at aljazeera.com/techknow. and visit us on facebook, google ... this is al jazeera america. i am jonathan betz live in new york. a new path for ukraine, the new interim president meets with the american ambassador and is already promising closer ties with europe. in venzuela, a retired army general turns against the government and rallies support for the opposition. this is the face of a man the u.s. considers a global terrorist. why he says he is only trying to save lives.

and game over, 16 days of international sportsmanship comes to a close in sochi. we begin this sunday night in ukraine where a lot has changed quickly this week, and tonight, pro-russian protesters are fighting back. in eastern ukraine, supporters of the ousted president attacked demonstrators today. it's evident the unrest from the country could be far from over. the new government seized another lavish home of the former president viktor yanukovych. this mansion sits in a lake half the size of monaco where bears, pheasants and wild boarroam. he electing a chairman as

interim president, he met with the americanac ambassador. meanwhile, it would be a grave mistake for it to send in soldiers. >> it's not in the interest of ukraine or of russia or europe or the united states to see the country split. it's in nobody's interest to see violence return and the situation escalate. there is not an inherent contradiction between historic ties and one who wants to integrate more closely with europe. >> protesters aren't celebrating. much remains unknown. more on the fast-moving changes. >> this is ukraine's new seat of power, the parliament. it wasted no time wasting the yanukovych era is over. it gave the speaker powers and minister by minister voted out the government. they thanked them for helping

with change. there is a real sense of freedom here as ukrainians come to terms with the new realities here, they are realizing how much it all costs. >> valentin a balan knows. she is near the spot where the first protesters were closed last month trying to stop violence. >> those boys are not here. i can't bring them back. a shrine for each of the lost. people call them heroes and vow it won't be any vain even though much remains uncertain. but some have to be reminded this is a day of mourning, not time to revel in change. >> our future will be very beautiful if we can be strong people poured into independence square where it began three

months ago. we have little victory they tried to prevent the ukrainian flag from being raised. the longstanding divide between east and west with a hope divisions can be bridged with no more blood shed. far a clearer picture, one has to look no further than the streets of kiev. pleasure police officers have abandoned bused and people are patrolling the streets. >> the last day and a half the songs are still going in independence square. so many thousands of people are still in the square, and so many thousands have been fighting for

the square for some three months. and now, on these streets, and in this square, they feel like they are running the show. if you want to leave kiev in a hurry, you have to go through 24-year-old dee mckozan and dennis on the right. >> have you ever done security before? >> no. >> have you ever done security before? >> no. this is the very first time. >> for the last three months, they fought the government. they feel they won. to the victor go the spoils, the local airport. their goal is to catch people who crack down on protesters they check passengers against their most wanted, not the police's most wanted they don't want to be the law. they want to be the conscious that keeps order. >> are you trying to find people to enact punishment? >> no our citizenship, another. when the real police arrive, the

vowelingunteers shoo them away. >> three days ago, they were ready to shoot us just because we stay here. it's total hypocracy. >> you probably heard of rosie the riveter. catarina, the indicatorer. they feel this fight isn't over. >> if i am doing my best and i am the average person, probably everybody else is doing their best. if everybody is doing their best. >> in the heart of kiev, the police have evaporated. rag too tag bands are in charge even in a seat of power. >> the future of the country is being decided. outside, you see them. one of the maybe opposition leader the citizens brigades. >> a professional service they are not. head protection, designed for construction workers. in this one's case,

snowboarding. despite the do it yourself armor, they have a command structure. their presence pressures anyone who will take power. >> the politicians seem to realize that. >> people control us. they moves the department able. >> down the block, the citizenship brigade also controls the cabinet. to some, it may seem as if a building as important as the pentagon is being guarded by boy scouts. >> do you feel like you have replaced the police? >> definitely no. but we hope the police will get replaced. >> his day job is it. it has changed and for years to come, you know, anything that is not right we work to make that

