>> the fact that there is not going to be cameras, etc., etc. it does appear that the u.n. is really banking on the fact that the two sides will sit in the same room. look, as we've been talking about, this is really huge. >> yes. >> there is a lot of spessism and doubt whether this conference will create space. but these talks are about saving syria. there is so much violence on the

ground. even if there is any break through or alleviation of some of the violence in syria, that's what people are hoping for from these peace talks. >> the government delegation threatening to walk out of these talks, how serious was that threat? >> well, let's just put it this way, tony, if i were sitting in a chair with heels that could go back and forth i would probably be dizzy about the amount of spinning that every side has been doing. every side has been oh positioning themselves. we saw the government come out and jostling for position, the deputy foreign minister sat through 30 minutes of cameras surrounding them. and then the opposition said they can't do it. they can't do it alone. they sat through oscillating cameras, with the notion that

their side was right and the other side was the problem with these talks. let's go back to what was said. the talks are going to happen, look, we know it isn't easy but it's important that they happen. >> even without events of today, i think it went all right. we're going to meet tomorrow. i hope that it will be a good beginning, and that we'll continue until the end of next week. >> and that idea, tony, i hope it will be a good beginning. that's what brahimi is hoping for. and he looked around to reporters and said please pray for syria. >> has there been any progress on the corridors that would require geographic cease fires to allow for humanitarian aid to

places that need help. >> this is how bad the situation is. today the u.n. announced 60 people in the refugee camp has died of starvation inside syria. that's how bad the situation we're facing. the number one goal is the discussion of humanitarian corridor. brahimi will try to get both sides to agree to create the humanitarian corridors, alleviate some of the suffering. what they're hope something that small agreement, even if it's just one corridor, one place it will be the first time in three years that these two sides will have agreed on anything. >> nick schifrin reporting. good to see you, thank you. while the two sides talk peace in geneva, we have powerful and

heartbreaking video reminding us of the conflict taking a heavy toll on the people. working to rescue a young girl trapped in the rubble of the building in an attack ten people died, five were children. after frantic minutes of digging they find an arm, right there. the rescuers keep removing debris to uncover one of the body, but one of the girl's legs is still trapped. after careful maneuvering, they free the girl and get her free from the rubble. this young girl appears to be--oh my--one of the lucky ones. thousands of syrian children have died in several attacks. we don't know who was behind the attack in aleppo, but we do know that the video.

joining me from ann arbor, michigan, juan cole, good to see you. look, you see things like this, and you just hope against hope that something comes out of these talks from geneva, can anything come out of this meeting that will in time lead to the end of the scenes that we just have seen? >> well, in time, talking is always good. winston churchill said jaw jaw is always better than war war. the contact between the oppositionists and the regime, over time when the fighting has proceeded further and people are more exhausted and fatigued,

maybe resist some of the negotiations and have more fruitful set of talks. >> is there any incentive for bashar al-assad to step down? >> no, there is no incentive for bashar al-assad to step down and i think he's not going to do it. he has the backing of his clan, the assad clan that is very powerful, wealthy, well positioned. he has the packing of the alawite community, the majority of the christians in the country are neutral. even middle class sunnies are behind him. i would guess 55% of the population is with him. he's not going any place, i don't think. >> there is a referendum later in the year. all signs indicate that if he runs he will win. so where does that leave this

process? how do you see this beginning to resolve itself? >> everything depends on the battlefield. the regime territory has been chipped away from it. i lived through lebanese war and just before they made the deal they were really tired of fighting. >> is there something that he could do to send a message to the world by helping to

alleviate the situation in syria that would send an even more positive message about iran's willingness to engage in the international community? >> well, you know, i think the iranians are trapped a little bit in the sense that they support the baath regime and assad for political reasons. they don't want to lose him. syria is a land bridge to lebanon. the totality of this regime, killing it's own people, torturing prisoners, using chemical attacks from time to time is an embarrassment to iran in the region. it could well be that over time tehran will decide that bashar is not as much of an asset as they thought.

