News Wrap: Overpass collapses in India, killing more than 20

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• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  Good evening. I'm Judy Woodruff. Gwen Ifill is away.

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• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  And five of the most prominent women's soccer players file a complaint that they are being paid less than the men's team, despite bring in more revenue.

  All that and more on tonight's "PBS NewsHour."

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• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  Parts of the South kept watch today for heavy thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. Heavy rainfall triggered flood watches in Georgia and Louisiana, and tornado alerts in parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Last night, a tornado touched down several times in Northeastern Oklahoma. It damaged homes and businesses and injured at least seven people.

  At least 21 people died in India today when an overpass that was under construction collapsed. It happened in a busy commercial district in Kolkata. More than 70 people were injured, with an undetermined number still to be rescued.

  Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News has our report.

• JONATHAN MILLER:

  A frantic, terrifying chaos followed the Kolkata collapse, as people tore with their bare hands at twisted reinforcing steel and crumbled concrete to free those trapped and still alive.

  A freshly concreted 300-foot-long section of the flyover had given way, crushing cars and trucks and auto-rickshaws, pinning pedestrians and vehicle occupants under tons of mangled metal and cement.

  CCTV footage caught the moment, two yellow ambassador taxis among the vehicles crawling along Burrabazar, then this. Someone said it sounded like a bomb exploding. You can see how many must have been entombed in this small area alone.

  "There were loads of people standing underneath," this man says. "Rickshaws, taxis, everything was buried."

  Local residents as furious as they were horrified.

  "I can't tell you exactly why it collapsed," this man says, "but it happened because they were trying to finish its construction in a rush."

  "This is the state of our engineering," she says. "There is corruption everywhere."

  Tonight, the search-and-rescue efforts have continued under spotlights, the army and specialist teams deployed now, all as recriminations build in advance of next month's state elections. There are likely to be political victims of this tragedy as well.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  The cause of the incident is now under investigation.

  In Syria, there's word of one of the deadliest attacks since a cease-fire took effect a month ago. Opposition activists say at least 23 people died in government airstrikes that hit near a school and hospital just east of Damascus. That area is divided among various factions.

  Embattled South African President Jacob Zuma is facing more legal trouble. The country's highest court ruled today that he failed to uphold the constitution by using more than $20 million in state money to upgrade his private home. It's the latest in a string of claims that Zuma has abused his power.

  Back in this country, the North Korean nuclear threat dominated a meeting between President Obama and his counterparts from Japan and South Korea. It was the first time they'd met since the North's latest nuclear and missile tests.

  Afterward, the leaders warned their countries could take new action to counter any threats from the North.

• PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:

  We recognize that our security is linked, that we have to work together to meet this challenge, and we also recognize that it is important to the entire international community to vigilantly reinforce the strong U.N. security measures that were passed in light of some of the ballistic missile and nuclear activity that Pyongyang has been engaging in.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  Mr. Obama also met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. We will take a closer look at the challenges Xi faces at home after the news summary.

  In economic news, California lawmakers approved raising the state minimum wage to $15. That's the highest in the nation.

  And Wall Street was mostly down. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 31 points to close at 17685. The Nasdaq rose a fraction, and the S&P 500 slipped four.

  And famed architect Zaha Hadid died today, in Miami, after a heart attack. She was known for bold, futuristic designs, and was the first woman to win architecture's Pritzker Prize. Hadid's work includes the glittering opera house in Guangzhou, China, the curved Heydar Aliyev center in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the London Aquatics Center used for the 2012 Olympics. Zaha Hadid was 65 years old.

  Still to come on the "NewsHour": a Donald Trump foreign policy adviser on the GOP front-runner's world view; what is driving the women's vote for president this year; China's president in Washington amid unusual public criticism back home; and much more.