conversation off here, because we are out of time. but thanks to all of our guests for a great discussion. until next time, waj and i will see you online. hello, welcome to the al jazeera news hour. the top stories. >> many more dead and injured as police use live ammunition against protestors they say are al armed. and violence spreads outside of the capitol with attacks on security forces. in the rest of the country. detaped journalists report in cairo and deny all charges against them.

briefly reunited. at least 20 people have died and many more have been injuried in ukraine after renewing fighting between protestors and the police. there was a brief truce between the two sides but that soon broke down. this is the scene in central kiev right now. the mayor of the capitol has resigned in protest, against the violent, interior min industry says it has equipped the police with combat weapons and there are reports that more than 60 policeman have been detained. on another dead lady in kiev. >> on tuesday.

>> the aused of the protestors of attacking with guns. >> the fighting follows. the police were picking their targets. >> even under fire, the participants seemed determined not to lose ground no matter how many casualties they took. and there were many. >> here a hotel innone dated with injuries people. many did what they could under these conditions. in the square outside, the movement seemed more like a war machine. with people marching with bags full of rocks. once again, the square is a battle zone. the truce had seen

tenuous from the outset, now the front line has moved everywhere they look there are casualties. the protestors had quickly organized the injured, convoys of ambulances a steady strene many were treated on the spot. as they tried to get their wounded to hospitals, the protestors were also reaching out men mixing among them who they accused of working for the security services. >> both accused of using firearms this man says i don't know who exactly was doing the shooting but the gunfire wasn't coming from our territory. >> right now it is all their territory, they have reclaimed the square, but at what human cost, and despite the way they are preparing for more clashes there's a fear here this could be the start of a much bigger conflict.

in the western city, the demonstrators have also managed to take control of at least six police stations from there david has more. >> the military set ablaze by mock of the cocktails. this is the city on the western boarders of ukraine, where the pro government forces are in full retreat. yielding to sheer force of numbers the police defense lines have been handing over their equipment to the demonstrators and withdrawing. jailed and humiliations as the foris out of the building. at least six police stations have been ransacked and eyewitnesses reported the arsenal of weapons were taken.

it's not possible to say who was -- the situation here is slipping towards an narkky. the main prosecutors office has been hog pied in thousands of files destroyed. >> the government security services here have essentially been routed. this is a police free zone. the situation here is still volatile. >> even on the border they have mounted a blockade. it is clear the president has now lost all semblance of control here. al jazeera. after a meeting of foreign ministers in brussells. >> in light of the deteriorating situation, we decided with much urgency we needed to work

with sanctions. for internal repression. and the console to make the necessary preparations immediately. it will be taken forward in the light of developments in ukraine. we have continued to work in close corporation with the international community, and we look to a lasting inclusive solution for this crisis. as for the individual sanctions by the u.s. or european union which they try to offer at the moment, have our point of view and based on international law, they are absolutely illegitimate and unrelated. more now on the diplomatic front, simon mcgregor wood is there. what did ash topp say

about taking this to the next step? spoke about tarted situations where does this leave it? >> i think the targeted sanctions as far as we understand, we haven't seen the full document yet, will include as she said, the remove of licenses we also understand it will have asset freezes on key people within with the government, within the security services. that is being worked on the key people is being orchestrated and predicting this violence crack down. interesting language, in her brief press conference, where she seems to imply there will be some wiggle room, some built in delay. for the implementation of these sanctions and i think that is because the three form ministers.

they were meant to be there for a couple of hours on the ground on thursday morning, clearly now are involved in a very intricate and complex mission to try and work out some sort of political solution. may may go into friday to continue those talks. so i think there's a link between how this diplomatic initiative plays out. >> how does this initiative play into the end game as far as the e.u. is concerned? >> well, the e.u. all along has said we need to stopped to this violence, but al, that the primary goal of the sanctions is to put pressure on the regime to initiate dialog. and in the last 24 hours officials have been very keep to stress that this trade socialuation.

sparked this whole process back in november, the one that yawn co sitrejected. i think european officials still very much see ukraine not necessarily as part of the e.u., but as part of europe, and that's the message from buts sells that the foreign ministers are very keep to continue to communicate to the people of ukraine. >> let's leave it there, thank you. and let's talk to andy, director of the ukrainian institute. joins us live. rather dramatic turn of events, where duping this leaves the international players and what do you read into the results of that e.u. meeting? >> well, the events we have seen, this is a truce that the president said he is announcing a truce. we have seen he has authorized the use of live ammunition, and the numbers of deaths that we are hear.

