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>> some of the funniest movie moments of all time, we remember writer-director-actor, harold ramus. until just days ago, ukraine president viktor yanukovych ruled his country. but now he's on the run, a warrant out for his arrest. the parliament appointing the former speaker as interim president but russia, the closest ally to the country, has recalled its ambassador. clearly uncertain what's next for the country. jennifer glasse with more. >> kiev got to work today, its streets filled with people. not long ago, away from indians square, the capitol was like a ghost town.

>> last week i was afraid to go out of my house but now things are better. >> in the place where it all started three months ago where the deadly violence flared last week the biggest working day crowd so far this year. they came on their lunch hours, after work, or took the day off. ukrainians have come here to independence square to pay their respects. the people say they will stay here until they have the government they want. >> we got a kind of trair you know kind -- trai temporary kinf government. these are the guys that came from you know 2004. >> reporter: people here are also concerned about their neighbor, russia, and how it might try to influence the current situation. >> i think many people in ukraine feel extremely offended by the russian propaganda,

portrayed as nazi terrorists or something like that. i think those who were in the maidan into the cold nation. >> 82 protesters who died official heroes of the country. jennifer glasse, kiev. >> we do not know where viktor yanukovych is right now. but we do know where he lived. inside for this first person report. >> it is a huge property and has several buildings. one kind of construction was open for media people. all of the bathrooms in the mansion, have those golden -- gold details. it looks like some sort of museum, or palace. like ukrainian versailles.

i think he had some memories from his poor childhood and he wanted to compensate for it. as much as possible, so that's why he has that struggle, for the palace, he wanted it badly and he got it. the property was heavily guarded. so it was like a cage where he didn't feel secure at all. one glass cost like two months' salary, two months' minimal salary. there was a huge distance from this guy to the people and the people who voted for him to be brought to his property they should see what was going on there in he was living, basically on the taxpayers' money on the ukrainian taxpayers' money. so that is where all this money went, instead of funding education and health care. and so just enjoying himself on

the nation's behalf. when you see this obscene misuse of the state budget, of the money that did really not belong to him, it belonged to the state, really heart to keep your rage down. you can only imagine how many good things can be done with this money. and he is a guy who could do pretty much anything but he doesn't want to do anything good for his people. he was just taking care of himself and his family. >> and even though there is calm in the streets ukrainians are hungry for change. economically and politically. here to talk to us is katherine stoner, professor of political science at stanford university. thank you. thank you. >> they are not united on all of this are they? >> not necessarily. i think the core group was united but there are definitely

different factions who want slightly different things. but the core group that began to get out on the square in november really was quite focused on getting yanukovych to go at he's back to the negotiating table -- at least back to the negotiating table, which is how this all began of course in november. >> and yanukovych didn't just go back to the table. he's gone. yes. >> so the people who will replace him, and others in the government, is there concern on the part of those people who were demonstrating, in independence square, that they might be part of the old guard? and that nothing will really change? >> sure. so i think that is a concern. and one of the interesting things here is that there is now an increased demand for new faces. so you saw one of them, actually, in your lead in, andre

chevchenko. he is a member of the party that was led by yulia tymoshenko who was just released from prison. she is a former leader under yanukovych and leader of the orange revolution about ten years ago. and i think that's really when people are looking at heerdz that' --leaders that people are uncertain whether she would be the right person and a new generation of leaders would be appropriate given what ukraine has been through in the last decade. >> we just looked at that video from his 340 acre estate, $75 million it's estimated to be worth and the extent of it. how could something like that exist and people not know about it? >> well, so i think there were rumors that such things existed, which is part of what fueled the rage and frustration. ukraine has really struggled as

have many countries in this region, including russia, with corruption and corrupt officials. and a hot of what you saw on the streets was complaining about -- and a lot of what you saw was on the streets complaining about the situation, what was felt by people during the arab spring. >> and was parliament fooled too? >> no. there is a certain part of parliament, the party of regents, particularly yanukovych's party which ironically has kicked him out. they were certainly very much part of this as well. and there are other parliamentarians who have been there a long time. people want to change. people want to be governed in the sense they want to receive public goods and services. they are tired to be ripped off. and they have good evidence of yanukovych's open lens. i'm sure they will discover other properties too. >> those pictures will live for

