next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: 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 lincoln center in new york this is alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening, thanks for joining us. 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 ukr

. >> brangham: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: 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 lincoln center in new york, william brangham. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> brangham: good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm william brangham. 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 jou

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: 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 lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> stewart: good evening. i'm alison stewart. 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

. >> sreenivasan: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: 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 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

i'm anne davenport for the pbs newshour. >> woodruff: online, you can see more images from these younggraphers. that story is on our homepage at pbs.org/newshour. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. islamic state radicals claimed an air-strike killed american hostage, kayla mueller. and the economy added another 257,000 jobs in january. on the newshour online, nadia lopez was on the verge of quitting her job as principal of a new york city middle school when a blog post from one of her students inspired her to stay and eventually led to a $1.2 million fundraiser for the school. read about what the student said on our home page, pbs.org/newshour. and a reminder about some upcoming programs from our pbs colleagues. gwen ifill is preparing for "washington week," which airs later this evening. here's a preview: >> ifill: much to dive in to tonight, as we sort through the u.s. role in the world, its hostage policy and a looming confrontation with russia. judy? >> woodruff: on pbs newshour weekend saturday, a report from main street, columbus, mississippi, where new jobs a

those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> 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: uncertainty reigns at the u.s. capitol this evening, in the funding fight over homeland security. house republicans failed late today to pass a temporary bill, as conservatives rebelled. >> we can't let the department stop working. >> woodruff: the day-long drama unfolded as a midnight deadline neared for the federal department of homeland security to run out of money. on the house side: senior republicans, including kentucky's hal r

. >> sreenivasan: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: 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 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,

next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: 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 lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm alison stewart. 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

those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. ♪ >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> 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: a political drama that's gripped the state of oregon came to an abrupt end today. long-time governor john kitzhaber announced he's resigning over allegations of influence peddling by his fiancee. in an audio statement, the veteran democrat said he broke no laws. >> woodruff: hard-hit new england is bracing for blizzard conditions and brutal cold, again. a powerful, weekend storm could drop two feet of snow in coastal maine, and bl

those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. ♪ >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> 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: the "deep freeze" of 2015 tightened its grip today across much of the eastern u.s. in the process, it left a legacy, inscribed in ice, across rivers and record books alike. >> woodruff: morning commuters in washington faced a bone- chilling walk to work. >> it's freezing! it's like freezing-freezing. >> have you ever seen it this cold in d.c.? >> no, never. i was born and raised here. i've never ever seen it this cold. >> woodruff:

. >> sreenivasan: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: 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 lincoln center in new york hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. after days of negotiations for a prisoner exchange apparently broke down, isis today reportedly executed a japanese journalist it had been holding hostage in syria. just last weekend, isis also beheaded another japanese citizen it had captured. there was no immediate word about the fate of the jordanian pilot isis is also holding. the islamic extremist group had been demanding that jordan set free a woman implicated in a 2005 bombing attack in amman that killed 60 people in exchange for the hostages. for more about this, we are joined from washington by doug

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in vail, colorado, i'm mary jo brooks for the pbs newshour. >> ifill: finally tonight, our newshour sharese day, something that caught our eye that might be of interest to you too. justice ruth bader ginsburg spoke at georgetown university here in washington yesterday about what's it's like to be one of only a handful of women to have ever served on the supreme court. along the way, she also provided rare, candid insight into the career challenges she overcame to get to the pinnacle of her profession. here is some of what she had to say. >> in the ancient days when i was going to college the law was not a welcome profession for women. in those days in the southern district most judges would not hire women. in the u.s. attorney's office women were strictly forbidden in the criminal division. the excuse for not hiring women in the criminal division is they would have to deal with all of these tough types. and women aren't up to that. i was amazed and i said, "have you seen the lawyers at legal aid who are representing all of these tough types? they're all women." people ask me sometimes when

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