Region to do more of the fighting and more of the balancing for you. Woodruff and, San Franciscos libraries help homeless patrons who seek refuge among the stacks. I look for people with a lot of bags or people who are asleep. Hey brother, youre not allowed to sleep in the library ok . Im sorry. Thats alright. Hey heres a place where you can sleep during the day. Ifill 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. And protecting what matters the most. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. Life, income, retirement, group benefits, and advice. Lincoln financial. Youre in charge. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. 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 fighting flared on the tense israel, lebanon border today after hezbollah rocket fire killed two israeli soldiers, and the israelis fired back. A u. N. Peacekeeper from spain was also killed. It was the deadliest incident on the 50milelong frontier since hezbollah and israel fought a war in 2006. The Israeli Military answered todays attack with air strikes and artillery fire. And, Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu warned hezbollah to back off. translated whoever is behind todays attack will pay the full price. In all of these events, our mission is to defend the state of israel. Our only consideration is the security of the state of israel and its citizens. Thus we have acted and thus we will continue to act. Woodruff hezbollah said its attack was retaliation for an air strike that killed six of its fighters, just inside syria, earlier this month. Israel has never confirmed or denied a role in that strike. Ifill new england began digging out today from a blizzard that dumped as much as three feet of snow from connecticut to maine, as temperatures plunged. Marthas vineyard was hard hit and the entire island of nantucket lost power. With mountains of snow waiting to be shoveled, boston mayor marty walsh promised an allout effort, before another round of snow begins falling this weekend. If theres snow on friday well be out there doing it, if theres snow on saturday and sunday well be out there removing it. Its just that this storm, because of the cold weather were not going to have an opportunity for any thawing or melting of any snow so we need to make sure we clear the streets as best we can because weve got to put this snow thats coming potentially over the weekend in another place. Ifill the big digout will have to be done in temperatures that arent supposed to rise above freezing for another week. Woodruff president obamas nominee to be u. S. Attorney general faced her Senate Confirmation hearing today. If approved, federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch would be the first African American woman to hold the office. I look forward to fostering a new and improved relationship with this committee, the United States senate, and the entire United States congress, a woodruff Loretta Lynch came to the hearing, offering overtures to republicans who repeatedly butted heads with her predecessor, including texas senator and majority whip, john cornyn. Let me just stipulate, youre not eric holder, are you . No, im not, sir. Woodruff republicans had often accused holder of politicizing the justice department. So utah senator orrin hatch pressed lynch to declare her independence. If you are confirmed will you commit to enforce and defend the laws and the constitution of the United States regardless of your personal and philosophical views on them on any matter . Absolutely, sir. The issue is not my personal view or any issue of bias or policy even, but it is the duty and responsibility of the department of justice to defend those statutes. Woodruff lynch did defend the president s actions to protect millions of immigrants from deportation. She suggested its a matter of setting priorities. The department of homeland securitys request and suggestion that they, in fact, prioritize the removal of the most dangerous of the undocumented immigrants among us, those who have criminal records, those who are involved in National Security and terrorism, those who are involved in gang activity, violent crime, along with, i believe, people who have recently entered and could pose a threat to our system, seem to be a reasonable way to marshal limited resources to deal with the problem. Woodruff the nominee is currently u. S. Attorney for parts of new york city and long island, and, as new york democrat Charles Schumer suggested, she is widely expected to win her promotion. If we cant confirm Loretta Lynch, then i dont believe we can confirm anyone. Woodruff lynch is the first of the president s nominees to face a confirmation vote in the new republicanrun senate. Woodruff there was no ifill after 54 years, a South Carolina judge has exonerated nine black men who went to jail for sitting at a whitesonly lunch counter, in 1961. They attended tiny Friendship College in the town of rock hill, and became known as the friendship nine. The group refused to pay fines, and instead served 30 days at a prison farm, a tactic that spread across the segregated south. There will be no more executions in oklahoma until the Supreme Court rules on that states lethal injection procedures. The Court Delayed three pending executions. Last week, the justices agreed to hear arguments that a sedative used in oklahoma still allowed the condemned man to feel pain. Ifill in Economic News the new