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Political director lisa desjardins, who is in manchester, reports that when the two remaining democrats took center stage together, they heated up a cold new england night. Reporter four days before the balloting, the democratic race is now about defining, and definitions. Well, let me start by saying that senator sanders and i share some very big progressive goals. Reporter progressive that was Hillary Clintons key word from minute one, even as Bernie Sanders tried to tie her to a different word moderate. It is what she said, and all that i said was, theres nothing wrong with being a moderate. But, you cant be a moderate and you cant be a progressive. Reporter sanders attacked, and clinton countered but if were going to get into labels, i dont think it was particularly progressive to vote against the brady bill five times. applause i dont think it was progressive to vote to give gun makers and sellers immunity. Reporter minutes later, another sharp exchange, over sanders repeated mention of the speaking fees clinton previously collected from banks. There is this attack that he is putting forth, which really comes down to you know, anybody who ever took donations or speaking fees from any Interest Group has to be bought. And i just absolutely reject that, senator. So i think its time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out. inaudible . applause in recent weeks, and lets talk. booing . Lets talk about the issues. Lets talk lets talk about issues, all right . Lets talk about why, in the 1990s, wall street got deregulated. Did it have anything to do with the fact that wall street provided spent billions of dollars on lobbying and Campaign Contributions . Well, some people might think, yeah, that had some influence. laughter reporter sanders hammered home a chief Campaign Issue for him that wall street is hoarding wealth and politicians have left it uncontrolled. It is not one street. Wall street is an entity of unbelievable economic and political power. Thats a fact. Reporter sanders also launched his top charge against clinton not only did i vote against that war, i helped lead the opposition. Reporter raising her 2002 vote that authorized the iraq war. Look, we did differ. A vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat isis. We have to look at the threats that we face right now. applause reporter . But that led to a longer backandforth, where clinton sharply questioned some of sanders Foreign Policy grasp. Such as inviting iranian troops into syria to try to resolve the conflict there; putting them right at the doorstep of israel. Asking saudi arabia and iran to work together, when they cant stand each other and are engaged in a proxy battle right at this moment. I fully, fully concede that secretary clinton, who was secretary of state for four years, has more experience that is not arguable in foreign affairs. But experience is not the only point, judgment is. Reporter as New Hampshire democrats watched this clash unfold last night. Some republicans saw another former first ladys return to the spotlight. Barbara bush was out touting son jebs makeorbreak push, in derry, New Hampshire. Hes not a bragger, we dont allow that. Reporter voters still came out to see john kasich in hollis for his 99th town hall. His Campaign Like that of jeb bush hinges on a solid showing in next tuesdays primary. The snow didnt get in the way of several women senators, either. They joined New Hampshires governor in manchester today, in a bid to give clinton their former colleague a postdebate boost. Four days to go and it is already a blitz even with the snow, candidates held some 20 events today, like the marco rubio event happening here at this middle school. One note about this event. The Rubio Campaign was happy to tell me they originally scheduled this for the cafeteria of this school but they had more people show up than expected and moved it to the gym. Judy. Woodruff thats prizing they would want to share that information with you, lisa. Imagine woodruff so you have been to several candidate events today. What are the voters saying to you . Reporter we talked to New Hampshire voters who go to these events. To be honest, i feel a lot are still soft. Most seem to be honing in on their own private list of two or three candidates and what surprised me was the combination of candidates. I talked to two different voters today looking at one democrat and one president. For example a man i talked to, former firefighter thinking about Bernie Sanders and marco rubio. Thats a combination that might surprise people, but he said what hes looking for is integrity. Thats a word i heard throughout. Also here at this event, those looking at rubio, the republicans, it does seem like theyre considering rubio against trump or rubio against cruz, but the key there, judy, is that these are voters who say they werent paying that much attention to marco rubio, say, a month ago. Now theyre here and want to see him in person. Woodruff so are you picking up a sense that rubio has benefited from coming in third in iowa, a close third to donald trump . I think absolutely hes benefited. Now, i dont think hes locked in those votes yet, but i think he has people considering him who were not before. I also think marco rubio is benefiting from doubts about the other candidates about the fight between donald trump and ted