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next on pbs "news hour weekend." >> pbs "news hour weekend" is made possible by -- lewis b.nd louise hirschfeld-coleman, judy and josh weston, joyce b. hail, the wallach family, in memory of miriam and ira d. wallach, the cheryl and philip milstein family, bernard and irene schwartz, rosalind p. walter. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america. designing customized, individual, and group retirement products. that's why we're 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 at lincoln center in new york. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. the only american prisoner being held in afghanistan was released earlier today in exchange for five prisoners held in cuba. 28-year-old bowe bergdahl was captured in 2009, he was turned over to u.s. special forces near the pakistani border. bergdahl is in u.s. military custody in afghanistan and reportedly in good condition. in a statement, president obama called h

. >> next on pbs news hours weekend. pbs "news hour weekend" is made possible by -- lewis b.nd louise hirschfeld-coleman. judy and josh weston. joyce b. hail. the wallach family, in memory of miriam and ira d. wallach. the cheryl and philip milstein family. bernard and irene schwartz. rosalind p. walter. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america. designing customized, individual, and group retirement products. that's why we're 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 at lincoln center in new york. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us, the pentagon today confirmed a u.s. aircraft carrier is being sent to the persian gulf, this just a day after president obama said he was reviewing military options in response to a rapid 200 mile advance in iraq by islamic militants. during the past several days. the mill assistants, isis, have overrun iraqi government forces and captured military equipment during

. >> next on pbs news hour weekend. >>> pbs "news hour weekend" is made possible by -- lewis b. and louise hirschfeld-coleman. judy and josh weston. joyce b. hail. the wallach family, in memory of miriam and ira d. wallach. the cheryl and philip milstein family. bernard and irene schwartz. rosalind p. walter. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america. designing customized, individual, and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support is provided by -- and by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs stion from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. in kiev today, petro poroshenko was inaugurated. he pledged the country would remain unified. >> translator: the question of the trerritorial integrity is nt up for discussion. i swore an oath to protect ukraine. >> the new president, the fifth since 1991, urged those fighting to lay down their arms and he also said ukraine would they ever give up crimea, which was

pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tish wnet studios, this is news hour weekend. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm allison stewart. sunni extremists made new gains in iraq. militants led by the islamic state of iraq in syria captured the town of al qaim, 170 miles southwest of baghdad. many heavily armed and wearing fatigues paraded in baghdad and other mostly shiite cities in iraq. the sunni militants now captured significant portion the of northern and western iraq. turning now to ukraine pro-russian separatists attacked military posts along the border with russia wounding nine ukrainian officers. the attacks came as poroshenko declared a unilateral week-long cease-fire. pro-russian forces claim troops are still conducting military operations. the kremlin also called for a cease-fire. 65,000 soldiers were placed in central russia on combat alert. >>> more violence in western china where muslim extremists have been conducting a series of terror attacks. authorities say they killed 13 men

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but first, it's pledge week on pbs.s break allows your public television station to ask for >> woodruff: hundreds of millions of people around the globe will be watching fervently next week when the world cup, the world's most popular sporting event, kicks off in brazil. but a series of reports and investigations are casting a cloud over the sport and its international governing body, f.i.f.a. jeff is back with that story. >> brown: one investigative series, published in "the new york times," found a match- fixing syndicate was able to manipulate several contests in the run-up to the previous world cup in 2010. the stories included tales of apparent bribery that led to clearly suspicious calls by referees in an effort to exploit matches for betting purposes. separately, the sunday times , a british newspaper, published new documents showing corruption and payments behind quatar's successful bid to host the cup in 2022. declan hill is an investigative journalist who co-wrote the new york times series. he joins us now. so

