for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] corporate funding for washington week is provided by: corporate funding is also provided by: boeing. prudential. additional funding provide by newman's own foundation. provided by the corporation for public broadcasting by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> next on "kqed newsroom," the cell phone tracking device more bay area police departments are buying. plus, what your cell phone battery might reveal about you. also, the trial that's the talk of silicon valley. ♪ >>> good evening and welcome to "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. tonight we're going to talk about how law enforcement and hackers can track your cell phone. later in the show you'll hear from a stanford researcher about how much one sensor in your phone can reveal about you. but first, we're going to talk about devices known as stingrays, amberjacks, and triggerfish. these are devices police use to track the location of cell phones. they mimic cell phone towers and

the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. narrator: funding for this program is provided by the gruber family foundation and by the members of kqed. a co-production of kqed and the center for investigative reporting. vu: cutting-edge technologies changing the way police fight crime. mcnutt: what we essentially do is a live version of google earth only with a full tivo capability. iketani: we, basically kept it pretty hush-hush. vu: the power to track more people and data than ever before. wiltz: it's gonna be worth its weight in gold. lynch: the biggest concern is that anybody could end up being in that database. [ siren wails ] vu: where to draw the line between security and privacy? mcnutt: there is a trade-off. [ indistinct shouting ] halverson: just look here, please. vu: a look at the state of surveillance. hell

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 this is alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm alison stewart in for hari sreenivasan. there's a sign of progress in talks to rebuild the failing peace plan between russia and ukraine. leaders of germany and france are now planning what they call intensive talks in minsk on wednesday. they hope to create a new package of measures to stem fighting in eastern ukraine. the previous peace deal fell apart in september. before the minsk meeting, german chancellor angela merkel will sit down with president obama tomorrow. while there have been reports of a rift between the u.s. and its european allies over whether to arm ukrainian fighters. this morning, secretary of state john kerry said leaders are united in finding a diplomatic solution. >> president putin's got to make the decision to take an off ramp and we have to make it clear to him that we are

the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> next, the mayors of san francisco, oakland and san jose. >> watch what i do and make sure you hold me accountable. >> we've got to preserve what makes oakland oakland. >> tech lead evers don't want to get involved with what government does. >> the plans to take on the region's toughest problems. ♪ >>> good evening and welcome to a special edition of kqed newsroom. >> tonight, we have a rare opportunity. we're going to talk with the mayors of the bay area's three largest cities about the region's most pressing issues. joining us are the mayor of san jose, the new mayor of oakland,

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, william brangham. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> brangham: good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm william brangham. hari sreenivasan is off. the government of jordan today renewed its offer to release a woman bomber it's held for nearly a decade, if the extremist group known as isis frees a jordanian pilot it's holding. jordananian officials have demanded proof that the pilot is still alive before any deal can be struck. at a news conference today, the pilot's father begged for his son's life. all this, a day after isis beheaded a japanese journalist who was also being held hostage. egypt today freed peter greste an al jazeera journalist who had been imprisoned there for more than a year. greste and two of his al jazeera colleagues had been sentenced to terms of 7-to-10 years on charges they spread lies to help the recently outlawed muslim brotherhood. one of the other

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, alison stewart. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> stewart: good evening. i'm alison stewart. hari sreenivasan will be back next weekend. there has been another terror attack in europe. police in copenhagen, denmark, say a gunman fired dozens of bullets into a cafe killing one person and injuring three policemen. at the time, an event titled“ arts, blasphemy and freedom of expression” was being staged there. the event featured a well-known swedish artist and cartoonist who had been threatened during his career for his depictions of the prophet mohammad. the french ambassador to denmark was there but was uninjured. all this, a month after the terror attack in paris at the satirical magazine charlie hebdo left 12 people dead. police released this photo of the suspect, a man in his late the united states is reportedly stepping up arms shipments to jordan to help in the war again

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. after days of negotiations for a prisoner exchange apparently broke down, isis today reportedly executed a japanese journalist it had been holding hostage in syria. just last weekend, isis also beheaded another japanese citizen it had captured. there was no immediate word about the fate of the jordanian pilot isis is also holding. the islamic extremist group had been demanding that jordan set free a woman implicated in a 2005 bombing attack in amman that killed 60 people in exchange for the hostages. for more about this, we are joined from washington by douglas ollivant. he is a senior national security fellow at the new america foundation and a partner at mantid international. so, douglas, what does this tell you? there was almost a moment of-- a window of opportunity there where there was a conversation

