Right to end their own life. But with room left for interpretation, pressure mounts to implement doctorassisted death. The court made it very clear that physicianassisted dying would only be an option for individuals who are mentally competent and able to make a fully informed voluntary choice. Ifill and president obamas initiative to invest in young men of color prompts a question what about the girls . Black girls face the same indicators in terms of attendance to school, in terms of interest in school, in terms of reading levels, mathematical levels, its far more of a racial problem than it is a gender problem. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. At lincoln financial, we believe that you are the boss of your life. The chief life officer. In charge of providing for loved ones. Growing your nest egg. 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Tell us a little bit about what you know from the indictment about what theyre charging. Its a really big indictment, gwen. Im actually about twothirds the way through it and we all knew this was coming but its a lot broader and a lot deep doper than i think a lot of us who have been following this closely expected. It basically describes senator menendez turning his Capitol Hill Office into a criminal enterprise, basically using his offices and using his staff to go out and solicit gifts, find out what his political patron wanted in return and make sure it got done. Describes trading favors political favors for trips on a private jet firstclass airfare vacations, a fivestar hotel in paris. Its very broad. The indictment runs over 60 pages. It really is an aggressive move by the Justice Department. Ifill tell us about his political patron. Salomon melgen, a florida eye surgeon, they have been friends since 1990s. By all accounts were friends. They vacationed together they exchanged gifts and thats going to be key to the defense. Menendez is arguing that this is a friendship and friends Exchange Gifts and the Justice Department said this went well beyond friendship, this was a corrupt bribery scheme. Ifill so the Justice Department is saying they have evidence that there was something given in exchange. Correct. Its not unusual to charge bribery, but its certainly easier to charge taking an unlawful gratuity. Bribery is like payment for something whereas a gratuity is kind of like a tip, a thank you. Theyre saying he did favors for gifts and thats a much higher bar from a Legal Standard and i think thats why you see the totality of the evidence that the Justice Department is throwing out here. Ifill matt apuzzo from the new york times, thanks for being here. Always good to be here. Woodruff and in the days other news, it appears one of the f. B. I. s most wanted terrorists has been killed in the philippines. Zulkifli bin hir, known as marwan, was a leader of militants linked to alqaeda, and blamed for bombings in the philippines. F. B. I. Officials say d. N. A. Tests show he died in a january police raid in the southern philippines. Ifill president obama has signed off on a new way to hit back at foreign hackers with sanctions. His executive order signed today imposes penalties for stealing trade secrets or damaging computer systems. Companies that knowingly profit from such attacks could also be targeted. Woodruff the republican governor of arkansas back tracked today, amid a backlash over a religious freedom bill. It followed a similar furor in indiana thats galvanized gay activists and prompted businesses to demand action. Ive asked them to change the current law and ive asked them to recall it and change the language on it. Thats my request today. Woodruff the announcement from Governor Asa Hutchinson came a day after the Arkansas House passed the religious objection measure. Hutchinsons office earlier said hed sign it. But he changed course in the face of charges that the bill allows discrimination based on sexual orientation. What is important from an arkansas standpoint is that one we get the right balance and secondly, we make sure that we communicate that were not going to be a state that fails to recognize the diversity of our workplace, our economy and our future. Woodruff hutchinson wants the republican dominated legislature to make the bill look more like the federal religious freedom law which president clinton signed in 1993. The federal law says the government shall not substantially burden a persons exercise of religion. It does not define person, but the arkansas bill, and a new law in indiana, do, and they include churches and corporations. In addition, the indiana law bars private discrimination lawsuits against someone claiming a religious exemption. And the arkansas bill sets the legal bar higher for the government to override a religious exemption claim. That makes it different from the 20 other states with a similar law on the books, including the one in indiana. Just yesterday, indiana governor mike pence made news when he called for additional legislation to clarify the law he signed only last week. Meanwhile, in arkansas, anti discrimination activists welcomed todays announcement but called for more. Our work is not finished. We are not at the end of the road until all the citizens of this state are treated equally under the law that should be guaranteed. Woodruff retail giant wal mart, based in arkansas, had urged governor hutchison to veto the bill. It commended his announcement today. Similar proposals are pending in more than a dozen states. Ifill in yemen today, there were claims and counterclaims after a missile