a long time. katherine stoner, thanks very much. >> thank you very much. >> more turnover in venezuela, in violence, 13 people have now died in violence against president nicholas maduro and daniel shriner has more. >> there has been more tense violence in venezuela after the weekend. there is 18th-and-pro-government rallies, as a show of force to show the government they are still there. there was no violence surrounding the incidents. we had motorcyclists riding through the street in support of the government, they're due to be speaking at president nicholas maduro at some stage today. while the government has called for dialogue, wants to talk to all sectors of society here in venezuela, there is still a big

standoff. and we spoke a while ago to lillian, the wife of the opposition leader leopoldo lopez, if she would attend to speak to the president, and she said absolutely not, i don't talk to dict or thial regimes. wants a guarantee that he will be given the microphone, will be allowed to speak, the government's not giving him that guarantee. so whether he'll speak or not is still unclear. so what both sides expressing an urge to talk to one another, an urge for dialogue, there doesn't seem to be a grave distance between two sides. >> reporting from venezuela tonight. he's known as el chapo and in a mexican prison. united states authorities want

to bring him to justice but we get more from adam rainey from mexico city. >> dozens surrounded the condominium building he was staying in, mazathan, a coastal resort city. he was arrested at 7:30. the marines subdued him, there were blows exchanged, within a couple of hours he was taken to mexico city and whisked off to a prison here. there are questions whether he will be extradited to the united states. there are subpoenas for him in chicago, new york. attempting to try him for the drug traffic being and killing. he believes that chapo guzman

should be tried in new york. no word what the next step will be. you is have verts eager to have joaquin guzman pay for the crimes he has committed in the sisinaloa cartel. >> john terret is here. chapo, 5'6, very short. this is the first we've seen him in 13 years, since he escaped prison in mexico via a laundry truck. his drug dealing businesses around the world have been active on four continents, obviously our own, europe,

africa and in australia as well. he is believed to have made an estimated $3 billion profit every year. now that's way more, way more than many fortune 500 company actually do. we don't know exactly but that's a good estimate. his trafficking is into the united states, indicted in at least eight states. his activities contributed to the defendant and destruction of many lives. grayson author of a book on cartels said guzman protected his routes. >> he would sometimes have to eliminate those competitors. he wasn't one who thrived on sadistic violence but if he had to kill he would. >> and professor grayson has been giving more choose on how

guzman would run his business. he would absolutely bribe absolutely everybody in sight in order to keep his businesses going. >> police, the military, the prosecutors, the judges. he was also beloved in his home territory. and there was a story that the peasants who worked for him wore no clothes but they only wore hats. so they could dove their hats when el chapo came by. >> and professor grayson says the secession from him to his number 2 will mean the cartel will continue unabated. authorities here are seeking to have guzman extradited to the united states. not wanting to be kowtowing in the face of uncle sam, guzman will become a headache for them

so it's one day likely to happen. >> president enrique pena nieto, wants to down play the kidnappings, the castrations, as long as el chapo is around he is going to be a focus of the media. so i think it will take months of negotiations. but i would suspect in the final analysis, he will be extradited to the united states. if. >> el chapo and think of him john therefore as not a drug dealer but a businessman like the ceo of a major u.s. corporation. john. >> john terret. thank you. the drug organization that he is accused of running stretches all the way to chicago. here is ashhar quirashi.

>> his involvement with the day-to-day drug trade, in chicago, is of a major significance, and it controls the street gans by supplying them with the drugs. >> in chi the u.s. drug enforcement agency estimates sinaloa supplies 80% of the city's cocaine heroin and meth. this is not the first time guzman has been captured. in 2001, he escaped using bribes and a laundry truck. in 2009, guzman was indicted in the most significant drug importation conspiracies in chicago. he has been indicted in a number of other cities. hemmed in u.s. federal custody, their trials will take place here at the federal building in chicago. over the weekend chicago's dea head told the sun times, i think

we have the strongest case and i intend to have him tried here. eric holder will determine where he will face trial. whether or not guzman's arrest will have any effect on the flow of drugs in the united states or here on the streets of chicago. >> structured warfare is taking place. >> university of chicago criminal justice professor john hegedorn is doubtful. >> not going to have any impact on the street price, not going to have any impact on violence. it doesn't mean anything for dead bodies in chicago or how much drugs are here. >> and while some law enforcement officials believe it will cause a temporary interruption of supply, the muld multibillion dollar business

will continue. ash-har quraishi, chicago. michael sam's moment, the all american who may become the first openly gay player in nfl shows his skills to scouts today. >> beyond best friend. how dogs are trained to help veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder.

