>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we're following for you. pentagon budget cuts. the defense secretary outlining his plans to downsize. russia weighing in in the newly formed government in the ukraine.

>> the pentagon is looking to shrink the army to preworld war ii level. getting rid of a complete unit of attack jets. lisa stark, what kind of levels are we talking about? >> chuck hagel said this is the first away things will look like after years of war. the smallest since world war ii, particularly land forces. the army up to 570 tow troops in the army the president promised to end the wars in afghanistan and iraq of course and reduces to levels back to 490,000. defense secretary hagel is

talking about more cuts down to 440 to 450,000 in the army. he's not only talking about changing personnel, it is a change in weapons systems and a whole new way of doing business. here is what the secretary had to say. >> after iraq and afghanistan we are no longer sizing the military for long sessions. we must retain our edge over technical adversaries. the military must be able to respond quickly to all contingency anies and be able to respond should any possible emergency occur. sequestration was stayed for a couple of years for the pentagon. he warned congress that if they

don't get rid of sequestration it will hurt military readiness. he warned congress and coming back for the third time the defense department is coming back to say you have to close some u.s. bases. congress has been reluctant to do that but hagel warned without those cuts they will have to make cuts elsewhere. del. >> does the pentagon have backing to support the plan? >> they really don't. i talked to phil ewing about whether this plan is dead on arrival, we don't want to close this base, not that weapons system. this is going to be a very tough haul in congress. no one wants to go back to their home territory and sair oh i cut -- and say oh, i cut military and defense spending. this has a very tough haul on capitol hill.

>> he lisa stark, thank you. the longest serving congressman in history has decided to step down. i'm announcing my retirement today. there's a reason for it. if i stay around they will move me again. >> representative john dingle. the 87-year-old democrat was first elected in 1955, he filled the seat that was vacated by his father. dingle has seen an opportunity -- was seen as a champion of detroit's auto industry. he will officially resign in december, the end of his 29th fult term. an arrest warrant was issued for ousted president viktor yanukovych, so far he remains at large a fugitive. jennifer glasse, any speculation on where yanukovych just might

be? >> del, the interior minister says he thinks he's in crimea. where they lost the trail earlier p.he left for kharkiv, supposed to meet with members of his political party, he did not do that, he had a television statement aired on saturday, on sunday he went from kharkiv to donetske, another one of his power stations, from there he went to crimea and there he dismissed his personal guards, his secret service as it were. he spent sunday night in a private hotel. and from there, the trail goes cold. they're chasing him down, trying to find him. as you said an arrest warrant has been issue for him, a fugitive ex-president on the run. >> there's a high level phone

call from the u.s. and the eu concerning finance. can you tell us about that phone calm? >> treasury representative jacob lew, talking to imf christian leguarde. he said he would back an imf financial plan for ukraine which desperately needs international financial help but they would noticed to get economic reforms in place. and of course before that could happen the transitional government feeds to be in place. they have another nine days to do that in ukraine. parliament still hasn't tried to appoint the new government, they got rid of old guard dismissing the constitutional courts. but the ukraine is going to need that imf money, the international monetary fund help, but there are going to have to be economic reforms tied to that. they will have to deal with that pretty quickly, del because ukraine is in very dire

financial straits, defaulting to the tune of $11 billion this year, it had been a russian bailout in december that let them even set a budget then. >> and what are we rearg from the russians concerning the -- hearing from the russians concerning the ukraine? >> they are not happy about this new government. they say that it is not legitimate, as a matter of fact, the russian prime minister, dimitri medvedev, had this to say: >> translator: those agreements that are of a binding responsibility character will be fulfilled. we are neighbors, close nations and we cannot voy each other. everything that has been -- avoid each other. strictly speak egg we have no one to negotiate with. the whole array of the governmental actors that now function there raises big

doubts. >> those are worrying words for government here. ukrainians were always concerned about russia's actions. they don't want russia meddling in their affairs. first of all that $15 billion bailout that came out in december that is tied to a national gas deal worth another $10 billion and of course in the sous russia's black sea fleet is in sebastopol, that is something that ukrainians have leveraged russia exercising its power over ukraine. >> the political uncertainty in kiev, political protesters stepping in. nick shifrin talked to sell of them about their roles. >> if you want to leave kiev in a hurry, you have to go through