there are unconfirmed reports. this is from on site, this happened in the last few minutes that this information is coming through. this is a war of a president against his own people. the president has decided to turn on the people that have been standing for 90 days since as you said, the he turned away from the treaty with the e.u. and the protestors have been extremely peaceful for 90 days.

do you think that's why the truce was so repugnant? >> i think the truce -- that there was a lot of skepticism whether or not they would get to the truce. obviously. they haven't. and the shooting live ammunition against protestors just showed how much credibility was in the works that was used by the president and his advisors. i think what needs to be done is that the president has corners himself. russia is playing a role in this, so it may be adding more fuel to fire. so i think the short term solution is finding a way out for the president. yes, because can i just jump in here. it's also about russia, and the e.u. suspect it?

the issue knew, yes, it is turning bigger. ukrainians made a choice. they have chosen european values. they want to see a future for themselves. as opposed to moving back in the past, with a soviet union, where people -- and they remember the soviet union, because many of the protestors. many are students. so i think now it is really for the european union to stand in. ukraine should move towards europe. and they shouldn't punish the whole country. i think those should be targeted are the president, his family, the government that has been responsible and the financial backers of the presidents who have

shotting against his own people. >> okay, andy, let's leave it there, and looking at some live pictures now coming from kiev. many of the felon stray tors are still there, certainly that didn't match much longer. after the u.s. is frying to try to resolve this on going stand off. we will have a lot moreen in this program. >> still to come, our food shortages inflation and now law lessness, on the streets of venezuela, not just on the streets. >> the chief calls for more troops on the ground in central african republic after more unrest in the capitol. taxing times at bosser luna, the spanish club charged with fraud, over signing of this brazilian star. we will have all of those details in sports.

iran and six world powers have agreed to a frame work for talks on tehran's program. the meet tried to make progress in the swim deal reached in november. james base reports from the united states in vienna. >> three days of talks led by the iranian foreign minister and the european unions chief foreign policy official, were we are told positive and constructive. the international community and iran came up with an interim agreement on the countries nuclear program in november for now negotiations are on tract, the next meet willing be held in a months time. the e.u. and iran came to read a statement to the press. >> there is a lot to do. it won't be easy, but we have made a good start. in in addition to our

political -- we set the time tail of meetings initially over the next four months with a frame work to continue our deliberations. the positive atmosphere was evidence as the iranian foreign minister read the same words. >> it takes a bit long tore make an inversion. >> a positive start, but this is the first round that will go on for months. you tend to leave the most difficult items until the very end. james bays, al jazeera of the united nations.

three english journalists have appeared in court. they have pleaded not guilty to all charges against. they have been in prison for 54 days now. accused of aiding and abetting a terrorist organization, they are next court appearance has now been set for the fifth of march. it is calling for a global day of action, next thursday. relatives of those detaped were at the trial, they continue to call for their release. >> this trial is politicized by son and his coworker and they work provingly. >> well, he is had to prepare himself mentally for a long haul. obviously, we are all -- he will be released very soon, but you know, he understands that if he gets his hopes up, and you know has any kind of

expectations about today, and that they don't go his way, then lit be extremely tough for him to get himself out of that hole emotionally. so he has been prepared and prepared for a outcome. journalists joined us now live. that do you make of today's events. you know the way these things work when freedom of speech is clamped down, what is the next step? >> i think the next step is the government will make a decision whether to continue with this trial or not. it is a political piece, there are law elements of the government that understands that the image of egypt is commitment to freedom speech and al to democratize the country, are on the -- on the

fence. do you think that they are feeling the effects from our viewpoint it looks like egypt is not backing down. despite all the international condemnation, do you think they are feeling it? well, the government has many fractions, and i think we are seeing some of those fractions defined again as the international pressure. it doesn't mean that there is no hope. on the contrary, the more pressure that is head the more government see more newspaper journalist, continue to read the stakes. i think they are going to eventually drop the charges. there are so many ways those charges can be dropped including by pardon. dismissal from court, even retrial. at the very at least, they can release the