>> today, gawnd's presiden ugant made good his signing a bill against gays and lesbian. international gay rights groups are concerned that the bill will lead to anti-gay violence. secretary of state john kerry condemned the bill says it

blatantly ignores gay rights. it is illegal to be homosexual in 38 african countries. the penalty is far harsher in four countries. somalia, gays can face the death penalty. in this country there is legislation dealing with homosexuality now being debated in several states and there's concern that these laws will end up discriminating against gays. richelle carey, is here with more on this richelle. >> yes, back here gay rights have progressed on a number of fronts bit they are being challenged. in some states they are colliding with the recent push for what some call more religious little bit. an article of freedom from discrimination. 21 states prohibit businesses from discriminating against gaze and lesbians. but elsewhere, a number of states are pushing back against

gay rights through religious freedom laws. they have been proposed in nine stays, idaho, okay, south dakota, tennessee, oklahoma. >> you should not have to forfeit your religious freedoms and rights merely because you want to work or start a business in the state of arizona. >> reporter: to critics it's not only 18th gay but the law could be used to discriminate against anybody. >> it feels like it opens the door to discrimination in a huge way, the way the bill is written. i feel like we could get kicked out of a restaurant. >> the bill is on governor jan brewer's desk and she hasn't said yet whether she will sign it into law.

>> for more than 30 years, offer protection at the federal level. these new state laws will certainly motivate many to try to get that passed john. we'll keep you posted. >> richelle, thank you very much. joining us is state senator ethan orr one of three republicans to vote against the bill. senator, thank you for being on the program. >> i appreciate it john. >> why did you decide to vote this way? >> there were a number of reasons i voted against the bill. it gives people to seclude from commerce, if i have the power to a seclude you from commerce i can seclude you from society itself. that was the main point. the main thing i was reading through there is a pandora's box of unintended consequences. they tried to craft it to do one thing but in reality you could apply it to about ten other

cases that will be fought through the courts for the next ten years. >> this bill is simply being called the keep the gays away bill. isn't that what it does? >> people said that was is intent was. frankly i don't know what the intent was but i do know the effect would have harmed the homosexual community. for me i voted against it one, i think it is irrelevant whether or not someone is homosexual or heterosexual, they are part of our society and need to be embraced as the society. >> isn't it the opposite, it shuns them? >> i think part of it does. that's why i voted against it. i don't think you can control the consequences of the bill. i can't speak for why other people made the vote that they did. i fundamentally thought that this vote was wrong. i felt it could be applied in a discriminatory way and i also felt that there were too many

unintended consequences. >> i grew up in the south and the legacy of jim crowe in the south is still being felt today and there are a lot of people suggesting that what this bill does and what other bills that have been introduced in states like kansas and other states across the country goes back to those days of the jim crow law. what do you think? >> i don't think it takes us this. i don't think the drafters intended that and i hope to god they did not intend that. i'm not going to speak to the intention of people that i did not draft the bill with. i mean arizonans are not supporting this bill. it passed the legislature -- >> the they don't support the bill why did it pass? >> i don't know. i can only speak for myself and my district. i was happy to oppose it. i will continue to oppose it. i will ask the governor to veto it. i can't speak for why people voted the way they did.