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. negotiators have reached a deal ending a long-running, costly labor dispute that slowed the shipment of goods into and out of dozens of ports on the west coast. the tentative agreement between shipping companies and unions representing thousands of longshoreman was brokered by u.s. labor secretary thomas perez. the white house called the agreement “a huge relief." the longshoremen and shippers had been feuding for many months. during that time, the loading and unloading of shipments to and from the united states had slowed at 29 ports up and down the pacific coast. those ports handle an estimated 50% of u.s. maritime trade and more than 70% of u.s. imports from asia. by some estimates, export losses to farmers were thought to be running hundreds of million dollars a week. a storm system that brought snow

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. an international terror group linked to al qaeda is warning of attacks on shopping malls in the united states, the united kingdom and canada, including the mall of america. the warning was conveyed in a video released online by al shabaab yesterday. this morning on cnn, homeland security secretary jeh johnson urged vigilance, saying terror groups no longer need to rely on people trained overseas to come into the united states to launch an attack. >> we're in a new phase in that these groups are relying more and more on independent actors to become inspired, drawn to the cause... >> and the internet, through the internet. >> ...carrying small-scale attacks on their own through their effective use of the internet. >> so, how seriously are you taking the threat? >> i'm very concerned about the serious potent

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, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm alison stewart. hari sreenivasan is off. at a security conference today in munich germany, world leaders tried to find a way to end, or at least contain, the now- escalating 10-month conflict in eastern ukraine. this, as the united states and nato consider whether to send arms to the pro-western ukrainian government to help it thwart an offensive by pro- russian rebels. it's an idea that one of america's most reliable allies, germany, has resisted. >> i think the progress that ukraine needs cannot be achieved by more weapons. i really, really doubt that. i really doubt it. i can't stress it enough. >> stewart: and, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov warned the west against sending more arms. >> ( translated ): there are growing appeals in the west to support kiev's policy of militarisation, to pump ukr

in this explosion of the information age, why do we have a corporation for public broadcasting? there are a host of other areas that cry out for reform. i will be talking about them at greater length in the year ahead. [applause] welfare is one. the federal system has failed. why are liberals in washington so afraid to turn welfare decision-making over to our governors and state legislatures? there is already considerable evidence that they can do much better. affirmative action is another federal policy out of control. discrimination is wrong, immoral. this is america. we should have a color blind society. [applause] but fighting discrimination should never be used to divide americans by race, ethnic background, or gender. there is one area where the federal government must work in partnership with our state and local governments -- and that area is crime. today, a criminal committing a serious crime has less than a 10% chance of going to jail. and once in jail that criminal will serve only a fraction of his sentence. we should put an end to parole for violent offenders. we shou

in this explosion of the information age, why do we have a corporation for public broadcasting? there are a host of other areas that cry out for reform. i will be talking about them at greater length in the year ahead. [applause] welfare is one. the federal system has failed. why are liberals in washington so afraid to turn welfare decision-making over to our governors and state legislatures? in kansas, new hampshire. there is already considerable evidence that they can do much better. affirmative action is another federal policy out of control. discrimination is wrong, immoral. this is america. we should have a color blind society. [applause] but fighting discrimination should never be used to divide americans by race, ethnic background, or gender. there is one area where the federal government must work in partnership with our state and local governments -- and that area is crime. today, a criminal committing a serious crime has less than a ten percent chance of going to jail. and once in jail that criminal will serve only a fraction of his sentence. we should put an end to par

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department of education, the corporation for public broadcasting's ready to learn grant and by contributionso your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. is my partner, agent otto. this is my toothbrush. but back to otto and me. we work for an organization run by kids that investigates anything strange, weird and especially odd. our job is to put things right again. (groaning) who do we work for? we work for odd squad. - thanks for coming, odd squad. the problem is my bathroom. it's easier if i just show you. - very odd. - we can fix this, but not on this side. if you'll excuse me. - should be just a minute. (thud) - this should do it! meet you back at headquarters. - wow! thanks, odd squad! let me show you out. - yeah, we can't fix that. - (both): o'scarlett. - good evening, agents. - is it already that late? - better question: where did o'scarlett get the donut? - donut room. have a great night, you two. - you as well. - there's a donut room? why wasn't this the first thing you ever told me? even before your name! - let's go. - i thought this was the bagel room. how could i have bee