these fellows. >> have you ever done security before? >> no. >> have you ever done security before? >> for the very first time. >> they fought the government, feel they won and to the victors go the spoils. the local airport. their goal is to catch people who crack down on protesters. pictures of the most wanted not the police most wanted, their most wanted. they don't want to be the law, they want to be the conscience that keeps order. >> are you trying to find people to enact punishment? >> no, of course not, we are citizens, we need order, we want the law. >> when the real police arrive the volunteers sho shoo them aw. >> just three days ago they were ready to shoot us just because we stay there. it is hypocrisy. >> you might have heard of rosy

the riveter, talk about katarina the restaurant owner. >> everybody else is doing their best, if everybody is doing their best then we are just -- we have to win. >> in the heart of kiev the police have veapped. veapped -- evaporated. the rag tag bands of the hundreds are in charge. this is the seed of tower. >> the future of the country is being decided inside. outside you see vitaly klitschko giving a speech and even here, his security are the citizens brigades. >> a professional service they're not. their head protection, designed for construction workers or in this case snowboarding. despite the do it yourself armor, they have a command structure and their presence pressurize anyone who will take power. >> they want to reboot the system. >> reboot the system?

>> yes. >> and the opposition seem to realize. >> they move the government away and if new government, if bad, they move us. >> down the block the citizens brigade also controls the cabinet office. to some it may seem as if a building as important as the pentagon is being guarded by boy scouts. >> do you think you have replaced the police in kiev? good oh, definitely not. but we do hope the police will get replaced. >> his clients can wait. what can't wait, what he calls ukraine's third revolution. >> changed us all. for years to come anything that is not right we'll make sure you know, that we work to make that right. >> for that, the public thanks them. they feel the volunteers will protect them and their futures. nick shifrin, al jazeera kiev. >> coming up on al jazeera america, former new jersey

center michael sam talking about coming out. michael eaves, live from the nfl combine in indianapolis.

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>> wowelcome back to al jazeera america, i'm del walters here are your headlines. ukraine's president is now a wanted man on the run. an arrest warrant has been issued for viktor yanukovych. the pentagon is looking to slink the army to preworld war ii levels. cuts include getting troops off the ground and focusing more on technology for combat. pat harrison, thanks for being with us today. thank you. >> can the military afford the

cuts and still function? good i think so. what secretary of state hagel was laying out today is a balancing act, a number of factors going on within the department of defense. near term capacity with long term capabilities, reserve with active forces. most controversially, trying to balance pay and benefits in the dod budget with readiness training and equipment for the future force. >> todd you are not just a numbers cruncher, you have been on the front lines. what do you hear when the government says they're ready to cut the budget on deans? >> they look this very skeptically. two wars over 13 years, a lot of people, we have had two million americans have deployed to iraq and afghanistan and come home. i think the important thing to

remember about this is this is just a gradual scaling back of part of the growth that has happened in the defense budget in the past decade or more. this is not a dramatic change in the size of the budget or in the direction of the military. this is a gradual evolution that is going to happen over time. so i think people should take a hard look at what the pentagon is proposing before they should render judgment on it. >> the hawks are going to say it's the end of the world, the doves are going to say, this is the beginning of balancing the budget in the right way. who is right? who's wrong? >> we've got budget caps that congress put into law for defense for the next eight years all the way through fy 21. and this budget will conform with those caps for one years, for 2015 but not in the remainder of the years. there's still -- the pentagon is still planning to spend more than the budget caps will allow. so this isn't the final word on

this. we're seeing a gradual convergence here between what the pentagon is planning and what the congress is enacting as budget caps but the two lines has not met. there's more to come after this. >> todd what about the wounded warriors that congress is talking so much about? >> funding for wounded warriors is absolutely protect they had this budget. they are not doing anything that would protect -- that would hurt those who have served in iraq, afghanistan and other wars who now need those benefits. most people don't realize that funding for veterans is actually not in the defense budget, that is funded in the department of veterans affairs, a separate part of the government. it's not part of the defense caps as well. we actually spend $150 million a year separate from what the department of defense spend, on the military and military

retirees. >> todd harrison, that is compactly what they want -- exactly what they wanted to hear. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. determining how much for the federal gofs has i -- government has in regulating greenhouse gases. libby casey. how is it there? >> very windy. we heard the supreme court entertain oral arguments by energy groups who said the epa has overreached in its regulation of stationary emitters. the epa does have authority to regulate moving sources like cars. but epa has orders in place for three years now saying if new plants are built or construction modifications are paid, they have to be modified so they don't emit too much. well, the states and some of the

