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agreement we look at what has worked, what has not and why. and a ride meant for a monarch. looking in palace releases new details about king charles coronation and what will be different this time around. ♪ welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we start here in the united states where the pentagon says a leak of classified defense department documents poses a seriourisk to national security. as well as some highly detailed information about -- sensitive details about sensitive u.s. allies in this country's dealings with china. it has been described as one of the largest public breaches of

u.s. intelligence information since the wikileaks sica. a short while ago the white house said officials had reached out to america's allies in regard to the disclosures. >> we are taking this very seriously. there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. they don't deserve to be in the public domain. they deserve to be protected so we are going to get to the bottom of this. if there are actions that need to be taken as we learn more about the extent of what happened here, we will obviously take those. >> our state department correspondent has been looking into this matter and she joins me now. what sort of secrets to these documents contain? >> first apply would say they are photographs of what appear to be classified daily intelligence befings given to senior government officials. they first appeared early last month on a messaging platform called discord which is used by

players of this computer game called minecraft and they started to filter to other social media sites. the information is about the status of the ukraine war. that involves details of the air defense system, the assessment, the u.s. assessment. also details of how t international community is trying to build up ukrainian military forces. it looks as if some of the documents were doctored. in particular that casualty figures for the russians is much lower than what the u.s. usually says it is so that is interesting. as you mentioned there is information about other washington allies such as canada and israel and south korea. some of that is highly sensitive information. >> all of this seems to have sent the government scrambling. what are officials doing about this? >> they're trying to find out more. we are in the finding out stage. we are told there is a top priority effort from several different government agencies to find out how this happened and

what the potential impact is. they say it is a serious risk to national security. the secretary of defense daily meetings with senior leaders. there were these high-level talks between u.s. government officials and allies trying to reassure them. the department of justice has opened this criminal investigation. they don't know who is behind it or they are not saying anything about it. the spokesman for the national security council was asked is the threat contained and he said we don't know. >> what is the likely impact of this particularly regarding the u.s. relations with its allies? >> that is diplomatically embarrsing. and it could be diplomatically damaging although the u.s. has weathered this sort of thing before with the other leaks that have happened. in terms of the ukraine war, it is not a detailed title plane. it is not like a plan for ukraine spring offensive. it is more like a you a snapshot of the war but it could give useful information to the russians.

it could put intelligence sources at risk. >> many thanks for joining us. also today the u.s. state department has designated the wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich as wrongfully detained by russia. he was detained late last month. moscow has accused him of spying. a state department spokesperson said today journalism is not a crime and condemned the kremlin's actions. the united states is still seeking consular access. he has been detained the 29th of march on espionage charges. aying in the unitedtates, president biden has oe again called on congress to ban assault style weapons. it follows a mass shooting in louisville, kentucky. four people were shot down and nine others were wounded after a man opened fire at a bank in the city. officials have identified the gunman as 23-year-old connor

sturgeon who died in a shootout with the police. kentucky's governor andrew bashir knew one of the victims and he paid tribute to him at a press conference. >> today i am hurt. i know so many people out there are as well. we lost four children of god today. one of whowas one of my closest friends. tell me elliot helped me build my low career. helped me become governor. gave me advice on being a good dad. he was one of the people i talked to most in the world and very rarely were we talking about my job. he was an incredible friend. >> our correspondent jessica parker has been following developments in the story and she joins me now. what more do we know about the circumstances surrounding this latest mass shooting?

>> there have been details emerging through the day in a series of press conferences. we know this incident began at around half past 8:00 this morning and the police were the scene. within minutes there was an exchange of fire. the 23-year-old suspect has died. it is believed he worked at the bank and was even livestreaming the incident as well. one of those injured is a 26-year-old police officer. we got some details about him earlier. we were told he had only just recently graduated from the police academy and was struck in the head and has been undergoing brain surgery and is in critical condition. >> there has been strong response from the white house to this. the 146th mass shooting in this country this year. >> mass shootings we know of course have been on the rise in recent years. president biden tweeting this afternoon and we know the

president has been frustrated by what he sees as a lack of progress in tightening up gun controls. he said once again our nation mourns after a senseless act of gun violence. jill and i pray for the lives lost in today shooting. he went on to say too many americans are paying for the price of an action with their lives. when will republicans in congress act to protect our communities he asked. as we know, this is a very politically, culturally divisive issue. there was some progress last year with the passing of the safer communities act. it did not ban any weapons but it looked to invest more into upgrading security for schools, tougher background checks for well -- as well. more money for crisis intervention. joe biden and the white house have been calling for a ban on assault weapons paired balanced against that, the view held quite a lot often times by republicans thathey are keen in their view to protect their

second rights, the right to bear arms. >> this latest shooting comes exactly two weeks after six people including three children were shot dead in nashville. >> that is right. of course that was another very emotional moment for the nation. there was the school shootin last year in uvalde, texas. any peoe do not necessarily expect off the back of what has happened today for there to be any great political change. the dividing lines are fairly set at the moment on this issue. joe biden clearly frustrated but coming up against opposition of those who also argue in terms of those who don't want to see necessary strier controls although it does vary state by state. there is an argument put forward that of criminals have guns, ordinary citizens need to as well and order to protect themselves. >> jessica parker there. we mentioned resident biden. he is heading to northern