strike killed at least 35 workers at a dairy plant. It happened in the red sea port city of hodaida, as a Saudi Arabian coalition expanded its air campaign against shiite rebels. The rebels said a warplane fired the missile that hit the factory. The saudis said it was an anti aircraft missile, fired by the rebels. Woodruff the government of iraq has declared victory over Islamic State militants who had overrun the city of tikrit. Black smoke rose over the city as iraqi forces, along with shiite militias, cleared away the remaining pockets of resistance. Isis militants had seized the city last summer. Prime minister hayder alabadi hailed the achievement after a monthlong offensive. translated thank god the losses are in small percentage. Some talked about the delay of the offensive, it wasnt delayed, but we had preparations to minimize the losses. Woodruff u. S. Air strikes in the last week helped the iraqis. Their next target could be the city of mosul, which isis still holds. Ifill nigeria began its first peaceful transition of power today, with the president elect, declaring his nation has suffered enough. Muhammadu buhari spoke in the capital, abuja, and vowed to battle corruption and the islamist militants of boko haram. You voted with your heart. Your vote affirms that you believe nigerias future can be better than what it is today. You voted for change and now change has come. Ifill meanwhile, supporters of the onetime military dictator celebrated in the streets for a second day. Buhari defeated sitting president Goodluck Jonathan in the election. Woodruff back in this country, mcdonalds announced its raising base pay for workers at its companyowned restaurants. Starting july 1, new workers earn a dollar more than the local minimum wage. The raise applies to 10 of the 14,000 mcdonalds in the u. S. The rest are run by franchisees, and are not affected by the policy change. Ifill theres word that more than 61,000 bridges in the u. S. Need repair or rebuilding. A report in u. S. A. Today cites a new analysis by the american road and transportation builders association. The group says theres been a slight improvement from last year, but it calls for new taxes to support the highway trust fund. The fund has to be renewed by june. Woodruff in economic news, Car Companies in the u. S. Posted mixed results for march. Hyundai and subaru reported doubledigit gains, while sales at gm and ford slipped. Stocks also sank again today, mostly on discouraging economic news. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 78 points to close below 17,700. The nasdaq fell 20 points and the s p 500 was down eight. Ifill and two deaths of note tonight. Misao okawa passed away in japan at the age of 117. Shed been declared the worlds oldest person in 2013. The title now goes to an american, gertrude weaver of arkansas, who is 116 years old. And gary dahl, creator of the 1970s bewilderingly popular fad, the pet rock, has died. He made a fortune selling plain rocks, in a box, for 3. 95. Gary dahl was 78 years old. Woodruff still to come on the newshour the latest on a possible iran nuclear deal. California grapples with a historic drought. Debating the right to die in canada. Atlanta educators found guilty in major cheating scandal. Do Education Programs that invest in young men of color leave out young women . And, writer t. C. Boyles latest novel exploring the violent, dark side of the american psyche. Ifill the talks between iran and six world powers seemed to bheaded into yet another day. The deadline for a Framework Agreement expired last night. And no deal was reached today but the u. S. Said enough progress has been made to continue the negotiations. Major points of disagreement remain, and both the americans and iranians indicated it was up to the other side to bridge the gap. We have been very clear, when i say we, the International Community, the United States sitting at that table alongside our german french british, russian counterparts making clear to the iranians they need to make specific commitments and if theyre unwilling then, yes, the International Community would be in a position to force to consider alternatives to the approach weve demonstrated so far. Ive said all along the recognition by all parties that they need to exhibit political will and flexibility to move forward. Iran has shown its readiness to engage with dignity and its time for our negotiating partners to seize the moment and use this opportunity which may not be repeated. Woodruff joining us again for the latest at the talks is Indira Lakshmanan at bloomberg news. You have been watching this day in and day out. When you hear the two statements one from the white house and one from the Iranian Foreign minister talk about flexibility and will power translate for us. Where are they tonight . I think you need to examine the statements on two levels. One is the level of reality and whats actually going on in these very, very difficult negotiations. And we know that they are stuck on a couple of issues and particularly research and development for Irans Nuclear program as well as relief from United Nations sanctions which are not about economic penalties theyre about proliferation and military sales so thats a much tougher one for the International Community to lift. Thats the reality. The other side, you have the public messaging. As youve heard from josh ernst and the Iranian Foreign minister, each one is saying the other one is the one who needs to make the compromises and theyre willing to walk away. What the white house said was