right. for that, the public thanks them. they feel the volunteers will protect them and their futures. >> a final thank you kiss outside the cabinet building, perhaps it goes without saying but all of these people have been working for no money at all. many of them have regular jobs. they told me today that they will be back at work tomorrow morning, but back at the front lines or back outside of these buildings or back doing whatever they need to, tomorrow afternoon and they say they will do it for as long as it takes. >> our nick schifrin in ukraine tonight. the events in kiev have prompted a backlash in eastern ukraine. the area is a stronghold for the ousted president, viktor yanukovych david skateer has this report from karkiv. >> standing high and proud in the main square, a at that time u of lenin by demonstrators and to firm stand by the historic links with moscow. the regions governor marked

amongst them and urged them to resist the crowd of rebellion. >> we are not going anywhere. don't trust anybody. today, i am the governor. i am i will not resign. the words were in russian. this is one of the heartlands of support for viktor yanukovych. his whereabouts are a matter of intense speculation. if he is seeking sanctuary, this would be where to find it. it was their votes that got him democratically elected. the governor has been evicted bevels his headquarters, the spirit of kiev's independence square has taken radio even in this city. they were arming themselves with sticks and batons and i saw malatov cocktails being carried into the building. tensions grew with police being used to keep the two sides apart event ents have moved so quickly they shall be called pro-government protesters people

are ruling here in the crimean city, violent clashes broke out when pro-russian crowds broke up a demonstration stage today honor the memory of those killed in kiev. see scenes like these are spreading. thestanted-off continued in scenes that are an eerie mirrorimage of months of gonestrations on index square. here, they want to turn toward russia and keep their backs to europe. al square to protect no denying. the occupiers of the governor's headquarters, though, are determined to stand their ground. you may be heavily out numbered here they feel history is now on their side. david schater, al jazeera.

>> across the united states, protesters have gathered outside ukrainian consulates. many are concerned about their home land's future. more on that angle from chicago >> reporter: in the cities with the biggest ukrainian american populations, new york and chicago and outside the white house, demonstrators gathered with a mix of raw emotions. >> i am happy, but i am scared. i hope the new government that they put in the is the right people. >> ukraine's consulate general in chicago was appointed by the nation's now deposed president. when he started to address the colorado crowd outside his office, he was drowned out by shouts of "resign" and "get on." he gave up but the protesters did not. they wore black and played taps and read names of dead protesters over a coffin. the consulate general agreed to an interview with al jazeera. he said he is a civil servant,

not a member of the former administration and he reports the revolutionary movement and the demonstrators in the united states who have concerns of their own. it's understandable a lot of them are angry with those that made that happen. >> as angry as they are at the ukrainian president, their biggest concern now is the future of ukraine. >> the u.s. and the eu help out now because this is a critical moment particularly not just talking about the financial help. stolen everything. >> the plan for the future, he said, should be similar to the marshall plan which the allies used the demonstrators don't all agree for the punishment for the protesters' deaths. but those we spoke with agreed russia should be left out and

that the hard work in ukraine is just beginning. andy rogen, al jazeera, chicago. >> the events unfolding ukraine are expected to play a role in nato lone star future. stay tuned for an in-depth discussion on our week-ahead segment coming up later this hour. now to venzuela where an armed stand-off between officers and generals. security officers were trying to arrest an out spoken critic. president. the former general tweeted hershmen had come to look for him. he supported a flapjacket. the crowd forced the officers to leave he has blamed them for the death of the government supporter during one of though those protests. >> the said of opposition is set to met with president. thousands gathered to support

the president. the crowd, most of them elderly waved signs, pictures of former president hugo chavez. those protests are spilling over into towns across the border in neighboring columbia california. there is this report. >> separates the city. this is the opposition stronghold where the anti-government process started. the two regions have a long and porous border and very strong economic ties. a few meters inside the territory, you can see cheap pe psi dized venzuelan gasoline being sold pretty much everywhere. if you look on the other side, there are stores and