department of education, the corporation for public broadcasting's ready to learn grant and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. my name is agent olive. this is my partner, agent otto. this is my lucky basketball. but back to otto and me. we work for an organization run by kids that investigates anything strange, weird... and especially odd. our job is to put things right again. [♪] [♪] olive: who do we work for? we work for odd squad. [distant thunder] [sigh] hey, olive - don't say it. i was just gonna say that - i know that we haven't had a case yet today. don't. if you say it, ms. o will give us one. what? that's ridiculous. try it. hey olive isn't it kind of weird we haven't had a case yet today? you two! in my office! i have a case for you. whoa! told you. ms. o: we've got reports of time-travelling laser chickens in the park. over here, people! [loud explosions] otto: they look really angry. you try travelling through time and space looking for a homeland while being chased by morlocks... i may know a bit about them. as long as you follow olive's lead

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a political drama that's gripped the state of oregon came to an abrupt end today. long-time governor john kitzhaber announced he's resigning over allegations of influence peddling by his fiancee. in an audio statement, the veteran democrat said he broke no laws. >> woodruff: hard-hit new england is bracing for blizzard conditions and brutal cold, again. a powerful, weekend storm could drop two feet of snow in coastal maine, and blast the region with 70 mile-an-hour winds. in boston today, crews kept working around the clock to remove six feet of snow from three earlier storms. plows are also being brought in from other states. president obama today condemned the killings of three young muslims in north carolina as "brutal and outrageous." they were shot dead by a neighbor, in chapel hill. police cited a parking dispute, but the victims' families called it a hate crime. in his statement, the president said:

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the "deep freeze" of 2015 tightened its grip today across much of the eastern u.s. in the process, it left a legacy, inscribed in ice, across rivers and record books alike. >> woodruff: morning commuters in washington faced a bone- chilling walk to work. >> it's freezing! it's like freezing-freezing. >> have you ever seen it this cold in d.c.? >> no, never. i was born and raised here. i've never ever seen it this cold. >> woodruff: no one else had, either. the official low in the nation's capital dropped to six degrees, breaking a record set in 1896 and even icing over the tidal basin around the jefferson memorial. the story was the same up and down the east coast. it was two degrees in new york city's central park, breaking a 1950 mark of seven degrees. trenton, new jersey hit zero surpassing the low of six degrees set in 1936. and in baltimore, the reading was two degrees, erasing the record set in 1979.

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.y contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: winter's latest icy blast took aim at the south today, disrupting travel again. by this afternoon, more than 1,900 flights had been canceled. the ice storm hit texas and neighboring states in force causing hundreds of accidents and leaving cars abandoned on highways in dallas and elsewhere. meanwhile, a new arctic chill spread from the midwest to new england, with wind chills diving to minus-40 around parts of the great lakes. >> ifill: congress opened a crucial week today, facing a friday deadline to approve a budget for the department of homeland security. republicans say they will only agree to pass a funding bill if president obama's immigration plan is rolled back. senate democrats have resisted, insisting that domestic security concerns come first. secretary jeh johnson appealed today for an end to the stalemate. >> a shutdown of homeland security would have serious consequences and amount to a ser

department of education, the corporation for public broadcasting's ready to learn grant and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. this is my partner, agent otto. this is a glass half empty. but back to otto and me. we work for an organization run by kids that investigates anything strange, weird, and especially, odd. our job is to put things right again. (theme music) (whinnying) - ah! - hi-ya! - come on! come on! - where are we going? who do we work for? we work for odd squad. - thanks for coming, odd squad. - what seems to be the problem? - well, ever since this morning, i've been feeling hot as a fireplace. i finally realized what the problem is. my stomach is a fireplace. - not to worry, we have an unfireplace-inator. - whoa, whoa, whoa! i don't want you to "unfireplace-nate" it; i just want marshmallows you know, for roasting. - seriously? - i could say no but i'd be lying. - never fear, otto's here! mini or jumbo? - jumbo. i mean is there really a choice? the stick fits nicely. - good work, partner. - have a good day, sir. - let's go. - ah, if sheila co

department of education, the corporation for public broadcasting's ready to learn grant and by contributionso your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. agent olive. this is my partner, agent otto. this is what i had for dinner last night. but back to otto and me. we work for an organization run by kids, that investigates anything strange, weird and especially odd. our job is to put things right again. (moaning) who do we work for? we work for odd squad. - i'm so glad you're here, odd squad. - what seems to be the problem? - donny and i were having a picnic and then... this happened. - (both): whoa! - odd squad, i'm so glad you're here! - i already said that, donny. - how am i supposed to know? i'm in a picnic basket! - don't make this about you! - this is not about me! - donny this! - hey! - you want us to help you fix this or not? - (both): please! - how'd you know we'd need the picnicanator gadget? - i didn't. i always carry it. stand back! - donny! finally, brother! i'm glad you're okay! thanks, odd squad! - happy to help. - enjoy your picnic. let's go. - they always come through