interesting, is the remaining talks remember were going into the second overtime day here and thats because the talks, the white house doesnt want to be seen as the one who walked away. This is a game of brinksmanship. In the end, i think theyre going to have to come up with something, but each side is holding out for the best deal they can get, gwen. Ifill as we hear these little leaks here and there, seems like the iranians are consistently more optimistic than the americans are. Is that gamesmanship . I think it is because its trying to push the americans , in again using the media, saying were ride to make a deal and sign on the dotted line, its you who needs to back down from your entrenched positions. Weve seen so much of this where we had one european delegation telling us there was an ultimatum last night which the u. S. And iran then denied. We had the French Foreign minister leaving, just come back. We had the British Foreign minister leaving and he just game back. Theres a lot of brinksmanship going on and part of this is a signal to the other side to focus the attention on what they wanted to be, this deadline, to give them three more months woo work out the technical apects. The iran talks have become like the banks war in 2008, too big to fail and they will have to pull out some kind of accord even if its far of what the Obama Administration and iranians wanted. Ifill 24 hours can make all the difference . Well, i think well see something within the next day, because we got a statement from the state department that john kerry was going to stay at least till thursday, so that gives him the option to stay longer, but i think at this point the people are tired. The negotiators have been up all night long, day after day and i think they want to get this done. So i think what well look at is some kind of a declaration without too many Details Behind that. I dont think you will see detailed codicils that iran has to do this and the other side has to do that. It will be more goals than actual steps and the steeps which will be the hard part are going to be what they have to argue about over every line over the next three months. Even if we see an agreement today, it could fall apart in the next three months before the june 30 deadline. Ifill we know you will be there to explain the details. Indira lakshmanan of bloomberg, thank you. Woodruff the longlasting and severe drought in california led governor jerry brown to order new, and historic, water restrictions today. The mandatory rules are designed to reduce water use by 25 through 2016. The governor made the announcement on a day when winter snowpack is measured in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Today, there was no snow on the ground there and the snowpack is lower than at any time since 1950. Hari sreenivasan is in california and joins us from public station kpbs in san diego. Sreenivasan in fact, Governor Brown went to the Sierra Nevada mountains to make his point today. The restrictions would affect water use in numerous ways, including landscaping and lawns, farming, golf courses and more. The governor joins us now from sacramento. Even going back to your state of the state address in 2014, you have been talking about this state of emergency. There has been plenty of Scientific Data to back up the drowvment what took so long to get the restrictions in place . It takes to long because were a large state, 38 million people, we extend from the oregon bored tore the mexican border. We have hundreds of border agencies. So to move policy from conception and full operation and implementation does take time and is not done by two or five or 50 people in the state capital but rather water districts, Water Engineers water personnel and citizens all working together. Ive taken dozens of measures over the last three to four years and now i think weve really come to a culmination where instead of voluntary, its 25 is our goal, and it is mandatory and its unlike what weve had before. Were talking about people taking out their lawns, using all these other different watersaving technologies and things like desal anyization and other ways that californians will have to live differently. Sreenivasan encouraging people to decrease watering their lawns seems a drop in the bucket where 80 is used by the agriculture sector. The farmers have take an lot of hits. The fields are afoul in many cases, the trees are dying theyre not getting the water the federal government promised theyre not getting a drop only get a small fraction from the state water project. Agriculture is fundamental to california and, yes, they use most to have the water and produce the food and the fiber which we use and export to countries all around the world. Were asking them to give us information, file agriculture water plans, to amend the undergroundwater, to share with other farmers. This is a very comprehensive program that is never been attempted anywhere at anytime in california history. We have a lot to learn. We have to listen to how it rolls forward and out. But i think the farmers are suffering a lot and they are asked to do a lot for this executive order. Sreenivasan is it time to zero in on specific industries . We know it costs an enormous amount of water to have a single almond to eat or the frack industry where a lot of people are concerned theyre extracting a lot of water in that process as well. Is it time for us to zero in on the largest customers or users of water . Then youre putting government in a role of picking and chewing, almonds instead of wall nuth, tomat