captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for saturday, april 4: new arrests and new threats, following that terror attack in kenya. mcdonald's, walmart and target are all giving raises. are wages for everyone else about to rise too? the french say "no" to ultra- thin models in a bid to curb anorexia. and in our signature segment, on this easter weekend, are christian pilgrims in jerusalem retracing the last hours of jesus' life, walking the wrong way? what a new archeological exhibit might reveal. next on pbs newshour weeke >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:

corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight in kenya, where authorities today took five suspects into custody for their alleged role in thursday's university terror attack. at least 148 people were killed. authorities said three of the five were captured as they tried to enter neighboring somalia. that's the base of al-shabab, the islamist terror organization, aligned with al qaeda, which claimed responsibility for the attack targeting christian students.

today, in a statement, the group warned kenyans that "no amount of precaution will prevent another bloodbath from occurring." our report is from itv's richard pallot. >> reporter: for two days, this woman has held out hope. no more. like so many others this morning the realization that their relatives were victims in kenya's worst terrorist attack in almost two decades. the stories of survival are still emerging. >> i was scared so much. >> reporter: this woman hid in a cupboard for 48 hours, so scared that she refused to believe the siege was over. while this dehydrated disoriented student tells how he covered himself in blood to pretend he was dead. >> i am the only man who survived from all the boys. i just smeared the blood of my colleagues. >> reporter: five of the suspects gunmen are in custody after trying to flee to

neighboring somalia. al-shabaab, the terror group behind the college massacre, say they'll wage a long, gruesome war against kenya's forces, a sobering reality for the country's president. >> we shall employ all means at our disposal to bring the perpetrators to justice. we are also in active pursuit of the mastermind of the attack. >> reporter: and so with more attacks likely the 148 families that suffered here, they will not be the last. richardrichard pallot. >> sreenivasan: islamic extremists have destroyed more priceless artifacts, this time in hatra, a unesco world heritage site in northern iraq not far from tikrit, where iraqi forces recently declared victory over isis. isis posted this video online showing some of its fighters taking sledgehammers to, and firing assault rifles at, ancient relics. in the more than 2,000-year-old city. it was the capital of the first arab kingdom. isis says the relics promote idolatry. the head of unesco said today isis's actions amount to"

cultural cleansing." there are reports of new military gains by islamic extremists in neighboring syria. an international monitoring group say isis and al qaeda's official syrian wing, the nusra front, made gains overnight and now control about 90% of a palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of damascus, the nation's capital. there are an estimated 18,000 people living in the camp. they are said to be suffering through shortages of food, water and medication. a series of anti-islam demonstrations across australia today prompted clashes with other protesters who denounced the gatherings as racist. the anti-islam protests were staged in 16 cities across the country including melbourne sydney and brisbane. they were organized by a group calling itself "reclaim australia," which says the country is under threat from islamic extremists. television coverage of last january's terror attack on a kosher jewish market in paris has prompted a lawsuit. it alleges that live reports by bfmtv endangered the lives of

shoppers who had hidden in a basement freezer after an isis sympathizer stormed the building and killed four people. according to the lawsuit, bfmtv revealed where the people were hiding even though the gunman reportedly was watching television accounts of the episode, as it unfolded. other french news channels were criticized for revealing details about tcmc ployment of special forces outside the supermarket. a california man, kevin bollaert has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term for posting thousands of sexually explicit images of people without their consent, online. the pictures, typically provided by ex-husbands and boyfriends, were displayed on what was widely known as a revenge porn site. bollaert then started a second website, charging people up to $350 to have their pictures removed. teachers and wives were among the victims. and one woman reportedly attempted suicide. in february, bollaert was found guilty of identity theft and extortion. his sentence of 18 years, was handed down yesterday. the national football league is

reportedly on the verge of hiring its first full-time female game official. this, according to the baltimore sun. the woman, sarah thomas, a pharmaceutical sales representative and mother of three, became the first woman to officiate an ncaa football game in 2007. major league baseball has no women umpires. the national basketball association has three women referees. and today saw a total lunar eclipse. early this morning, the sunlight falling on the moon, seen in this time lapse video, was slowly blocked by the earth. this kind of eclipse is known as a "blood moon," because of the orange glow that appears as the suns rays bend around the earth and through its atmosphere and are cast onto the moon. >> sreenivasan: there was a bright spot in yesterday's otherwise disappointing jobs report. wages, stuck for so long, are finally starting to go up. for more about this, we are