>> juan cole, al jazeera's foreign affairs contributor. condemning a string of bombings in egypt that killed six people. four explosions hit cairo and guiza. this is the worst attack, a car explosion in front of the police headquarters in central cairo. there are also clashes between police residents and muslim brotherhood supporters in cities across the area. >> reporter: explosions at the heart of cairo on friday morning this, is the aftermath surrounding the main egyptian police headquarters. the nearby buildings were damaged including the famous museum of art. near the metro station close to the centers will with casualties. the blast near the headquarters

near thnear authorities. >> the pickup truck had two passengers inside and the suicide-bomber detonated himself. >> reporter: while it's not clear who is behind the blast, it was described as a vile terrorist act. they were accused of extremists increasingly targeting the police. there has been unrest since the coup last year that deposed president mohamed morsi. >> we'll continue with our road map as we are. it will vanish soon and the operation is the last chance before they vanish. >> reporter: the country was on high alert, morsi supporters

have vowed to use the event to gain momentum in what they call the assets to break the coup. >> we cannot report from inside egypt because our members of our team are detained there. producer badir mohammed along with peter greste and mohamed fahmy. >> for the egyptian government to keep them in prison i think is another indicator that this military government and really that's what it is is not keeping with the standard of international behavior that we would expect. >> two other journalists reporter have been held in egypt

for five months now. al jazeera said the allegations against all of its journalists are totally unfounded about ukraine's president said it's willing to end concessions. viktor yanukovych said he will push through changes through the cabinet and amendments to a harsh anti-protest law but opposition leaders say they'll accept nothing less than his resignation. jennifer glass is live in kiev for us. we just rolled in live pictures there of the central area of the square where so much of the activity is taking place. we're looking at the fires right now. talk us through the latest lies and the factions of the

opposition. >> well, tony, first of all those fires started burning a little more earnestly as rumors swirl each side the protesters watching the police, the police watching the protesters making sure that no one does anything. tensions are very high as president yanukovych makes an announcement after the parliament session on tuesday he'll be offer to reshuffle his cabinet. rethinking the laws that restrict freedom of expression and treatment to gather here came last night in a meeting with opposition officials. they came frankly with some conditions, the condition on protesters getting off the street here, and that is something that the opposition has clearly syd nothing against. there are lots of protester hee at independent square is just down there under the bridge. there are hundreds people there and hundreds of people on the other side.

>> we've shown the video that has gone viral of the young man demonstrator who was stripped of his clothes, and he was being popped around the head and neck by police and securities whoever they were. this is what is happening in plain view of everyone and in confront of cameras. what is happening? what are you hearing about more generally of these demonstrators by the security forces? >> it's not good news. that man is one of dozens of people who, maybe hundreds of people who are being harassed the demonstrators are being instructed if they're injured in an altercation with police not to go to public hospitals because the doctors are working with police. people have been abducted from hospitals themselves. al jazeera has seen people in hospitals with police guards. you go for treatment because you've been beaten by the

police, and then you're arrested and taken away by police. a lot of concern here and activist was found dead in the woods on wednesday night. his funeral today. i think we saw two pro pesters shot dead in the streets of kiev on wednesday we're hearing terrible reports about police abuses here in kiev and around the country. >> take a look at that live picture now. the fires continue to burn there in independent square. it's the brian that wall street may wish to forget. may i show you the numbers here? dow with the worst drop since june. the driving stocks through the strength of the emerging markets. investors are fretting over a massive sell off in turkey and

in china. on the heels of that the good news coming out of the world economic forum in davos, with ali velshi with the upbeat economic forecast. >> reporter: i've been trying to make it look more wintery and more alpine. there was fantastic snow, you missed that. the global nick forecast is looking sunnier. i spoke with the head of the international monetary fund about how things are looking around the world. and thanks to the u.s. getting it's fiscal act together the world will grow faster economically in 2014 than it did in 2013. i asked christine la guard specifically about her observations about the united states. here's what she told me. >> it's fueled by the private sector, that's a good thing. we've observed a fiscal drive because budgetary policies were tightening public spending and increasing revenues, and that drag is gradually fading away as

we move into 2014. growth in the u.s. should continue to strengthen, which is certainly good. >> tony, a couple of things to think about, europe is leveling off and will grow by 1%. it's a lot more organized economically than it was one or two years ago, but still that's not great growth. high unemployment and youth unemployment across europe. china is leveling out. it will still be in the high 7% growth more than double or twice as fast as the u.s. will grow. japan after more than a decade of stag nation seems to be doing okay. the world will be a brighter place in 2014. >> ali velshi in davos, switzerland. coming up, why investors in china are swarming detroit and buying up cheap real estate. and staggering statistics that one in five children in this country live in poverty. we will look at the new numbers.