supermarkets. you don't find columbia products inside. they are mostly smuggled venzuelan products and this is what thousands of people do on this side on the border for a living. they say they are left with no other option. columbia is too expensive. you can't live on minimum wage. smuggling goods is the only way to make ends meet. products are 70% cheaper, but with the crisis, we are having a hard time getting food on this side. >> besides the contraband, many columbians do work on the other side in venzuela. but many of them have had a hard time getting to work in past days. the venzuela military have shut down the bridge. many know this could happen again at any time. >> there is much more ahead on al jazeera america including the u.s. calls in a global terrorist -- calls him a

terrorist but this yemeni cleric says he is being started. the g government says tracking license plates is a must for safety. some say it's a step too far.

consider this: the news of the >> consider this. news of the the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio morrow, award

winning. >> no status yeah. just the bottom line. real perspective. week nights, 10 eastern on al jazeera america. >> united states is clear. it wants a captured mexican drug lord. federal prosecutors said they will seek the notorious kingpin known as el chapo. more from mexico city. >> this web of tunnels linking seven holmes shroud shorty to e vad capture. when he left them behind, the risk of being arrested multiplied. he was here in the dingy resort. they found an arsenal of grenades, rocket launchers and guns. he was unable to get to them in time. on the run for 13 years and still the boss of the world's

largest criminal organization, he seemed almost too powerful to catch. >> lent him an almost mythical status. he inspired manitributes, songs would dale his exploits and ways of evading the law. there are songs about his capture. >> sizsubmission. drug lords are not untouchable. under the last government, many believe his operations weres tolerated a formal federal prosecute said the arrest is a potent symbol and personal triumph although not enough on the own to break car tells. it is an important one. the government's willingness to strike at the financial operations and to maintain social programs to steer kids away from organized crime.

>> many doubt this violent country will be made safer. >> he is one leader. in the end, it's a hydra. you cut off one head and two grow back in its place. >> it's a smoke screen from the government. the government doesn't practice democracy. >> the cartel's business stretches from asia, australian and into europe. it's been known to pay off officials. >> he told he must face justice here first, the country that paid the highest prize. >> the united states has started

another rounds of military drills with south korea, a computer bayed exercise lasts until march 6th and a field training drill will end the following month. the allies have held large-scale military exercises every year since 1976. last year, nuclear strikes. this time, those family reunions happened anywhere in north korea. hundreds of families were reunited after more than 60 years. they met at a resort for the second round of ereunions this week. many were separated, and they were planned last year so north began calling for better ties with the south. a musition who entertained under the toughest circumstances. al jazeera jarrell tan takes a look at her life and her work. she lived through the worst of

humanity but always saw beauty. ♪ i am full of joy in high heart. alister summer spent two years in the concentration camp in modern day czechoslavakia republic. more than 133,000,000 jews there. she was allowed to perm as a pianist. it can't be so terrible. the music. music. upon the death at 110, she was the oldest known survivor of the holocaust, inspiring story captured in the short

documentary, t"the lady in numbr 6." the film is nominated for an academy award this weekend. ♪ music is a dream. ♪ music is a dream. gerald tan, al jazeera. a comic artist who won a pulitzer price on tonight,talk talk to al jazeera. he spoke with art spiegelman about his parents who lived through auschwitz and how they coped with the death of his brother poisoned by a family member to keep the child from being captured by nazi. they have made too many moves prior to that. they didn't quite understand the culture that they were in. i think when the kind of sglaiment that involved losing a son mailwhat would have been my older brother and.