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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.nk you. >> woodruff: the head of syria's moderate opposition made a renewed plea for american help today. ahmad al-jarba met with secretary of state john kerry in saudi arabia. the white house called yesterday for $500 million to aid al- jarba's forces. kerry said it's vital to bolster the group, given the rise of islamist militants known as isil. >> obviously, in light of what has happened in iraq, we have even more to talk about in terms of the moderate opposition in syria, which has the ability to be a very important player in pushing back against isil's presence. >> woodruff: meanwhile, syria's military captured more territory near the border with lebanon, cutting off more supply routes for the rebels. government forces are now advancing toward zabadani, a mountain resort that the rebels have held for two years. the u.s. special envoy to the middle east is resigning after a year on the job. the state department said today that martin is returning to his previous job at a washington

but first, it's pledge week on pbs.s break allows your public television station to ask for your support. and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we have a second look at the national dance institute of new mexico. special correspondent kathleen mccleery has this report on how art can influence student achievement. >> reporter: the warmup, the makeup, the the proud parent streaming in, looks like the usual end of the year recital, but this one is a little different. it's the culmination of a year's work at the national dance institute of new mexico, a program that aims to engage and motivate children to strive for excellence using the arts. 74% of the dancers come from low-income families. 85% are either hispanic or native american. katherine oppenheimer is the program's founding artistic director. >> we target the schools and communities that need our presence the most, so that means high poverty, rural, isolated. the cities, too, but kids wh

on pbs. get the sense that you like -- this stuff enough to go back to do it. doing this periodically alongside the acting. >> i do absolutely. i might have said it last time we were here. you spend a certain time as an actor and you are a session player on somebody else'slbum. you are bringing your part in trying to influence what it becomes. it is someone else's vision. i came from a theater company in new york started by bill macy and david mamet and myself and others and it was part of the ethos. you are a storyteller. when i get to a moment where i get to kind of compose and it is it exercises muscles. it is not something i really ever dreamed of was to act and direct at the same time. it is not something that i recommend, essentially. yet there was something about this character and the way that -- stands stand out outside the fence. i had some years like that. i could not give it to someone else. i realize that trying to do both of those things feels just as terrifying as this guys lif

and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.nk you. >> woodruff: army sergeant bowe bergdahl is now undergoing treatment at a military medical center in texas. he flew there overnight from germany where he'd been recovering after being held captive by the taliban for five years. this afternoon, an army psychologist at the san antonio facility said one of the key elements in bergdahl's so-called reintegration progress is helping him re-learn how to make choices. the candidates in the race to become the next majority leader in the house of representatives changed again today. tea-party-backed congressman raul labrador of idaho entered the running hours after pete sessions of texas removed his name, but majority whip kevin mccarthy of california still appears to have the most support. a showdown is already underway to succeed mccarthy as the next second-in-command. the top contenders for the whip post are marlin stutzman of indiana, peter roskam of illinois, and steve scalise of louisiana. the g.o.p's leadership elections are set f

. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: charles riley, known professionally as "lil buck", can attest to the power of his doll of dancing is known as jookin'. it has won him a devoted following as well as stints with madonna and cirque du soleil. let's take a look at "lil buck" performing with yo-yo ma at china's national theatre for the performing arts. ♪ tavis: it's hard to watch you and not look at your feet. i find myself just staring at some nice those are shoes you've got on. >> thank you. these are made by designer name ricardo. he is an upscale designer. he just collaborated with kind of street sneaker where. they were a gift from madonna for my birthday. [laughter] madonna, i wear a size 12. i will take some of those, those are nice. that was nice of madonna. we will come back to madonna, maybe. let me start with my friend yo-yo ma. has been a guest on this program so many times. how did you hook up with him? >> we hooked up through a guy named damien, a former principal ballet dancer for the new york city b

. ♪ >> and, by contributions to your pbs stations by viewers like you. thank you.avis: the two-time grammy award winner is the director of the l.a. opera and is the champion of composers whose work is not well-known. by thers were silenced not see regime -- nazi regime. combines the story of moses with negro spirituals. his achievements were hijacked by racism. conlonke a look at directing the orchestra. ♪ tavis: that is good to have you on the program. talk about the state of opera. this is fascinating. i have been following this and our fans have for the last two years. the opera, it is in trouble, it seems. i wrote this down because i wanted put some context into our conversation as we began. the world of opera is in peril. san diego's opera is folding. these are the closures. baltimore, the opera in boston in 2011, the opera of san antonio in 2012. you believe in it. you are still doing it. what is happening with opera? >> i am optimistic. nothing is happening to opera. it is institutions. these are economic issues. an expensive art form and what has happened i