leftist government of greece moved to roll back austerity measures today, as promised. In a series of announcements, plans for privatizing Public Sector utilities, ports and assets were put on hold. Theyre part of the greek bailout deal with the european union, but the new finance minister called the agreement a big toxic mistake. translated today we are turning the page on that mistake that has cost human lives, that were lost or undermined, that has also cost our partners in europe. The problem isnt that germany italy, and the poorerthanus slovakia didnt give enough money to greece. They gave more than they should have. It was just thrown into a black hole. Ifill the new government also sought to reassure financial markets, but Greek Bank Stocks plunged 25 and the Athens Stock Exchange fell nearly 10 . Woodruff wall street slumped today, even after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed it will be patient before raising interest rates. Instead, the market focused on a new slide in oil prices to below 45 a barrel, the lowest in nearly six years. That sent the Dow Jones Industrial average down nearly 196 points, to 17,191. The nasdaq fell 43, to close just under 4,638. And the sandp 500 dipped 27 to finish at 2002. Ifill and, a major new auto recall. Nissan today issued two today for nearly 768,000 vehicles. One involves electrical shorts and possible fires, in more than half a million rogue s. U. Vs. The other covers 216,000 pathfinders and infinitis with hood latches that can fail. Woodruff still to come on the newshour. Negotiations with the Islamic State group to free hostages. Are prescription drugs the right treatment for heroin addiction . Should the u. S. Mend fences with iran . The Koch Brothers big plans for 2016. What lawmakers who are veterans of the iraq and afghan wars bring to their service in congress. And, reaching out to homeless patrons of public libraries. Xd ifill a potential exchangeni of prisoners may be in the works between jordan and the Islamic State group. Officials in amman announcednr their willingness today to deviate from a longstanding policy against negotiating with terror groups. Ifill the jordanian government issued its statement on state television, saying its willing to meet Islamic State demands to win the release of a jordanian pilot, muath al kaseasbeh. He was captured in december, after his jet crashed inni northeastern syria during a Bombing Mission against Islamic State forces. Supporters of the pilot rallied outside the royal palace in amman this evening, as his brother pressed for action. translated weve been waiting for 35 days to get a statement or a decision from the jordanian government in muaths case, we have been waiting for any word from the jordanian government. Ifill the jordanian government said nothing today about a japanese hostage, journalist kenji goto. He spoke in an Islamic State message yesterday. Ifill the message again demanded that jordan release an iraqi woman, ajida alrishawi, who was sentenced to death for a 2005 suicide attack. Jordanian officials said today shell be freed if the militants free the pilot. Meanwhile, in japan, Prime Minister shinzo abe faced mounting pressure to save goto, after the militants beheaded another japanese hostage over the weekend. Abe spoke at an emergency Cabinet Meeting today. nr translated this was an extremely despicable act and we feel strong indignation. While this is a tough situation our policy remains unchanged in seeking cooperation from the jordanian government for the Early Release of mr. Goto. Ifill kenji gotos mother issued her own Statement Today urging the Prime Minister toni save her sons life. Ifill there was still no word this evening on whether the Islamic State accepted jordans offer, or on the fate of either hostage. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins us now with more on the shifting winds. cook muathalkaseabeh whatco changed . Warner well no one knows for sure gwen, whyni i. S. Changedxd its demands, but the belief among jordanian and n. Knr officials is they wanted to cause serious politicalc problems for King Adbullah of jordan. They know and they read jordanian politics accurately, the war against i. S. Or the antii. S. Coalition is unpopular in jordan. Many agree withnr the pilots father who wrote a letter to the king and who has been part of these protests saying this isnt our war. We send our sons to fight to defend an notv fight outside our borders. So the king has a delicatenr balancing actni with the tribes and ethnicities and if you haveni trouble with the sunni tribes, hes got troubles. The second, officials believe, was to cause rift withinni the antii. S. Coalition which adopted the no dealing for hostages policy and but they want to in thisni case. Ifill even though japan is not involved in the proposed swap. Warner theni jordanian prime was part of the swap. What we dont know is has japan decided to privately pay some money, when the British Foreign secretary leaned on the japanese last week in london not to because that just gives i. S. The money they want, they need. Ifill there seems to be pressure happening on a couple of Different Levels here, one at the King Abdulluh level, we were talking about the International Politics but also the domestic level, at the street level. Theres a lot of pressure for him to act. Warner oh absolutely. Once the fate in that video you just showed of the pilot and the japanese hostage were