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Ifill a new winter storm shut down schools, shredded Airline Schedules and closed government offices from the mid atlantic to new england today. Official washington went dark as windblown snow began piling up. It made for dangerous driving, and touched off scores of accidents. More than 2,200 flights were cancelled, and new york and other cities braced for at least a foot of snow. Everyone remembers how frigidly cold it was in the last storm, this could be even a bit colder. So we want to focus, the best thing that can happen for this city is for Sanitation Department to be able to do their job. We every single new yorker can help them do their job by staying off the streets, staying out of our cars. Ifill the National Weather service warned that wind chills could reach 40 below, in some places. The Major Players moved into position today to open the syrian peace talks tomorrow, in montreaux, switzerland. But there were fresh recriminations over irans absence, and fresh revelations of atrocities, allegedly by the Syrian Government. Chief Foreign CorrespondentMargaret Warner has more on all of this, after the news summary. In lebanon, a new bombing struck at supporters of hezbollah, the Shiite Militia fighting for the assad regime in syria. A car bomber killed four people in a shiite neighborhood on the outskirts of beirut. Some 35 people were wounded in the blast. Claimed responsibility calling the attack retaliation for hezbollahs actions in syria. Russian Russian Security agents are now hunting for three women who may be planning suicide bombings. Police leaflets say one is believed to be in sochi, where the Winter Olympics begin next month. The women are known as black widows, because their islamist militant husbands died in previous attacks. We get more on the investigation later in the program. Allout street battles broke out overnight in the capital of ukraine. It marked a dramatic shift in the struggle between the prorussian government, and protesters demanding closer ties with the european union. We have a report from matt frei of independent television news. Welcome back to kiev yet these are fireworks. But they are used as missiles and no one here is celebrating. The avenue leading to parliament is now the response line of protest thats become a siege. A homemade catapult, their proudest if in the most accurate weapon. It was shortage of while the goliaths stood their ground with stun grenade, rubber bullets and tear gas. I was here month and a half ago the atmosphere couldnt be more different now. Because its a full scale siege, between protesters and riot plies right in the center of kiev about 500 yards behind me. The same Parliament Just a few days passed new antiprotest laws straight from that was latest stand off. In the morning the siege looked like apocalyptic nanria, encuesed with discarded cobble stones and i went off to see one of the main opposition leaders in the makeshift headquarters, a place teaming with the urgency of history but also the prospect of failure. I condemn the violence. And this is my key message for the last two days. This is not the way we can get the results. Thats the problem of ukraines second stab at the orange revolution. Grey is the new orange. Ifill the government of thailand has declared a state of emergency amid its ongoing political crisis. The announcement came after a series of recent attacks at antigovernment protests in and around bangkok. The decree is in force for 60 days. That gives Security Forces the power to ban large political gatherings, detain people without charge, and impose curfews. Reams of documents released today show how the Roman Catholic church in chicago hid decades of child sex abuse by priests. The material covers 30 clerics, out of at least 65 identified by the archdiocese as child molesters. Well hear from a lawyer for some of the victims, later in the program. President obama will meet with pope francis at the vatican this march. The white house announced today the president hopes to discuss a shared commitment to fighting poverty and inequality. His visit will be part of a larger trip to europe. Fishermen in western japan have reportedly made their biggest dolphin roundup in four years. The antiwhaling group sea shepherd says about 250 dolphins were captured during the annual hunt. More than 50 of them were selected for sale to aquariums and others. About 40 were killed for their meat, the rest were released. Dolphin slaughter occur almost daily for six months of the season begins september continues through the months of march. These dolphin killers will go out and hunt the dolphins and small whales almost daily, slaughter occur and dolphins are taken captive for marine parks around the world. Ifill over the weekend, the u. S. Ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy, tweeted that she was deeply concerned about the slaughter. A spokesman for the japanese government insisted the traditional dolphin hunt is legal. Former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell and his wife maureen were indicted today in a federal corruption investigation. Theyre facing wire fraud and other charges, in connection with gifts from a political donor. Republican mcdonnell has insisted he did nothing illegal. He was termlimited and left office this month. Wall street had an up and down day. The Dow Jones Industrial average was down 44 points to close at 16,414. The nasdaq rose 28 points to close at 4,225. Still to come on the newshour Margaret Warner reports from switzerland on the syria peace talks; new documents detail how priests in chicago abused children in their charge; a push to keep filipinos from leaving home to earn a living; the Supreme Court on the genesis of raging bull, and the limits of labor unions; plus, russias hunt for three female terrorists. Ifill delegations from dozens of countries are arriving in switzerland for tomorrows peace talks aimed at ending syrias bloody civil war. But so far, the highly publicized absence of one country is casting a shadow over the event. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports. Some of the images in her story may be disturbing. Warner the arrivals hall at the airport in geneva was filled with diplomats and negotiators, including the head of the opposition Syrian National council. He made clear his goal translated we hope that the people of syria have great confidence in us. We are here to achieve the aspirations of the Syrian People and the demands of the syrian revolution. And we will not accept less than removing the criminal Bashar Al Assad and changing the regime and bringing the criminals to justice. Warner that seems the longest of long shots at the moment. Syrian president assad has made it equally clear he has no plans to give up power. Moreover, the sessions planned in lakeside montreux, amid tight security, already hit a diplomatic speed bump with the u. N. Secretary general ban ki moon inviting iran sunday night, and then disinviting tehran yesterday. Today, iran said it never wanted to go in the first place. translated about us not being invited to the geneva 2 talks, i have to announce that we were never interested in participating in these talks. This was the u. N. Secretary general insisting that we participate in these talks, and now they have canceled their invitation. This is very unfortunate and sad and we are very keen to know the real facts as to why he was forced to reverse this invitation. Warner criticism also came from the russians, who said it was a mistake not to include iran. translated despite the largely ceremonial nature of the event, the absence of iran in the list of 40 countries cannot but raise questions. Warner and a major new revelation today in a document commissioned by qatar, a report from three former war crimes prosecutors, with photographs of what they said was the torture and killing of some 11,000 detainees by the assad regime. They reportedly were taken by a Syrian Police photographer whos now defected. Desmond da silva is one of the reports authors. The pictures are reminiscent of the worst pictures that came out of belsen and auschwitz after the second world war. And these poor creatures were not only starved but were also tortured while they were starving. Warner in london, British Foreign secretary William Hague saw some of the 55,000 digital images. Ive seen a lot of this evidence, it is compelling and horrific. And it is important that those who have perpetrated these crimes are one day held to account. And the u. S. State department called the report and photographs extremely disturbing. Even before this, among the two million refugees whove endured three years of civil war, hopes were not high for a positive outcome in montreux. translated weve lost our faith in the International Community. We dont care about geneva conference and whether it takes place or not. We have lost many of our relatives and friends and family members in the fighting, and weve lost syria. translated all countries are plotting against the Syrian People; no one is supporting the Syrian People. If the International Community wanted to solve the crises, they would do that. People are being killed for nothing. No one cares about the Syrian People. Warner president obama discussed the syria conference with russian president Vladimir Putin by telephone today. They, along with the u. N. , are the conveyors of the conference, and will be represented by secretary of state kerry and foreign minister lavrov. Ifill Hari Sreenivasan is in new york and spoke with margaret a short time ago. So, margaret weve been waiting for this meeting for quite some time, what are the expectations. By the standards of International Conferences like this, this expectations are pretty low there is really no shared sense of what the goal is when you talk to the two adversaries here, the Syrian Government and the opposition. Tomorrows set of speeches is hard bargaining in geneva friday, the hope by the United States and the u. N. And most of the countries there is that at least youll get a united chorus from the 30 or so Different Countries that are speaking tomorrow that the answer is not a military solution but a political solution. And they hope that the two adversaries will hear that and that when they speak there will at least be some sense that they, too, want to pursue that even though they have very different end states, their visions are very, very different. Secretary kerrys theory has been for some time now that if you put at least get these two warring parties to sit down for the first time face to face and commit to continuing negotiations in geneva without any particular time limit or deadline, that they could begin to find a way forward. The u. N. Officials said to me today, as you