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More than 150 tombstones that were toppled or damaged over the weekend, part of a spate of antisemitic attacks and threats nationwide. The Vice President visited suburban st. Louis this afternoon, and made a stop at the cemetery. He got a firsthand look at some of the damage and briefly joined the cleanup. There is no place in america for hatred or acts of prejudice or violence or antisemitism. I must tell you, the people of missouri are inspiring the nation by your love and care for this place, for the Jewish Community in missouri. And i want to thank you for that inspiration, for showing the world what america is really all about. Sreenivasan Online Fundraising has brought in more than 92,000 to repair the damage. Muslim groups launched the effort, in a show of solidarity. In germany, the government is making it easier to deport rejected asylumseekers. Germany took in nearly 900,000 people in 2015. Today, chancellor Angela Merkels cabinet approved a plan that speeds up expulsions of those who dont gain asylum. Merkels coalition has come under increasing domestic critisism over the tide of migrants, and it faces a general election in september. Sreenivasan the United Nations warned today that nearly 20 Million People face starvation in four countries, if help doesnt arrive before april. The secretary general said south sudan, nigeria, somalia and yemen are on the brink of catastrophe, and he called for 4. 4 billion. Jonathan rugman of independent Television News reports on south sudan, where civil war has brought on disaster. Reporter parts of south sudan are in famine. The worlds first since 2011. Over a quarter of a million severely malnourished children, says unicef. Almost three million forced from their homes because of ethnic conflict here. Massacres and widespread rape as weapons of war. And all the aid agencies admit that this famine is manmade. Those men are salva kiir, the president wearing the hat, and riek machar, his former deputy. Listen to this former minister on how south sudans leaders outsource starvation as an issue for us, rather than them. I met one of the finance ministers for south sudan at the u. N. In new york and i said, look, if this war continues, you are going to find your people are starving, because youre diverting all these resources. He said, you, you will feed the people. I said, what do you mean, we will feed the people . He said, i dont believe countries like britain will walk away whilst hundreds of thousands of people starve, so well carry on fighting the war. Reporter but confronted with this suffering, doing nothing is not an option, and for those arguing that aid needs to be tied to political reform, what an appalling example south sudan is. Woodruff back in this country, federal officials shut down a protest camp close to the Dakota Access pipeline. About 150 people left voluntarily, but others were arrested. Earlier, protesters torched their tents and teepees near the Standing Rock sioux reservation in north dakota, in what they called a ceremonial act. The army corps of engineers ordered the site closed before spring floods. Other protest camps have sprung up on private land, as construction resumes on the last stretch of the pipeline. Sreenivasan the Trump Administration is moving tonight to revoke federal guidelines on transgender bathrooms in public schools. They were issued under president obama, and called for letting students choose a bathroom based on gender identity. Administration Officials Say mr. Trump is acting because he believes states should set their own policies. 13 states sued to block the guidelines last year. Woodruff the organization that oversees the s. A. T. College Entrance Exam is beefing up security, after a rash of cheating. The College Board announced today it will cut back testing dates overseas, to reduce opportunities for stealing the exams. Its also increasing the numbers of audits at sites where the s. A. T. Is administered. The changes follow highprofile cases in asia where students obtained copies of tests in advance. Sreenivasan and, wall street had a mixed day, after oil prices slipped and took Energy Stocks lower. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 32 points to close at 20,775. The nasdaq fell five points, and the s p 500 slipped two. Woodruff still to come on the newshour california braces for flooding after years of drought; newspaper editors from the heartland share their readers views on the early days of the trump presidency; Syrian Refugees who would prefer not to move to the u. S. , and much more. Sreenivasan lets turn our focus out west to northern california, where rain and flooding have wreaked havoc on a oncedroughtstricken region. Officials in san jose ordered some 14,000 people to evacuate overnight. Floodwaters did stabilize today, but neighborhoods were inundated. Officials said they dont yet know when residents will be able to return to their homes. Were now joined by the mayor of san jose, sam liccardo. Mayor liccardo, you have 14,000 out for sure, another 20,000 encouraged to leave. All of them want the information you cant give them yet which is when will they be able to go back home. Yeah, the Important Message is were not out of. This although the waters are receding, we have other storms coming in. Its not safe to go into the neighborhoods yet. We have a lot of contaminated water and we dont want folks going in if