redford didn't get nominated but it seems like one of these days he will get in there. >> we'll know about it. in a little over a week. the show may be over but the conversation continues, have a great weekend. >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. uneasy peace. angry protesters speak out after a deal with the ukrainian president. spreading across venezuela, that's president blames the u.s. a story first reported on al jazeera america, a powerful california politician now facing criminal charges. and a number zero. a city where there are no

homeless veterans and what the rest of the country can learn from it. >> we begin tonight with reaction and some frustration over a new deal for ukraine. it is early morning in the capitol of kiev, life pictures from independence square. thousands of demonstrators are still on scene. viktor yanukovych agreed to give up some of his power, a presidential election by december. but some demonstrators that is not enough. nick shifrin, with an update. nick. >> yeah john, you know the opposition leaders have worked very hard both leer and in the intrsh -- here and in the international community as a way

to solve these problems. you talk to people here in independence square the cradle of where this opposition began and it's hard to find anyone who will agree. for 50,000 people today's historic handshake was reason not to celebrate but to mourn. for exactly three months they filled this square, that witnessed two revolutions in hope for a third. tonight their hopes are dashed. the opposition leaders came appealing for support, they argued that today's step was the first one in radio new government. >> nobody believed that long long long time will bring us the change in the country to break the colossus which controls everything. >> reporter: but the crowd was unmoved. at the base of the stage small sliens for the hundreds of protesters killed by police bullets. volunteers delivered and the crowd cheered, a plan who just yesterday was shot by a sniper.

instead of celebrations the square hosted funerals. they captured the square and vowed to go nowhere even when asked national hero, the boxer vitaly klitschko. >> trying to drown him out. >> and then this man the leader of the square's protest turned to incite many. incitement. my close friend was showed. his wife and children left behind. up the hill on the front lines that call for arms is being answered. the molotov cocktails are still on hand and fire extinguishers are nearby. 30-year-old says he will stay here until opposition chives victory.

>> when everybody who is with him simply die. simply die. >> his day job is a cafe owner. he is fighting a government he considers brutal and corrupt. he is getting married in may. >> translator: i don't want my children to grow up under this president. >> wouldn't it be better to make sure that your family had a husband and father and if he stops fighting? >> i have no choice. i think i have no choice. >> you have to fight? >> i have to fight. one choice. >> reporter: they feel the price they pay to control the square is too high to leave. they say those sacrifices cannot be so quickly be forgotten or

forgiven. >> for yanukovych to step down in just a few hours and the question is whether these people on the front lines where they have fought so many battles will actually take that deadline and try and do anything with it, john, perhaps even approach the presidential palace and that will show just how far these people will go to try and scuttle this deal that so many people have worked so hard for. >> nick shifrin, thanks so much. and joining us now from ciiv kis maxim kiavi. thanks for being on the program again. >> thanks for having me. >> you have been out on the lines for the last few hours. tell me what's going on? >> you know it's very hard and especially in this kind of environment, and people are on the independence square, they are so angry of this deal. because it away was a day of

mourning and it was quite emotional for everybody. that's why people are so determined to continue this fight. and to not stop until president yanukovych resigned and put on trial. so maybe this kind of a deal you know, a dream deal for everybody, week ago. but after that massacre on wednesday, it's not enough for protesters. >> the site that we just saw in the piece from nick shifrin are so powerful, there are a lot of people celebrating this deal, but clearly not many of these people who are in that square. so how long does this protest go on? >> i think that we shouldn't expect light for those people. it is basically front line on independence square. i think we shouldn't expect from

those people to be very good with this idea, compromise of any kind. but i think a lot of people all around ukraine feel enraged by this massacre. we found yesterday those pretty surprising huge number of protesters in a couple of eastern cities, end up where in donetske where actually president lives. we'll see in a matter of hours. >> you believe this deal is simply not enough for protesters, not for so many in ukraine this it could be in trouble? >> i think that people are quite -- some people i think majority, actually, to say it like that, majority is partially

relieved that violence is up and this deal is reached. but at the same time, it is halfway through this crisis and everybody fully expects that president yanukovych in a matter of some time should go. and you know the first thing to do is to put on trial those responsible for those murders. and i think today in a matter of next hours we will see some pretty major development. i want to be optimist that we will not going to see any more violence. but people are very angry in kiev. and -- but we will see. there is no you know no basis for violence. special troops left kiev. there is no one left with whom protesters could fight actually so that's a good sign.

