Ifill plus, building a bigger safety net in retirement, tips on how to maximize your Social Security benefits. Woodruff and, the triumph over slavery captured in the brush stokes of painter Hale Woodruff. Once a triumphant story where the underdog, who is underdogs who are black men, are able to take control of their lives and actually set their own destiny was something that people found thrilling. And i think some other people found quite threatening. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by this is about more than work. It is about growing a community. Everyday across the country, the men and women of the i. B. E. W. Are committed to doing the job right, doing the job safe, and doing the job on time. Because while we might wire your street, were also your friends and neighbors. I. B. E. W. The power professionals in your neighborhood. 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We are not going to play games. Weve been working for a month to come up with a Clear Funding proposal the president can sign so they can, they can put all the riders on it they want, we will not allow that to take place. Ifill Senate Republican leaders have now agreed to go ahead with a longterm funding bill without the immigration language. But House Speaker john boehner would still not say today if thats acceptable. It is not a fight amongst republicans. All republicans agree that we want to fund the department of Homeland Security and we want to stop the president s executive actions with regard to immigration. So we are waiting to see what the senate can or cant do. And then well make decisions about how we are going to proceed. Ifill unless something is signed into law by the weekend 30,000 Homeland Security employees will be furloughed. Another 200,000 will have to work for a time without pay. Woodruff a sweeping regulatory shakeup is coming to the internet to ensure net neutrality, the idea that no one has favored or faster access than anyone else. The federal Communications Commission voted three to two today for a new rule. It says comcast, verizon and other Service Providers must act in the public interest. Theyre barred from slowing or blocking web traffic or creating special for pay fast lanes. The broadband industry vowed to challenge the rule in court. Ifill russia has now become the leading cyberthreat to u. S. National security. The director of national intelligence, james clapper, said as much to congress today. Its part of an annual assessment. But this year, russia displaced china as the lead threat. Clapper offered no explanation. Woodruff in syria, the number of christians abducted by Islamic State forces this week has risen to at least 220. Thats according to a report today by syrian activists. Meanwhile, in iraq, a new Islamic State video showed militants smashing ancient artifacts at a museum in mosul. They declared the objects were unholy idols. Some were nearly 3,000 years old. Ifill the death toll from avalanches in northeastern afghanistan rose to at least 186 today. Funerals were held for many of the victims, in the panjshir valley, 60 miles from kabul. Relatives handcarried the bodies through deep snow. translated the snow was too strong and so heavy. I have never seen such a heavy snow in nigh my60year life. It is too strong. We could not even reach out to our neighbors for several hours. Ifill Officials Say the death toll could go higher once crews reach the hardest hit areas. Woodruff a judge in argentina has dismissed allegations that president Cristina Fernandez covered up iranian involvement in a 1994 bombing. The attack killed 85 people at a Jewish Community center. A prosecutor filed the complaint before he died, under mysterious circumstances. Evidence implicating fernandez. Ifill back in this country a federal jury in new york convicted a Saudi Arabian man today in the 1998 bombings of two u. S. Embassies. Prosecutors said Khaled Al Fawwaz was an early leader of alqaeda. The bombings in kenya and tanzania killed 224 people. Woodruff the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Approved the nomination of Loretta Lynch today, for attorney general. Three republicans joined Committee Democrats in the 12 to eight vote. If the full Senate Confirms her lynch will be the first African American woman to serve as attorney general. Ifill running back Adrian Peterson has been cleared for reinstatement to the minnesota vikings. The National Football league had suspended him through midapril over a child abuse case. Today, a federal judge found the league punished him under a policy that was not yet in force when he was charged with the crime. The nfl said it will appeal. And on wall street, a fresh drop in woodruff and on wall street, a fresh drop in Oil Prices Hurt energy stocks. That sent the Dow Jones Industrial average down ten points, but its still above 18,200. The nasdaq rose 20 points, and the sandp 500 slipped three. Ifill still to come on the newshour, extremists at home and abroad. Conservatives gather to test candidates for 2016; former senator jim