doesn't leave you very comfortably rooted in the world. both of them were wrecks of a certain kind. different kinds from each other. >> when did you learn the story of your brother? >> you know, in some ways i think kids know everything before they know that they know anything even. a photograph of whatever. a 3-year-old boy blown up kind of of an out-of-focus shrine. that was always present. an entire interview on talk to al jazeera at 1:00 a.m. eastern right here on al jazeera america. a leak at a small is under investigation. dozens were overwhelmed byfumes

and rushed to the hospital. one man was killed a 55-year-old who will manages the walt whitman shop. >> there was a gas leak. sgrush. >> they started taking everybody out. they didn't give us a reason for it. just went out. as soon as he got out, everybody started talking to each other and everything and we found out it was a gas leak. >> 27 people were taken to five nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. four rescue workers, three officers overcome by carbon monoxide. the leak may have originated with the heating system. in louisiana, an oil spill has shut down part of the mississippi river. a barge collided with a tow boat outside the town of ashe are. y. it leaked crude oiled into the

water shutting down a 65 mile stretch. crews are cleaning up the mess. a plan floated by the department of homeland security to track license plays plates is still causing con tron versy. to help cash illegal immigrants. public outcry had homeland security scrapping the panel. earlier, i spoke with al jazeera america security and law contibutor, fisa patel about some of those concerns. >> there are private companies that go out and pick up the data and store it. >> they can sell it. >> to whom? >> law enforcement agencies and

police departments who are using license plate tracking. >> these companies go out and have cameras mounted on cars that just -- it's not like -- i guess it is kind of like google maps in some way, the same technology. >> uh-huh. >> going around and taking photos as you drive down the highway. >> accumulating all of that into a database which extends out over years in some instances. it's not as though i know where you have been over the last two days. it can be over the last two years, a detailed picture of your life. >> this if this is happening with local police department did, private companies? >> right. >> why was there such a fuss with the dhs getting involved. >> there was going to be a if he did ratdalbase even if police departments 'til individualized head by city by city. they are increasingly be being shared. i think because of concerns about the ns. a. you already have one dragnet

surveillance program run by the federal government that is the center of chondro jersey right now do they want another one? >> she also said people should push local lawmakers to regulate companies that collect data. >> still to come on al jazeera america, many are asking if ukraine will further strain relations between russia and the rest. what is the future of nato in all of this. our in depth coverage in the week ahead. >> john henry smith. a gay athlete makes history in the los angeles. we will tell you about the historic return of jason collins to the nba.

welcome back to sarkese. here is a look at your top stories this half hour. federal prosecutors announce today they will seek to extra died joachin guzman, the drug lord captured in mexico after a 13 year long manhunt wanted on a

variety of charges including drug smuggling in seven u.s. districts. the president of venzuela will meet tomorrow. madu. of ro, the event is a stark con trest. newly freed ukrainian opposition icon tenoshinko may tang the reigns. not all liked the idea of her presidency. sunday night and time for a segment, "the week ahead" tonight, the future of nato. defense ministers will meet for two days in brazil. courtney keely begins with a look at how nato has changed since the cold war

>> reporter: a nation divided geographically. the west liens towards europe. the east looks to russia part of the r.n. nato was created in 1949. the shuns out and the germans down. now the crisis in ukraine has amplified the old tension between russia and the west. the soft yet union collapsed over 20s years ago, but nick burns, a former u.s. ambassador said the atlantic alliance is still essential for americans and europeans alike. >> nato provides nuclear defense as a continent. it provides territorial of the continue net. been arguably the most successful alliance in modern hist re. >> with the end of the cold war, the warsaw pack vanished.

10 kuntz trees between 1997 and 2004. boy does that decision look good now. you can imagine with the aggressiveness of putin, you can imagine what he might be trying to do to extend the russian sphere of flew into estonia and lithuania or bulgarian or policy appeared. >> since the fall of the berlin wall, nato has moved in to areas beyond the original mandate like sending troops into afghanistan and helping victims of hurricane katrina. it's helping a riffle destris putin. >> he does believe the expansion of nato has hemmed russia in, that the fight over the status of ukraine is in some way a fight to retain russian influence in its broader zone.