>> cheap real estate has

investors from china swapping into detroit. the bankrupt city is one of the popular places for chinese mon money. >> reporter: it's a big city with bargain prices and chinese are buying. >> i have clients who want to invest. >> reporter: she is a lawyer who helps chinese investors to find industrial and commercial properties in detroit, in a place where houses have sold for less than $1. it's easy to look past the city's plight and see potential. >> we have the best technology. we have the best engineering. we have a lot to offer for those chinese companies. >> reporter: last september shanghai based company purchased a company for $9.4 million.

it plans to turn it into a retail complex. the company bought the building located just a few blocks away for $4 million. >> here's is chance to do what we do. >> they will create jobs and spur economic growth. >> they're used to the concept of building from the grouped up. so coming into a city where there is opportunity. they don't look around and say oh, we see all these vacant

fields or houses that are run down. they see opportunities. >> a sign for some chinese investors detroit is no longer such a tough sell. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, detroit. >> are you ready for this? jp morgan chase said it's paying jamie dimon $23 million, a huge pay cut from last year. his salary has surged despite jp morgan todaying $30 billion in legal settlements. and google, the e-mail service used by hundreds around the world, google plus and youtube also appeared sluggish users in the u.s. u.k. and india from effected. it now seems to be up and running normally.

mackintosh turned 30 years old today. here is creator steve jobs introducing it. >> now we've done a lot of talking about mackintosh recently, but today for the first time i would like mackintosh to speak for itself. >> hello, i'm mackintosh. it sure is great to get out that have bag. >> the first sold for $2,500. before computers were priced at $10,000 a piece. over the years the mac evolve evolveddite a bit. it went full color in 1987 and the first portable computer came around 1989 weighing in at 16 pounds. new trouble for dennis rodman. why the feds are now investigating his trip to north korea. and the alleged gang rape of a

20-year-old woman in india as punishment for a love affair that is raising a lot of questions about the safety of women in that country. every day, someone leaves their home searching for a better life. >> two hours in, we come upon a body. >> now, in a breakthrough television event, al jazeera america takes you beyond the debate. experience first hand the tragic journey of these migrants. >> a lot of people don't have a clue what goes on until you live near the boarder. >> six strangers with different points of view... >> i don't believe in borders. >> our government is allowing an invasion. >> ...get to experience illegal immigration, up close and personal. >> its very overwhelming to see this many people that have perished. >> a lot of families that don't know where their babies went. >> i want to make sure that her life, its remembered. >> what happens when lost lives are relived. >> the only way to find out is to see it yourselves.

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>> here is a look at your top stories. the two sides in syria's civil war has agreed to meet face to face after meeting with a mediator the past two days. syrian government and syrian opposition will be in the same room meeting face to face. bombings in egypt's capitol six people were killed in cairo and vie atlanta clashes in other cities left another ten people dead. this fuels fears of the retaliation of the ousting of

president mohamed morsi last year. the state department has issued a warning to those traveling to ukraine. ukraine's president said he's willing to make consensions to end the two-month crisis. viktor yanukovych said he'll hold an opposition meeting, but protesters want him to resign. focusing on how to win sees in congress this november, but instead it's trying to recover from comments made by former presidential candidate mike huckabee and troubles surrounding new jersey governor chris christie. lisa stark is following the story. fill us in.

>> reporter: the rnc chairman said that everyone needs to move forward together. reince priebus, the chair of the rnc said the g.o.p. needs to get out of its comfort zone and engage new voters and a lot of talk reaching out to women, reaching out to minorities to bring them into the parties as activists, as candidates. there was a distraction. someone did not stay on message, that was mike huckabee. he was a luncheon speaker, and he was talking about the democrat comments that republicans are waging a war on women, and he said it was the democrats who are shortchanging women. >> if the democrats want to insult the women of america by making them believe that they're helpless without uncle sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or reproductive system without the help of the government, so be

it, let's take that discussion all across america because women are far more than women have prayed them to be, and women into stand up and say enough of that nonsense. >> now, democrats have called those remarks offensive. one person who was not there wasn't expected to be here is new jersey governor chris christie, he's on everyone's mind to see what happens the outcome of all the investigations into christie and his team. but christie did get some support from the rnc chairman who said christie should stay as head of the republican governor association. reince priebus said that christie is a great fundraiser, and he's right where he needs to be. >> lisa stark for us, good to see you. the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old indian woman by men in her village has raised questions about safety of women in you recall areas of the country. elders ordered the rape as punishment for a love affair.

