in the iraqi capital. They carried caskets past charred buildings as word came that the countrys interior minister has resigned. Meanwhile, officials in istanbul, turkey jailed 17 more suspects in last weeks airport bombings that killed 45. An el al flight from new york to tel aviv made it safely to israel today, after a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax. The flight was escorted across europe by french, swiss and bulgarian warplanes. In tel aviv, family members anxiously waited for relatives whod been on board and were unaware of the drama until landing. I heard that the plane was accompanied by a fighter plane, from switzerland or from what, but i did not see it. Just as well that i didnt see it, it wouldnt have helped my situation. Woodruff el al israels National Carrier is considered one of the worlds most secure airlines. Theres fresh economic fallout from britains decision to leave the european union. The british pound tumbled today to a new 31year low against the dollar, while Business Confidence dropped sharply. And, major real estate funds moved to stop a run on their assets. The bank of england reacted with moves to help banks free up more money for lending. In france, the government invoked special constitutional powers to push a labor reform bill closer to enactment. The measure would make it easier to hire and fire workers, and it has angered labor unions. Thousands of Union Members marched through paris in protest today, and opposition lawmakers walked out as the Prime Minister defended the bill in the national assembly. translated i decided after much deliberation, to commit the responsibility of the government to the vote, in its new reading. The government is proudly transparent, and proudly courageous, because we are acting in the interests of the french people. Woodruff the labor bill still has to get through the french senate, and through the national assembly, a final time. On wall street stocks fell as concerns about britains economy grew and oil prices slumped. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 108 points to close at 17,840. The nasdaq fell 39 points, and the s p 500 slipped 14. Nasas juno spacecraft is now safely in orbit around jupiter. The solarpowered probe completed the final leg of its fiveyear journey last night. On the ground, in pasadena, california the flight team burst into cheers as juno beamed back signals confirming its arrival. Its amazing. I mean the more you know about the mission you know just how tricky this was and have it be flawless, i mean i cant really put it into words. You imagine what it might feel like, but to actually have it to know we can all go to bed tonight and not worry about what is going to happen tomorrow, is pretty awesome. Woodruff beginning in august, the probe is due to begin its mission of mapping jupiter, over a period of 20 months. And, former congressman, federal judge and white House Counsel abner mikva died monday, of bladder cancer. The illinois democrat spent ten years in the house, before serving on a federal appeals court, and then, at the Clinton White house. He received the president ial medal of freedom in 2014, and in a statement today, president obama called him a mentor and friend. Abner mikva was 90 years old. Still to come on the newshour how the f. B. I. s recommendation of no criminal charges against Hillary Clinton could influence the election, inside the simmering conflict in ukraines separatist regions, questions of justice denied in the freddie gray trial, and much more. Woodruff now, back to todays announcement from the f. B. I, and the bureaus year long probe into Hillary Clintons email practices as secretary of state. First, well delve into the f. B. Is findings, with carrie johnson, justice correspondent for npr. Carrie johnson, welcome back to the newshour. First of all, you told us today that what the f. B. I. Director did, how he said this today was unusual. What did you mean by that . Judy, maybe even unprecedented. Nobody ive talked with whos worked with the Justice Department or the f. B. I. Over the last 25 years can remember an incident in which an f. B. I. Director held a News Conference to announce his recommendation about an ongoing criminal matter. That is what happened today. Moreover, f. B. I. Director jim comey entered into an unusual amount of detail about the nature of the investigation and all the steps the f. B. I. Has taken, painstaking steps, thousands of hours to have f. B. I. Agents time, a puzzle the f. B. I. Director likened to getting a jigsaw puzzle thats completed, dumping it on the ground and putting all the pieces back together again. Thats what jim comey says the f. B. I. s task is in investigating Hillary Clintons email server. I have to i was going to say. Go ahead. Woodruff no, finish your thought. Sure. In fact, he said it wasnt just email server, judy. Apparently, she used different servers over time and multiple different blackberrys, so this was a complicated investigation, more than we knew. Woodruff in the end, director comey said they did not feel there was support information, there was no determination that criminal charges should be made. I think people are having a hard time squaring that. Woodruff yes, including some republicans, as you mentioned in your newscast. So what the f. B. I. Director said was they looked at three Different Things in the course of this investigation, and ultimately concluded that no reasonable prosecutor would bring a criminal case based on the facts that the f. B. I. Had at hand. What they were looking at was, a, whether Hillary Clintons email server had been hacked by any foreign governments or criminals. B, whether there was any willful or intentional activity with respect to mishandling classified information and, c, whether there was gross negligence in the handling of government secrets. What the f. B. I. Concluded after reviewing tens of thousands of pages of documents, interviewing Hillary Clinton on saturday for three and a half hours in a room, many of her closest aides, was they could find no clear evidence of intent to mishandle government information and government secrets, no direct evidence whatsoever that anybody engaged in obstruction of justice or lied to investigators and, certainly, the f. B. I. Director said no evidence of spying or disloyalty to the u. S. Government, and because they look back at a series of plea deals and indictments over the last many years, they couldnt find a case quite like this one. Jim comey said the