News Wrap: Senate GOP requests $1 billion in funding for Trump’s ballroom

[0:00] in the day's other headlines senate republicans are requesting a billion dollars to fund security [0:05] improvements for president trump's white house ballroom the money is attached to a broader [0:10] measure they hope to pass this month aimed at funding ice and border patrol republicans have [0:15] been pushing for the financing after a man was charged with trying to assassinate president trump [0:20] at a dinner late last month it's not clear exactly how the one billion dollars would be used [0:25] but it is more than double the 400 million to build the ballroom which the president said would [0:30] be privately funded ukrainian president vladimir zelinski says his forces are observing a temporary [0:37] truce tonight earlier russia announced its own ceasefire for friday and saturday for victory [0:42] day celebrations marking the defeat of nazi germany in world war ii but both sides are accusing the [0:49] other of last minute attacks in ukraine authorities say russian strikes killed at least 22 people and [0:55] wounded dozens more as moscow targets the country's power grid president zelinski says the attacks [1:01] prove what he calls moscow's utter cynicism a one-day ceasefire but killing our people beforehand is to [1:10] put it mildly simply not fair dead wounded adults children i'm sorry but after all this to say let's [1:17] have a 24-hour ceasefire that is not serious russia today released videos showing ukrainian drones [1:28] striking the city of chibuk sari east of moscow russia says three people were injured ukraine [1:33] says it was targeting military sites in central china authorities are investigating the cause of an [1:39] explosion at a fireworks plant in hunan province that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more [1:46] eyewitness video caught the sound of popping fireworks and smoke rising from the site yesterday [1:56] china's state broadcaster says investigators believe the blast started in a workshop where [2:00] fireworks are made and packaged and that at least one company official has been detained [2:05] chinese president xi jinping called today for a prompt investigation and the punishment of those [2:10] responsible the equal employment opportunity commission is suing the new york times alleging [2:16] the newspaper discriminated against a white male employee when he was passed over for promotion last [2:22] year the suit claims the times violated federal laws that prohibit hiring or promotion decisions based on race [2:29] or sex saying quote there is no diversity exception to this rule the unnamed employee filed a complaint [2:35] with the eeoc last year after the job went to a person described as a non-white female the time says it [2:42] categorically rejects the allegations and is vowing to defend itself vigorously meantime the trump [2:48] administration is investigating whether smith college violated anti-discrimination laws by allowing [2:54] transgender students to enroll the inquiry by the education department's civil rights office accuses the [3:00] all-women's college of quote admitting biological men it's an expansion of the trump administration's [3:06] push to limit the rights of transgender students which until now is largely focused on sports and the [3:12] use of women's bathrooms in response the massachusetts-based school says it's quote fully committed to its [3:18] institutional values including compliance with civil rights laws in georgia fulton county is seeking to [3:25] block the justice department from acquiring the identities of every person who worked there during [3:31] the 2020 election that is in response to a doj subpoena demanding the names and contact information of [3:38] county employees and volunteer poll workers county officials call that order overbroad saying it was meant [3:45] quote to target harass and punish the president's perceived political opponents it's the latest [3:50] effort by the trump administration to target the democratic stronghold which the president has falsely [3:56] accused of widespread voter fraud in his 2020 election loss on wall street today stocks rose as oil prices [4:04] eased the dow jones industrial average gained more than 350 points the nasdaq added around 250 points or [4:11] more than one percent the s p 500 also closed firmly in positive territory and a pair of broadway adaptations [4:19] are leading the way among this year's tony nominations somewhere love is waiting for you oh am i supposed to [4:31] talk here thank you and when you find him schmigadoon a parody of broadway musicals based on an apple tv show [4:39] earned 12 nominations so too did the lost boys based on the 1987 teen vampire film close behind [4:46] are a pair of revivals with ragtime getting 11 nominations and arthur miller's death of a salesman [4:52] earning nine june squib made history as the oldest ever tony nominee at 96 for her performance in marjorie [5:00] prime and danny burstein is now the most nominated male actor with nine career nods the tonys will be [5:06] handed out next month in new york still to come on the news hour a suspected outbreak of a rare and [5:13] deadly virus kills three people aboard a cruise ship off the coast of west africa thousands of [5:19] immigrant truck drivers lose their commercial licenses in the trump administration's latest [5:23] crackdown author douglas stewart discusses his new novel about a fractured family in scotland [5:30] and renowned musician wynton marsalis explains why he thinks jazz is the perfect metaphor for democracy [5:41] this is the pbs news hour from the david m rubinstein studio at weta in washington headquarters [5:46] of pbs news support journalism you trust support pbs news donate now or even better start a monthly [5:58] contribution today