we have this report in west bengal. >> reporter: the police say they're trying to piece together an alleged crime that has shocked the nation. they have reconstructed the movements of one of the men who allegedly raped a woman. state government representatives surveyed the area. they went door to door from the home of the victim to the homes of the men she said attacked her. >> no one will dispeel if he is not guilty or not related to the incident. >> reporter: the victims brother who does not want to be identified, says he fears for his life. he's not sure if his family will be able to return to this village. their lives, he says, have been ruined.

>> my sister has been wronged. my family wants those who did this to her to go to jail for a very long time. >> reporter: the victim arrived at a local hospital on wednesday. her condition is now stable. while she continues to receive treatment for her injuries, people from her village have a very different story to tell. >> the rape never happened. our men didn't do anything. the boy who the girl was having an affair with is the one who raped her. >> reporter: but no one denies that there was a session held here. elders from the community did gather to decide on a punishment for the victim and the man she was having an affair with. police are now guarding this hut, the location of the crime. for more than a year the topic of rape in india has largely been discussed as an issue for cities, but the alleged gang

rape in this tribal village, the first known case of raping used as a community-sanked punishment in this state has once again drawn attention to women's rights in remote parts of the country. areas india's modern legal system often fail to reach. >> join ising me now is h editorial director for the huffington post's social impact platforms. thank you for talking to us. thank you for your time. i'm not telling you anything that you're not aware of, but rape is all too common in india. we also know that most don't get media attention, they're not reported in many cases but that does seem to be changing a bit in the aftermath of in a horrible rape of the woman on the bus after year. is the media starting to pay more attention to these cases in india and could that lead to

significant culture changes in the country? >> thanthank you for having me. i think you're absolutely right. i think what we've seen in the last two decades in india has been societal and cultural change. and we have a lot of more women who are willing to come forward. after what we saw in new delhi in 2012, the number of reported cases in new delhi doubled in a three-month period. what that told us because of the kind of processes that happened in the aftermath people are feeling emboldens. they're feeling they can now again come forward. go to the public to say this is what happened to me. >> and when women do come forward and lodge their complaints how are they treated by the system. >> this is a probable that

continues to exist. gender is not something that the indian police is good at. women are not necessarily treated with the most amount o of--the you know, the sexual assault victims would be treated. that continues to be a problem. there is, you know, some cases that police will refuse to lodge the complaint or the kind of chucks that women are subjected to, medical checks are incentive, not sort of--not following kind international protocols. all of these continue to be problems. >> i'm going to push this a bit. rape seems to be prevalent in india, and condoned because women are not as valleyed in

indian society as men. where am i wrong in saying that? >> you're absolutely right. i wouldn't disagree with any of that. i think much of india will agree with you. when we think about how to change this problem going forward we can talk about changing the legal system. we can talk about genderization of the police system, but we need to see wholesale change in india, changing the cultural attitudes of how women are treated. you continue to see female fetalcide because families don't want to have daughters. >> i remember being in the middle east at a time of the horrible rape case, thanks for reminding me that it was

in 2012, and it seems to have taken a lot longer than i expected t for a public statemet on that horrific crime. the country could use greater leadership from the top? >> absolutely. i mean, i think that begin this is also changing as the media continues to put this kind of focus on sexual assault. and as society itself becomes loader and becomes--pushes against the established system the political powers are taking notice and becoming cognizant that they need to address the problems. our political leadership as sensitive as they could be? absolutely not. >> head of the huffington post

certainly impact platforms, thank you. >> thank you. >> thailand government said it is reviewing the decision, the prime minister dissolved parliament, but protesters want her to resign and elect a governing body. investigators are using steam to melt ice covering the remains of a québec nursing home after it burned down on thursday. reports are that at least eight people were killed, 30 others are missing and feared dead. reports say most of the residents were over the age of 85 and used wheelchairsish or walkers. government officials say that the home was up to code and had a proper evacuation plan. let's look at a milestone

