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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 potential threat of independent actors here in the united states. we've seen this now in europe. we've seen this in canada. >> but specifically against the mall of a

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 to the rockies and midwest caused dangerous icing in portions of the south. the storm has now moved east affecting major cities along the i-95 corridor, includ

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 jailed journalists, mohamed fahmy, is also expected to be released from a cairo prison within days, according to an egyptian security official. in nigeria, the islamic extremist group boko haram have launched yet another attack on maiduguri, the largest city

hari sreenivasan for the pbs "newshour". >> woodruff: this week saw increasing brutality from islamic militants and president obama came under fire for comments on religion. to analyze it all, shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times columnist david brooks. welcome gentlemen. so we have this week seen a wave of revulsion to the latest islamic state terrible murder the terrible pictures which even if you didn't see it just the idea of it, the way they killed this jordanian pilot. now the word today of the american hostage aid worker. they're claiming she was killed in an air strike. we don't know. you probably saw the interview i did with the mother of the missing journalist. i guess my question david, is the obama administration a's strategy for dealing with the terrorists in the middle east, with islamic state, is it working? >> no. first of all, one part i think is working -- these are acts of terror. these are taunts designed the make us feel afraid, designed to make us feel helpless. they're provocations. they're not acts of war. it's more li

hari sreenivasan takes a look at the new, emerging model, it's a topic we'll be coming back to againgain in a series we're calling music on demand. ♪ going down to florence going to wear a pretty dress ♪ >> sreenivasan: music has been part of roseann carb's entire life, from the career of her father johnny to her own. she has a new album with three grammy nominations. for most of her career cash has made a good living from traditional album sales and live concerts, but today it's a very different world for cash and other artists. it's a world where listeners stream music over the internet at their computers, through their phones, in their cars all instead of owning it. >> it's changed how we artists and musicians make a living, and in 1999 the music industry was a $14 billion industry. today it's half that. it's valued at half that. there's a feeling now, a concept that music should be free that it's like oxygen. everyone should have access to it. everyone should have access but should it be free. >> sreenivasan: that's a question artists are grappling with. these services offer a fr

hari sreenivasan has our story. >> reporter: half a mile off the florida keys, a small boat of scientists is confronting a vast underwater crisis. biologists david vaughan, christopher page, and rudiger bieler are attempting life- saving transplants for florida's coral reefs which are dying at alarming rates. >> this is america's only living barrier coral reef here in the florida keys, and it is in a perilous state at this point in time. >> reporter: billy causey, the south east regional director of marine sanctuaries for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, says the problem is even bigger than florida, one quarter of the world's corals have died in recent decades, a consequence of pollution, over- fishing and climate change. >> there's a global crisis right now occurring with coral reefs and their decline. our corals are on the very edge of existence. >> reporter: trying to reverse that decline, the scuba-diving scientists are grafting new corals onto decimated reefs. dave vaughan leads the transplant team at mote tropical research lab in summerland key florida. so what a

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 absolutely committed to the sovereignty and integrity of ukraine no matter what. both european and ukrainian leaders are pushing for greater autonomy in eastern ukraine. but russian president vladimir putin wants kiev to cede br

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 ukraine full of lethal weapons and to bring it into nato. this will only exacerbate the tragedy of ukraine. >> stewart: but vice president joe biden responded this way: >> we will continue to provide ukraine with security assi

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 against isis. jordan has been conducting air strikes against the islamic extremists since a jordanian pilot was burned alive. its munitions are said to be stretched thin. there was heavy fighting in eastern ukraine today hours before the latest cease-fire agreement between the ukrainian government and