>> maxim aristavi has been staying up late and getting up early to talk with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> the crisis in ukraine has been yet another sticking point between u.s. and russia. earlier president obama called president putin and mike viqueria told us what they had to say to each other. >> after a lot of exchanges between them, some of them bitter some adversarially, it was a relatively long call, lasting around an hour. according to the readout of foicialghts from the administration. they -- officials from the administration. the bulk of the conversation had to do with the situation in ukraine which for now is involved in a very tentative agreement and both sides described it as very, very fragile. nonetheless the senior official described it as very constructive. it started with a coarse

assessment of the eu role, allegedly from a state department official and continued on through president obama's statement just recently while visiting mexico for the north american summit where he spoke in very derogatory terms you might say about vladimir putin and his views on some very basic human rights. obviously russia has a lot of influence in ukraine on its southern border. the spokeman jay carney described its role the part that the united states and russia can play together like this. >> it is in russia's interest for the violence to end in ukraine as it is in the interests of the united states and our european friends and of course most importantly the creumian people. -- ukrainian people. we welcome the cessation of violence and the disagreements that have been reached.

>> mean why secretary of defense chuck hagel said, the against the ukrainian people. back to you. >> coming up at the bottom of the hour i'll talk to one of the medics who is treating patients under very challenging conditions. two weeks of demonstrations have left at least eight dead, dozens injured. secretary of state john kerry released his statement. i call on the venezuelan government to step back, respect basic human rights. venezuela's president is blaming outside influences, his government has revoked the credentials of four cnn journalists and threatened to expel them. andy gallagher has the latest.

>> venezuela's troubles began here in the city of san he chrisobal. sun spread to the rest of the country. the opposition liter, leopoldo lopez, and violence led to the death of at least eight people. lopez was detained and charged with arson and conspiracy. >> my imprisonment will wake the people so that vens venezuela wl take notice. it is what the majority of venezuelans want. my imprisonment will not be in vein. >> for the most part, demonstrations have taken place in middle class neighborhoods. they blame president nicholas maduro for rampant crime and food shortages. the 52-year-old former bus

driver says the protesters attempts to overthrow a democratically elected government will not be tolerated. >> the government is within solemn people in the fight against fascism, against fascist groups that attack our people and our society. >> nevertheless the demonstrations are the most serious in nicholas maduro's ten months in office. now there's no apparent end in sight with more demonstrations planned in the coming days. under normal circumstances this main street in caracas would be bumper-to-bumper but it has been eerily quiet. andy gallagher al jazeera, caracas venezuela. >> now venezuela's opposition is promising to hold mass rallies

all across the country saturday. john terret has more on what is fueling their age are. >> the violence in venezuela began on february the 12th, when three people were killed. but that violence has spread nationwide. opposition group members are seeking policing reforms and an end to severe shortages of goods. venezuela imports nearly all the goods it needs and it wants guaranteed freedom of speech. venezuela would you believe has the largest oil reserve in the world, even larger than saudi arabia. policies means the country sells the oil domestically to its people at rock bottom prices and the huge debt to china, is its ability to make money from the oil is pretty limited. this man le leopoldo lopez, has

been charged with murder but they rolled that back to conspiracy. charges that nicholas maduro has faced in his 11 months in office, protege of this man, hugo lopez. protesters are an infection that needs to be cured and he has pointed the finger to the united states. accusing washington, d.c. of plotting to destabilize his government in caracas. this week three u.s. diplomats were given 48 hours to leave the country, accused of conspiring to bring down the maduro's government, and the president yelled "yankeeiyankee go home" m his balcony. opponents of the venezuelan government has threatened to

politically destabilize the government. assassination attempts were all hurled around back in 2002 when the then-president hugo chavez was briefly ousted in a coup before he came back. >> john terret reporting. eva gallenger, the editor of a venezuelan newspaper funded by the government. >> peaceful protesters, demonstrating against a repressive regime but it is really the contrary. it is kind of a reverse occupy wall street in venezuela with a very violent tone. we are looking at the very powerful interests in the country with the largest oil reserves in the world. people are protesting to take back power and those backing the protesters represent the very