joined now from washington by eric morath of the wall street journal. so, is this truly a bright spot in an otherwise pretty bleak report? >> well, the report certainly was bleak, and we're starting to see, though, the first signs possibly of stronger wage growth. we still have quite a ways to go before we can declare it's a breakout, but there has been some other news around wages that is also brightening outlook. >> sreenivasan: we've been seeing these stories of companies like walmart or mcdonald's announcing planned wage increases. is that likely to have an impact on the overall economy considering the number of low-wage workers there are? >> yeah, i think it will have an impact in pockets of the economy. keep in mind, one of the fastest growing areas during this recovery has been restaurant jobs. and not too far behind that has been retailers. a lot of folks have taken up employment in these fields, and so now that we might be seeing some wage growth by the leaders in those areas that could

translate into better consumer spending. but it might not have a huge impact on the overall wage growth intrawz to keep in mind these are low-wage jocks, often $8, $10, $12 an hour. >> sreenivasan: how does that compare with what the cost of living or the consumer price index is these days? >> one good note, waidges have been growing 2.2% over the past year, according to yesterday's jobs report. at the same time, consumer prices, thanks to falling oil has been barely moving ahead at all. so these wage increases should feel real to consumers. so it is a help. >> sreenivasan: and then how does this fit in this larger picture? you mentioned the price of oil. when the price of oil goes down, people feel like they have more money in their pockets. is that the reason they go out to strawntsz, and that's the reason restaurants have to hire more workers. i mean, how does it all connect? yeah there's definitely a connection there. restaurants have been one area, one of the few areas within consumer spending that we've really seen strong growth with

the fall in oil prices. it hasn't quite translated to other areas like jur general merchandise stores yet. so that's connection, people feel a little bit better and maybe dp out and spend. but the consumers are still cautious. we are seeing the highest savings rates in several years, and we've seen, since the holiday season, not particularly robust overall consumer spending. so i think there's still a sense that, you know, after the deep recession, people just aren't willing to open up their wallets quite as far. >> sreenivasan: and how do these numbers about wage increases connect to this overall job creation report because this is all the jobs that are created, not necessarily just low-wage jobs, right? >> oh, that's right. so we had been seeing a quite robust job growth before march, the previous 12 months. we'd seen the strongest job creation on a monthly average since the 1990s. so certainly that was quite strong. we had a step-back in march. that could be for a number of

reasons, including a-- you know, a stronger dollar reducing exports and there's an economic slowdown in asia and parts of europe, and that might just be causing businesses to be a little bit cawrks. the trend for jobs is still up. we'd expect to see wages accel freight we continue to be adding jobs at the pace we had been before last month. >> sreenivasan: all right, eric morath of the "wall street journal" joining us from washington, thanks so much. >> sure, any time. >> sreenivasan: you've probably read stories for years now about how young girls are influenced by the advertisements they see featuring ultra-thin models. ads, experts believe, that may make them more susceptible to eating disorders like anorexia. now, the french are taking new steps to fix the problem. for more about this, we are joined now via skype from paris by alissa rubin of the new york

times. she has been covering the story. they're proposing a law. what's in the law? >> well, there are a variety of measures. the one that's probably gotten the most attention is a requirement that models would have to present a doctor's doctor's certificate saying that they were at a healthy enough weight to work, and exwhn employing models who was employing people without such a certificate would be penalized, both financially and potentially with six months in jail. >> sreenivasan: what would be considered healthy? what are some of the other provisions? >> some of the other provisions are actually quite interesting. one of them is outlaws internet sites that encourage anorexia and that's something that's not much talked about but there are such sites. there are not a the loof them i don't think, but there are certainly disturbing to look at. and then a third provision would actually require that all photographs of-- which show

models' bodies, if they had retouched, either to make the figure it's french word is silhouette-- look heavier or thinner than it really is, the photo would have to be labeled. so it's three quite significant provisions, and we'll see if they pass the french senate which is the next body that will have to look at it. >> sreenivasan: what's the modeling industry or the fashion industry have to say about this? well, it's quite interesting. the fashion industry, the big fashion houses of of which as you know, there are a number of them here, have been publicly very quiet about it. but the union of modeling agencies has spoken up, and they feel the way the law has been trafted is very-- drafted is very unfair and inaccurate. the basis on which the law is-- has been done is the-- what's

