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>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: authorities in washington state warned today the official death toll in that devastating mudslide will rise significantly in the coming days. tonight, we hear from a member of the national guard search and extraction team. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. also ahead this thursday: >> wonderful to meet you. thank you so much. >> woodruff: president obama and pope francis met face-to-face for the first time. afterwards the president spoke of shared objectives while the vatican emphasized their differences. >> ifill: plus, innovative structures for disaster victims. that idea earned one architect

news was presented by kcet los angeles captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> we fight for our freedom, we fight for our independence, we fight for our sovereignty, and we will never surrender. >> woodruff: in a visit to the white house, ukraine's interim prime minister called on the u.s. to aid his country. and president obama again warned russia there will be costs for escalating the crisis. good evening, i'm judy woodruff, gwen ifill is away. also ahead, the republican party scored a key election win in florida. but does it mean the g.o.p. has an advantage heading into this year's midterms? and, it was once a novelty, but after a quarter-century, it's

>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the hunt for debris from that missing malaysian jetliner came up empty-handed again today, almost two weeks after it vanished from radar. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. as rescue teams keep scouring the indian ocean by air and by sea for the plane, miles o'brien looks into the effort to get literally millions of people to join in the search. >> this search for the malaysian airliner is just the latest manifestation of a powerful mix of space, computer and mobile technology coupled with social networking and a plain old human desire to help others in need.

world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.aptioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: crimea declared it's independence from ukraine today, paving the way for a possible reunion with russia. while in washington, president obama pushed back, hitting moscow with new sanctions. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. gwen ifill is away. also ahead this monday, officials on the case of that missing malaysian airliner backtracked on a key weekend development, adding to the confusion as the search stretches far to the north and south of where the jet vanished from radar. plus: >> my brother started writing poems in prison. to be able to make a poem of

. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.ioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the search for that missing malaysian airliner took another twist today, after a week of few clues and no answers, new evidence suggests it flew for hours after vanishing from radar. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. also ahead, margaret warner reports from crimea, ahead of a key decision to pick a side in the crisis that's splintered ukraine. a lot of unease. even among pro russian people.

>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles.oning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the hunt for that missing airliner has taken a new turn, to a patch of the indian ocean closer to australia, where search planes have spotted debris, some with the vanished jet's colors. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. also ahead this friday, president obama visits saudi arabia on a diplomatic mission to repair relations with a longtime ally. then, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. plus, songs of inspiration and empowerment for africa's women. from one of that contine

>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the rising official death toll from the massive mudslide in washington state. rescue teams, search dogs and bulldozers continued digging through feet of muck and debris. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead, from the extravagant estate of the deposed president, to those still occupying a tent city where the protests began. margaret warner explores ukraine's corrupt past and murky future. >> woodruff: plus, our conversation with former president jimmy carter. he weighs in on ukraine, n.s.a. spying and his new call to action. ending violence and discrimination against women.

. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: there were reports today a missing malaysian jetliner might have veered far off course at the time it disappeared, adding to confusion over what became of the plane, and the 239 people on board. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. also ahead this tuesday, crimea took further steps today to plot out its break-up with ukraine, while parts of eastern europe, wary of moscow's next moves, showed off their military ties to the u.s. >> ifill: plus, the brutally cold winter hit the midwest especially hard. we venture out to witness a rare sight: the great lakes encased

>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: president obama confirmed today he wants new limits on n.s.a. spying, he'll push congress to stop the intelligence agency's bulk collection of phone records. good evening i'm gwen ifill. >> wooduff: and i'm judy woodruff. also tonight, religious freedom, women's access to birth control and the affordable care act, collide at the supreme court. >> ifill: and as ukraine continues withdrawing it's troops from crimea. margaret warner sits down in kiev with the embattled country's interim prime minister. >> what is happening as russia crosses the border of the main land. this is the duty

>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angele captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: with the stroke of a pen and a stiff rebuke of the west, russian president vladimir putin today claimed the disputed region of crimea under moscow's control. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this tuesday, the experiment that reached back 13.8 billion years to make a dramatic discovery about what happened at the very dawn of the universe, just a split-second after the big bang. >> woodruff: plus, the story of the buses shuttling the san francisco bay area's top tech talent to work. for some, just another symbol of the region's widening economic divides.

>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: a dire warning on the effects of climate change. a u.n. panel of scientists conclude it may get out of control. food and water shortages, floods, droughts and other threats to societies across the globe. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill, also ahead tonight. the pain and the pride experienced by the 2.6 million americans sent to fight in iraq and afghanistan. we examine a new survey on the scars of war. >> woodruff: plus, it's deadline day for the new health insurance exchanges. but a surge of people racing to sign up caused more problems for the website. and mixed experiences for those

>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: hopes of finding any of the passengers on that missing malaysian jet alive all but vanished today. with officials telling relatives they're sure flight 370 went down in the southern indian ocean. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill, also tonight. the deadly, mile-wide mudslide in washington state. a desperate, but dangerous search for survivors rages on, with possibly more than a hundred people still unaccounted for. >> woodruff: plus, the story of a young liberian nurse tackling his country's mental-health crisis, and healing the psychological scars of a prolonged civil war.