facts were just not there to go forward with an intentional criminal case against Hillary Clinton or against anybody else in her inner circle. Woodruff all right, carrie johnson, we thank you. We know its now up to the department of justice to decide what to do to make that announcement. That comes next. Carrie johnson, we thank you. Absolutely. Thank you. Woodruff now, the political fallout from todays f. B. I. Announcement. We start with sean spicer, chief strategist and Communications Director for the Republican National committee. I spoke to him a short time ago. Sean spicer, welcome. So the f. B. I. Director excuse me the f. B. I. Director said that, despite the finding by his investigators that emails were handled in an extremely careless way, that they would not recommend a criminal prosecution. Whats your reaction . Well, today was an indictment on Hillary Clintons judgment more than anything, and an indictment on, frankly, her fitness to be president. The 15minute press conference was started with 14 minutes of the director laying out her recklessness, her mishandling of stuff, the culture created at the state department, i dont see how the conclusion matches the first 14 minutes. The director made a very clear case there were excessive classified emails she handled. Over 100 at top secret level, she was reckless with her handling of email, and for someone who wants to be president and oversee our National Security, whether or not there was a criminal indictment was sort of beside the point. The fact of the matter is the f. B. I. Recognized her handling of classified information, her handling of National Security was, indeed, reckless and not up to someone who should be president. Woodruff well, as you know, he said that, in order to bring a criminal charge, there had to be finding that secretary clinton or the people around her were intentional in the way they violated whatever rules there were at the state department. Are you saying that was an erroneous finding on his part . Well, obviously, i think there is one thing the investigation i think was thorough. I dont have a problem with that. I dont understand the conclusion, to be honest with you, on two fronts. Number one, the definition is gross negligence. I think that by what the director laid out meets the Legal Definition of that. She clearly, whether intentionally or not, broke the law. The law was broken, the rules werent followed. The law doesnt say unless you meant to break it. The law is the law, and if you break it, you face a penalty. Thousands of people have been prosecuted for mishandling classified information, and there is no question she did that. But number two, just when it goes to the intent, the entire reason she set up these private servers, and make sure we all get that thats something that sort of came out today, it wasnt just one server, its multiple, he talked about how it was susceptible to foreign hacking, but the fact is she set the server up in the first place to avoid detection, to avoid being monitored and transparency. So this wasnt the use of a gmail or private yahoo account. She specifically set this server up to evade detection and monitoring. That goes to intent, as far as im concerned. Woodruff what is an appropriate punishment, in your view . Well, im not a lawyer, im not the department of justice, but i think not saying that you can lay out a case of 14 minutes of how it was wrong and then say it shouldnt be prosecuted, i dont understand how you square that circle, right. He ld out 14 minutes of ways she personally mishandled classified information and then said the culture at the state department was reckless under her leadership. So i dont understand how you come to the conclusion that you dont seek prosecution. I hope that the department of justice actually overrules this. Woodruff your partys nominee for president tobe donald trump is saying that the system is rigged. He looked at what happened, said the system is rigged. Do you agree with him and, if so, whos rigging it . Well, i think theres no question when you look at the countless people who have been prosecuted including general petraeus, you have to say, how do you come to this conclusion and not say that there should be a prosecution . I actually believe that the director left more questions than he answered, and i think thats where i think, after a week where the attorney general Loretta Lynch has a private secret meeting with former president bill clinton, then secretary clinton gets a special meet fog one else in america would get on the saturday of a Holiday Weekend at f. B. I. Headquarters and tuesday they come out with the announcement. Tuesday afternoon they go to North Carolina to have a unity rally with the president of the United States on air force one, i think today created more questions than it answered. Woodruff sean spicer with the Republican National committee, thank you very much. Thanks, judy. Woodruff and now woodruff and now, a different view. Joining us live from capitol hill is u. S. Representative Xavier Becerra of california he is one of the topranking democrats in congress. Representative becerra, thank you for being here. Even without a recommendation to prosecute, these were it from damning findings, werent they . Judy, thanks for having me. As weve known and as the secretary of her said, we need to do things differently, all of us, whether the state department or our own home, weve learned we need to evolve because technology is moving so quickly that you cant have the old password you used to have on your email account because you know its not sufficient enough to clear you and clearly if youre going to be passing along information thats classified, sensitive matters at state department, you have to be more careful. Yeah, i think its clear and the secretary admitted that we need to be sure were doing Everything Possible to protect americans and the information we generate. Woodruff how do you explain, though, congressman, secretary clintons repeated statements that no classified information was sent or received when the f. B. I. Found that it was . And, judy, i think were all interested in learning a little bit more about what director comey was saying because it could be the difference between what you are communicating at a particular moment, which doesnt receive a classified designation or a topsecret designation, and afterwards may, or, in the opinion of someone who would have seen that email, say, at the f. B. I. Or at c. I. A. , they may have said, oh, th