journalists on bail, whilen't cooing the case. there is no reason to be behind bars. no evidence presented against them in the investigation, or in court today. this is more about targeting free speech, isn't it? >> well, the governmentn't ways to send the message that those journalists and anyone else who can award provide a narrative to a story about what is happening in egypt, will be targeted and will be prosecuted. and i know that this is already becoming successful across the spectrum in the egyptian press. we can see a lot on the news. but that's why also we need to help those journalists more and more. and not just al jazeera your honor lis. there are at least nine behind bars including four from al jazeera. and those are people who are not even critical to

the current government. and we see that that escalation is just aiming at making a black hole of information. so that no one is aware what is going on, especially ahead of the elections. where the military leader is possibly going to. so we need to make sure that the government knows that -- egyptian leader have the information to receive different perspective regardless of how is government perceives them. how biased they think they are. always good to talk to you, thank you. he has already warned that the humanitarian situation could

deteriorate for more resources aren't directed at the country. meanwhile the humanitarian affairs chief has met up with people caught up in the religious violence. tonya beige is live for us, what did she say? she said she was shocked by what she saw, she said at times it was very difficult to listen to people. how family members are killed in front of their eyes. they found it quite difficult. here in the central african republic, and acknowledge as they said there is simply not enough peace keepers on the ground right now to make this country secure. i did ask her what if or when this country is secure, how she thought that communities that have been torn apart by

increasingly sectarian violence, how she thought they could rebuild. >> it is very already hard to rebuild it. we have to start at the community level, but i think you also need reconciliation. it is something we did not want the word to face again, and yet here we are. >> we know that they are keep for more troops and we are expecting to hear from him a little later on, aren't we? >> she said the debate

over the possibility of the piece keeping discussed today. she said how it may work, she knew it was on the top of the agenda today. we know also that the friendship has been pushing very hard for also in the last couple of days chad one of the big regional players regional powerful influences here in this central africa, has done a bit of an about change, previously they have said they wanted a chance for the. u. peace keepers to have at least a year to try to get the situation undercontrol.

nigeria's president has sus spented the governor of the central bank for what he called financial recklessness and misconduct. recently made allegations that $20 billion in oil revenue had gone missing. it has been weeks since this controversy erupted and in the last few weeks. the governor has called many would say considerable embasement to the government, and ultimately to president good luck jonathan, and

that's why he has been removing. now the presidency says has been involved in misconduct, it is something that he denies. more than 80 have traveled to the north to reunite with some members they haven't seen for decades.

she was 13 when he last saw her, now she say homicide ewill be an old lady. >> i am 87, the only reason i am still alive is that i was waiting the r this chance. >> a third of those heading north are in their 90's. so too the determination to make the most of what will be a first and almost certainly last chance for a brief reunion. >> these buss are going through the boarder gate to pick them up on the other side, and take them on into north korea and to their loved ones. a few hours later, and decades of stored up love, loss, and grief, find release.

emplacing farm, will i strangers, and a country cut in two, they are one and the same. these the first since 2010 almost didn't happen. before ditching that objection last week. the open question, whether the trust building or will eventually be written up as another full storm. 82 people will have just three days of structures meetings. they have their requested family members brought here from the south. harry, al jazeera, south korea.

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ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america jazeera news hour, a reminder of our top stories. ukraine's interior minister says 67 policeman have been detaped by antigovernment protestors. violence and elsewhere has intensified. felon stray tors are demanding president viktor yanukovych resign. al jazeera edge lish journalists have appeared in court in the egyptian capitol. they pled not guilty to aiding a terrorist organization. the next court appearance is set for the fifth of march. six world powers have agreed for a frame work.

let's get more now on our top story, which appears to be spreading outside the capitol. joins us live from the western city of laviv. talk to us first about what we are hearing of weapons that have been burned, police weapons, what co you know about that? >> i have been to the scene. it is quite alarming. willowing out of the main arsenal of the special police training ground. now, it's very dangerous there. there are no police have called. they have a toll on the streets. so the protestors have formed their own martials and teams and formed roadblocks around the area, they are pushing back the on lookers. still a danger, a very real danger of more explosions. the bullets were being united.