cruz. Donald trump saying ted cruz doesnt get along with anyone. Ive heard that from people here today at this rubio event. Operated, ted cruz saying that donald trump is a hothead who cant be trusted say with the nuclear arsenal. Ive heard that as well. Rubio seems to be benefiting from the fight between the top two. How that will end, i dont know. Rubio has to prove himself on his own. Donald trump wasnt in the state today as we said because of the weather, and he is trying to reangle his campaign, judy, trying to do more retail politics than weve seen before. So far his campaign hasnt proven they know quite how to do that but theyre trying. If they can pull that off, it might help him here. Woodruff is it thought not being in the state today will matter for donald trump . By the way, both democrats, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, are going to be leaving the state for part of the weekend. Reporter right, the tightest race we have, the democratic race, if you look nationally, both candidates are taking time from the campaign trail. Bernie sanders is going to be on saturday night live with larry david, and then Hillary Clinton is going to flint, michigan. Those are two very different events but shows both these candidates are looking past New Hampshire, maybe for Different ReasonsHillary Clinton knowing shes behind, wanting to talk to, perhaps, flint, michigan, a group that could appeal, to say, south carolina, where there are a lot of africanamerican and lowerincome voters. Bernie sanders trying to appeal more broadly nationally where he and clinton are the closest. As for donald trump, i think voters notice when a candidate is not here and i think the Trump Campaign is aware of that. Well watch and see if he starts schedule more events. Certainly the Trump Campaign wants to win but theyre used to large speeches and theyre retooling for the retail politics of New Hampshire. We know voters in New Hampshire and iowa expect to see their candidates and see them often. So we will see. Lisa desjardins in New Hampshire for the weekend through the duration, thank you my pleasure, thank you. Woodruff in the days other news, the governments latest jobs report showed hiring slowed substantially in january, from the month before. The Labor Department said u. S. Employers added 151,000 jobs. At the same time, the Unemployment Rate dropped to 4. 9 last month, its lowest level in eight years. And wages average Hourly Earnings rose significantly. President obama hailed the news this afternoon at the white house. We should be proud of the progress weve made. We have recovered from the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, the worst in my lifetime and the lifetime of most of the people in this room, and weve done it faster, stronger, better, more durably than just about any other advanced economy. Woodruff the mixed jobs data sent stocks plunging on wall street today. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped nearly 212 points to close just under 16,205. The nasdaq fell more than 146 points, and the s p 500 lost 35. For the week, the dow was down more than a percent. The nasdaq fell 5 , and the s p 500 lost 3 . A 6. 4 magnitude earthquake has rocked southern taiwan. It was centered about 27 miles southeast of tainan and struck about six miles underground. Local media reported multiple buildings had collapsed in the city that is home to nearly two Million People. There was no immediate word on casualties. Woodruff in syria, progovernment forces aided by russian airstrikes tightened their grip around aleppo. They captured the town of ratyan, less than 15 miles away. A rebel commander said the Northern Aleppo countryside has now been totally encircled. Meanwhile, turkey estimates 15,000 syrians have arrived at their border, but its unclear how many will be let in. Relief groups have set up tents on the syrian side for temporary shelter. The United Nations childrens agency, unicef, reports thats at least 200 Million Girls and women around the world have been subjected to genital mutilation. That is 70,000 more cases than in 2014. It attributed the rise to both population growth and increased reporting. Female genital mutilation occurs in at least 30 countries. But half the victims live in egypt, ethiopia and indonesia. Twitter is cracking down on accounts that promote terrorist activity. The company said today its already suspended more than 125,000 accounts, mostly linked to the islamic state. Its also increasing the staffing of teams that review accounts flagged for extremism so they can catch suspicious users faster. A United NationsHuman Rights Panel ruled today that wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to walk free. The group said hes been arbitrarily detained by the british and swedish governments, who have long sought to extradite assange to sweden to face rape charges hes denied. Assange emerged onto the balcony of Ecuadors Embassy in london, where hes taken refuge since 2012, to celebrate the panels findings. How sweet it is. This is a victory that cannot be denied. Its a victory of historic importance, not just for me, for my family, for my children, but for the independence of the u. N. System. Woodruff British Foreign secretary Philip Hammond repudiated the u. N. Ruling, which is not legally binding. Julian assange is a fugitive from justice. He is hiding from justice in the ecuadorian embassy. He