>> the counsel on foreign relations, cup shaw says it soured russia on nato. >> it's there they felt nato took advantage to topple a regime and changed the next, moved the gold post. >> it may go beyond that. putin, himself, that declared the weinter olympics in sochi a symbol of russia's resurgence. it is that issue, russian pride, a sense of humiliation that putin is really tapping in to and exploiting for political purposes. >> may signal another change for the north american alliance, one that may make it look more like its past. >> the first operation wasn't

until the 1991 gulf war, it's flew grew with one of the most successful interventions to date. that was in the balkans as courtney noted expansion has been controversial. moscow intervened. president putin threatened to aim nuclear muscles. they will talk about whether they should engage in other conflicts from syria to the sentence tral african republic. some worry alliances aren't as clear as they used to be i asked him if we should be concerned recentents will one thing to keep in mind that separates ukraine from some of the other examples you talked about is there a there is a significant chunk that identifies with russia, russian-speak can, see russia as being the sorts of their culture and their homeland

it's not the case that they are eagle eager to join nato and we have to prevent russia from having flew there are ukrainians that don't want to lose that connection to russia. there are plenty of ukrainians so this will continue to be a struggle among ukrainian citizens. >> is nato as effective as it could be without russia's support? >> yes. i think nato is quite effective when it wants to be. it's a collection of 28 countries that have extraordinary abilities and when they have the politic will to sues them, we would love to have more russian cooperation with

nato putin is speaking about himself expansion in recent years he has more than doubled. ten european countries. several other kuntz trees join the alliance including spain, turkey and most importantly, what was then west germany. former soviet allies, that's importance have joined the alliance brigging minimum today to 28 countries. professor, is it a good idea for nato to continue to expand, especially toward those soviet countries, former soviet countries? >> in the case of ukraine is no, not yet. >> doesn't mean that, you know, in some far range in the future it shouldn't happen. the first is we don't know what's going to happen with the political situation. the various groups that have been in the opposition do not agree with each other.

some of them are radical ultra nationalists who have blirnd anti-semitic ideas. ukraine is split between those who are pro-western and those who are pro-russian. the best thing is to have ukraine act as abridge between europe and russia, not to have to choose between the two. if we were to have ukraine join nato, it's not just putin who would be unhappy in russia. this texas pangs topic here do you think it's a good idea for nato to expand into soviet countries because it only really seems to irritate russia and the argument is these new countries don't bring anything to the table. >> the most operative is about enlargement aren't concerning ukraine or georgia where those countries are not sure what they want. it's clear from what we see in the streets of kiev, it's not clear what ukraine wants.

this if they meet the standards to become part of nato and contribute to the collective security the people and the region where there is security that brings an investment. >> brings in greater prosperity. the whole value of the space in europe as far as that enlargement of nato. she is nodding her head. i wonder about that point he makes. there is this fear that nato is on its doorstep. it seems to be at odds with russia. it feels like russia has this pair know a about nato. i wonder if there is something to that. thing to keep in mind that is

that there is also cooperation. a council tries to bridge the unhappiness between the two sides. one thing about the difference between ukraine and georgia in a place like macedonia or romania or poland is that ukraine and georgia were inside the soviet union, not just in the warsaw packet. ukraine, parts of ukraine were longstanding parts of the russian empire. it's not the case that it was completely independent state. it was a victim of world war ii. >> that's where its ended up today. >> do you feel like the purpose of nato has shifted a little bit too much? >> nato is trying to figure out what its roll it. it has shown over and over again that because of that interoperability, joint training, joint practice sessions. nobody else in the world is capable of doing today.

with he see countries in crisis. what would you like to see from nato? >> i would like to see nato focus a little bit on getting back to basics. there is a degree to which the extensive crisis management operations was carried out. there have been likes lost this has created a sense of fatigue a sense that these things can't be afforded. it has led to cuts in defense budgets with together with financial crisis and the eurozone crisis have made it difficult for nato to sustain what it is currently doing. >> leave it there. before would wrap you, a few other keyents, on monday, the supreme court will here arguments in a case challenging the epa's authority to regulate greenhouse gases.

