This isnt the usual suspects, to use an old phrase, some of this is new people coming into the terrorist cause. Woodruff the threat of homegrown terror in europe and the dispute over how to stop violent attacks. To tell the Muslim Community that you have to spy on your children or you think that there is something wrong you have to report and all of this, this is not helpful. Woodruff and, why what you say matters, the men and women who fight to keep dying languages alive. Language is the way we think if you begin to think in another language thats fine. But if you have to lose the way that your family has been speaking. Thats losing who you are. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by it doesnt matter what kind of weather. It doesnt matter what time of day or night. When mother natures done her worst, the only thing that matters to us, is keeping the lights on for you. 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Thank you. Woodruff new england faced a nearhurricane of wind and snow today, but states to the south were spared the worst. Megan thompson of the weekend newshour reports again from new york. Reporter howling gusts and drifting snow greeted boston and surrounding towns this morning. Its really windy. Its currently a blizzard. I wasnt 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 GovernorCharlie 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 air travel for days to come creating a Ripple Effect around the country. But farther south, snowfall was far less than predicted, as the storm system shifted nearly 100 miles east of its projected track. Despite dire forecasts, new york city was largely spared the brunt of this noreaster getting less than a foot of snow rather than a record tally. Officials lifted travel bans around the city early this morning and by midday, subway and bus service in the big apple was returning to at least Weekend Service levels. That left some new yorkers wondering today what the fuss was about. Turned out to be nothing. I mean its some accumulation but not what they expected it to be. You expected it to be a lot worse. And ive seen worse dustings than this, so, thats new york for you. Reporter one forecaster with the National Weather service even tweeted an apology for not getting it right this time. But new York Governor Andrew Cuomo dismissed criticism of the emergency measures. Here virtually every state made the same decisions, new jersey, new york, connecticut, massachusetts, we all made the same decisions. And sometimes the predictions turn out to be more or less accurate. And that is the nature of the beast. Reporter and new york city mayor bill de blasio likewise defended the calls he made to shut down subways and buses last night. These were the right precautions to take. They worked. Obviously, theyre gonna speed our ability to get back to normal. In situations like this, you cant be a monday morning quarterback on Something Like the weather. Reporter in the end, for many in new york and elsewhere, it came down to a case of better to be safe than sorry. Weve been through a couple of hurricanes. And when they kind of make a call like that, its better just to stay at home and listen to them, what they say. So at that point, we both wake up, and we go, wheres all the snow . And theres like this. But were still happy, because were going to the park and play in the park with little skipper boy here reporter for the newshour im Megan Thompson reporting from new york city. Woodruff and from one extreme to the other there was record heat today in the northern plains. Forecasts called for temperatures in the 70s in south dakota. The winter storm cost the northeast an estimated a billion dollars in economic activity. And wall street took it on the chin today, too from warnings of weaker corporate profits. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 291 points to close at the nasdaq fell 90 points to close at 4,681. And the sandp 500 slid 27, to 2029. A grim new countdown has begun for two hostages held by Islamic State militants in syria. The group warned that a japanese man, kenji goto, and a captured jordanian pilot will be beheaded by tomorrow afternoon. An online message showed a photo of kenji goto holding an image of the jordanian, over a recorded statement by goto. I only have 24 hours left to woodruff Islamic State militants murdered another japanese hostage over the weekend. Theyre now demanding the release of an iraqi woman sentenced to death in jordan for a 2005 terror attack. Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in tripoli, libya today, killing five guards and four foreigners. One victim was an American Security contractor. A faction linked to the Islamic State group claimed responsibility. The attack started in the Early Morning and included a car bombing. After an hourslong standoff the gunmen set off grenades killing themselves. A u. N. Relief agency has suspended aid to palestinians who lost their homes in the gaza war last summer. Officials say the u. N. Program ran out of money because donor nations gave only 135 million dollars. They had pledged 720 million. In poland today, a somber remembrance marked the liberation of auschwitz, the nazi death camp where jews and others were systematically murdered. It was overrun, 70 years ago today by the soviet army. Paul davies of independent Television News has our report. Reporter enclosed in a giant tent, the gates to the worlds most notorious death factory as 300 of those who survived its evil gathered to remember more than a million who did not. How can one erase the sight of human skeletons . Just skin and bones but still alive. Reporter these stories of loss and suffering make the most painful of hearing, but there is a determination that these stories and the lessons they carry will not be lost. Director Steven Spielberg has been collecting the stories and today he released a factual film to constantly remind the world. Reporter there was appreciative applause. But this was not a day for celebrity or for the heads of state present. It was for the survivors who began early this morning bringing their wreaths and their memories to the camps notorious wall of death where many whod escape the gas chambers were executed. Reporter then there was auschwitz survivor susan pollock, a hungarian who now lives in london, nervously retracing the footsteps of her family into the very gas chamber where they died. My entire extended family came here with their many children and i lost every one, more than 50 members of my family were murdered. Reporter like many, susan was back here for the first time in 70 years. Tonight, those years seemed to roll away as a group of survivors walked where theyd walked once before. Along the railway line through the snow to place candles on a monument to more than a million men, women, and children who had made the same walk and never returned. Woodruff the president s of france, germany and austria attended the ceremonies, and vowed to fight antisemitism and extremism across europe. Woodruff the Indonesian Military called off its search today for the victims of air asia flight 8501. Officials said the fuselage proved too hard to raise from the java sea, in strong currents and poor visibility. Rear admiral widodo, who goes by a single name, like many indonesians, said he was calling back three warships and two helicopters. translated we apologize to the families of the victims. Weve been trying our best to find the bodies. For the past two days our divers have gone down and couldnt find any bodies. Whether we pull up the fuselage or not doesnt affect the Ongoing Investigation because it is empty, according to our divers. Woodruff 70 bodies have been recovered so far, but 92 victims are still missing. A civilian agency will continue the search for them. Woodruff back in this country, Senate Democrats agreed to stop a move to impose new sanctions on iran, over its nuclear program. They said theyd give the Obama Administration negotiations with iran another two months to produce a framework agreement. Most republicans back the bill but theyd need democratic votes to override a threatened president ial veto. 32a and House Republicans said theyre unimpressed with new numbers that show the lowest deficit yet under president obama. The Congressional Budget Office projected red ink totaling 468 billion dollars this fiscal year. At a hearing today, republicans pointed out that deficits will start rising again in 2017. Still to come on the newshour expanding offshore drilling in the atlantic; north dakota businesses cautiously wait for oil prices to rise again; european strategies to combat extremism at home; saudi arabias mixed record on human rights; and, documenting what happens when a language disappears. Woodruff less than 48 hours after the president announced a proposal to block Energy Development in Alaskas Arctic refuge, his administration said today it plans to open up parts of the Atlantic Coast for oil and gas exploration. The proposal would allow offshore drilling along the southeastern Atlantic Coast for the first time, from virginia down to georgia. Companies could win leases for drilling, but would have to keep a 50mile buffer from coastal areas in case of a spill. The plan would, however, block exploration in some waters off alaskas north slope. We take a closer look at what this would mean, and the reaction to this series of moves, with amy harder, who reports for the wall street journal. Welcome to the program. Thanks for having me on. Woodruff why is the administration announcing this right now, 48 hours as we said, after the other announcement . Reporter its certainly not a coincidence. The administration has, since president obama became president has really done a got of giveandtake with this energy and environment policy. So they came out on sunday announcing theyre going to put away about 13 million acres of the Artic National Wildlife refuge as wilderness, which really puts it off to oil and gas development. Of course, this plan out of the interior department is required by law, but they wanted to show the Environmental Base and some Congressional Democrats that theyre committed to protecting some of these lands. At the same time theyre clearly