elite in venezuela -- >> do they have a right to protest? >> they absolutely have a right to protest but not to engage in violence. >> there are no protesters that are being peaceful is that right? >> absolutely there have been and that is the way they began but unfortunately there was a hidden agenda behind some of those protests to promote violence. there were peaceful protests, but just as the government has to crack down as do here in the united states -- >> there are laws in venezuela that don't allow they were passed in 2004. >> but you can't night violence in the united states and really you can't insight violence in murder in any democratic nation in the world. so why should we criticize another country for imposing similar laws as for example we have here in the united states? that is very hypocritical.

>> you believe the u.s. is behind these protests? >> i do know there is a direct connection. my own investigations throughout the past decades, millions of funding, national endowment for address. it is not a peaceful protest that's taking place in venezuela. really, there are legitimate concerns that should be addressed an people have the right to express those concerns but not do it in this way that violates the law. >> let me stop you now it's fascinating conversation we would love to have you come back and talk about this, eva golinger, thank you very much. >> thank you john for your sometime. >> joining us vee skype, congresswoman welcome, it's good to have you on the program. >> thank you very much. >> what are you trying to achieve with these protests?

>> well, we want to give people voition and strength and organization. in order to achieve what this movement initially stated which is the respect for human's rights in venezuela, that are systemically a group of students that have been illegally detained and accused of very severe charges. just for expressing and protesting in the streets in the last few weeks. >> we've talked to supporters of president maduro that say these protestors are promoting violence, nighing violence, that some journalists are insighting violence including leopoldo lopez, what do you say about that? >> that violence only favors the government, in their own

interest, because they certainly fear a movement that has been spreading and growing hour after hour of a specific expression, a civic expression of desire of change in venezuela. right now, we have a regime that persecutes, a regime that represses, repression, a regime that has been torturing students that have been under arrest and a regime that censorships the press. how do you call a regime that behaviors that way? certainly not a democracy. and what the students are now society is supporting is certainly a political change in venezuela. >> now opposition leader lopez has been held and detained. i understand you had a chance to visit him. what can you tell us? >> yes, some members of the parliament and with his wife and only she was loud to come in. and as you are sure certainly

aware he is in a military prison and he has been judged there. the trial started there, the military priz open. he has been charged with very sever, sever clarnlings just because he and myself decided to support the student movement process that have taken place the last two weeks in our country. >> do you want the overthrow of president maduro? >> we certainly want a change in golf in venezuela. >> he was elected right? >> in terms of constitution states. he came unit power under very highly questioned elections with a wide proportion, massive fraud took place. beyond that it is not only the legitimate meas of government, it's the way it -- legitimate lf

the government. >> some members of the parliament that they announced that they will proceed to live my parliamentary immunity in order for me to have trial with the same charges, yes. >> and what happens then? well, there are certain moments in time whether a society and a generation realizes the responsibility we have. i had a mandate from my citizen, my co-citizens. and i've done my job. i do my job and i will keep on doing that. and that is picking up with the truth, it has been hurtful in many ways but at the same time, it gives us the profound consciousness that we will be able to change the history of our country. that we will conquer liberty,

democracy, justice, opportunity for all citizens. i trust the venezuelan people and i know if even we were put on the side, more leaders will show up and will continue our job. >> you're willing to risk your life for this cause? >> at this time. thousands, tens of thousands of venezuelans are in the streets risking their lives for this cause. >> up next: bribes, fraud and money laundering. just some of the charges against a california lawmaker accused, in an al jazeera investigation. >> and video and coats are helping children in syria.