webb on testing democratic waters; legalizing marijuana in washington d. C. ; what you need to know in order to maximize Social Security benefits; the life of pioneering journalist ethel payne, the first lady of the black press; and, a tale of enslavement, rebellion, and repatriation, in murals. Woodruff following yesterdays discovery of three men in the United States attempting to join the Islamic State, the world learned today the identity of jihadi john one of the extremist groups most infamous members. Im back, obama and im back because of your arrogant Foreign Policy towards Islamic State. Woodruff the British Voice behind the mask has repeatedly threatened the u. S. , britain and their allies, in videos showing hostages being brutally murdered. Woodruff today, it was widely reported that british and u. S. Intelligence have identified the man as mohammed emwazi. Born in kuwait, he grew up in a predominantly muslim neighborhood in west london. And graduated with a degree in Computer Programming from the university of westminster. In 2009, emwazi traveled to tanzania, on what he said was a safari. He told a Muslim Advocacy Group that British Intelligence accused him of trying to reach the alshabaab terror group in somalia, and he was deported. Later, he moved to kuwait, and visited london at least twice. He ultimately traveled to syria in 2012. Outside his former london home today, neighbors expressed disbelief at emwazis alleged actions. He thinks it is jihad, no it is not jihad, i am telling him no it is not jihad, you are killing people as jihad, no it is not jihad, sorry. Woodruff the jihadi john news came a day after the f. B. I. Charged two brooklyn men of uzbeki and kazakh background with trying to fly to syria to join Islamic State fighters. New York City Police commissioner bill bratton. It was made quite plain based on their own statements that if they were not able to go, that they would seek to acquire weapons here, handguns, machine gun, and seek to attack very specifically Police Officers and so that those aspirations were made quite clear by their own statements. Woodruff the two men, plus a third man in jacksonville, florida are being held without bail on charges of conspiracy to provide Material Support to a terrorist group. Woodruff to help fill in both stories, im joined by Peter Neumann director of the International Center for the study of radicalization at Kings College in london. Peter neumann, welcome back to the newshour. Is there any doubt that this man is the man in those terrible videos . I dont have any doubts. I think confirmations have come from different angles, and i read today that a member of the u. S. Intelligence Services Even though he didnt want to be named, confirmed the identity. So im pretty certain it is the man. Woodruff what is it about him that you see and his journey from being born in kuwait, moving to london. What is it about that journey that stands out to you that may be distinctive or like what youve seen happen to others who have become radicalized . So theres a lot of pieces of the puzzle that we do not have yet. Its certainly not unusual for someone from fairly middleclass background who went to university to become radicalized. It is a fallacy to think that you necessarily have to be poor and uneducated to become attracted to that kind of ideology. What we often observe with people like that is that wherever they come from, they do not feel that they have a stake in their society and that they have conflicts of identity that do not automatically turn them into terrorists but that make them receptive for the sort of blackandwhite message that comes from extremists the sort of message that says, you do not have a stake in this society because you do not belong to that society. You have to pick. Are you british or a muslim . You cannot be british and muslim at the same time. I think in the case of this particular individual, that may have happened at the university where he was going, which is known to have been a university where radical groups were active. Woodruff there was also there seemed to be a suggestion that from the information coming out of london that he that he had been harassed byebye British Intelligence, and maybe this was something that pushed him over the edge. How do you see that . Well, i i think this is an argument that has been put forward by a group called cage. Cage is calling itself a human rights group, but it is quite controversial because it essentially always tries to portray people who have become involved in terrorism offenses as victims. And again, i think they are confusion cause and effect. The reason why he was harassed by the Security Services is because even before the conflict started he tried to go to east africa and join alshabaab. So if you want the harassment of the Security Services was an outcome. It was not the cause of his radicalization. What im really interested in is what happened in the years before he went to east africa because that is his real radicalization. Woodruff Peter Neumann now, let me