court.before an egyptian california promming to help those effected by the drought will tell you how this dry spell can hit you right in the pocket. >> .

>> in ukraine, here is the latest at least 20 people are dead after wednesday's cease fire collapsed in a matter of hours. now calling for calm, urging all sides to show restraint. our coverage begins with our report from andrew simmons in kiev. >> the accused the protestors after setting fire to a bus. intensive fighting followed. >> within minutes, independent square had turned into a war zone.

>> the protest movement seems more like a war machine. with people marching with bags full of rocks. >> once again, the square is a battle zone. the truce had seemed tenuous from the outset here, now the front line has moved everywhere you look, there are casualties. to protestors had quickly organized evacuation of the injured, convoys of ambulance as steady stream of structure parties moving there tough square. many were treated on the spot. as they try to get their wounded to hospital, the

protestors were also reaching out men, mixing among them who they accused working for the services. both sides accused each other of using firearms, this man clutching a bullet says i don't know who exactly was doing the shooting but the gunfire wasn'tle coming from our territory. despite the way they are preparing for more clashes is a fear here this could only be the start of a much bigger conflict. al jazeera, in independent square. >> and respect the right for peaceful protest, and

we urge them to express themselves peacefully. gathering in brussells for an emergency meeting today, they decided to impose visa bans for assets on leaders they believe were responsible for the violence. in kiev, polish, german, and frenching foreign ministers who they say expressed a willingness to hold early elections. al jazeera is in buts sells and phil, why the sanctions and who in the ukrainian government is being targets? they are drawing up that list as we speak. that's what we are hearing here. they are trying to figure out who -- what individuals were responsible for the human rights violations that we have seen in recent days in you crepe.

now we are al hearing from the european unit officials here that it will take several days to rad firearm these issues. they put in place a blockade on certain goods going into ukraine that can be used to stamp down the protests. things like tier gas, or riot gear, that kind of equipment is now going to be restricted in trade to ukraine and obviously they will have to find out the legality and talk to the various industries about imposing that blockade. dell? >> and phil, russia calling those sanctions blackmail, tough talk from russia, guarding it's stance, and opposing anything the e.u. might have to do.

he will be sending a mediator to try to talk to both the opposition and to the government, in a way to out of the violence. but russia not very happy with the e.u., or the west in general. they claim that it is not the government who is to blame for this spat of violence, that it is actually the european union and the west by trying to force ukraine to choose between a trade agreement with the west, or staying within the sphere of influence that they exacerbated the difference within the country, and it is the west who is to blame for the violence that we are currently seeing. >> phil ittner with the news from the diplomatic front, thank you very much. right now just about 9:00 p.m., al jazeera jennifer glass is live in the city independent square, and jennifer, tell us what is happening right now.

>> you might be able to hear behind me, the protestors took the square back over in that terrible violence. it has been the worst day of violence in the more than three months of protests here. the coroner, the chief medical officer on the protestors side says it is 68 people have been killed in the clashes today. 58 of them have been identified we understand that ten of them are police officers, terrible scenes of may ham here in the square this morning. really evidence of how quickly things change here. you never know what you will wake up to, and a protestor now back in full control of the square, last night at this time, the police had about a third of the square, a lot of the tents happen been burned down, and they were burning barricades. as there are almost every night here, but they are a few hundred yards up the road here, the police have been driven back hundreds of yards and

that seems to have made the protestors more determined and more defiant. >> jennifer, i want to make sure i have the numbers correct. are you saying the number you are hearing of protestors that have been died during this recent outbreak is 58? >> we understand that is what the chief coroner, the chief medical officer that supports the opposition has said. he says they are all the morgue, and at least 58 have been killed and identified today. by far the deadliest day here. i can tell you there were a dozen bodies in this hotel, another half dozen across the square. unclear exactly where the other bodies ended up, but certainly the deadliest day we have seen here since this all kicked off november 2. >> and what do we with know about these police officers that were held by protestors? what can you tell us about that? >> the interior min