>> will it have a negative impact on the economy? there are a number of gays who said they won't come to arizona won't hold events on arizona. what do you think? >> i think it will have a negative effect on arizona. i don't think it has the magnitude of a 1070. i think it will hurt the super bowl cans, the super bowl will be here next year. i want to believe in my heart of hearts that the drafters of this bill did not intent hatred as their purpose but rather protection. i'm not inside their mind so i'll give them the benefit of the doubt. i believe i spoke for a majority of arizonans when i voted against it. >> ethan orr, thank you for being on the program. >> thank you john. i sure appreciate it. >> the football player who could become the first openly gay man in the nfl, was in the combine, workout of all the pro teams.

michael eaves was there. >> when michael sam, he was definitely the most popular. he tried use that time however to take the focus off of him being a gay football player and simply a football player. but that would be determined by what he did in front of scouts and coaches through the various workouts that started sunday and concluded monday here at lucas oil stadium and quite frankly if you look at the numbers he didn't perform the way maybe he needed to to improve his draft status. whether it was a 40 yard dash, 4.91, one of the slowest at his position, bench press, 270 pounds, one of the lowest of his position, middle of the road at best. how did he think he poarmd in the wake of the pressure at the nfl combine, he spoakd to nfl

networks matt dillon. >> i thought i performed well matt. the ability to play my quality to the couches an scouts and co. >> you have highest exceptions numbers you want to run or anything, anything strike you on the negative side? >> i was kind of disappointed, vertical jump, that was the most disappointing. >> there was some questions on whether his homosexuality would affect his draft status. but talking to nfl execs here, the common sentiment what is really going to affect his status is to move from defensive lineman to linebacker which is hard to do. >> the first thing you want to do is get a private workout because you won't see enough at the combine to be able to answer all the questions. position changes in football are really difficult.

just as trades are really difficult. it is not baseball and basketball. it is not one size fits all. when a guy has played a position all the way through college, high school and college and now you're going to ask him to go to a new position at this level it's hard to do. >> now michael sam will have another chance to impress on the pro day when he goes through some of the same drills he completed at indianapolis. as it relates to actual money, he'll be a middle round draft, he won't cost himself that much money. third fourth and fifth it was about 2.8 to 2.5 million on average, the difference isn't that much as it relates to third fourth and fifth draft pick and it all counts. and michael sam has a lot to

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>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. a lot to cover this hour, including antigovernment protesters are seen by some as traitors. >> to spend even a few hours with these veterans is to meet people who have been utterly transformed by their dogs. the passing of harold ramos, more than just a ghostbuster. he was a comedy genius. richelle with a look at the top stories. >> in the ukraine, police issued

an arrest warrant for viktor yanukovych. the white house no longer considers yanukovych president and recognizes the interim government coming forward. from ukraine to venezuela at least 13 people have now died in demonstrations against the president. nicholas maduro. traffic came to a halt monday as protesters put up barricades. protesters bhaimed the government for the high crime rate and slow economy. distorting the situation in the country, hundreds of his supporters road motor bikes through the streets of the city. measure increases penalty for homosexual acts to possibly life in prison and prison time is possible for anyone who counsels gays and lesbians. the white house condemned that bill john. >> richelle, thank you.

a mysterious polio like illness has been diagnosed in children. doctors are concerned about what might be a new virus. melissa chan joins me from san francisco. are officials calling this an official yoa yoat outbreak? >> no, john. there are very, very few cases in the state of california at the moment but they did hold a press conference monday evening to explain the very little they do know and one family the jarvis family came out to talk about how this mystery illness has affected their daughter, sophia. >> we had two boys that are very healthy, and sophia was healthy until that point. and we thought it was asthma. and we went home from the hospital, that was trying in itself and the next day we did not realize away we were in store for. didn't realize that her arm,

that she actually had a spinal chord inflammation and that her arm would be permanently paralyzed. >> so you can see, it's a terrible, terrible disease, doctors can't diagnose what it is. they think it's a virtue virus t entirely sure. this is not an outbreak but something to be very aware of. >> melissa any cases outside that california area? >> so far none but it is simply something that the doctors might not have recognized. at ucsf and stanford recognizing that and officials will keep an eye out for it. >> thanks melissa. let's bring in amesh adalfa, doctor welcome. >> thanks for having me john.