>> an important update tonight on a story first reported by al jazeera's investigative unit four months ago. a powerful california legislator

accused of corruption. ron calderon is accused of taking $100,000 worth of bribes, to influence legislation. jennifer has more. >> ron calderon his brother thomas a former state assemblyman has also been charged with conspiracy and money laundering. >> the indictment describes a scheme in which ron calderon allegedly solicited and accepted $100,000 in cash bribes, as well as plane dinner din trips, dinnd other bribes. >> gourmet difference and trips to upscale golf resorts. the charges come after a year

long fbi investigation. >> ron calderon we allege took the bribes in return for potential acts. such as supporting legislation to those who would be favorable to those paying him bribes and opposing for those who would be harmful to him. >> obtaining a sealed affidavit, with claims the senator was for sale. influencing legislation in exchange for money. as parts of an elaborate fbi sting, agents posed as owners of an independent film studio. they approached him and prayed him positive. james weatheredick explains. >> they might have incorporate a company, they needed a busy license and so it's a very extensive, lengthy operation. >> reporter: last year al

jazeera america tried to speak with calderon but he declined comment. correspondent josh bernstein caught up with him as calderon was arriving at a five star golf resort. >> senator, i'm josh bernstein. from al jazeera america. tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for supporting legislation? >> that's a -- like i said i'm not going to answer anything right now. >> ron calderon has plenty to answer for now. if convicted on all 24 counts he could spend the rest of his life in prison. the charges carry a maximum sentence of nearly 400 years. he's expected to turn himself in to federal authorities on monday. jennifer london, al jazeera, los angeles. >> it is up to arizona's governor whether or not to sign a bill that would allow business

owners to refuse to provide service to gay customers. republican jan brewer had a couple of days to decide whether to approve it. critics say it could lead to discrimination. a similar bill in the kansas state house earlier this week. lawmakers in several other states are debating the issue. up next: moment of truth in ukraine. a deal is signed, in ukraine, now that the deal is in front of them demonstrators will not go home. and the president welcomes the dalai lama to the white house.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. we have a lot to get to this half hour. saving lives. a kiev dentist on the front lines trea treating protesters.

>> a lifetime of internet for one time fee. how one company is building what it calls the largest wifi network. richelle is here with the big stories. >> thank you john. california legislator ron calderon has been indicted on 27 charges. calderon's brother tom a former member of the california assembly also faces charges. in venezuela more mast protests are expected this weekend. leaving eight people dead and dozens more injured. venezuela's president blaming outside influence. threatened to expel four cnn reporters. in ukraine, a deal aimed to stop the bloodshed. reaching a compromise that many

protesters on kiev's independence square say they will not leave in the president yanukovych steps down. >> jennifer glasse has more on the agreement. >> president vuct yanukovych resisted this - viktor yanukovyh signed this agreement, the government says it won't declare a state of emergency and the government will pass an amnesty law. things are changing here too for the president. at least 39 members of his ruling party have defected to the opposition there week. >> translator: if there is blood spilled open the streets, there's no second-guessing.

that's why i left the party of regents. i believe it is the ruling party and i believe that no doubt all parties bear responsibility but the most responsible are those in mowr. >> outside -- in power. >> not all are convinced the deal will work. >> this is not something that will satisfy the people at this moment. maybe it would have a week ago but after so many people have died the only thing we want is the president's absolute resignation. >> a truck full of police raced by. and angry protesters chased after it. when they finally found it, the police were gone, the protesters enraged. for the first time in days these streets in the heart of the capitol are being patrolled by

the opposition trust force and not the police. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, ukraine. >> andre is a dentist from the west of ukraine. he left his job two months ago. tell me what sort of injuries you've seen? >> i saw injuries in head, in neck, and in heart. it's a bullet, bullet injuries. they shoot directly on not armored people. >> you know, were you concerned? because you were out there trying to help people. were you concerned for your own

safety? andre, can you hear me? >> yes, i hear you. repeat again please. >> i was saying, were you concerned for your own safety while you were out there trying to help others? >> no, no. no. they also directly shoot in medical person. shoot in red cross. we -- they -- they -- they saw what we medical. but they shoot in red cross. also. >> you were working in a hotel lobby. why couldn't they bring the patients to a hospital?

