News Wrap: U.S. won’t ease Iran nuclear restrictions for Islamic State help

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• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  The White House today ruled out accepting Iran's help against Islamic State forces if it means easing curbs on the Iranian nuclear program. Reuters and others reported senior officials in Tehran had floated the idea. But a spokesman for President Obama rejected military cooperation, sharing intelligence or any sort of nuclear trade.

• GWEN IFILL:

  The man who allegedly jumped the White House fence and made it inside the front door with a knife had more than 800 rounds of ammunition in his car. That word came today as Omar Gonzalez made his first court appearance since the Friday night incident. A federal prosecutor also said Gonzalez was arrested in July with a sniper rifle and a map marking the White House.

  Separately, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed today that security upgrades are under review.

• JOSH EARNEST, White House Press Secretary:

  There will be a pretty broad look at a wide range of White House security procedures to ensure that the Secret Service is accomplishing their mission of protecting the president and the first family, but also protecting the status of the White House as the people's house.

• GWEN IFILL:

  Earnest wouldn't say if the Secret Service might expand the security zone around the White House.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  Three Afghan army officers who disappeared in Massachusetts have been found at the Canadian border. Massachusetts State Police said today the men were detained at the Niagara Falls crossing. They were last seen Saturday near a military base in Cape Cod, where they were training. Authorities said they didn't believe the Afghans posed any threat.

• GWEN IFILL:

  In Eastern Ukraine, there were signs of progress as government troops and pro-Russian rebels began pulling heavy artillery from front-line positions. It's part of an agreement reached early Saturday. Despite the deal, shelling continued through the weekend near the airport in Donetsk, and several more Ukrainian troops were killed.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  Firefighters in Northern California braced today for the weather to take a turn for the worse. Hotter temperatures and higher winds favored the King fire, burning 60 miles east of Sacramento, near Pollock Pines. It's only 18 percent contained. The fire has scorched 137 square miles and destroyed more than 30 buildings, but Sunday's wet weather slowed its advance.

  A federal jury in New York has found a large Jordanian bank liable in suicide bombings that killed several Americans in the early 2000s. Today's civil verdicts say Arab Bank knowingly helped the militant group Hamas support the attackers. It's the first time a bank has faced trial for supporting a terror group. Another jury will decide on damages.

• GWEN IFILL:

  The Treasury Department announced this evening the first targeted actions to limit the tax benefits of so-called corporate inversions. That's the practice of moving corporate control overseas to avoid U.S. taxes.

  And on Wall Street, stocks were weighed down by worries over China's growth and a weak housing report. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 107 points to close at 17,172; the Nasdaq fell 52 points to close at 4,527; the S&P 500 dropped 16 points to finish at 1,994.