i spoke the the on looker whose saw 20 of the police running from the building just after it was set fire. so they said there was no doubt is that the police themselves set a light their own arsenal. now they are going through the difficult job of trying to pull out that ammunition, trying to cope with the fire that is building inside that arsenal. but it is a clear indication, of the fact that there are no -- there is no authority from the government here to essentially still is open rebellion, and tonight the protestors in their own police force, their own militia, to try and guide everybody here to try and get some authority back on the streets. because there is none at all from the government david, what does this say about the spread of the unrest, and how far the

reach is? >> well, i've been at the main square protest here. and there have been pictures of everything that is going on in kiev, and the people are stunned and they are angry. and there is bound to be a response. but the moment the authorities i'm not suring their faces, everybody is staying inside and the security courses have convened. today to try to work out their tactics. we still don't know, it is a stand off. but at the moment, it is actually any sign of government forces. and the protestors are taking over the reigns of power and control here. >> thank you for that update. extraordinary. venezuela opposition leader has formally been

charged with arceson and conspiracy, but not murder. lopez gave himself up on tuesday in fronts of thousands of his supporters. the acquisitions related to violence after last week's protests the death toll from those protests has now risen to six. the student that protests started in the western city before springing to other effort pas of venezuela. that have been antigovernment protests for two weeks and thesy is is in lock down. al jazeera managed to get inside the city and sent this report. >> managed to make our way into the city which is no easy task. basically this entire place is closed down. they were deeply unhappy

that we were taking their pictures. they tried to snap the picture away. they managed to make it away from those people. it feels very law less, although there is a police present here. we tried to talk to the people that live here, to find out what their issues are. you don't find almost anything and it's very -- you know. the situation is very bad for the people. they are angry with nicholas in particular, this post of his says madora does not represent the people, and we will

go with one of the residents to see what living conditions are like. >> so what he is saying is that when she does go to the super market, to buy goods like flour, and rice, she has to line-up for hours on end, go to several different, so when she does see what she needs she just simply stocks up. but that is typical of life here. >> trying to make our way back, because it is getting dark, but we just stopped by a reed block so i can show you how difficult it is to get back. we were attacked by stone -- police my eyes are stinging at the moment. that is the situation here, it is lawless, and it is caused for the hatred of the government, there is a shortage of food, peep can't get things like fuel, columbians are coming across the boarder, all of which permented this anger here, and the

situation that seems to have no end. al jazeera, venezuela. >> bomb blasts have hit five polling stations in the libyan city, there are no reports of injuries. people have been voting for a 16 member committee who will draft a new constitution. people have been increasingly frustrated over the governments failure to restore order. john has more from triply. >> voters are coming out to pick the 60 men and women that will write the constitution. that's important because it will determine whether this country has a strong president that is elected by the people, or a weak leader appointed by the congress. that is what is currently the case and it is important because the congress tends to lean conservative, and religious whereas the people tend to skew more secular. we talked to a number of

voters that remind us they pay add high price to be here, one man told us his son dies in the revolution, he lost him fighting to make this day happen. >> we expect fewer than 1 million to vote. there's a reason for that, libyans are by and large disappointed in their brief experience. the congress has not been able to improve security, and worse in the eyes of many, it extended its term when it expires. that upset people so much, that some threatened to overthrow the parliament. never the less, we talked to a number of voter whose said this is an important day, in which they will determine the future structure of the libyan government. >> pakistani air force jets have targeted taliban hide outs in the country volatile northwest. security officials say at least 15 suspected fight

errs were killed in the strikes, that hit villages in north. it come as day after the taliban said they were ready to observe a cease fire. india's parliament has pass add bill to create a new state. the plan to divide the southern state and form -- india's 29th state, the bill had a difficult passage in the lower house, some polices accusing lay makers of pushing the bill without proper debate, campaigners have been fighting for the new state for minute than 50 years now. >> the celebration started here at this party office, as soon as the bill was passed by parliament. people here have been waiting decades to become a reality. they say the new state is needed to ensure development for their area. and also, the city which is inside the region will

help them to prosper. but there's a lot of dissent as well, mostly in the region, the area that will not become part. they say losing the i.t. hub city of southern india will be a big loss to them financially, as well as waterways can will effect their development. but the crowds here say this was something a lopping time coming and needed to happen to take this region into the twenty-first century. >> they were convicted of plotting to kill gunddy, who was assassinated in 1991. protestors have set their sites on the business interests of the powerful family. they are planning to block case the building where it's companies are