tuesday, oscar voting closes. on thursday, the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons issues a probation report on efforts to destroy syria's chemical weapons. he has been labeled a global terrorist by the united states. a yemeni cleric said america is spreading the terror. mohammed voll came face to face with the man. >> looking into the eyes of a man the u.s. considers a global terrorist, but he insists he is not. >> we never condoned violence against innocent people or americans and their interests. our parties approaches good relations with all including the united states. orbeli when extremely necessarily and that the original message of islam was delivered through the word and not the sword the united states treasury department froze his

assets. he believes the real reason behind the charge is his staunch campaign against u.s. drone attacks on civilian target did in yemen. the latest on december 12th when drones fired on a wedding convoy killing 12 simpleians and wounding over 50, including the bride. three days later, parliament voted against my concerns anonymous individuals. they called them suspects. it's degrading and a violation of the international humanmanitarian law. >> the drones could be the number 1 point of cone census in yemen at the moment. the message is won. drones have undermined sovereignty, failed to destroy al-qaeda but succeeded in

creating hatred against the united states. they kill only innocent civilians and people who haven't done anything wrong to them. or government is not genuine lin trying to stop this. the government is to blame. >> the government is almost apologetic. >> you should remember the u.s. has launched a global war on terrorism and announced if you are not with us, you are against us epebb sew, yemen is better than many other countries in terms of its ability to limit attacks on its soil. >> few people here finds solas in this explanation including kadi who despite his views may one day be a target of a u.s. drone attack. al jazeera. >> former national security edward snowden has won an election in scotland of all places. students voted him in as their

new student rector. it will be difficult for him to carry out duties of representing student issues. he remains in asylum in russia after leaking spy secrets. glasgow university students are known for using the rectory position to make political statements turning to sports a big, big night tonight for the nba. john henry smith is here with more on that. >> in a sense, jason collins made history to be in two respects. he became the first openly gay player to sign a contract to play in a major american sport and collins became the first openly gay man to play in a nba. he happened in los angeles where he and his new team, brooklyn nets were leading the lakers by 9. he played 11 minutes collecting two rebounds, no points and a steal. a search for a free agent big man. here was collins before the game. life is so much better for me.

i don't have to hide who i am. i can be my normal self. the past what is it 10 months has been increddib. right now, i am focused on trying to learn the plays, trying to learn the coverages, the game plan assignment. i don't have time to really think about history i spoke with bleacher report columnist howard beck and i asked him why collins would get a 10 day contract instead of a longer one. >> this is the common way. again, this is not unusual in any way, shape or form, not specific to jason collins. unless they were a high level free agent f most who were signed at this stage of the season are signing 10 day contracts. >> what does your crystal ball say about the jason collins and michael sams of the world will encourage many in the closet athletes to come out en masse? >> i think it's certainly the hope of both jason collins and

michael sam that this is a barrier that's being broken down not just on behalf of themselves but on behalf of gay athletes everywhere, younger than them especially who are still looking for that opportunity to make that move, themselves and to do it comfortably. >> switching gears, winter olympics are over, only three medal events on the final day of competition. the one event that had the most positive outcome for team u.s.a. russians won gold in the 4-man bobsled. the u.s.a. wins the bronze by 3/100ths of a second. the third medal of his olympic career. canada played for the gold. canadians allow three goals in

six olympic contests as they beat the swedes 3-nothing. the first back to back gold medal hockey winners since soviet union back in 1998. the final medal count, russia with the most total medals at 33, the most gold medals at 13. the nether land's 5th place, team u.s.a. didn't wain any in that sport u.s. team skating was the most dysfunctional in sochi. they don't like each other very much. there is no cohesion between the members of the squad and the u.s. speedskating organization a disaster it turned out to be

