Woodruff good evening. Im judy woodruff. Ifill and im gwen ifill. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill our lead story tonight a fuller picture is emerging of the man who opened fire, killing a dozen civilians at the navy yard in washington. Aaron alexis had a history of trouble during his military service, and may have had mental problems in recent months, but it remained unclear what drove him to start shooting. Well have more on his state of mind, and the state of the invest
Donald trump. So i will continue to focus on substance and truth and let other candidates focus on the insults and attack. Anda÷ the Cruz Campaign isnt stopping there. Releasing a fresh attack ad, taking aim at donald trump. Between sips of wine and bites of salad talks about getting money from tissue of aborted tuses for money. Planned parenthood treats unborn like a form of currency. Yet, some politicians still defend them. Planned parenthood serves a good function. We have to look at the positives. Donald trump is just plain wrong. And trump fired back today. This guy, cruz, comes out well i dont think he is going to win. This guy is so strident and so nasty, he is going to lose every single state. Trump and cruz isnt costing trump support at least not yet. A new survey by Public Policy polling, a Democratic Group shows trump maintain ago strong lead in South Carolina with 35 of likely Republican Voters backing him. Ted cruz and marco rubio are followed by john kasich at 10 . Then
With scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. In a president ial campaign more about insults than ideas, it has come to this the Biggest Issue today was a beauty queen of 20 years ago, and Donald Trumps treatment of her. In the wee hours of the morning while most of us were sleeping, trump was wide awake, launching a twitter tirade. Hillary clinton was quick to fire back, and here is major garrett. Reporter the tweets began at 3 20 a. M. Eastern, with donald trump condemning unsourced reporting about his campaign as lies. At 5 15 a. M. , to the dismay and bafflement of his top advisers, trump turned to alicia machado, and the weeklong debate over trumps mocking of the 1996 Miss Universe winners postpageant univer weight gain. Trump called machado disgusting, and urged his nearly 12 million twitter followers to look for an alleged sex tape of machado, the first time a Major Party Nominee recommended pornography to his supporters. Trump said clinton was duped by the con that mac
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