>> what do you make of this disease? >> i think any time you see a disease causing such a severe condition as paralysis it is a cause for concern. from what i understand from the papers i've read, this is caused from an entero virus. when you see particles in children it is not uncommon to find an enterovirus behind them. in they're not sure what this is, actually. there have been clusters, talk about how many of them and where? >> away we see in california there are five cases that are confirmed to be definitely linked to this with the idea that there might be approximately 20 more cases that are there. >> right. >> this seems to have occurred over the last two years or so and part of a surveillance program where you look at causes

of pral program sis of childrend looking -- paralysis of children and looking for the cause. you find either novel pathogens causing disease or new types of pathogens. this is entero advisor 68, more of a respiratory type of illness type of presence. good it's scary stuff when you see. >> it is scary stuff, when you see this young girl. and fortunately she was smiling during that press conference. i assume that doctors have to sort of treat this like they're detectives and it might not be something that they find out very soon. >> yes, i think that there's going to be a lot of these initial findings are going to prompt a lot more study to understand the burden of this disease. we know infectious diseases

don't respect national borders or state borders. we might find similar types of projects, looking for cases of paralysis that might be similar in terms of the virus isolated or the terms of illness. i think we should expect to see more about this disease and probably more cases that will become uncovered as doctors become more aware of these conditions. >> different from the time i was a child, you know this country has essentially wiped out polio in many ways. but the words polio-like disease are frightening to people. is there hope that because we've been able to deal with polio, that maybe modern medicine can deal with this disease? >> i think that polio is a great public health success story athat actually originated here in pittsburgh where jonas salk

developed the vaccine. we are dealing with a rare presentation from a rare virus. you may see if it is actually more common efforts to have a vaccine. therthere arenessefe other dise. >> thank you. doctor for joining us. thank you. >> warning, contradicts common advice from doctors who recommend the pills during pregnancy, this is a denmark study published today in the journal of american medical association. the research was done over a 15 year period.

it shows american women taking acetaminophen having 40% of their children developing adhd symptoms. now back to our headlines. president viktor yanukovych has support in the city of kiev. nick shifrin is there. >> thousands of government activists have taken over the government headquarters. a small army of nurses and volunteers provide sandwiches. the aid station distributes water by the gallon. >> you have created a little city here. >> it is a city inside city. >> vitaly is the unofficial photographer of history still unfolding. the 27-year-old identifies more

with europe than russia. >> long time ago in soviet union say we are nobody, we can't do something. here you can see a lot of young people and they do it. and they win. >> reporter: the local media intreas the media, jostling to get inside the presidential palace. he reportedly collected old phones and big game trophies. he is fighting a government that is corrupt. >> he wants to take it all, all the money, all the luxury things. not thinking about his people, about his country. >> this city has always been a fault line for ukraine and this street now is the fault line inside kharkiv.

on this side of the street the police are protecting people who still support the government. >> ludmilla was born here. she thinks the protesters are treasonous. >> they are brain washed. they claim to stand for freedom but we don't want their freedom. >> here is the largest lenin statute outside of russia. russia is only 20 miles away. leonid stretchko is a government official. he can't bear to look across the street at people who have taken over a building where he once worked. >> quality of terrorists.

fascist party and fascist. >> if ukraine is going to convert overnight, clearly the bridge will need to be built in kharkiv. nick shifrin, al jazeera, kharkiv, ukraine. >> secretary of state of defense chuck hagel has presented a cut in the budget. >> this country should be assured that we will retape the capability to defend our country and our interests around the world. i believe that our allies, as well as our adversaries, will understand that. there is no military in the world that is anywhere near as capable as the american military. >> all branches will be affected by the cuts. in particular the army. it could lose about 100,000

active duty soldiers. congress has slashed about $1 trillion from government spending over the next ten years. and speaking of the military, veterans struggling on the home front are getting help by man's best friend. the series, disiefer decipherin. >> an incredible sense of smell and the ability to follow the instructions of human beings. in some cases human beings train dogs to be unfriendly or even worse. but another category, psychiatric service dogs, help people with brain trauma psychological stress and injuries. mary operates freedom paws, one of the few organizations that provide these to veterans.

>> we train them to train their own service dog. it is very task-specific for them. >> she now trains them for tasks that help anxiety plagued human beings. >> the dogs do whatever you tell them. she goes to the bathroom on cue. >> research has suggested that dogs can smell the sign of cancer and diabetes and anxiety and defuse it. in their noses are so fantastic. they know what your normal chemistry and nomple sense is. when you get a your cortisol goes up and they know it. we take that ability to consent and we turn it into a task. >> if i start grumbling she'll nudge me and wake me up.