department of education, the corporation for public broadcasting's ready to learn grant and by contributionsyour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. my name is agent olive. this is my partner, agent otto. this is what i had for breakfast this morning. but back to otto and me. we work for an organization run by kids, that investigates anything strange, weird and especially odd. our job is to put things right again. (moaning) who do we work for? we work for odd squad. - you still haven't said a word. - but sooner or later, you're going to have to talk. all right, listen. if you don't want to talk how about a high five? you just high-fived the talkinator. - it makes you talk. - it does? - now, where'd you put the berets? - they're in this briefcase. now that i can talk, let me do a freestyle rap for you about my childhood! - uh... - back when i was a boy, all of the time, all i really wanted to be was a mime. you couldn't even hear the sound of my feet. but when i walk down the street they would repeat: "he's the mime "the best, best mime! all the time he makes no sounds!" - want to s

department of education, the corporation for public broadcasting's ready to learn grant and by contributionsyour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. this is my partner, agent otto. this is what i had for lunch today. but back to otto and me. we work for an organization run by kids that investigates anything strange, weird and, especially, odd. our job is to put things right again. (theme music) who do we work for? we work for odd squad. (clock ticking) (hiccupping) - yup, those are exploding hiccups, all right. - we've got just the thing. drink some of this. gets rid of them every time. - thank you, odd squad. - now, if you'll excuse us. (rushing sound) - (hiccupping): uh-oh. (breaking glass) (car alarm) - incoming! (roaring sound) - (o'brien): morning, agents. - (both): o'brien. - (otto): hey, uh olive i know we've been working together for a little while now, but it's my birthday tomorrow. - "otto's turning 10". 10? - i'm tall for 10. - i'm short for 12. and i'd be happy to go. oh quiet day at the squad. (whirring) (clanking) (t. rex roaring)

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: an arctic blast forecasters have dubbed the "siberian express" dipped all the way to florida's gulf coast today, demolishing cold temperature records along the way. from the midwest, to the deep south, the arctic blast brought dangerous, record-breaking cold to much of the u.s. today. 27 states are now under wind chill warnings or advisories more than 100 million americans shivering in a deep freeze. in chicago, the wind chill dipped to about 30 degrees below zero. the frigid temperatures led to transportation delays, and school cancellations. but there was no such luck for gabe wolter, in oak park, illinois, on his way to his fourth grade classroom >> i put on my ski goggles and my scarf just so no wind could get to my face. >> and are you feeling pretty good right now? >> yep. >> ifill: north of boston, an area already hammered by winter, crews fought blowing snow to rescue a dog that had fallen thr

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.ributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: russian-backed rebels in eastern ukraine took control of the strategic town of debaltseve today, leaving a cease-fire truce hanging by a thread. the rebels forced ukrainian troops to ultimately retreat from the railway hub, after weeks of fighting. the separatists also claimed to have taken hundreds of ukrainian forces hostage. late today, ukrainian president petro poroshenko called for a team of international peacekeepers to monitor the cease-fire. we'll have an on-the-ground report from eastern ukraine right after this news summary. >> ifill: civilian casualties in afghanistan rose by 22% last year. an annual u.n. report showed 3,699 afghan civilians were killed and nearly 7,000 were wounded. it also found more afghans died in battles between the taliban and government forces than from bombs. that's a change from previous years. in kabul, the human rights director for the u.n. mission said women and children

department of education, the corporation for public broadcasting's ready to learn grant and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. - my name is agent olive. this is my partner, agent otto. this is a waning gibbous moon. but back to otto and me. we work for an organization run by kids that investigates anything strange, weird and, especially, odd. our job is to put things right again. yeah! - who do we work for? we work for odd squad. - so, my brother donnie and i are watching tv, and donnie's really getting into the show. and then he actually got into the show. (knocking on screen) - hey! uh, could you be of assistance, please? (sighing) - our tv-get-out-anator should do it. agent otto? ♪ - where? (vacuuming sound) - donnie! donnie! donnie! - whoa! woo! - my donnie! my own brother! i missed you, man! thanks, odd squad. - no problem. - let's go. - hey, where's the remote? - look, you see, don't... - donnie! - incoming! - (ms. o): well look who's here. (very sweetly): olive otto, welcome back! - thanks, ms. o. we're happy to be back. - enough chit-chat! go see m

