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thousands of opposition supporters remain in the capital of ukraine, that despite the country's parliament making its speaker as interim president, this is all after victor yanukovych fled the cappal yesterday n a televised interview yanukovych said he is not stopping down and accusing parliament of carrying out an coup. barnaby phillips has more from independence square. >> reporter: victory crime at a cost. there is no yo euphoria in independence square, instead we found grief. they have lost too much to celebrate and anyway, they are too exhausted. ukrainian politics is upside down. former opposition leaders now hold power. they deny they stage aid coup against president yanukovych. >> translator: the government didn't want to listen to the people. it did everything possible to hold onto power and crossed the line when it killed people. now we need a functioning state as soon as possible and

parliament will work on this nonstop. >> reporter: and parliament has been busy does missing january coacyanukovych's ministers 11 b, the new speaker as president. , interim. but of what of yanukovych. these security cameras appear to show his entourage fleeing his restless residencresidence in tf saturday morning, we don't know where they are now. a familiar face looms over the any land came, yulia tymoshenko from prison to politics in just a day. i met a protester who has been on the barricades and won't show her face and wants a new type of politician and is not sure tymoshenko is the type of person. >> i am not sure. she is a person with her own history and baggage so we need someone new not from old march

p.s and old leader. >> reporter: with no police to be seen, the protesters are in charge. they accused this fried end the beat man of being a thug hired by january cove i have to cause trouble, they drag him away, we don't know what happens next, these people have chased a press from power, they have torn down a state. but at some point they have to step aside if a new political order is to emerge in ukraine, they are not prepared to do that correct. political movement has seen many changes. and it's not over yet. >> white here at home the white house says we want to see a deescalation of violence but above all the country must come together. >> it is not in the interest to

see the country split. it's in nobody's interest to see violence return and the situation escalate. there is not an inherent contribution between a ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural tied to russia and a modern ukraine that want to integrate more closely with europe, they need not be mutually exclusive. >> jennifer glasse is in the capital of kiev. is there a possibility the country will split over this issue you? >> that's a real concern right now. yanukovych's ruling party yesterday had a conference and said they didn't recognize what the parliament was doing and trying to take local control unless thing says were resolved here in kiev. that creates a real sense of what might happen. ukraine is historically divided the east is close to russia. but still even here in independence square and i am

here just on the edge of independence square here today, there is a real sense of things are changing. >> we are ready to build a new country, independent country with a new political picture with new people. with maybe young people because young people only young people can build a new future. you need young people. >> jennifer,. >> reporter: it is to build a beautiful -- >> jennifer, we understand, we heard the sound bite that all just played. you also mentioned local control and the east saying that that's close to russia. even today, we are hearing of violence erupting right there in ukraine. in fact, in the control room, why don't we pull up picture saysthere, we have pictures of e protests in east turn ukraine which is typically a place for

yanukovych reporters. can we expect, jennifer, more protests like this coming in the week ahead? >> reporter: i think we can. i think those who support the opposition here will be emboldened by what they see here and might come out on the streets. we all saw a few weeks ago people coming out on the streets. in the east and cities in the east and because there are very many preop since -- sorry pro government supporters there and because it is a very russian-oriented part of the country. there is great potential for flashes of tension there and, of course, we have -- it's industrial. 70% of ukraine's industry heads towards russia and that's why they are so eastern looking and their livelihoods are at stake, they are worried if ukraine leads more towards europe they'll be fired and that's a real sense of tension. >> i want to go deep never the tensions. the pictures we just saw were

phenomenal. we see people beating other people in the streets. i want to give our viewers a sense of what they are fighting for right know. are they upset about what happened to yanukovych or fight for something specifically in regard to ukraine's future and the immediate future in coming g days. >> reporter: each side is fighting for their future you have to understand they have been watching russian television with very imflammatory language and we have that coming from that area. so, for example, in the south, people from the south have been very threatening to what's been happening here and feel very threatened about what's happening here in kiev. they are worried that their lifestyle. lively hoodlivelihoods will cha. they are trented by what's happenintrented by what'shappen.