theyre in peril. Sreenivasan do you have any idea of how significant the damage is . Not yet. Were focusing on caring for the families and their immediate needs. Well have an opportunity to get building inspectors in there to make sure the housing is safe and will have a better sense in the days to woman. Sreenivasan why did it take to long to evacuate these folks . We were reporting on this on the east coast. Yet we see late last night police were pounding on doors saying, come out, its too late, youve got to move. Its fair to say we were preparing for a storm but what really flooded these neighborhoods was the overpouring of a dam, anderson dam, which released a torrent of water that exceeded our 100year flood estimate. Essentially the glad maps, the data we were relying on wasnt preparing us for this. And, so, we are clearly learning very hard lessons here and weve got a lot to fix going forward. Sreenivasan anderson dam which feeds the coyote creek area, engineers say it could take nine weeks to bring it down to the safe levels 68 , or whatever the capacity of the reservoir, and now its up to 100. Is there going to be a huge volume of water that floods through the creek and keeps this the status quo in parts of san josee and other parts of the neighborhood . Much depends on the rain dom. We expect another storm this weekend. We hope it wont be substantial because we need to get some sun on this reservoir to get some of the water evaporated. Sreenivasan has the city requested aid from the state or federal government . I had a conversation with the Governors Office a couple of hours ago. Were working with them collaboratively. So far, we have been able to manage this on our own. Really an incredible work by a lot of firefighters, First Responders who are working many overtime shifts to safely evacuate hundreds of residents by boat. Really, great testament to their hard work, but we know were probably going to need help in the weeks the come and were working now with the state to figure out how we can do that. Sreenivasan how many people do you still have in emergency shelters . Is that number decreasing . We have more than 300 in shelters right now. The good news is really the overwhelming majority of the displaced residents were able to find help with friends or family members nearby. So were going to do everything we can to help folks who are displace and see how we can help them get back on their feet. Whats been a remarkable thing is to see how the community has reached out in various ways to help these families. Volunteers, a lot of contributions and donations were seeing pouring in rights now. Its a real testament to how the community is pulling together in tough times. Sreenivasan is there anything else if city of san josee needs . We appreciate contributions through the local Community Foundation to help families get back on their feet, but, noorn anything, beyond a big bottle of draino, we could use some sun. Weve got some sun today and we hope the good weather will persist as soon as possible. In california we get 300 days of sun a year and were in years of drought but we need more sun. Sreenivasan mayor sam liccardo of san josee, thank you so much. Thank you. Woodruff now that were one month into the Trump Administration, we wanted to get a sense of how different parts of the country are assessing the president s time in office. To do that, we asked newspaper editors from three states to tell us what theyre hearing from readers in their communities. And they join us now. Lee ann colacioppo is the editor of the denver post; david haynes is the Editorial Page Editor for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in wisconson; and David Bradley is the editor of the st. Joseph newspress in missouri. Missouri is a state that went heavily for donald trump. He won by Something Like 20 points. What are you hearing from your readers about how hes doing . I think people are fairly well satisfied with what donald trump is doing now. I think hes done a lot of things he said he would do. Hes made a few misstatements over the last few weeks, but what hes done, i think has been pretty impressive. Woodruff Lee Ann Colacioppo, what about your readers in denver around colorado . Were getting a lot of really mixed results, mixed phone calls. Weve got people calling up really upset, angry with the Trump Administration, angry with us when weve editorialized in the vein of hes lying, and then weve got a lot of people so were really hearing from both sides. Woodruff okay, weve pursue that. David haynes, what about in milwaukee . What are you picking up from your readers . Well, judy, it always depends on who you talk to. Liberals in our state dont have much use of donald trump. Independents are a little bit divided, although they are concerned about what has been reported as some of the chaos in the white house. Conservatives in wisconsin did not support donald trump in the primary. They went for ted cruz, so theyre still a little wary and worried the agenda of paul ryan who is from our state may not get past in the way theyd like. But what i hear from trump supporters, mostly, is you and the media need to let him get his administration organized. I often hear him saying, you know, bill clinton didnt exactly have an easy transition either, but in the same breath they often will say, but, gosh, i wish he would stop tweeting at 3 00 in the morning. Woodruff what about that, David Bradley, in