nothing more than an embarrassment. it got worse and worst. every event, there were no u.s. medals. best result was a 6-place finish in the women's team pursuit, unthinkable like i say for the americans. you have to destroy and rebuild. i think that's what is going to happen with the united states speedskating. they are going to have to we'd out all of the beginning, get new personnel in and they are a million miles behind the dutch. >> u.s. speed skate to go do soul searching? >> maybe it was the uniforms. you could blame by that. >> all right. thanks, john. the end of the games in sochi signals the journey al jazeera harry faucet has a preview of the games. >> south korea won't compete

with sochi in terms of the amount of money spent, far from the 50 billion spent in russia. south korea intends to spend 9 billion, two billions part of the reason is this is the third bid so much has already been put in place. seven of the 13 separate venues are already there, already waiting. in terms of the weather, it will feel more like winter than sochi, at the olympic site. even though south korea has suffered from lack of snowfall in winter historically, in the last few years, we have seen the 100-year snowfall record broken twice. it's possible they will get a huge amount anyway t the temperatures will insure the artificial stuff is in better condition than it has been during some of the competitions in sochi. one of the questions is whether

north korea will send its own team. kim jong un is promoting sport. he has built the first alpine resort which opened this winter. there are even some in south korea. some calling for a joints north/south 0 lick pim team. it would welcome a north korea ian team. the sprays expect of a joint team is pretty small. they are saying that relations to the peninsula would have to improve for that to happen. no are snow is in the forecast this week. kevin corveau is up next to tell us where.

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>> we are back. kevin, i had gotten used to this warm weather in the northeast? >> it was great. we had a weekend. it won't last long. we had cold air coming in. before i get to the cold air, i will finish off with the rain showers that cancelled the race -- not cancelled the race but delayed the race. they were in progress. they got to the late 30s in terms of laps but the rain came in. they cleared the track. the race finished just in time because more showers coming in. >> will last all day long. just in time, it would be quite interesting if they had gotten close to the end of the rates. 47 degrees in new york. we get up to about 54 here today. quite beautiful. a lot of the snow melted. unfortunately, we are going to have a lot flury activity online. it's not going to really do anything. you can see we had rain showers just to the north, also icing but you can see the snow out

here towards pennsylvania. temperatures tomorrow morning are going down to about 32 degrees. so, it's going to come down. we don't think it's going to be much of anything. it's not going to have we will have a big problem. we are thinking starting on tuesday evening to wednesday morning, we are going to have some snow in the forecast. the new models have just ran. we are looking at now somewhere between two and possibly four inches of snow in the middle of the week. you can see temperatures are going down to 23. >> snow, yes, will probably stay on the ground and probably, hopefully, it will be the last snow they see in the northeast. now, up to the north, we are looking at fargo at 7 degrees. >> that's where this cold air is am coming from cooling much of the northeast and we are looking at temperatures in minneapolis starting to dive down here on thursday, two degrees.

well blow average, overnight lows minus 7. wind chill. minus 15 degrees, definitely don't put your coats away. >> i thought we were getting to the point the part started in rio de jenro. >> hundreds of streets. runs until march 4th. one day before sha one day. >> i left my job as a lawyer... >> best ways to cope... my husband was like a single father...

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that has raised a lot of anger in the united states. in ukraine, russia's ambassador has been back after the government named the interim president. the new leader says he has closer relations with europe a top prior to. venzuelan president is planned for tomorrow with hopes he will ease two weeks of protests: he visited his supporters. groups are angry with rising crime and inflation. the u.s. has started another round of military drills with south korea, computer based exercise lasts until march 6th and a field training drill will end the following month. the allies have had large scale military exercises every year since 1996. jason collins is the first openly gay man to play a game in one of the four manage sports

league. faced off against los angeles lakers tonight. play can over 10 minutes. >> that's are the headlines on this sunday night. al jazeera presents "toughest place to be a minor" starts right now. >> craig notman is leaving his home and his job in british mining to join the gold rush in the mongolian wilderness. he'll be working in some of the most dangerous mines on earth. >> it really is awful, it's really bad. that's really bad. >> he'll experience a traditional nomadic lifestyle under threat. >> as a coal miner, we don't get to milk many yaks. >> and meet de