>> thanks for being with us, jennifer. meanwhile, more venezuelans are expected to show support for president nicholas maduro today. yesterday's mass marches saw hundreds of thousand pro and anti-government demonstrators all on the streets of caracas. the peaceful rallies are relief from two week of violent unrest that has already killed eight people. new details about the fight that took place during the capture of the drug leader joaquin el chapper guzman, he was arrested in mexico yesterday in a joint u.s.-members co operation and adam rainy has the latest. >> reporter: more details are managing about how joaquin guzman was called by dozens of mexican marines who surrounded the condominium building he was staying in mazatlan. he was arrested before 7:00 a.m. on saturday. no shots fired. he tried to reach for some of the arm that he had amassed in that condominium, but he was unable to do so.

the marines subdued him. there was some blows exchanged and within a couple of hours he was flown to mexico city, paraded before the cameras and wisked off to a prison here, there is a lot of speculation about whether or not he will be ex-extradited to the u.s., there are several indictments like in cities like chicago, new york, the department of justice is keen to try him on charges related to the smuggling and killing and trafficking of drugs. so but right now, we have a word from an ambassador from mexico in the united states saying he believes that chapo guzman should be tried in mexico. there is no word yet from from the attorney general here in mexico what the next step will be. you have investigators in both countries eager and hungry to make joaquin guzman pay for the crimes he's committed over decades as he has been running the sinaloa cartel one of the world's most powerful and largest international criminal organizations. >> that was adam rainy reporting from mexico city. criminal investigation has

been launcheded in to duke energy for a second leak of arsenic-laced waste without their fell in the dan river in north carolina. al jazerra afternoons robber ray has the story. >> reporter: when toxic coal ash started pouring in to the water, environmental groups turned their eye to his north carolina's governor pat mccrory. they waited for four days for a response it came in a tweet from ma cory saying he would visit the site to be briefed on the spill he is a former duke company executive. a company he spent 28 year old with. one group took issue with that during his campaign. >> pat mccrory's questionable ethics, case number two, duke energy. >> reporter: john frank is a political reporter and says mccrory's ties to duke energy have raised eyebrows. >> and the questions go well beyond that. state utilities commission regulates duke energy and

mccrory filled his administration with a number of former duke energy executives. >> reporter: a cause for concern among environment the groups after 30,000 tons of coal ash spilled in to the dan river. leading to warnings about swimming in the river or eating the fish. we wanted to get a closer look. and found signs of the dark ash sticking to foam, placed in the river to collect the canton nats. >> though, the coal ash is not at the bottom of all places at the dan river you can find it on many banks and also 70 miles downstream from eden here, but if we dip it down about a foot or two feet and pull up the muck we get through in leafs and sticks and empty the water you can see the black sentiment here. that is some of the coal ash that's made its way in to the dan river. >> we have had serious harm to a major river of this state. we have been saying that we have 14 disasters waiting to ham.

>> reporter: frank holliman made those claims in three lawsuits the southern environment the law center filed against duke energy seeking the clean up of its coal ash pits and it's 14 north carolina sites, en voomal groups say the state use aid provision of the clean water act to block the lawsuits by filing its own suits. a consent order reached in the cases did not require clean up. holliman and others accused the mccrory administration of giving duke energy a pass on collusion. a spokesman for mccrory told us, duke energy is not receiving any specific treatment. this administration took more action on coal ash during its first 75 days than any previous administration in north carolina history. mccrory has now called for a committee to look at what do do with coal ash in north carolina. and while his administration and duke energy both pledge a full clean up of the spill, environmenenvironmentalists liki

edwards are frustrated. >> i saw talks swimming in coal arc i saw a bald eagle flying over a riverral coal arc, that balanced eagle is relying on fish in the river and they are relying on the macro invert bats that are suffer everything and dieing or batheing in a toxic bath. >> reporter: a criminal investigation is underway. state leaders have already been subpoenaed to appear. coming up next on al jazerra, as the sochi winter games come to a close, we'll take a live look at how they will be remembered. plus a return to our top story, the crisis in ukraine. al jazerra is live right here in new york city. >> reporter: absolutely. behind me here ukrainian-american community is getting together to talk about

ways that they can help their family and friends back home, i'll have that story for you coming up next on al jazerra america.