ireland and the republic of ireland this week for a four-day visit. the trip is time to to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. an accord which ended decades of sectarian violence and led to the restorationf self-government in northern ireland. just recently the power-sharing agreement between the protestant and catholic communities has become paralyzed. as laura cullen reports from belfast. >> it took 22 minutes of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. >> through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. in the end, they delivered to an agreement that is fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of rthern ireland. >> the agreement was based on the idea of cooperation between communities and set up a new government representing both nationalists and unionists. a copy of that went to every

household in northern ireland and almost a million people voted in the referendum that followed. the result as predicted but definitive. northern ireland was ready for change. >> yes, 71.12%. [applause] >> but the path has been far from smooth. ♪ the anniversary was officially marked last week. the democratic unionist party is refusing to -- the prime minister is looking forward. rishi sunak paid tribute to those who signed the agreement saying we will celebrate those who took difficult decisions, accepted compromise and showed leadership. he said the promise made in 1998

was one of economic opportunity, prosperity and stability. it is a promise we must continue to fulfill he said so we must get on with the business of governance. after 25 years of relative peace, the focus is on a deal that started a work in progress. the u.s. government having played a key role in the good friday agreement talks. a visit to belfast tomorrow by president joe biden will mark the anniversary. louise cullen, bbc news. >> our correspondent charlotte gallagher is also in belfast and she has more. >> the big news in town at the moment is of course the u.s. president joe biden. he is arriving in belfast on tuesday night. he is going to spend part of wednesday as well going to a university campus. meeting with rishi sunak and he is going to go to the republic of ireland. he is going to go to dublin and co. louth and county mayo, two aces where he has ancestral links. you'll be spending his last day

friday in county mayo making a speech surrounded by some of his cousins. he describes himself as a proud irish-american. a proud irh catholic good you can perhaps understand why he has chosen to end his visit down in one of his ancestral homes. thousands and thousands of people are expected there. he is also praising the good friday agreement and what has happened since then. one thing he will not be doing while he is here in northern ireland is going to the place where politicians should be working but at the moment it is currently mothballed. in normal times i imagine he would be making a speech there but that is not on the agenda for this visit. >> charlotte gallagher there. china has -- out wt it says is a mock air blockade of taiwan using jets carrying live ammunition. it is the latest escalation of tensions in. the south china sea in response the u.s. has sent a destroyer to the area.

a move china has condemned as an illegal incursion. china launched a series of military exercises hours after taiwan's president returned from a trip to the united states. >> a show of force and fury. for the third and final day, china's military continued what it called operation joint sword. ariel and neve blockade drills to seal off the island and practicing precision strikes on taiwanese targets. thchinese army showed this short video of simulated attacks on taiwan with missiles fired from land, sea and air into the islands territory. it also confirmed its aircraft carrier has taken part in monday's exercises. chinese officials said fighter planes loaded with live ammunition had carried out multiple waves of simulated strikes on important targets. these drills were expected. china is infuriated i the taiwanese presidents visit to the u.s..

as is beijing's promised of a robust response to what it says was a serious act of collusion. china sees the self ruled island as part of its territory and insisted it should be unified with the mainland by force if necessary. today the chinese government reiterated its message. >> the taiwan question is for china alone to decide. the biggest threat to peace in the taiwan strait is taiwanese separatism and its support from foreign forces. >> in shanghai residents voiced their support for the military exercises. >> conducting these drills is a normal thing for china. we need to show the u.s. we are able to do this. taiwan -- what taiwan ss or thinks is not important. >> we still need to deter taiwanese separatists. . we are also telling the ternational community taiwan is a part of china. these operations are meaningful. >> as china displayed a wide array of offense, the u.s. navy

said it's guided missile destroyer performed what washington called a freedom of navigation operation in the south china sea. large parts of which are claimed by beijing. the chinese government said the u.s. illegally and treated in its waters. there is no end in sight for the tensions between beijing and washington. and an increasingly unstable indo pacific. >> so how does china's response and the three days military drills compare with the chine response to similar such meetings in the past? here is our asia-pacific regional editor. >> in other ways, beijing's response this time around was quite muted to a visit between the taiwan leader and the u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy in this case.