ask you about these two men in brooklyn who one was uzbek. The other was kazakh in baectd. They were background. They were involved in internet chat rooms. What do you see about their background that helps us understand what happened here . Its very difficult. I mean, we would consider them in our research we would consider them to be socalled fan boys. There are hundred if not thousands of people on the internet who are making supportive statements of in favor of isis. And they were unlucky, from their point of view in the sense that the f. B. I. Picks up on them and involved them in a socalled sting operation. We do not know what would have happened to them had the f. B. I. Not picked them up. Whats really difficult though in defense of the f. B. I. , is because they there are so many people out there, it is very very difficult to distinguish which ones of these people on the internet are just talking and which ones are actually ready to pack their bags and go to syria . Weve seen evidence both and nition this particular case, the f. B. I. Did not want to take a chance. Woodruff Peter Neumann, with Kings College in london we thank you for being with us again. Thank you judy. Ifill conservative activists flock to suburban washington every year to join forces streamline their message and provide an audience for the men and women interested in running for president. This year is no different. Over two days, potential republican candidates are making their case at the conservative Political Action conference, also known as cpac. Newshour political director Domenico Montanaro was there. O, say can you see reporter welcome to the republican race for 2016. This is a room full of patriots. Reporter texas senator ted cruz is one of more than a dozen republicans thinking about running for president who spoke at the conservative Political Action conference, better known as cpac. He fired up the crowd with tough talk on terrorism. We need a commander in chief who will actually stand up and defend the usa. We cannot defeat radical islamic terrorism with a president who is unwilling to utter words radical islamic terrorism. Reporter despite trailing in early polls, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie showed some of the defiance hes famous for. If i decide to run for president im not worried about what polls say 21 months before were going to elect the president of the United States. If i decide to run let me tell you one thing i will run a hardfighting campaign where i will fight for Hardworking Taxpayers of this country. And ill take my chances on me. Reporter for conservatives looking for a fresh face neurosurgeon ben carson, who has never held a political office, is a tea party favorite. We need to move in a very different direction, we need to understand what true compassion is in order to reach out to individuals who think that maybe being dependent is reasonable as long as they feel safe, and it isnt. Reporter the candidate with recent momentum is wisconsin Governor Scott walker. We understand that people create jobs, not the government, and were going to help the the people of this great country create more jobs, create more careers, create more opportunity. Reporter many conservatives believe walker is best positioned to give Florida Governor jeb bush, the current front runner, a strong challenge. Cpac faithful will have a chance to hear him tomorrow. Ifill domenico is back from the conference and joins me now. Chris christie has a point. 20 months out. What was todays conference supposed to accomplish . Its really a first chance for a lot of these candidates to be able to woo some of these activists that theyre going to hope might be on some of their campaigns in 2016. It all gives us, frankly, an opportunity to see what some of their messaging might be like. Speaking of christie, it really struck me, as hes trying to really own that bluecollar message, which is new for him, i think, but he also saw in 2012 that worked for Rick Santorum to be somebody who could really capture the plucollar message. It helped meefs running against somebody worth a quarter billion dollars but i think thats something we learned today were going to hear a little more from christie as he struggles in the polls. Ifill were hearing from washington a lot of conversation about Immigration Reform and other domestic policy issues. What dominated the discussion there . There were some domestic issues. We heard about repealing obamacare, which is something that came up way more in the cpac discussions but i was interested in the fact that the hawks were back in town. Foreign policy really dominated a lot of the conversation and fired up the crowd more so ifill for instance. Cruz in that bite we heard, he was saying the way you fight isis or fight these terrorists, the Islamic State group. You kill them, you dont try to offer them a job, referring to a state Department Employee who said the economy is one of the issues. Carly farina, not something you would think of as a big policy hawk, she mostly talked about F