>> because police came in hospital, and take injured people in jail, without any treatment. >> there was a woman who tweeted how she was shot in the neck and how she thought she was going to die. i understand that you know this woman, is that right? >> yes, she's alive. now she's okay. >> she is okay? there were a lot of people that were concerned about her safety but you say she's okay now? yes. >> obviously, we're having some technical problems with the audio here. andre salhornik. we appreciate the time you took

to speak with us. thank you very much. china protested president obama meeting the dalai lama. mike viqueria has more. >> it isn't the first time president obama met his holiness, the dalai lama, but it provoked outrage with the choins chinese government. the dalai lama does not meet the president in the normal location for heads of state, but the map room in the residence. the discussion the middle way that has been proposed by the dalai lama, supported by the united states, it is not assimilation within -- into china on the part of the tibetan

people and tibeta tibettan tibe. at the same time, the spokesman jay carney talked about the deteriorating human rights situation within tibet. china had some very harsh words, the chinese, called the his holiness the dalai lama, a politician in disguise. for is gross interference in international chinese affairs. back to you. >> mike, thank you. another story unfolded in beijing. that's where u.s. army chief of staff ray ordurno, talks between

u.s. and chinese armies. relations are friendly and headed in the right direction. righting an historic wrong. 24 veterans will be awarded the medal of honor, the recipients, mostly hispanic and jewish, served during world war ii and the korean war. they had been honored instead of the medal of honor. turning our focus to homeless veterans, almost 60,000 sleep on the streets every night in this country. one is working hard to address this problem. akiko fujita has the story. >> how is gary doing today? >> doing just fine. >> james roberson is on a

mission. guiding the homeless to housing and food. >> can you have this and that and we start going from that point on. >> roberson is attempting to house everyone who is sleeping on the street. >> housing first model allows us to meet the veterans where they are. if they are using, if they have mental health issues, medical issues, we allow them to still get housed. >> they all work as partners here. federal vouchers provide the rent, private ngos provide the furniture here. making sure the services get everything they need. is. >> they have been taught to

battle, to fin survive in un uncomfortable situations. when you try to help them that is a barrier itself. >> roberson knows from personal experience, he helped the ships navigate the world then,. >> i want to help them through the system. >> bobby godwin became homeless when his wife died. >> i was starving to death, i just wanted to get another drink. i didn't think there was any hope another all. i accepted it. >> i knew he warranted to die so every day i want stowed make sure he was okay. >> godwin has been sober for nine months now.

like 90% of the veterans in the system, he's managed to stay off the street. >> saved my life, other wise i would be on the streets again, dying. >> akiko fujita, al jazeera, phoenix. >> big plans for the city. the city announced a blueprint. bisi onile-ere has a report. facing $18 billion in long term debt emergency manager kevin oar, released a program, the emergency manager has, reduction in their pensions. the plan is subject to approval by a bankruptcy judge and will likely undergo appeals.

but donald smith who worked nearly 30 years as a city detention officer says any cut to his pension will hurt. he receives an $800 pension check each month. under orr's proposal that would drop to around $500. >> this makes such a drastic effect on me i can't even imagine how i'm going to make it from day to day. and that's the truth. >> it's not just the 34% hit? there's an incremental hit in an amount they're going to have to pay,. >> orr is proposing to pay 20 cents on the dollar of the money to which they're owed. while orr's proposal has easted some fears for now, city owned

art at the descroit snuft on art ask is, and along with the cuts are some investments. orr pr poaches investing $1.5 billion in city services. this means more funding forfire lighting and blight removal. city retire east are expected to pickup it a fight. >> and i'm age pri. to think that people don't mean anythinanything anymore. >> and the deal is far from done. negotiations between the city and its creditors will continual. might like different when it reaches the judge for final presentation. bisi onile-ere, reporting. in. >> john henry? >> very popular in canada and

sweend because those two teams are settle to play for the olympia gold medal. we welcome in via skype, sharon turner from sochi, what do we do, for are a failure of the u.s. plms or is maybe hockey just that good? >> the us women in particular they played a good game all the way through, the men, they played well in a lot of regards but they didn't seem to be there 100%. the canadianians are really good, if they -- you know hockey is so safer there. >> have we seend the back of this for up, noncommittal about that subject and two is nhl

players have suffered significant injuries in these games. >> that's the big question. i think nhl officials are, behind the scene nothing -- i don't want to say they don't like the olympics. if it were simply up to them, i don't think the players wok ba back. but you know the players are influential, it's a union operation, the nhl isn't going to rip the rug out of players. >> what's that going to mean to the popularity of the nhl globally? what is that going to mean to the olympic movement? >> it would be pooh bigger blow to the olympic movement than it would be to the nhl. what they would like to do would be to do a world cup where players might make money, the nhl would run it, they would have all the control. that's what they would like. we asked players about that and