can come out on the pavement anytime he chooses, he is not being detained by us, but he will have to face justice in sweden if he chooses to do so. And it is right he should not be able to escape justice. This is frankly a ridiculous finding by the working group and we reject it. Woodruff London Police have said that they will arrest assange if he tries to leave the ecuadorian embassy. Its unclear whether the u. S. Is also seeking his arrest related to wikileaks release of hundreds of thousands of secret u. S. Documents. And there will be no big dance appearance for the louisville cardinals this year. The university of louisville announced a selfimposed postseason ban for its Mens Basketball Team today. It comes as the n. C. A. A. Is investigating claims that escorts were paid to dance and have sex with recruits and players. The universitys president said a separate internal investigation revealed, violations had occurred. And former apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has died. Mitchell was a part of the 1971 lunar mission, becoming the sixth of only 12 people to ever walk on the surface of the moon. He died last evening in florida following a short illness. Edgar mitchell was 85 years old. Still to come on the newshour brazils race against time to combat the zika virus; Syrian Refugees struggle to call lebanon home; mark shields and david brooks on this week in politics; psychology of sports ahead of sundays super bowl; plus, the causes and consequence of distrust in government. Woodruff u. S. Health officials put out new guidance today about the zika virus. For the first time, they recommended that men who have traveled to an area with zika should use condoms if they have sex with a pregnant woman for the entire duration of the pregnancy. The c. D. C. Also says those men may want to consider abstaining from sex with women who are trying to get pregnant. While the disease is overwhelmingly spread by mosquitoes, questions about three possible cases of sexual transmission led to the new guidelines. In brazil, zika has been found in the saliva and urine of two people. And more than one Million People there are said to be infected with zika. Our science correspondent, miles obrien, is covering the story, and joins me now from recife, brazil. Where carnival celebrations are beginning. So, miles, this is a country thats hardest hit in a big annual holiday. Yes, judy. Here we are in the middle of this Public Health crisis and this celebration, this National Holiday begins on this night, carnival. Whats interesting about carnival is at the very core the philosophy the forget your troubles and party like there is no tomorrow. Thats how the brazilians view it and why in most cases the party has gone on. I talked to a lot of Public Health officials and doctors and scientists who have been involved in this hurt for some action and way to control the zika outbreak, and many of them impress misgivings about it, frankly, but the show is going on. Woodruff now, miles, we know the centers for Disease Control said today the cooperation with brazil is Getting Better thats the c. D. Here in the u. S. But they also have expressed some frustration about not getting enough data from down this. That do you know about that . We heard a lot about this when we spoke to some of the scientists on the front lines here, some of the epidemiologists and the virallologists who are working on this scientific riddle. This is a virus that has presented a whole new problem for them and its a virus like so many things these days that instantly become a global problem. The problem is there is legislation, there is law in this land which makes it all but impossible for them to share samples with their colleagues in atlanta or glasgow or friends in europe. The head of the c. D. Tom frieden said this is improving but its a reminder that when youre in a situation like this with a fastmoving virus, its time to bring all kinds of borders and privileges and scientific prerogatives down and try to fight the problem. Woodruff and, miles, for the medical profession, i know youre talking to physicians there, researchers. You were saying this has to be very frustrating for them, that they dont feel, you said, that they have the tools in the toolbox that they need. I spoke to a gynecologist today whos dealt with several mothers who have had to contend with this, and shes so frustrated. She said, i feel like im in the stone age. I can see this coming, i stay problem developing, and i have no tools in my toolbox to help these women. Its an unfortunate case. Theyve got this virus that came out of the blue, and they really dont have a way of coping with it right now. Woodruff and, miles, in terms of the science of it and dealing with the mosquitoes who are carrying this virus around, what about that front . Are they able to i mean, are they able to project any kind of precautions that can be taken . Where are they on that front . Well, obviously, theyre telling pregnant well to be very careful and to guard against being bitten by mosquitoes. Its worth mentioning that those are the people its the pregnant women and their babies in utero that are of concern. When an adult gets bitten by a mosquito with zika, four out of five people dont know theyve had it. Part of it is public education, part is spraying which has limited efficacy. They have 2,000 troops in the area knocking on doors lo