called the body mass index which san internationally used index, and there's a weight range for normal weight, for overweight, for obesity, and for underweight. and all models would have to be at least within the normal weight not the underweight range. >> sreenivasan: any difference between the french and american sensibilities about this? >> no, i think, actually, the sensibilities are fairly similar, but the philosophy of government is quite different. the french are quite willing to regulate very extensively and in great detail many aspeghts of life and use the powers of government to do that, and americans are much more reluctant to regulate. oing this, they're willing to be a bit more printive. >> sreenivasan: what do say they is the connection between the image they say young woman sees and her likelihood to be anorexic, which is sometimes a psychological disorder, right? >> yes, very often, if not

always a psychological disorder. here i think this is where it's quite confusing. it's not clear what the basis was for targeting the fashion industry. when i at least spoke with psychiatrists about this, they all say that there are so many factors that go into a young woman choosing or slipping into a state where she starves herself. and so it's not really clear that doing this will have a very measurable effect, but more that it creates sort of different respected body images, other than ones that are often very seriously thin, which is what many of the fashion models who are, of course, very much a part of the paris scene are and have to be in order to get work. >> sreenivasan: all right, alissa rubin of the "new york times." thanks so much,. >> thank you upon

>> sreenivasan: and now to our signature segment. on this easter weekend, we take you to jerusalem, where new archaeological findings are spurring a renewed debate about the final hours of jesus's life. just where was he put on trial and paraded before being crucified? it's not just an academic question. millions of christian pilgrims from around the world have retraced the route over the years, known as the via dolorosa, but some say the latest findings suggest they've been walking the wrong way. newshour special correspondent martin fletcher explains. >> reporter: for centuries, christian pilgrims have come to jerusalem to retrace the last hours of jesus' life walking the traditional stations of the cross on the via dolorosa or way of suffering. the biggest crowds come on good friday but you'll find pilgrims here every day of the year. the hoods are visiting from upstate new york. >> i just wanted to see where

the different stations were and what they represent. i've always heard about the stations of the cross but never really understood it. >> i'm following the stations of the cross from one through fourteen. >> reporter: at the fifth station of the cross, where pilgrims lay their hands where they believe jesus rested his hand, we met ken costa from india. >> very spiritual. i felt that i was touching jesus' hand. and since it's imprinted here as this is the fifth station where simon of cyrene helped jesus, so my belief is that this was the way. >> reporter: but was it? recently revealed discoveries on the other side of the city remnants of an ancient palace which just may be the true site of the trial of jesus, is renewing debate about the true route of the via dolorosa. this is the route of the current via dolorosa, going from east to west, ending at the church of the holy sepulchre. that's the way millions of christian pilgrims over the years have followed in the footsteps of christ. but there's archaeological evidence that they've got it all

wrong, that the real historical via dolorosa ends at the holy church, but that it should start more than a half mile way on the west side of the city near the tower of david museum. this is one very special street name, isn't it? via dolorosa? to understand better, we visited with franciscan father alessandro coniglio. christians when they come to jerusalem, i imagine everyone walks the via dolorosa. >> yes. >> reporter: why? >> because this is the path that jesus walked. it's a unique experience. >> reporter: he took us to the very start of the traditional via dolorosa. each of the fourteen stations is marked with numbers to help pilgrims find them. so actually the first station of the cross is in a muslim boys' school. >> yes. >> reporter: a school now, but at the time of jesus it was the antonia fortress where it's long been believed the trial of jesus took place. >> this is the most important place for us because here jesus started his passion.

here he was judged by pilate. >> reporter: the second station, across the street in two franciscan shrines, is where tradition has it jesus takes up the cross and is flogged by soldiers. station three: jesus falls for the first time. station four: jesus meets his mother. station five: simon helps jesus carry the cross. that's also where we see pilgrims touching the wall. station six: veronica wipes the face of jesus. he falls for the second time at station seven. and comforts the women of jerusalem at station eight. number nine: jesus falls for the third time at this roman pillar. the last stations ten to the last stations ten to 14 are inside the church of the holy sepulchre, believed to be the exact place where jesus is crucified, dies, and is buried. the site was identified back in the fourth century by helena, mother of constantine, the first christian roman emperor. pilgrims have worshipped here ever since.

