PRI's The World: 01/08/2016

All week we've been seeing pictures and videos from the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, near the border with Lebanon. We speak with a doctor who has family trapped there. We also hear the story of Jennifer Peace, an openly transgender US Army captain who is waiting for military rules to catch up with her reality. Plus, a man from Montreal brings us a novel way of making snow shoveling a less onerous task — combining it with an African dance routine.