i am megan thompson in new york city. >> woodruff: washington d.c.ted to get only a minor snowfall, but the u.s. house had to postpone votes this evening because so many lawmakers were having trouble reaching the city. in other news of the day, the u.s. embassy in yemen closed to the public as unrest roiled the arab nation. street protests stretched into a second week in the capital city, sanaa. demonstrators are angry over a power grab by shiite rebels that prompted the pro-american president to resign. the state department said in light of the turmoil, the embassy curtailed its activities. >> we're still providing emergency consular service to u.s. citizens in yemen and due to ongoing security concerns which we indicated last week we would continue to evaluate and make staffing and other decisions accordingly we're unable to provide consular services but otherwise remain opened and operational. >> woodruff: meanwhile, a u.s. drone strike killed three al- qaeda fighters in eastern yemen. it was the first this year. in syria, kurdish fighters have re

megan thompson of "the weekend newshour" reports again from new york. >> reporter: howling gusts and drifting snow greeted boston and surrounding towns this morning. >> it's really windy. it's currently a blizzard. i wasn't expecting much when i woke up this morning but here we are. >> reporter: the storm struck with full force last night and kept going through the day. boston was on the way to getting at least two feet of snow. winds gusted to 75 miles an hour at cape cod and beach towns flooded as heavy storm surges rolled in. at midday, massachusetts governor charlie baker warned there was more to come. >> we fully expect that there are parts of eastern and central massachusetts where people may get as much as another five to ten inches of snow on top of what they already have. the drifting continues to be an issue, the blowing. there are drifts now as high as four, five, six feet in many places. >> reporter: elsewhere, blizzard conditions buried the eastern tip of long island and parts of rhode island and connecticut. meanwhile, thousands of flight cancellations promised to snarl

newshour's megan thompson got a firsthand account of that divide on a recent reporting trip to the southern the city of marseilles. >> this city of more than 850,000 is france's second largest and one of it's most diverse. about 500 miles southeast of paris and on the med trainson, marseilles is home to tens of thousands of immigrants throughout europe and more recently from north africa. by some estimates, the city is now 30 to 40% muslim one of the highest concentrations of muslims anywhere in this overwhelmingly catholic country. even before yesterday's attack and two other recent attacks by muslim men, tensions between muslims and non-muslims had been raising in marseilles. >> this is complicated with the arrival of the foreigners who changed everything in the town of marseilles. >> this photographer lived in marseilles his entire life and felt things change over the years. >> before, everyone knew each other. even the first immigrants in marseilles, the italians spanish, all that. it all worked fine perhaps because it was the same religion. what came after is more complicated, less int

a warning: our report from belgium by the newshour's megan thompson contains images that some might find difficult to watch. >> reporter: as she opens the door to her home, this 34-year- old belgian woman known as "eva" seems at ease. but actually she's chronically depressed. more than once she's tried to commit suicide. and now she's asking doctors to help her. help her die by euthanasia all of it captured in a belgian documentary. >> ( translated ): it may seem strange, but i am looking forward to the rest. the choice has been made. the decision has been made. i am looking forward to the rest i have longed for, for so long. >> reporter: it may sound shocking, but in belgium euthanasia is quite accepted. and it's not just for the terminally ill. chronically depressed patients like eva can request it, too. and so, on a day and time she's chosen, eva says goodbye to her family. >> ( translated ): eva, are you >> yes, i am ready, doctor. >> reporter: and then lays down on her couch. >> would you like to say something to your brother and sister-in-law? >> bye. >> sleep well. >> thank you. >

megan thompson reports. >> in belgium it's not just the terminally ill that can request euthanasia butatric patients, et cetera. is that pushing the boundaries? >> i don't think so. she's a lawyer and co-chairman of euthanasia control and evaluation commission which oversees the practice in belgium. >> the law utilizes terminally ill patients on the one hand and on the other hand for patients who are not terminally ill but completely hopeless there is a respect to the individual autonomy. i think it's a major advance in the way society and philosophy see this important issue. >> woodruff: that's tomorrow night on pbs newshour weekend. and we'll be back, right here, on monday, when we travel to nevada to see how the president's actions on immigration affect families. that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff, have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: i.b.e.w. the power professionals in your neighborhood. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life offic

megan glaros meteorologist, is watching us. >> epic snowfalls gloucester massachusetts, 33.5 inches of snow. hudson massachusetts, at 36. orient, new york, 30 inches of snow. thompson connecticut, 35. today dry conditions and a chance to dig out during the course of the day today and certainly by tomorrow. thursday into friday, we're watching this an alberta clipper, moving in the general direction of the northeast, arriving thursday into friday and will bring more snowfall. before, that it's all about the cold. after that we'll end january and start february with a bitter blast. gayle? >> you're smiling while you say that megan. thank you very much. >>> tough new questions about why meteorologists got the blizzard forecast for new york city so so wrong and why the entire sit shut down. we'll get into that ahead on "cbs this morning." >>> the country of jordan is considering a prisoner swap with isis this morning. they will release a failed female suicide bomber in exchange for a jordanian pilot. it comes 24 hours after they set a timeline. holly williams is in erbil. >> reporter: good morning. we calculated the deadline set by isis for killing jen i cankenji goto