Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/wednesday-january-29-2014 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Wednesday on the News Hour... Tonight on the program, a winter storm walloped the South, senators Tim Kaine and Jeff Flake respond to the president’s State of the Union, viewers add their reactions to President Obama’s address, German chancellor Angela Merkel underlines stress of U.S. spying, Researchers make stem cell discovery by studying tissue stress and repair, and Poet Carolyn Forché gathers 500 years of suffering in new anthology. Listen to the Broadcast Subscribe to the Full Show Podcast Segments From This Episode News Wrap: NSA director urges Snowden to return still-secret documents Carolyn Forche reads Emily Dickinson's poem 'They Dropped Like Flakes' Wednesday, January 29, 2014 Rare Arctic blast paralyzes southern communities ill-equipped for snow and ice Georgia Gov. anticipates clear roads as state thaws from winter storm Senators react to the State of the Union: 'We're moving ahead' Viewers respond to the 2014 State of the Union In Germany, memories of repressive national spying inflamed by U.S. surveillance Researchers make stem cell discovery by studying tissue stress and repair Poet Carolyn Forché gathers 500 years of suffering in new anthology