industry says there are nearly seth of them. we have seen on television, a few other 20. and that's what the opposition say. these are police that have come over from the opposition side, hard to tell here in this very very confusing and changing situation. whose side is correct. the interior minister saying more than 60 of the officers being held hostage, but the opposition says at least 21 have changed sides in the square earlier today. they were calling on police to lay down their arms and come over to the proopposition side to the antigovernment protestors here, and they would be forgiven. one, rather for lauren young, officer on the air saying he is very sad, he is resigned and he is worried h ewill have to pay back the police for the training he has gotten. >> what can you tell us about the parliament scuffles? what you are talkingtly

about. there is an emergency session of parliament trying to convene right now. they have been trying to get a quorum for the last couple of hours. we aren't sure what they are going to do, but it may be to try to reintroduce these laws that change the constitution. when parliament fails to do that on tuesday, that's when this violence erupted, and got terrible tuesday night, into wednesday morning. so parliament trying to get together parliament was evacuated earlier today as were a number of government buildings. the center of kiev has been shut down today the courts were closed. schools are closed, at least until the twenty-first. the subway has been shut down for the first time in it's history, parts of that are supposed to reopen, but not in the center of town which remains paralyzed. >> jennifer glass, independent square almost since day one, thank you very much and stay safe. it was an emotional morning out of the ukrainian american church.

they prayed while the politicians talked. erica has more from new york. >> this situation in ukraine has many people in this community concerned. the priests here at the catholic church, in the center of little ukraine here in new york city, tells me that as the violence escalates he is seeing more and more people showing up for services. and this morning they held three separate masses, all delivered in ukrainian. the prayer here is for peace. this church is an important place for ukrainians here. for the past 100 years it has been the spiritual epicenter of this community. this week they are holding multiple services to help support people, especially those with family and friends still living in ukraine. one parishioner who has family in kiev told us her heart hurts when she watches the news, knowing her loved ones could be in harm's way. >> why? why, you know, for centuries we are fighting for the freedom.

and i don't know. i hope and i truly believe, that it could happen one day. them you come back here, and say we did it. they did it. >> this is all so emotional for so many people, and another priest here tells me if this situation is not resolved by the weekend, he expects hundreds of people to pack the pughs for masses on saturday and sunday. >> erica in new york, thank you very much. three al jazeera english journalists appearing in a cairo courtroom today. they all pleading not guilty to charges against them, they have been in prison for 54 days. accused of aiding and abetting a terrorist organization. their next court appearance has been set for the fifth of march. al jazeeran't cops to reject the charges and is demanding their immediate release. meanwhile, the brother talked to them outside the courtroom today. >> he is prepared.

he had has had to prepare himself for a long haul. we are all hopeful he will be released very soon. but, you know, he understands that if he gets his heaps up, and has any kind of expectations about today that they don't go his way, then lit be extremely tough for him to get himself out of the hole emotionally. >> she is the u.s. director of reporters without borders. we talked about the pressure that is egypt is now under for detaining your honor lis. >> it is harder and harder to work freely. as a journalist right now, and we continue to put pressure on the egyptian authority to remind them that they -- it's their duty to guarantee freedom of information, and freedom of opinion anywhere their country.

should be freedom of speech. the existence of critical voices that context the medal of a system. as history shows that is vital. so we think egypt's move is deeply damaging. and that its actions are unjust and unacceptable. you can add your voice to the thousands of others #freeaj staff. the bridge gate scaped daloristy holding his first public meeting since the scandal surfaced. but he avoidedded discussing the traffic tie up, focusing instead on a second round of super storm sandy relief to come soon. they have kept the state from fully recovering from that storm? >> you have heard this administration, yelling and screaming these greedy, corporations who just take your money and don't pay you, well guess

who the good dedy one that that is not paying you now, the federal government. they are the people doing it. >> kristy heard from resident that is have not gone back to their home. his administration has been credit sized for the slow pace of recovery. coming up, you may not realize but the california drought hitting you right in the wallet, we will tell you what if anything they can do to ease it.

al jazeera america. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital.

>> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. california's governor has unveiled a $700 million pan to help communities coping with a severe doubt there. the money will be spent on drinking water clean up. it does front vied long term solutions to fix the supply or delivery system. in federal aid for the region. richard stapler with the

national resources agency and he joins us by phone, california has had below average rainfall now for three years so why is it going to take to get out of this drought? >> thank you for having me on. it is going to take a lot of action by everyone in california to get us through this drought. we have had three dry years in a row, this year, critically dry, we had the driest january on record in california. and so really it's immediately conservation, and then doing what we can from a stand point of water recycling. did that make a dent in the drought? is. >> hardly a dependent. it was a great storm, a greened up people's browning lawn as little bit, and did add some capacity to our reservoirs.

but really california would need storms. to at least get back to normal levels. how did california get there. is it an act of god, or is it a number factors? >> this really is -- this is mother nature at work. the fact of the matser we have had three dry years in a row, we do have a pretty impressive water system here, in california. between our storage capacity, our ability to move water around, our ability to recycle water in certain areas recharge ground water, but the fact of the matter is if we don't get enough rain. significant impact, and so we need to do a better

job of going forward, putting them in play. >> everything from pistachios to lettuce, and everything in between. and we have seen massive curtailments for water to our farmers. in different parts oif state. and so we with have predict there had will be some ripple down effects. that you will see fewer of some of your favorite vegetables but potentially at higher prices because they may need to be imported from different parts oif world, and also fewer of

them being in drought. one thing they are working hard to do and also for the federal government is to address those impacts. if florida had a problem, you didn't have grapes or fruit, now we get them from south america and other places, so is this an example of the new society hurting the old society. >>s no, again, it is about a water deliveries. we just need to be able to have the bad tore grow the product to move it around the globe. we stay competitive as do others country.

but we need that important element, which is water. thank you for being with us today. >> thank you. >> coming up on al jazeera american, upgraduates getting a leg up in the world of science, with the help of college students. scientists are saying they are making new break throughs. i must begin my journey,

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al jazeera allen introduced us to a junior at the university of washington who is working on a life saving device. >> on a winter day, when the promise of spring, brightens the campus, you will find junior case indoors in the lab, solving problems. >> so i have made a micro dehydration that has curb, charms that are circumstance lat cross sections. that is able to transport a tissue course. one of the deadliest

forms of the disease. traditionally a cancer biopsy would involve slicing that tissue thin, and then viewing it through a micro scope like this. but this can give them a much more complete spinning view. at a microscopic level. >> remember chris is just 20 in his third year in college. he is serving an educational apprenticeship. an engineering phd runs the lab. and with the help of federal grants pairs students with teachers for one on one mentoring. chris gets part time pay, and worked directly with post doctoral researcher dr. ronnie doss who says he is learning too. >> awesome. >> it is awesome. i mean usually i have my way of doing things, so it doesn't always translate well, but when you have the right mix, itworks out. >> this kind of collaboration is a growing trend, giving

undergauge waited more hands on time and other research opportunities. valuable experience for the next level of education, and later career competition. here undergraduate has nearly doubled in the last five years. nationally the nonprofit council on undergraduate research has seen membership trip until the last decade. his teachers say his work on tissue, imaging and analysis is ground breaking the technology he develops worth patenting. >> nobody has demonstrated exactly what he has demonstrated as far as we know, and that's one reason why we filed this. >> as a student, he gives tremendous credit to his mentors and his time in the lab. to watch the devices come out, and transport tissue, and then learn that no one else has ever done this before, it is exciting. >> the kind of exciting

development more undergauge waits are now getting a chance to ebbs pierce. allen al jazeera, seattle. >> this is a map of the center of the country, a lot of weather happening here, in a short range here. we have blizzard warnings with very heavy snow. now significant storms are developing. we have severe thunderstorms. this is the area of concern. and bring it with all the cold air, and the storm

behind it. severe thunderstorm watch is in effect, just east of texas and oklahoma, but this area will spread east. look at these temperatures. 75 in little rock. cold air coming down on the we were side, along with that very heavy snow and is gusty wind. the snown't cooing to lift up and as it pushes east, everything will end. so in this area today, this area tomorrow, and by the weekend it is off the coast. warm air continues to get pulled up. first end of it is picked up just east of this cold front, be uh the computer forecast, but this line develops and these are strong storms by midnight tonight, moving through kentucky, temperature temperature, and the southeast. behind it it is clear, but ahead of it you have the risk for the strong to severe storms. a big jump in temperatures up in the 60's and 70's. it will slide off the coast by friday evening. saturday and sunday.

much colder. >> i'll dell walters in new york, 101 east is next, check us out 24 hours a day at aljazeera.com. group of explorers made their first tentative steps into the unknown. willingly risking their lives,