located. the businesses are headed by the exiles brother. thailand has seen months of antigovernment protests after the prime minister tries to pass a bill which would have allowed the brother to return. when a similar incident prompted the nuclear agency to raze the planteds level. the power company says contaminated water is unlikely to have reached the ocean. the site of the latest leak, 220-kilometers north of tokyo. the plants operators say the seepage was found later on wednesday night, when a worker noticed water damagerring from the upper part of the tank. a valve has been left open, sending a overthrow

of contaminated watt zero a separate holding area. >> regarding the amount of watt they are has leaked from this point we think the amount is 100 tons. we are differently going the water appears to be very radio active. radioactivity and liquids is measured per litter. for this type of radiation, is 30 pickrels per litter. reports suggest the leaked wattser almost 8 million times this, measured at 230 million per litter. the water has been damaged into the sea, and says it is belled held 700-meters from the ocean. >> regarding the extent, as far as we have confirmed. they have ascertained the

position of the leakage. also it is far from the ocean, and we think there has been no leakage into the ocean. one of the most serious was in august, when 300 of contaminated water was released. just last week, they were accused of the release, detailing the extent of the poisoning in the ground water. this will again raise international alarm, and now questions as to whether they are doing enough to deal with the problem. >> al jazeera. stilt ahead, facebook sends an expensive message. and in sports sweeping up in sochi, how france raced to gold, silver, and bronze, the first time in their history.

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>> with al jazeera america. homeland security has issued a new alert. you may recall it was a threat that was almost carried out following 9/11. stephanie has our story. >> just two weeks after one warning in the skies there is now another. the alert issues be i the department of homeland security, concerning a new potential threat from bombs concealed in shoes. while no airplanes, or date has been specified homeland security is

urging carriers to pay particular attention to flights enters the u.s., and that means beefing up security overseas. traveler ins the wrights are used to taking their shoes off. at many airports overseas that is not required and this will require more screening of shoes. >> just days before the opening of the olympic games in sochi, another warning of a plot involving explosives hidden in tooth paste tubes on flights to russia was revealed. authorities say the new intelligence is not connecting to the olympics. but some say it is the latest sign of determination by groups like al quaida to strike at the u.s. >> certainly tells you that al quaida is still fascinating with taking down planes. now we are going back to shoes. >> the latest concerns come roughly 12 years after shoe bomber richard reid tries to bring down an airliner. the failed attempt taking long not long after the 9/11 attacks.

that's the kind of damage is that could have been caused. if reid's 2001 attempt has been successful. reid is serving a life sentence. having changed the course of how americans travel. >> there were tears of joy in the korea peninsula today. family members waiting 60 years to see their loved ones, they got a chance to hold them. the emotional reunions. >> the last few shuffles steps on southeian soil, before he awaited that lasted most of his lifetime. she was 13 when he last saw her, now she says she will be an old lady. >> the first thingly do is thank her for having survived, i am 87, the only reason i am still alive is that i was waiting for this chance. >> a third of those heading north are in their 90's, the frailty of failing bodies all the too evidence, so too the

determination to make the most of what will be a first and almost certainly last chance for a brief reunion. >> the family members are going through the last checks inside the immigration building these buss are going through the south korean boarder gate do pick them up on the other side and take them into north korea and to their loved ones. >> a few hours later and decades of stored up love, loss, and grief, find release. embracing family, and strangers, in a country cut in two by war and ideology, they are one in the same. these reunions the first since 2010, almost didn't happen. he threatened to pull out in protest against u.s. and south korean military exercises before ditching that objection last week. the open question whether this harolded the start of trust building or will eventually be written up

as another force. 82 people will have just three days of structured meetings the turn of 88 north koreans to have their requested family members brought here in the south, a total of six days and it will be over. in the past the final goodbyes have been at least as emotionally charged as the first encounters. al jazeera, south korea. >> in los angeles, the two men accused of severely beating san francisco giants fan brian stoke pleaded guilty today. the judge sentenced louie sanchez to eight years in police, his accomplice receiving four years. the man attacked him outside dodger stadium leaving him permanently brain damage. the father of two lived at home, but requires 24 hour care. it is almost 11:00 o'clock in the evening in sochi russia, home of this year's olympics. said to be one of the first on tap tomorrow, meanwhile team u.s.a. now has 24 medals eight of