department of education, the corporation for public broadcasting's ready to learn grant and by contributionsyour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. my name is agent olive. this is my partner, agent otto. this is a bird i saw. but back to otto and me. we work for an organisation run by kids that investigates anything strange weird, and especially odd. our job is to put things right again. (theme music) - aaah! - yeah! - hey! - (olive): who do we work for? we work for odd squad. - i'm always telling my brother: you keep eating those cheesy curls you're gonna turn into one. - not to worry, sir, we have an "uncheesy-curl-nayer." - and you said we'd never use it. - donny! my only brother! i missed you! welcome back, brother! - our work here is done. go bears! - i'm glad that's over. ha! donny, no, no! you just can't control yourself. no, no, sit there. watch the game. like that. - the bears are moving the ball. here comes the shot. it's a basket! and the bears win the game! wham-o! (meows) - partner? - olive, you'll never believe what band came out with a brand-new song. - don't say so

charlie the corporation for public broadcasting, he proposed it in 1967 we passed it in six months. there are now what, 400 public television stations. >> charlie: you have a list in here i guess of the number of bills passed between the 88th 88th and 89th congress. >> it was incredible. he was phenomenal and he kept going even during tests. we had a great difficulty the toughest, nastiest piece of legislation in terms of mail and anger was fair housing to let anybody live wherever they could afford to live. to get it out of the senate, we tried and tried. finally, he calls the michigan center phil hart, liberal, and says phil, take that bill to the floor right now. this week we'll get it passed. and we got the fair housing bill passed for the senate. it was things like that. even the tragedy, charlie, the greatest tragedy, the worst week was the week following when king was assassinated, we had riots in 100 cities, troops in more than half a dozen cities, it was awful. we met next morning with the black leaders and that afternoon the president said to me we're going to get somethin

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.nd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: questions swirled today after "islamic state" militants claimed an american aid worker is now a casualty of war. the militants said the hostage, kayla jean mueller, died when jordanian planes bombed this building in their stronghold of raqqa, in syria. jordan had stepped up the air strikes after one of its pilots was burned alive. amman dismissed the islamic state claim, and u.s. officials including national security advisor susan rice, said they can't confirm it. >> we're obviously very concerned about the reports that have come in recent hours. we do not, at the present, have any evidence to corroborate isil's claims, but obviously we'll keep reviewing the information at hand. >> woodruff: we examine what's known and not at this time, with shane harris, senior intelligence and national security correspondent for the daily beast. shane harris, welcome. first of all, who was kayla mueller and what wa

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.y contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: uncertainty reigns at the u.s. capitol this evening, in the funding fight over homeland security. house republicans failed late today to pass a temporary bill, as conservatives rebelled. >> we can't let the department stop working. >> woodruff: the day-long drama unfolded as a midnight deadline neared for the federal department of homeland security to run out of money. on the house side: senior republicans, including kentucky's hal rogers, pushed a three-week funding measure. >> consequently, we're putting before you a bill to temporarily finance them while we go to conference on the main year end financing of the department, that's what this is all about. >> woodruff: a number of republicans were still demanding that the "main, year-end" funding measure overturn the president's directives on immigration. but democrats in the senate have blocked that effort, and their house counterparts pressed the g.o.p

department of education, the corporation for public broadcasting's ready to learn grant and by contributionsyour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. gent olive. this is my partner, agent otto. this is the odd squad bathroom key. but back to otto and me. we work for an organization run by kids that investigates anything strange, weird and especially, odd. our job is to put things right again. (theme music) - grrr! - yeah! - heyyy! - aaah! who do we work for? we work for odd squad. - thank you so much for coming odd squad. - what seems to be the problem, sir? - so, i'm sitting here, trying to catch up on a bunch of work but every time i try to click this pen... it's easier if i just show you. (clicking) - (agents): whoa! - it just keeps going. - whoa... - and watch... - whoa! - i know! - question: how did you start at your house? - that wasn't even my house! i haven't been home for 6 weeks! - not to worry, sir; we have a fix. don't use this pen anymore. - oh, yeah... - use one of ours. - oh! thanks, odd squad! - have a great day. - wait, where am i flying to? - we're going to boston.