for the affordable care act. >> according to the centers for medicare and medicaid services since october 1st 3 million people have signed up for insurance through federal and state marketplaces, a million more than the last estimate made for sign ups through the and of december. in maryland, lamar alexander has been found dead at his home. ryan lorscan was arrested on possession and distribution of child pornography. the sheriff office said the cause of the death may have been suicide as a result of the charges. the 35-year-old was allowed to live with his parents while awaiting trial. in indiana a massive collision involving 40 cars and tractor trailers is still being cleared up. it happened yesterday on the eastbound section of i-94. a senior couple and a man with his dog were killed. 20 others were injured. some of the victims of the crash were trapped in their cars for

hours before emergency workers could can you them. state police blamed the crash on severe white out conditions. from pyongyang to washington, d.c. the feds are investigating dennis rodman rodman allegedly showered the dictator with gifts including whiskey and fur coats and other goods. on sunday the of the u.s. stamp will jump to $0.49. it's the largest increase of postage in a decade, but you can save by purchasing the forever stamps before the price hike. >> a new report said childhood

poverty has reached record levels. children of color are most effected. nearly one in three or 11.2 million children of color in the report found 1.2 public school children of all races are homeless. that's a jump of 75% since before the recession, and government aid lifted 9 million children out of poverty in 2012. the study found without aid the childhood poverty would have been 57% higher. joining me is caroline, director of research at the children's defense fund. caroline, good to see you, thanks for the time. you know, i'm wondering how far we have come in fighting child poverty since lyndon johnson announced that war on poverty years ago. i look at these numbers, and kernelly there was a lot of work that still needs to be done. >> that's absolutely recollect.

>> you know, we've seen a slight drop of child poverty. we've seen increases in health coverage. we have way fewer children dying before their first birthday, we've seen improvements for children in this country but there is no question that there is still much, much work to be done with more than 16 million children living in poverty in the country right now. there is much more that we need to do. >> one in t.v. children living in poverty? where have we failed children? >> reporter: well, there are two things going on. one of the main things is that the economy has really changed and the world has changed over the past 50 years. the programs put in place 50 years ago have made tremendous impact.

in 2012 9 million children mr. lifted out of poverty thanks through safety nets. but the world has changed and we have not kept up. >> do we need to extend the safety net? you know how difficult that can be. it's pilly politicized. you can't seem to get extension for the benefits to the long-term unemployed. and there were cuts to the food stamped why thstamps. s extending of safety nets. >> we're calling for extension of the safety net. we're calling for the country to launch a new war on poverty to finish the job that we started 50 years ago. >> what would you do? what steps would you take? >> the first thing that we think is the cornerstone and the mounddation is we need to invest in early childhood. we have only about 50% of

three- an and four-year-olds gog to pre-absolutely. we mentioned political polarization, it's one of the issues that we see the largest support for across the political spectrum. we have republican governors investing in this in in michigan, georgia, there are states that made investments in early childhood education. and it pays off. these programs help kids to is a stay and succeed in school, prevent them from dropping out, helps them to get well-paying jobs later on. and they really pay off. it's a no-brainer for us to be investing in these. >> i couldn't agree with you

more. wita professor told me, educatin transforms lives, and i'll never forget it. thank you for your time. >> you're most welcome. >> caroline director of research at the children's defense fund. today marks the 10th anniversary of rover landing on mars. three weeks after the spirit rover got there. the mission was only supposed to last three months with hopes of clues of water on the red planet. one of the rovers is still alive and kicking and finding new surprises. >> ten years ago humanity traveled to the red planet. well, we didn't go ourselves exactly. we packed up our best ideas and biggest questions in a pair of highly sophisticated robot bodies. the rovers were like siblings.

identical in every way, and they sat down three weeks apart. the hope they would last 90 days but they went 2 25 times as lon. opportunity which landed second, making it the younger of the two, is still alive. at the moment it's exploring the rim of a crater and continues to send valuable data home. spirit and opportunity were there in large part to determine if there was water and the possibility of life on mars, and they succeeded. it once may have supported microbial life. scientists claim that it's about cold certainty and rational choice. but going to mars was a dreamy idea. it was named after a nine-year-old russian girl who wrote and thanked them for the

opportunities to make dreams come true. it's not that we managed to do it, but we're still doing it at the point years later. >> that's al jazeera's jake ward reporting. it's ten years on mars. opportunity has explored 24 miles of the red planet just as six weeks after it landed in 2004 it found evidence of water. over the course of its life it has beamed back thousands high definitiohighresolution images.