energy groups say that these rules are cumbersome and out of bounds in enforce being them. we heard the arguments today, and it was interesting, both sides of the court had criticisms, more liberal members confident elana kagan and sonia soto mayor. shouldn't you defer to the agency that has the authority, the epa, and let the epa handle all that? on the other hand we heard the more conservative members of the bench, they, conservatives were pushing back and asking and pressuring them as to why the epa would essentially push further than congress in enacting regulations. >> so libby does this help or hurt the white house's efforts

to limit greenhouse gases? >> we'll see, at this point it's too soon to tell really which way it might fall. it really has over narrow part of what epa does. this gets to whether president obama and his administration can go ahead and tighten regulations, his pen and phone to enact things. when congress in his perspective isn't doing enough so it may be a symbolic decision. but the epa will continue going on and enacting other regulations relate being to greenhouse -- relating to greenhouse gas. epa says that's the number one concern for americans' help. >> libby casey thank you very much. the u.s. saying it is deeply disappointed with uganda's antigay law. first offenders could face 14 years in prison. aggravated homosexuality they

say will lead to life in prison, anyone encouraging homosexuality could face jail time as well. the president signing the bill today, u.s. will review relations with uganda including its aid programs. the first openly gay player jason collins signing a ten day contract with the brook lynn b . michael eaves is live in new york city about michael how much attention has sam received since he came out? >> he was the most sought after interview here at the combine over the weekend, del. when he did address the media on saturday there was a throng of reporters that were surrounding him. he fielded 35 questions over the course of 12 minutes on

saturday. first time he spoke publicly since he announced he is gay a couple of weeks ago. one thing that was very obviously he wants to push forward was the fact that he simply does not want to be known as a gay football player but a football player. on sunday he had a chance to distinguish himself amongst the competition as it relates to the nfl draft. let's give you an idea how he stacked up against the competition. earlier today, sought after events was 40 yard dash. his first two unofficial times were fowp 79 and 4.84. but once they reviewed the tape his official time of 4.91 seconds was a limb off 4.77 for defensive linemen, a little slower than he would have wanted to run. vertical jump 29 and a half, that was minutiae, for the people at home.

but those numbers weren't as good as he noticed them to be if he wanted to move up in the draft. but just moments ago michael sam talked about his experience this weekend. >> i did pretty good, it was a immigrate experience, being able to show my quality to the scouts and coaches. >> and anything you were disappointed with? because everybody comes in there you have the highest expectations what you want to do, numbers you want to run, anything like that? anything on the negative side? >> i was kind of disappointed on my vertical stuff, i think i was overthinking but my vertical jump was the most disappointing. >> coming into this weekend, most people had projected him to be the fifth round selection. first rounders, according to most personnel here, nfl execs, he didn't do anything to

disprove that. >> michael, thank you very much. for the first time in 40 years, chris christie's is going to exist a very rare piece.

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sphapchat either. -- snap chat either. sears whirlpool, qualify for that lawsuit never had any problems. actor harold ramos has died. known for the work on both sides of the camera. his face was familiar for ghostbusters and stripes, but wrote groundhog day, caddy shack and animal house. the actor had a start writing jokes for playboy magazine. he was 69. >> pped i'm meteorologist dave warren. a little change in the weather pattern. the cold weather is back. cold air pushing south. that wail have a big impact on

when this next storm tracks. pushing to the south not much behind it except some lake effect snow and the cold air coming over the great lakes there, producing some snow. late snow across the northern plains. that will continue to dive south. now the front is pushed all the way south across the southeast. the bitter cold air, coming into north dakota, sliding east, the next storm that develops could be a little too far south to give a little snow to the mid atlantic and the northeasterly here. the timing will.wednesday and thursday, here comes some slight snow developing. energy around the coast, light snow around philadelphia, washington, d.c, baltimore up through new york. pain just a few inches wednesday and thursday. temperature will change though, climbing into the upper 30s, up to 47° in washington, d.c, but our highs on wednesday barely at or above the freezing mark. so the cold air comes back, cold

in the morning, bitter cold in the afternoon and light snow on wednesday continuing to thursday. here's the cold air now down to single digits with temperatures easily below zero when you factor in that wind chill and the southwest is where we meet a storm, we might get that, changes in the middle or end of the week. nothing picked up in radar or clouds but nice little change her, as a storm develops, moves south. this is feet of snow in the mountains so certainly helping the drought situation there, won't end it entirely but welcome sight rain and snow, well behind where we should be this time of year, we need to get that snow pack up typically to april 1st where things start to melt, del. >> thank you, dave. christie's motorized works of

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