but on the western side of the old city at the tower of david museum, we met archaeologist shimon gibson, who gave us a look at the evidence in a brand new exhibit that challenges the existing route of the via dolorosa. >> so this is it. >> reporter: this was once a one-story prison, long ago abandoned. no one thought very much about it. but then archaeologists started digging and kept going, uncovering layers of 2,800 years of history including what could be the foundations of the palace of herod the great. >> now these recent excavations really brought to light further proof of the existence of a monumental edifice which can be identified as the compound of herod the great and subsequently the praetorium where pontius pilate sat. >> reporter: pilate, the roman governor who sentenced jesus to death. if pilate held the trial at herod's palace, which gibson and many other historians believe, then the area near the tower of david museum is where the via

dolorosa should start. in fact originally in the first millennium, pilgrims did think the via dolorosa went this way. when we say we have found something new today, we're actually going back to the old route of the via dolorosa. >> yes. >> reporter: so why is the via dolorosa today where it is? >> the traditional via dolorosa was really established at the time of the crusaders. the crusaders in 1099 invaded jerusalem. they were able then to rearrange the features within the city in order to fit in with their idea of where the holy sites should be. hence they decided that the antonia fortress, that would be the starting point for the via dolorosa, and of course the end point had to be the church of the holy sepulchre. >> reporter: the theory that the traditional via dolorosa might go the wrong way isn't new, but this exhibit is. just opened to public, it's got people talking. listen to what's happening on this tour. >> and so if we can prove that

herod's palace is here then we can prove the historical via dolorosa, the historical via dolorosa, should start from somewhere around here. >> that will change a few things. >> that will change a few things! not impressed? >> i don't like your wording. we have to be very sensitive about saying we can prove. we can't prove. we can ask the question: might the trial have been here even though tradition says it was there? >> reporter: are you getting specifically more groups coming here because of the story that christ's trial may have been here? >> absolutely. every day. >> reporter: tower of david museum director eilat lieber has big plans for the new exhibit and hopes it will attract history buffs and pilgrims alike. today the museum gets 300,000 visitors a year. >> we want a million visitors every year. >> reporter: no doubt there's a business side to all this. christian tourists account for more than half of israel's $11 billion tourism industry. and the traditional via dolorosa, which is lined with

tourist shops galore, is a top destination. but for pilgrims like ken costa walking the via dolorosa is not about money. nor about history. >> it's only faith. >> reporter: it's only faith. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: father coniglio agrees; walking the via dolorosa is an act of faith. >> we don't have a ticket for the entrance in these two shrines here, so we will not lose anything if pilgrims will start from another place. we are just trying to say that traditionally the pilgrims started from here at least in the last three centuries. >> sreenivasan: see photographs of holy week observances from around the world. visit us online at pbs.org/newshour.

>> this is pbs newshour weekend saturday. >> sreenivasan: and now to "viewers like you"-- your chance to comment on our work. last week's segment about the conversation project prompted overwhelming response in support of end of life discussions. bonnie lofton commented: "my doctor and i have had this discussion. i am glad that i live in oregon. when the time comes that the benefits do not outweigh the suffering i want it well known by my family my wishes to how i am allowed to stop living." michelle vietor said simply: "i want the ability to decide when to go. i don't see how that's anyone else's business." and there was this from candid one: "i'm a pre-boomer, who's also retired, with lots of time to allocate to inevitability. the primary motivation that's implied in this segment's exposeé is that we make living easier for all by not keeping death as an unmentionable." there were some who told us about their own experiences guiding end of life

conversations, like brenda adcock: "speaking as someone who was a church pastor for 35 years, i can tell you i wish more people were willing to have this conversation." and jana l. johnsen: "as a hospital/hospice chaplain i initiated or facilitated these interactions for years. it is finally being able to talk openly about the elephant in the room. and it is not morbid, but life- giving to be able to share these intimate conversations. and beverly berg: "when i worked at the v.a., i dealt with dying and death on a fairly regular basis. some just needed someone to let them know it was okay to die if this was what they wanted, that they didn't have to fight anymore just to make everyone around them happy." and finally, noubar gee offered this advice: "think about it, talk about it, but do not be pre-occupied by it..." as always, we welcome your comments. visit us at pbs.org/newshour, on our facebook page, or tweet us @newshour.

>> sreenivasan: some more news before we leave you tonight. fidel castro has been seen in public for the first time in 15 months. cuba's official web site published picturing of the 88-year-old greeting visitors earlier this week. san francisco's chief of police said he is pushing for the firing of seven officers who sent what he called despicable texts denigrating african americans, mexicans, filipinos and gays. join us on air and online tomorrow. jeffrey brown sits down with "mad men" star elizabeth moss. i'm hari sreenivasan. have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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