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the brutal tactics of "islamic state" radicals reached a grisly new extreme today. the group put out a video showing a captured jordanian pilot being burned alive. in washington, the visiting king of jordan rearranged his schedule to meet with president obama. >> ifill: the pilot's father was attending a tribal meeting with other relatives in jordan's capital when the video surfaced. he checked his cell phone, hung his head, and left. then, a government spokesman confirmed the news publicly. >> ( translated ): we are deeply saddened and we pay our deepest respects to jordan's martyr, muath al-kaseasbeh. we now all know in jordan, beyond any doubt, how barbaric the islamic state group is. >> ifill: the 26-year-old lieutenant fell into "islamic state" hands in december, after his plane crashed in syria on a bombing mission. last week the militants threatened to kill him, unless jordan released sajida al

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.y contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the new leftist government in greece vowed today it will not be blackmailed into giving up its anti-austerity stance. that came after the european central bank imposed new restrictions on lending to greek banks. meanwhile, the new greek finance minister met with his german counterpart in berlin. they discussed athens' demands to re-negotiate terms of its bailout, but they made little headway. >> ( translated ): greece belongs to the euro, but we don't really agree on what we have to do now, despite a very intense, open discussion. i should say now: we agree to disagree. >> we didn't reach an agreement. it was never on the cards that we would. we didn't even agree to disagree from where i'm standing. >> ifill: the greek prime minister, alexis tsipras, is set to lay out his program for the country's financial future this weekend. >> woodruff: the european union's latest economic forecast showed a little impro

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: house republicans are now considering a short-term measure to keep the homeland security department functioning. republican sources tell "the newshour" the temporary bill could fund the agency for three weeks. otherwise, it runs out of money tomorrow night. until now, the house g.o.p. has been demanding a funding bill that rolls back the president's immigration policy. senate democrats repeatedly blocked it. their leader, harry reid, stuck by that today. if they send over a bill with all the riders in it, they've shut down the government. we are not going to play games. we've been working for a month to come up with a clear funding proposal the president can sign so they can, they can put all the riders on it they want, we will not allow that to take place. >> ifill: senate republican leaders have now agreed to go ahead with a long-term funding bill without the immigration language. but house speaker

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the obama administration is delaying the president's executive actions on immigration, after a federal judge ruled it didn't follow proper legal procedure. the president's action would have shielded millions of people from deportation. it was set to go into effect tomorrow. the texas judge's ruling freezes actions in 26 states now suing the government. the administration put the action on hold, but said it will appeal. we'll have much more on this right after the news summary. >> woodruff: a wintry blast has left hundreds of thousands of people without power in the mid-atlantic and southern u.s. the carolinas and georgia bore the brunt of the outages after the region was covered with several inches of snow and ice. snow plows were out in full force to clear the roads and highways. >> we will continue to see downed trees and power lines as they succumb to the weight of the ice. so that is a big concern

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: european leaders laid claim today to a fragile peace in ukraine as a night of negotiations produced plans for yet another cease-fire. all through the night in this marble-floored convention hall in minsk, journalists and official entourages waited and waited. ( camera shutter clicks ) the leaders of france, germany, russia and ukraine went into the meeting wednesday and emerged 16 hours later declaring they had a deal. >> ( translated ): there is a glimmer of hope here, but concrete steps, of course, have to be taken, and we will still face major obstacles. on balance, i can say that what we have achieved gives significantly more hope than if we had achieved nothing. >> ifill: under the cease-fire, ukrainian soldiers and pro- russian rebels will lay down arms on sunday at midnight local time. starting monday, heavy weapons must be withdrawn from a buffer zone ranging 30 to nearly 90 miles wide. but russia and ukraine disag

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.y contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: egypt entered the chaos of an ongoing civil war in libya today, to avenge the deaths of 21 egyptian christians beheaded by islamic state militants. across egypt, there was overwhelming sadness and anger as a seven day mourning period began. wails and sobs filled the air for the coptic christian men beheaded in libya by the islamic state. the terror group released a video of their murders on sunday. the men had been abducted in two groups in december and january. 13 of the 21 victims came from the small egyptian town of el- oar, where along with the sorrow there was rage. >> ( translated ): we are in darkness today. the whole of egypt is in darkness. ask them, "what have those killed done? what have they done, you dogs." they can only be called dogs. >> ( translated ): i demand the international community and president el-sissi to bring back the bodies of the victims even if they were thrown in the sea. if t