good afternoon to you and welcome back to al jazerra america, i am morgan radford. we return now to our top story the power struggle in ukraine. and it is striking pretty close to home right here in new york in an area known as little ukraine, al jazerra's well minute i duke art joins us from there. you just we want to a meeting with the local community what did they have to say? what i am learning about this community is that they are a very tight knit one, behind me here there is a press conference where ukrainian-americans are gathering to talk about what they can do to help their family and friends back home and yesterday they corrected a memorial honoring 82 people 80

to lives lost in the clashes in due crane behind me say sign that goes our heros rest in peace. that's what this community views those 82 people are as heros. the owner of this restaurant that's been around since 1954, a ukrainian restaurant said most customers are sad about this but also very optimistic. they want democracy. they said there is really no black and white. most people can' want democracyd change. one woman i spoke to said this is a miles a miracle this has hd that's why they view the 82 pimas heros, they will be talking about way to his help the communities. >> what are they doing, kilmeny in terms of reaction? >> reporter: sure, well, there is a huge fundraiser that's going to happen down here this afternoon, and basically all of the local shops are going to be donating goods, they will be selling those goods and then they are going to be sending no

money overseas and i spoke with one woman whose coordinated efforts are really trying to make a difference. here is what she had to say. >> it's a mess. people are being surgically admitted in the middle of the street. and & they need supplies for that. so that's why we are making sure that they get everything that they need. we are -- facebook and social media has played a big role in the revolution in ukraine, so we have doctors that are tweeting things that they need. you need to save people's lives and every minute counts. >> reporter: amazing efforts on the part of the ukrainian american community here in i'll keep you updated throughout the day on what they will be doing. back to you. >> thanks so many, kilmeny duchardt in the ukrainian community in downtown manhattan. at least two people died in aan explosion at an anti government rally.

demonstrators have been calling for the prime minister to step down since november. veronica has more. >> reporter: a bomb went off right at this spot at about quarter to 5:00 in the afternoon. the explores went off right behind the motorcycle taxi that you can see behind me. there are blood stains on the ground and various bits of debris, police officials just told us here at the scene that this was a grenade launched from an m79 rival that wen79 rifle t. the latest kubel ar casualty too people killed, 28 injured and two children severely injured. the rate of these incidents of attacks on anti-government protesters is increasing. this is the second such explosion since friday at this very site. and it's the second attack in 24

hours. the other one hand in eastern thailand on saturday night at least 35 people were injured in that and another child was killed. this is going to raise tensions across the country. particularly as this bomb went on when pro government supporters, the so-called red shirt movement, were meeting to put together a strategy to mobilize, they say millions of people from the country side to come to bangkok in the coming few days to show their support for the government, they may well run in to the anti-government protesters who have been holding these key intersections. >> that was very ron what calathes pedroza reporting from bangkok. coping with cancer, we'll tell you how a canadian food show is helping cancer patients up next. plus the legacy of the winter games in sochi an in-depth look at how the games will be remembered.

♪ ♪ welcome back to al jazerra america i am morgan radford and here say recap of today's top stories, ukraine begins to rebuild as the speaker of the parliament becomes interim president. victor yanukovych is accusing the parliament of a coup and refuses to step down. the 2014 olympic games wrapped up earlier today and rory gives us a look at their legacy. >> reporter: when the sochi olympics finally burst in to life two weeks ago, the events was already carrying huge burdens. for some, particularly in the west, these were the homophobic games. they were the terrorist games about to be blown up at any moment. the games costing a record demolishing $51 billion. they were even the dog-killing games.