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. ♪ ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.nk you. ♪ their first chart topping single in 1964, the righteous brothers were something of a hit making factory. after that duo split, bill medley continued to top the charts with "i have had the time won a grammyand he and a golden glove and an oscar, and now, he has written a memoir -- and a golden globe and an oscar, and now, he has written a memoir. hits, those iconic "you've lost that lovin' feeli'' ." ♪ you are trying hard not to say it baby, i know it feelin'ost that lovin' that lovin' feelin' feelin'ost that lovin and it is gone, gone, gone ♪ tavis: you are snapping your fingers on one and three. not the downbeat. you guyst say that have to be -- you said "hip" -- guysf the coolest white to have ever lived. soulful. that is oxymoronic. a soulful white guy from orange county. we botht is odd that hoped up, because over the years, bobby has been passed away a little over 10 years, and it is just funny. you are from orange county, and you are thrown together in this group, and i

and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.nk you. >> woodruff: the president of ukraine announced a one-week unilateral cease-fire today. petro poroshenko ordered government forces to put down their weapons against pro- russian separatists, but said if fired upon, troops could fire back. rebel leaders immediately dismissed the cease-fire, and so did russia. meanwhile, the u.s. state department said it has information russia is accumulating tanks and artillery near the border with ukraine and has re-deployed forces there. >> woodruff: the number of people in the world who are living as refugees has passed 50 million, for the first time since world war two. a u.n. report found by the end of last year the number of refugees had jumped by six million over the previous year, to 51.2 million. the massive increase was driven largely by the civil war in syria. but the u.n. high commissioner for refugees says conflicts are multiplying around the world, with few solutions in sight. >> there is a general sense of impunity. conflicts emer

pbs. >> rose: welcome to the program.raine and talk with international diplomat wolfgang ischinger, former ambassador of germany to the united states who has been focusing on the conflict in ukraine. >> this is not something that we should believe is far away, somewhere in eastern europe. it doesn't have to concern us. it has to concern us because it affects the very basis of european security. we thought that we could trust each other. we thought that there was now a degree of predictability in european, in the european security architecture. that belief has been shattered. there is a lot of mistrust now, probably on both sides. and that needs to be rebuilt. that will take a long time. >> rose: we continue with one of my favorite comedians, john oliver. need i say more.

. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: has earned five academy content well as excellence. ands president of pixar disney animation. he has written a new tome called "creativity, inc." togives us insight in how harness and achieve goals. i should start with congratulations. i think we saw the news about the ultimate success of frozen. >> it became the highest selling animated film of all time. tavis: beat your own record. >> beat toy story three. tavis: how does that feel? how does it feel to be the guy on the team since the beginning, and i think americans know the names of these other guys more than your name. >> i feel awkward being at the center of attention. i love solving the problems of having group work together and removing barriers. to be at the center of that is an awful place to be. tavis: that seems antithetical to the way it we view leadership. >> it is. most of the people are that way. a want to be part of something that is great. there is a cultural ethic that we are making films that touch the world

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. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.hank you. ♪ bob moses was just 25 when he began his lifelong commitment to civil rights in mississippi for the student nonviolent coordinating committee. he was the architect of the .ummer object -- project. he is prominently featured in freedom summer. moses is also the recipient of the macarthur jesus -- genius grant. conversation our looking at a clip from freedom summer. >> we hope to send in upwards of 1000 students all over the country who will engage in community center programs and in designed toogram open up mississippi to the country. us fromoses joins boston. it's an honor to have you on this program. somethingstart with that always struck me as interesting given that i was born in mississippi. when you are in mississippi the rest of america doesn't seem real and when you are in the rest of america mississippi doesn't seem real. know what you meant by that. unpack that for me. mississippi during the congressional -- second congressional era of this country. i'm thinking of a