st. Josephs, missouri . You mentioned a few misstatements, but is that just a small part of what youre hearing . What are people saying about the tweets and the other some of the controversial statements hes made . I think people really are getting turned off by all the protests and all the antagonism going on, and i think they would just like people to sit back, relax, let him try to run the country and work with congress and try to get some things done that h he said. You know, hes done 24 executive orders, hes done hes appointed a Supreme Court justice for the congress to approve. He has met with several foreign leaders, four foreign leaders. He has talked with a lot of Business Leaders and labor leaders in this country, and hes gotten the pipelines opened up so they can finish the pipelines. Hes done quite a few things, appointed 15 members of the cabinets. I know its been delayed, but hes trying to get those through. So hes done a lot of things, i think, that are going in the right direction. H hes made a mistake on his order on immigration from those seven countries. Hes correcting that now. I think hes doing everything he can to try to keep the country safe. Woodruff Lee Ann Colacioppo, in denver, again, are you hearing some of the same sentiments where you are . I would say that we are probably hearing more people who are concerned about the direction of the administration. We are getting a lot of protests. Seems like almost every day. Woodruff we should say that colorado is a state that Hillary Clinton won by about five points. So let me come back to you, david haynes, in wisconsin. You were saying theres a mixture of reactions to the president there. What about on the immigration order, the tightening announced this weeks and then the sevencountry travel ban . Well, immigration, as in many states, is an issue that cuts both ways. We have a Large Population of recent immigrants in the milwaukee area mostly from mexico. There was a big day without latinos rally here. But when you get out into the state, out into the rural areas where donald trump won by large margins, he won our state by about 10,000 votes, small margin overall but piled up votes in the rural areas. Thats where dairy farms are in wisconsin, 40 are immigrants, the hands, many undocumented. You have a situation where a farmer has undocumented immigrants work for him and a neighbor chanting dont build the wall, so its quite a dichotomy. Woodruff David Bradley, st. Josephs, how much is an issue how much an issue is immigration and the president s attempt to tighten enforcement many in the immigration laws resonating there . I dont think people are against immigration in our part of the world. I think they would like to see it done legally and they would like to go through the regular legal channels. We have a lot of immigrants working at our beef packing or pork packing houses in missouri, and a lot of them are great workers, but we would like to see them go through legal channels and, really, the main concern of people in our area, they want more and better jobs. They want a more pro Business Environment and not have so many regulations so we can grow the number of jobs and good jobs in our community. Woodruff Lee Ann Colacioppo in denver, how much are you hearing from people about that, about, you know, kind of like what David Bradley said a minute ago that some people just want the president to get on with it and start to do something about creating jobs . You know, i dont seems like from the job creation standpoint, that is not one of the subjects that we are hearing a whole lot about. I think were hearing more about concerns about the Health Insurance has been big in the discussion, immigration has been big. I havent heard as much from people discussing the economy. I have heard the bigger part has been wishing so much of the kind of National Talk wasnt drifting in to say the state legislature and City Councils and other parts of the political spectrum. Woodruff do you mean they think more should be done in washington or less . More that the nastiness of the National Debate has worked its way into legislative bodies here that are usually more civil. Woodruff well, david haynes in milwaukee, is there a sense that the National Debate has gotten rougher in the last couple of months . Well, its been going on in wisconsin for six years. Weve had were one of the most polarized states in the country, but i dont think there is any question that the National Debate is more fractured and tougher. Our newspaper, in fact, just hosted last night a community conversation, first of several were going to do, in which were trying to bring people together face to face across that divide and talk about it, but its a tough its a tough thing to do because weve kind of retreated to our echo chambers. There is a great deal of tribalism in terms of people are kind of locked into positions. Woodruff David Bradley, back to you in missouri. What would you say, finally i want to ask all three of you what are people youre hearing from wanting most to see from this president . I think people in our area would like to see a better form of taxation thats progrowth, that helps us grow our companies and our jobs in our area. I think people will like to see less regulations, hopefully, that bogged down businesses from growing and adding more jobs and good jobs, and i think they would like to see a better sense of communication between all sides so