giving some support to the industry by opening up cautiously some of these areas. Woodruff and how troll is this announcement that theyre going to allow oil and gas drilling, or tentatively will allow between virginia and georgia. And i think its important to say tentatively. Secretary jewel of the interior department stressed this is the broadest plan theyre going to consider. When it goes time in the next couple of years, they may whittle it down to something smaller than mawhatthey proposed today. But the move to even consider drilling off the Atlantic Coast is significant. Theres no drilling there now. Theres been very little ever in theof that region to have drilling there. Woodruff but is there consistency here . I mean, on the one hand theyre saying you cant drill mainly off the north slope of alaska along that very fragile coastal area, but you can drill along the eastern seaboard of the United States, off the coast. Whats the difference . I think one big difference with the Atlantic Coast is a lot of those governors and lawmakers are virginia down to georgia actually support the prospect of offshore drilling because they hope to receipt economic benefits from that. So thats one reason that secretary jewel cited as the purpose of opening up at least one lease sale in that region. I think its also important to note that the democrats representing the states north of virginia are not happy about this. Theyre worried about spills. And so i think youre going to see a big congressional pushback on that front as well. Woodruff but is the argument the manager making, one of them, that this region along the midatlantic is not as fragile as whats in alaska . I think what the administration has said is the conditions in the arctic are very unique, especially compared to the gulf of mexico where most of the offshore oil is done in the atlantic. The weather is very cold, very icy. The season for drilling at all is a small window, given the cold weather. But i think thats a point that Congressional Democrats make when they dont want the drilling off of the Atlantic Coast. I think that the administration actually did props proposed a lease sale in 2010 but retreated on that in the wake of the oil spill that occurred just a couple of months, ironically after that announcement. Woodruff what has changed since then . They were willing to do it in 2010 as you point out. They pulled back after the big spill in the gulf. What happened . Congress never passed a law requiring tougher standardss in offshore drilling because of the typical gridlock, but the administration said it has done a lot to beef up the own regulations what it can do without congress. There are two pending regulations coming down the pike that they will also cite as to why the Safety Standards are up to par. One is require tougher standards on blowout preventers a type of equipment blamed for the b. P. Disaster, and second the regulations coming to require special standards in arctic drilling. Woodruff amy harder, finally, how likely is this proposal as were looking tat now to become a reality, to become regulations that are goching what companies can do . Right, the answer to that question will come in two years or soy. And even if there was drilling off the Atlantic Coast executives say that wouldnt happen until 2030. So i think the plan can only get narrower, and given the president s commitment to climate change, i wouldnt be surprised if they ultimately took it out of the final plan. Soy at this point its too early to say. Woodruff amy harder with the wall street journal, we thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Woodruff the push for more oil and gas comes in the wake of a record boom in Domestic Production and after an unexpectedly steep plunge in the price of crude oil in recent months. One of the states where the boom has been most pronounced, of course, is north dakota. But as oils price keeps dropping, things are starting to change there for many oilfield businesses bracing for the slowdown. We have a report from emily guerin of inside energy. Thats a public media collaboration on Energy Issues working with the newshour. Reporter drive around Western North dakota and youll see a lot of these. Drilling rigs. Theres over 150 of them in the state. All drilling new oil wells into north dakotas bakken shale. Six months ago, there were a lot more. Oil prices have dropped since then, so companies are cutting back on expenses. That means drilling fewer wells. North dakota is already an expensive place to drill for oil. Transportation costs are higher here than in places closer to gulf coast refineries, 10 per barrel or more. So the drop in prices makes things even harder for companies drilling in the bakken. With oil prices in freefall, Companies Like emerald oil are suddenly cautious. Its a Small Company based in denver with just 50 wells, not much by oilfield standards. Ceo Mcandrew Rudisill says hes drilling fewer wells next year. No one wants to lose money drilling an oil well. So everyone is going to pull back because of where oil prices are right now. Reporter niles hushka is the ceo of a large