this are gold. now the first u.s. team to strike gold was wearing a special pair of ice skates hand made by a california family that has been doing so for decades. melissa chan reports. >> skating boots. each pair constructed and assembled by hand. >> some of the machines here in use, they produce about 1,000 to 1500 every year, competing against manufacturers with big production lines. jason is the farmless fourth generation maker. >> feels pretty good, knowing that i had a smart part in their journey to success. >> this week's olympic ice dancing gold medal zest charley white won in

what are lick bats. >> the boots are softer, she likes a soft flexible boot, and so we make hers so that she can bend at the ankles and the knees and get her edges really well. >> do bootmakers consider everything that may give competitive skater as leg up. >> you will notice a higher heel. we always put a higher heel on most of the ice dancers because it puts them up on the ball of the foot. causing them to bend their knee knees and puts their shoulder back. these right here hold the mold or what they call the last for some of the most well known skaters in the world. nipsy kerrigan, michelle kwan, and in my hand she has tiny tiny feet, just a size four. >> ginger coon shows us a box of files of olympic clients through the decades. >> what has really been fun about this, is i so

much of my graped parents are here. they are patterns of their writing, my grandmother's writing. >> from skates from depression era ice performers so skates to modern super stars they know there aren't that many businesses like theirs left. it feels great to know i am carrying on the legacy. my dad, and grandpa, and great grandpa, all those that came before me. >> and secret to the survival their edge is the feedback from all their olympic customers. al jazeera, san carlos, california. >> the bad winter weather giving wal-mart a chill, saying u.s. sales declined in the last quarter which includes the key holiday season. wal-mart that a cut in food stamps is hurting the bott bottom line.

cyber hackers hold your computer hostage demanding ransom from their victims. that tasha says it was used to black male a small business in miami. he own as thrives plastic surgery practice in the miami area. he says like a terrorist, hijacking his business, the email warned him he would lose data including 30,000 patient files if he didn't pay the ransom, he was now a victim of malicious computer software called crip toe locker. >> but the computer hijackers didn't want catch, they wanted the digital currentsy called bit coin. he had only vaguely heard of it. >> all we knew is there were these internet blackmailers. >> they become victims with just one careless click of the mouse.

they open up an email that looks like it is from a legitimate business, then download a file. that's when this locker screen pops up, warning victims that their files have been encrypted or frozen. then they see this clock ticking it's the time they have to buy a key to regain casualtieses is to their files before the program locked them out of reach forever. >> he says he didn't contact the police, the fbi athat's not uncommon, only 10% of victims report complaints. instead, one of his employees sent an email begging for more time. it took about a week, but after paying more than 500-dollars in bit coin, he received the key, and regained control over the practices files. it was like a birthday. so happy. we were overjoyed. one problem is that software like this is hard to respond to, because the people who

are behind the malicious software like this, are always once step ahead, so what law enforcement can do is always react. >> when it comes to opening emails. it's back to surgery as usual. but he hopes the cyber thief is arrested. so he or she can pay for this crime. bay harbor florida. talking about the severe weather, and now we are starting to see these storms develop. there's cold air, with snow on the we were side, but right through missouri, arkansas, and down through texas, louisiana, storms are beginning to develop. a closer view shows that we do have one or two isolated storms right here. not severe, but certainly the potential is there to develop and intensify.

risk with this is wind and hail, a line beginning to develop here, right through arkansas, and this will continue to push east, this is the focus for these severe storms today. right around this big area, but severe thunderstorms. you can see the spin here p twoing the line pushing east, and it is dry and getting colder. blizzard warnings in effect, high winden wayings in effect, for that warm southwest wind, the temperatures really beginning to sore here. climbing into the 70's. 35 in lincoln of nebraska. the we were side, the warmer side here, temperatures into the 70's, but the risk for severe weather right along that front, as it pushes east, it moves through tennessee and kentucky. the mid atlanta coast by tomorrow. >> and thank you, you are watching al jazeera america, more news coming up at the top of the hour. i'll dell walters live in new york, for updates

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