>> sunshine, but still cold in new york city. it's freezing. welcome back to al jazeera america. a year ago microblogging and messages twitter launched, and it's called vine and let's people share six-second looping videos through their phones. the service has attracted more than 40 million users. >> from animal antics to practical jokes. video site vine is just a year old but already it's making its mark on the road to social media. >> six seconds is the perfect amount. you're not going to have anyone stop the vine in less than six second and not watch it all the way through. >> join let's you catch and share short-looped videos. it inspires creative from independent short filmmake tours big name brands.

for features like stop motion let's you record chunks one at a time, making it a fast way to share videos. the service is owned by twitter and it's this platform with are videos are most often shared. but it has competition. facebook instagram let's users share 15-second videos and more than a 150,000 users have signed up. >> you see the first significant drop off in viewership. >> here's what we're going to do. >> stop right there. >> there is no way you are going to get a job. >> videos can be streamed one after another as entertainment and fans say it represents an unfiltered and sampling of contemporary culture. >> you know why i like vine?

it ain't got no filters. so if you ugly, you ugly. >> reporter: the jury is out whether it's a service that we'll still be using in the years to come. >> it's hard to tell if it's going to be an integral part. it is getting traction. >> more than a billion smart phones being sold this year and with two and a half billion on life, we increasingly use the internet to share life's moments. but which service people choose to use will come down to person choice and our attention span. >> please tell me there is room for an hour long newscast in this diminishing attention span society. vine is already creating it's own online stars. north carolina teenager nash

greer, is one of them. his short comedy videos have made him the most popular vine user. he has more than 5 million followers. that's a few less than maria, well, parking your car illegally could get a ticket faster than you think, particularly in rome where some folks are using activity for call out drivers who violate the law. >> reporter: well, rome has one of the worst congestion problems. there is traffic all over that city, there are parked cars everywhere. the rome police have started a twitter handle where people can send pictures of illegally parked cars like this one. it's on the median, but wait until you see this one. this guy is it parked on the sidewalk like it's his own showcase. >> you need to be called out if you're parking like this. >> if you were to park like this in new york, unbelievable. it's parked next to a bus stop,

newsstand, on the sidewalk in front of a building. then you have this one parked on the pedestrian line. this says naturally always sold out the pedestrian line is always being used. and then this one says salvage parking. this guy is parked on the curve around this corner here. and he's just--he just decided to leave his car right there. >> yes. >> this is parked on the sidewalk. the guy in this tweet says this car is always parked on my sidewalk every single day. >> that's crazy. >> some people abandon their mopeds on the sidewalk. this one said, i went to the gym. >> maria, thank you. a check on the day's headlines coming up right after the break.

>> there are families leaving our state to go to colorado because they need access to this medical cannibus. >> but it's not as strong louisiana where doctors have the ability to prescribe marijuana but patients are not able to buy it. it's something to look at. >> i continue to be opposed to legalization of marijuana and when it comes to legalizing medical marijuana, i'll be willing to make it legal for very strict use for patients. >> saving students through math. we continue our continuing series on education, by looking at how after school tutoring is helping teens stay out of

trouble. car makers are looking at cars for the future. and how general motors is making >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. the dow fell 318 points the worst drop since last june driving stocks down.

concerns over strengths of emerging markets. and fretting over sell offs in argentina, turkey. and signs of a slowdown in china. talks over ending syria's civil war are still on. talks were canceled however the special envoy has said that the two sides will meet tomorrow. a violent explosion leaving 19 people dead hits parts of cairo and neighboring guiza. the worst attack took place in the capitol center. then protest began between muslim brotherhood supporters and egyptian security forces. 13 were killed in that fighting. the state department has just issued a travel warning for travetravelers traveling to u c. it's president said it's willing to end the two-month crisis.

president yanukovych said it will hold a special parliament on tuesday, but opposition want him to resign. mackintosh turns 30 years old today. headline storiethose are the he. "inside story" is next. >> urban challenges in a time of economic change is the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. america cities didn't escape the national recession, and at a time when their residents needed