next on "pbs newshour weekend." >>> "pbs newshour weekend" is made possible by -- lewis b. cullman and louise hirschfeld cullman. judy and josh weston. joyce b. hale, in memory of miriam and ira d. wallach. 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 are 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 in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. after a week of unsuccessful peace talks the syrian military bombed and killed at least eight people. this video is obtained by reuters which was captured on social media. the news agency said it could not confirm the awe then disty. ban ki moon urged secretary of state john kerry and sergei lavrov to press for a political solution to the war in syria. the 3-year-old conflict has cla

next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> "pbs newshour weekend" made possible by lewis b. and louise hi arefeld r komen. the wallach family in memory of miriam and ira d. wallach. bernard and irene schwartz. roslyn p. walter. corporate funding 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 brother casting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tish wnet studios from lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >>> the united states today cautioned russia against intervening in ukraine. now that the pro-moscow regime has surrendered power to those seeking closer ties to the west. national security adviser susan rice said it's in the interests of both the united states and russia that peace in ukraine be maintained. dozens were killed in clashes there earlier in the week. >> there is not an inherent contradiction, david, between a ukraine that has longstanding historic and

next, on "pbs newshour weekend." >>> "pbs newshour weekend" is made possible by -- lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. judy and josh weston. joyce b. hail. the wallach family, in memory of miriam and ira d. wallach. the cheryl milstein family, rosalynn p. walter. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are 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 wnep studios at lincoln center, new york -- >> good evening, thanks for joining us. dramatic change under way tonight in ukraine, the former soviet republic of more man 45 million people separating north from west. tymoshenko set free, hours earlier, victor yanukovych fled the country and he was voted out of office calling it a coup. we have the latest from james blake of britain's channel 4 news. [ chanting ] >> reporter: they chant her name, the opposition leader in prison for mor

. >>> and the death of philip seymour hoffman, next on pbs "newshour weekend." >>> pbs "newshour weekend" is made possible by lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman, judy and josh weston, joyce b. hail, the wallach family, in memory of miriam and ira d. wallach, bernard and irene schwartz, rosalyn p. walter, pacific islanders and communications. corporate funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement projects. 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. ari. >> thanks for joining us, new conciliatory signals from iran today after a private meeting with secretary of state john kerry, the iranian foreign minister said it would be quoting, a disaster if the nuclear deal between the western powers and iran didn't become permanent. under the interim deal iran agreed to freeze its most sensitive nuclear operations in exchange for the west easing

next on pbs "newshour weekend." >> pbs "newshour weekend" is made possible by -- >>> good evening, thanks for joining us. after two days of meetings with international atomic energy agency officials, iran today agreed to seven new steps to shed light on its nuclear program, including aspects long thought to be military in nature. the next round of negotiations between iran and the world's leading powers will take place in vienna the weeks after next. we'll have more on this right after the news summary. >>> turning to afghanistan, there's word tonight the obama administration will announce a new $300 million aid package to that country tomorrow. the money will go to farmers, promote international trade and improve opportunities for university students. the gains once foreign troops leave. peace talks between assad regime and rebels that seek to overthrow it tomorrow. hundreds had been stranded with little food and scares medical supplies evacuated from the besieged city of homs. for a second straight day aid workers came under fire. >>> married owners of a bangladesh factory where 112 fac

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pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: this was the day after for much of the eastern seaboard, digging out from the latest winter storm. in parts of the northeast, snowfall topped two feet, and in the south, nearly half-a-million customers spent a third day with no power. the storm was also blamed for 25 deaths. hari sreenivasan reports on the day's developments. >> reporter: heaps and heaps of snow made a messy aftermath as the big storm moved on. plows and trucks worked overtime to clear streets from the deep south, all the way to the northeast and new england. but for many, the morning commute was treacherous. one stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike outside philadelphia had three separate pile-ups this morning. >> there was a big truck right behind me and he didn't stop in time he slid into the back of me, which pushed me

pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: this was a day of deepening crisis in crimea, amid growing signs of a possible bid to break away from ukraine. ukrainian leaders accused russia of a military invasion and occupation of crimea. newshour correspondent kwame holman has our report on the day's events. >> reporter: the situation in crimea approached a dangerous pivot point, as ukraine's new government accused russian forces of taking over two airports, a coast guard station and a border post. at a roadblock near one airport, this man said he had no idea who the armed men were, but they quickly set up a security perimeter. >> ( translated ): they arrived around 10:00 p.m. right there a machine gun was installed. the trucks passed through and immediately took control of the whole area; armed men jumped out from the trucks. >> rep

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pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: january's jobs report is raising new questions about the strength of the american economy. the labor department reported today that employers added 113,000 workers, fewer than expected. at the same time, the unemployment rate actually fell again, by a tenth of a point, so it's now 6.6 percent. paul solman sorts out the numbers for us, right after the news summary. >> woodruff: wall street apparently saw some bright spots in the employment data. the dow jones industrial average gained 165 points to close at 15,794. the nasdaq rose more than 68 points to close above 4,125. for the week, both the dow and the nasdaq gained a fraction of a percent. woodruff: president obama signed a new, five-year farm bill into law today. it costs $956 billion, keeps most crop subsidies intact, but cuts $800 mill

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. >> and that story was produced in partnership with the pbs "newshour." >>> joining me for a look atther stories is scott schaefer. when you were talking to janet napolitano the state senate was approving a ballot measure that would repeal the law that bans gender and race-based preferences in hiring. >> we didn't find out the senate had passed that until we were done with the interview. i e-mailed and they said she wasn't ready to comment yet. i'm sure they didn't want to detract from her trip to sochi and the olympics. i'm sure that they will support it. the university is really struggling to keep the student body diverse, especially places like ucla and berkeley. so i'd be very surprised if the university did not come out in support of a ballot measure. it probably won't be on the ballot until november 2016. >> another ballot measure that people have been talking about and that san jose mayor was hoping to get on this year's ballot, 2014, regarding pension reform. it seems like there's now a bump with that. what's happening? >> they got cleared to begin collecting signatures. in o

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