brought together the king this pilots becomexu national hero. So he had no choice but to show he was doing absolutely everything he could to save the life this national hero. He wasnt going toco trade this wouldbe suicide bomber ifill do we know if theres been any proof of life . Warner no and that was the thing i was going to mention,ni gwen. We do know negotiations are still going on but its hour by hour and earlier today it was much more optimistic. By late today, officials were saying not only have he heard nothing but as the king tweeted out we have asked for proof of life and we have heard nothing back. So there is some concern that the pilot may be dead. Ifill and theres also some concern that isis, as we discussed before u and i are so hard to figure. Its not like a government or state actor who you can go to for a response. Warner no. Ifill so there is the u. S. In all of this. They said we dont do these deals and dont encourage our allies to do theseoc do they just sit on their hands. Warner its interesting. There has been nothing publicly. No repetition of we dont deal for hostages. They said we have our position and every countryshould make their own position. The u. S. Engages in prisoner swaps, look at bergdahl the soldier in afghanistan and paying cash for civilian hostages. But the main point here is, gwen jordan is so key to this antiisis coalition. They provide Training Space for training. They provide political cover for the u. S. As a nongulf arab state. And to have the co have abdullah weaken and the coalitions commitment or rather his commitment to the coalition go owl wobbly that would be a disaster. And one former Obama Administration official said to me, i cannot believe they tried to second guess the king. Ifill about so much more than just these two lives. Warner oh, yes. Ifill Margaret Warner thank you. Woodruff theres been growing concern in a number of states about a rise in the use of heroin and, in some places, a jump in overdoses. Hari sreenivasan has a look at a new investigative report out that explores not just whats behind those numbers, but what could be done to help break addiction. Sreenivasan compared to other drug use, heroin is by no means the most commonly used drugs. Studies find 300,000 to one millionplus americans regularly use heroin each month but its toll is well known and increasingly worrisome. Its rise has been confirmed in published studies and in a study of 28 states, the number of heroin deaths jumped by a substantial percentage since 2010. The Huffington Post is out with a major piece reported by jason churkis. He is looking at its rise in kentucky and specifically about a debate there and elsewhere over breaking addiction. One medication viewed is known as saboxone, but there is not agreementco and some experts believe a substancefree approach is the only way to go. Ryan grim is the Washington Bureau chief for the Washington Post and the editor of the article and joins me now. How significant of a problem are we looking at when statistics are so hard to find, especially when there are so many other drugs and other drug problems in america that out kind of outweigh heroin . Particularly in rural areas this is becoming a serious problem. Un, the media does have a habit of exaggerating, you know crises as they relate to drugs but this is a serious one. You had some 400,000 people who went to Emergency Rooms the last year for heroin overdoses, more than eight though of those died. Theres a 39 jump from the last year, and theres no reason to think those numbers arent going to continue to go up. Were seeing more heroin coming into the country. Were seeing prices drop, and heroin addicts themselves are paradoxly the best salesmen for heroin. Theyre broke. They need money. They go out and find other people that they can go in on a buy with and thats how it spreads. This is a serious problem. 8,000 is a lot of people. Sreenivasan okay so i made a reference to this drug named saboxone. Whats the difference between saboxone, and methadone, which we are familiar with. Methadone swiet simply, gives you much more of a buzz. Its much easier to abuse methadone, and methadone might be the appropriate drug for somebody that has a more significant or serious addiction. Saboxone is nixed with naloxene, which you probably heard about. Thats the one they use to revive people from overdoses. In other words, theyve put it into a film which cant be split up so that if you take too much saboxone, then naloxone kicks in and its a miserable time for the person. The act of abusing it leads to a terrible time, and its not something that somebody would want to do twice. And because theres naloxene in tyou cant die from simply a sabooxone overdose. Sreenivasan you spoke to several expherts and you had a video version. I want to play out a couple clips, if i can, for the audience. You talked to a couple of characters that really summed up the argument and tension there pup spoke to a judge that says she doesnt feel that there is any place for drugs in the treatment process, and then you also spoke to a doctor who wants to be able to prescribe this. Lets take a listen. I personally feel that when youre talking about saboxone and methadone, youre talking about replacing one opiod for another. With heroin, you have to keep it a level just to feel decent. Its not even feeling high anymore. Its just to feel okay. When you detox someone in a jail facility, youre not giving