i think the nhl could be optimistic that the world cup could replace the olympics but the olympics are the olympics. >> he's live livid about the iny to, john tavares, should pay ticket holders for his injury. does he have a point? >> it's not like the ioc is soliciting these guys out of their season. his issue should be within the system. the players want to do this. >> why can't the u.s.a. team have the medal capability? >> russia may want to do it with

their own fire power, and it may be that the gap between the leagues, the standard is the nhl standard now. >> who do you like for the world world -- olympic champion, the sweden or canada? >> i wouldn't be surprised if it's canada. >> thank you very much. calling us from early in the morning in sochi and by the way the u.s. men will play finland for the bronze on saturday morning. that's sports for now. >> all right john henry, thank you very much. coming up our picture of the day. a heartwarming viral video, how many people would give up their coat for a shivering child.

>> that is where we saw the activity, we also saw some in maryland. for new england we are seeing some residual rain passing through. that is going to melt a lot of snow on the ground. it did in new york as well. we saw some foggy conditions and airport delays. things improved quite quickly and the conditions look quite nice for new york. 53° on saturday, slight chance ochance of rain on sunday. is we saw anywhere from 12 to 18 inches in some locations. that snow is going up to ontario. all those temperatures going down toll single digits, overnight lows to the minus digits. georgia things are going to get better for you.

you saw some rocky conditions but, that is a look at your weather, news after this.

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keeps spreading. >> i'm excited to do this, one of the first few in brooklyn to try this because it is the way of the future. roxanna saberi new york. >> a video that went viral. millions around the world have seen it. an emotional plea from a charity who is looking for help. it's a creative approach. richelle. >> tugging at the heart strings perhaps at the hope that you'll loosen your purse strings. you see a child alone, freezing at a bus stop. your natural instinct, stop and help. offer him gloves, a scarf. a lat. a jacket. -- a hat. a jacket. and this is what these people did in a hidden camera video in

oslo. the boy's an actor and kind of a social experiment. the norwegian charity sos children's village wanted to make a point. you'll help when you see a child right in front of you in need. so why not help someone in syria? how far does a charity have to get people to go to help? ask ridge richard hudgins, he ss kids walking everywhere barefoot. >> there's over 300 million children that don't have shoes. i thought that was completely awful. >> back in way, sos children's village hopes this video helps. the video has gone viral with over 7 million hits on youtube.

coats in syria, shoes in kenya. people who want to help, pushed to extremes to provoke you to act. pretty powerful. it's too early to see whether these videos are actually translating into money, but there's been 7 million views. the point is awareness, obviously that is working right? >> thank you richelle. are lawmakers in ukraine are celebrating after rolling back potential powers. participated in those violence demonstrations. the new laws were grady to in a deal thursday between the ukrainian government and the demonstrators. richelle will have the headlines right after this. >> stories that have impact... that make a difference... that open your world... >> this is what we do... >> america tonight

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>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm ricialg. here are the night's top stories. a deal in ukraine. the agreement between the

government and opposition requires presidential elections by december but critics of a deal says president yanukovych should step down now. in venezuela nearly two weeks of protests have left eight dead and dozens injured. government has revoked the credentials of four cnn where journalists. california state senator ron calderon has been indicted on political corruption charges. faces 24 federal counts including fraud and bribery. first reported by al jazeera america, calderon is accused of taking $100,000 in bribes. calderon's brother tom also faces corruption charges. the city of detroit has planned a way to climb out of its $anne billion in debt.

it would affect pensions and more. negotiations are still taking place. those are the headlines. i'm richelle carey. "america tonight" with joie chen is up next. you can always go to aljazeera.com for the latest. >> on "america tonight": a way out? the deal that could put out the fires in ukraine's capitol city but stoke tensions on another front. also tonight, the al jazeera investigation that exposed allegations of corruption by california lawmakers. >> the allegation that you have accepted tens of thousands of dollars of bribes.