♪ ♪ >> reporter: pussy riot risked whippings and arrest for a punk protest music have i had grow va website showing the spotlight on corruption. but president vladimir putin was proud and the people were proud too, these olympics are theirs after all. >> president putin made no attempt to hide it. he said this is the olympics devoted to the resurgence of the nation for him it was extremely important to do this national building effort through ports. >> reporter: armies of charming, smiling volunteers made sure that visitors who came felt welcome. and despite the disappointments of russia's men's hockey team and her, there was still russian gold to his celebrate. it's often easy to forget that the olympics are about sports, particularly when they come with

as much political baggage as the sochi games have. but the athletes will be remembering their successes or their failures long off the journalists have wandered off to find other things to report on. that's actually already happened. events in ukraine have overshadowed these games to a certain extent. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and once the circus leaves town, it's the people who live in this region who will be best placed to answer the question was it all worth it? rory, al jazerra, sochi. ♪ ♪ >> meteorologist: one thing to note about sochi was the weather was phenomenon. they have mild weather at this time of the year with the air coming in on off the black sea, another mild day across the northeast, temperatures in the northeast in the 50s and the 60s in our nation's capital. they are expected to climb in to

the 60s today in atlanta take city if you are walk ago long the boardwalk right around 61. take a look at the radar, not a lot going on, there is a weak frontal boundary pushing across the midwest as the front pushes in to some milder air you can see the rain -- the snow that is changing over to rain across ohio. raining heavy cross i-10 in the southeast. just around the new orleans area and also around baton rouge here along i-10. also around tallahassee later on in the day some of the storms could turn severe with damaging winds and even a little bit of hail. so be very careful if you are traveling there. rain is going to come down hard, particularly across southern portions of louisiana and mississippi. we could see two to four-inches of rain, again, flash flooding will be a problem on the roadways in the southeast it's dry, but i think the pattern will change as we track in to next week, but they are dealing with a deficit here, we have talked about the drought all yearlong, san francisco on only reaching close to three-inches typically by this time of the

year it's their wet season and they should be closer to 12-inches of rain. now, it's all snow and we have had a great deal of snow across portions of the north central planes in to the midwest and chicago where the cold air will not let go and coming back. as a matter of fact in duluth, minnesota, 60 days of subzero temperatures since december 1st, that's a record there. chicago, st. louis and indianapolis, this is one of their top 10 coldest windsers and in detroit, coldest winter since the 1978-noo1979 season is cold and nothing is change. another polar vortex to worry about next week as the area of low pressure pushes down in to the north central planes and temperatures subzero throughout next week. back to you, morgan. >> thanks, gentleman leah. television food programs attempted our pallets but now a new canadian show is helping cancer patients struggling to make the right food chases.

>> reporter: cooking well to help cure cancer. shot before a live audience this program features food that is nutritious, did he irable and when cancer treatments cause lost appetites or f fatigue easy to prepare. >> i don't want to make it seem very fancy but it's easy to do. i think am trying to present that. >> reporter: the hosts make the foot. starter, bread, main course and desert all for a patient who might normally open a tin, defrost something bad for them, or worse not eat at all. >> easy to make, the ingredients are easy to find and it's something that people see us do and think, wow, it's that easy, doesn't take a lot of effort and it's going to make me feel better. >> reporter: fussy eaters, food aallergies, individual tears all

variations on each dish offering replacements for most ingredients, these two patients say the chef and nutritionist transformed their lives. >> she's sneaking education in to us. >> yeah, when we were not looking. >> and we are listening to the education at the same time, but it's not like it's just thrown at us. because we are already feeling sick, you don't want anybody to tell you don't eat this and don't eat that. because you already upset about everything else. >> reporter: time to eat. the best part of the show. not everyone tasting here today is a patient or a caregiver. some just like the food. but it's aimed squarely at those getting cancer treatment, getting new ideas in to them almost by stealth. >> they don't want to necessarily come to programs, it's all about the cancer, all about the side effects. they want to come to programs that are going to help them move forward with their life and improve their quality of life and live well. >> reporter: as cancer treatments improve, medical

science is looking beyond clinics and hospital bets. and finding that food can help people cope with the disease that was once literally a death sentence. daniel lack, al jazerra, toronto. >> i am morgan radford thanks so much for watching. ♪ ♪ loans are square. what is it going to mean when you need a lawyer? ♪ >> for those in school tuition really high and the job paying the loans are scarce. what's behind the decline in the legal industry and what is it going to mean when you need a lawyer?