said, hari, they worked so hard to get this conference together but he said there are so many different so many traps here and so many Different Actors he said im really not an optimist. Tell us what happened yesterday, inviting iran then uninviting iran, why . I am told by people close to him that he began with the premise that conference wont really be successful, that is there resolution without irans participation because they are such major badge o backers of president assad. They supply weapons, trainers, gotten hezbollah, militias to come in and fight for him. They have sent fighters from iran itself. And so they had to be part of it. Then im told ban was told bit by the russians then iranians that iran was ready to accept the basic premise of the conference, this to set in motion a process that will ultimately lead to a transitional governing body. Pave the way to a new government in syria. So ban thought he would make this announcement that within an hour would be written or verbal statement from iran saying they welcome coming to the conference and they accept that premise. They join in this premise. Instead all they got was a letter or a statement saying, were very happy to come. So ban was upset then came under tremendous pressure yesterday from secretary kerry from Syrian Opposition which they would boycott the conference and also from the gulf state led by saudi arabia that they, too, would boycott. He had a choice. Hold a conference with iran there, but one of the two major adversaries not there. And so given that choice he rescinded the invitation. So lets talk a little bit about the two conveners of this conversation, the u. S. And russia they have very different takes on syria, what do they agree on . Hari, youre right, they have different takes but essential to one another. This conference would not be happening without the two of them. Secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov have worked hard on this with secretary kerry pressuring the Syrian Opposition to come. Lavrov pressuring the iranians to help him persuade the Syrian Government to come. They also share the view that it can only be political solution and share concern about the work of the jihadi terrorist groups that have been attracted as if kerry were a magnet and are getting training and weapons and connections that would make the u. S. And russia both more vulnerable to terrorist attacks down the line. But as we know russia has been main defender on the u. N. Security council, resolutely stood in the way of tough sanctions or resolutions demanding humanitarian access, and bottom ply is that russias got long time interest in syria, it doesnt want to lose syria as at least very friendly if not quiet state and visceral reaction against any thought of forcible regime change by the out shied world by the western powers after the libya experience. So almost reflexively russia reacts negatively when it senses Something Like that is in the works, especially if its led by the u. S. Margaret warner, thanks so much. Thank you, hari. Ifill the Catholic Diocese of chicago, the countrys third largest, shielded and protected priests who were accused of sexual abuse for decades. Newly released papers document the actions of 30 priests, nearly half them deceased. The rest now out of ministry. Victims who had long p for more information talked about it at a press conference in chicago today. The priest that abused me moved seven times and abused others. If they would have stopped him like they would have stopped the other at the time of the abuse there would be significantly less victims. As part of the release of these files i am hopeful that there will be less victims in the future and people will stop putting the reputation of the institution above the welfare of the children. That is my hope. Ifill the documents, released as part of a settlement with those victims describe how the late cardinals john cody and Joseph Bernadin approved the re assignments of priests. In a letter sent to parishes this past weekend, Cardinal Francis george, who took over the diocese in 1997, apologized for the past actions of the church. But he also said that almost all of the incidents were perpetrated by priests he never met. We invited leaders of the diocese to appear tonight, but they declined. We are joined by a lawyer for some of the victims, jeff anderson. Welcome, mr. Anderson. What did you learn from this new group of documents today. What 6,000 pages of the offending priests file reveal very clearly is a very long standing pattern and practice by all the top officials, including the past and current cardinals of making conscious choices to protect offenders, keep their offense secrets, thus protect the reputation of the archdiocese from the 1950s to the present time and up until 2006. Mr. Anderson, in this letter that archbishop george tonight congregationss he conceded there has been mistakes but went on to say in the case of father Daniel Mccormick who was arrested twice, he said, mistake is not a cover up. Cardinal georges position that this was a mistake and primarily by those who preceded shim really deflection and denial. When it comes to mccormick, it was on his watch and there were reports to his office and there was a second arrest that became known to him and he chose to keep mccormick in ministry and give him a promotion and mccormick continued to abuse children. And it is tha