in comparison to last august when the then u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi traveled to taipei when we sa unprecedented wargames that stretched on past three days, that saw real missiles flying over taiwan, that shut down trade routes, that stub civilian aircraft from flying. this time around, the response was quite different. we have seen three days of wargames, yes but trade routes continued. civilian aircraft continued to fly. those wargames did stay within a certain area. i think beijing has made the calculation that for now economics and trade has to take a front seat. for no politics also has to take a front seat because of course there is going to be a presidential election in taiwan in january. beijing has learned by now the threats of force mean that those

candidates seen as pro-independence seem to do better in taiwan's elections. beijing is making the calculation it has made its anger known by having three days of quite large-scale drills but for now it is going to stop. it is going to let economics and politics take a front seat. >> celia hatton reporting. here in washington the world bank and international monetary fund are hosting their spring meetings this week. state of the global economy will be front and center of those talks which involve finance ministers from around the world and the war in ukraine will also be high on the agenda. our business correspondent will be covering the meetings and she joins me now. what can we expect from these gatherings? >> certainly the global economy it will be front and center. and what the international monetary fund is expecting is

global growth is going to slow quite a bit. what they are projecting is perhaps global growth will be about 3% over the next five years. that is some of the lowest growth projections by the imf in since the 1990's. it shows the kind of impact high inflation is having on countries around the world. a lot of countries are raising interest rates to try to slow down therice increases. while those are still important things to do, it still has a ripple effect on other parts of the economy. >> that potentially impacts low income countries. will there be pressure at these meetings for those countries to be afforded the same sort of recognition that has been given to ukraine? >> we have heard already about the massive package that was given to ukraine both in aid money and in loans. there has been some criticism other smaller economies have not

received the same immediate help. with the saying is because inflation is rocketing so many economies,ou are seeing these smaller poorer countries are feeling the impact. he already saw a big aid package was given to sri lanka to combat high inflation there. no other countries are still negotiating with the imf and the world bank and what the cry is going to be certainly is more help should be given by bigger economies to smaller income economies. >> given the way the global economy has changed of late, is there a thought perhaps the imf and the world bank themselves need to change? >> certainly. we are seeing a real shift haening in termsf the way the global economy works. for so long we have talked about this idea of globalization. it is really what has propelled a lot of smaller nations to be able to develop more. now we are seeingncreased

trade protectionism. countries are getting more insular or more regional. that is having a big impact on a lot of countries around the world. >> many thanks for joining us. we are going to take you to the u.k. now where it has been revealed king charles journey till westminster abbey for his coronation next month will be a little more comfortable than some previous world processions. that is just one of the details from buckingham palace as our world correspondent reports. >> less than four weeks till their big day and preparations for the coronation of king charles the third and the crowning of camilla as his queen are in full swing. first the route that will take them from buckingham palace to westminster abbey and back again has been confirmed. from the palace to trafalgar square and down whitehall around parliament square to the abbey's west door. the return route will be the same journey in reverse. a much shorter journey than that taken by the late queen

elizabeth after her coronation. the king and queen consort will travel to the coronation in one of the newest world carriages. the diamond jubilee state coach escorted by the household cavalry. > it is made of aluminum which is unusual for coaches. it also has hydraulic suspension meaning the ride is incredibly comfortae. a very modern innovation. >> inside westminster abbeof the service itself will see the crown jewels, the voegele i, the symbol of the monarch sephardi being used for the first time since queen elizabeth was crowned. the orb and scepters, swords, bracelets and spurs all will have their part in this elaborate ledges service which culminates with the crowning of the monarch with saint edwards crown. camilla will be crowned with queen mary's crown which contains some of the cullinan diamonds. she will also hold the queen

consort surround which is made of ivory. they will process from the abbey just as queen elizabeth did for the return journey to the palace. for that they will board the 18th century gold state coach. it weighs four tons and it is not tortiously uncomfortable. the king and queen may be relieved that their journey back to the palace escorted by military detachments be only a quarter of the length of that undertaken by queen elizabeth in 1953. one innovation, the palace has launched a new emoji to mark the coronation. a ceremony rooted in history with at least one modern touch. >> now then, despite getting poor reviews, the animated movie super mario brothers broke box office records over the easter weekend. it is now the highest grossing game meditation and animated film over opening weekend

racking in more than $300 million worldwide. but some do not get all the hype with one critic saying the family film is a ploy to sell merchandise. president biden has said he is planning to mount a second run for the white house. although he is not yet ready to make an official announcement in that regard. mr. biden who is 80 years old was speaking to the u.s. television network nbc during thennual easter egg role. his remarks are the strongest indication yet of his future intentions. that was the political side of the white house today. the rest of course is just fun with the big role which took place. mr. biden and the first lady jill biden hosted thousands of visitors on the south lawn of the white house. the tradition of the white house easter egg roll dates all the way back to 1878. then president rutherford b

hayes was the first to open the grounds on easter monday. the theme of this year's event was eggucation, a nod of the first lady jill biden support of educational opportunities. i'm david willis. thank you for watching world news america. ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and per blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪

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amna: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. on the “newshour” tonight, a mass shooting at a bank in downtown louisville, kentucky kills multiple people and injures several more. amna: u.s. officials scramble to do damage control after classified documents detailing military intelligence are leaked online. geoff: and north carolina expands medicaid after a decade-long battle. we speak with patients who could benefit. >> better late than never. you kind of just gotta roll with the punches. granted, i wish it would have came a little bit earlier. ♪