>> this situation hasn't been quadly studied. but to find a few minutes with these veterans is to be utterly transformed by the dogs. >> calming her down, that way i didn't have to internalize that myself. >> with her i'm able to have a communication with my wife. maybe to actually talk to my wife and spend time with them. >> according to cortani, the human-animal receives hours of public training. >> six and a half hours of a public access test where they must demonstrate everything that they have learned and that they are effectively using the dog. >> the results at least for the 156 clients cortani has taken on so far seem to bring together the best qualities of dogs in the interest of restoring the best parts of being human.

>> she saw me, we're okay. we're okay? yes yes yes. >> jacob ward, al jazeera, gilroy, california. >> coming up our picture of the day. plus, ghostbusters, pay tribute to the comic legend, harold ramos.

>> we are now looking at another polar vortex outbreak across the

northern plains. this came from the northern part of canada. what we're seeing is not a lot of weather, just snow showers ear across some of the regions, what we are seeing is temperatures that are dropping significantly across the area. let's take a look at the wind chill because that is what you see on the skin. wind chill in fargo is going to feel minus 2. minneapolis, we expect that to go much colder. fargo going down to minus 34. that is going to be for the commute. minneapolis about minus 20 and minus 22 by tomorrow evening. very significant wind chills. this is going to stay for we think the whole week. five day forecast for minneapolis, those are some of our coldest temperatures. low temperatures will be minus 20 as well as minus 10 degrees.

the wind chill will seem more like minus 30 to minus 35. california we are going to be seeing some rain as we go towards wednesday. that is a look at your national weather, your news is coming up after this.

>> in kansas city, missouri, the jackson county spelling bee had to end in a temporary tie after a 17-hour showdown. >> b-e-l-l-i-c-o-s-e. bell icose. >> that is correct. >> lasted 66 rounds until 2:00 a.m. sunday morning when the judges finally called it quits. the students will face off again on march 8th. the winner will go to the scripps spelling bee in washington, d.c. harold ramos has died.

richelle is back to tell us about his life and legacy. >> such a loss, right? harold raxos was a triple -- ramos was a triple threat. when it came to comedy, harold ramos did it all. he directed groundhog day. wrote animal house. and start in ghost busters. no matter the subject, ramos knew where to find the absurd in just about everything. consider the scene from national lampoon's vacation. ramos directed the picture and turned a family road trip into a hilarious adventure. ramos began his career as a joke editor for playboy magazine. then he joined second city group, joining with john belushi

and dan a akroyd. ramos family said he died of an auto-immune disease. >> co-writer, performer and teacher, harold ramos, may he now get the answers he was always seeking. >> so if he wanted to have a tribute, you wouldn't even know where to start. >> it's sad he died so young. richelle, thank you. for more on the legacy of harold ramos, david poanld join poanld. i assume you had some interactions with him. is that correct?

>> before the internet was even invited, we had chat rooms. hollywood tonight, people aspiring to work in the industry, harold came in, hr 44 was his tag. he used to hang out. for hours and hours and day after day, shoot the gab, just talk about everything. always very open to people, always willing to chat about anything. never shut people down because they were aspiring as opposed to already having made it. he was probably the most famous in the room, at that point. always open and happy and easy to go. >> what do you feel made him stand out from the hollywood crowd? >> he literally stayed away from the hollywood crowd for a long time. he has been back in chicago for a long time. he went back to new york and did the national lampoon show which almost all the saturday night live people came from. second city, second city

toronto. he went on to be a writer at sctv, to write the show, but he wasn't really a performer, until ghostbusters, that broke him out as an actor and eventually a director. he was really a -- he was really everything. to me was a writer first. >> when you talk about the number of films and richelle and i were just looking at films like caddy shack and animal house and ghostbusters, these are the most iconic films of my era, when it came to comedy, what do you think it was? >> he was just betting out of vietnam and smart alecky about it. there was something positive about harold all the time but

dark edgy sense of humor. he passed away with doug kenny very young. harold's response was well, maybe he was going there to commit suicide when he fell off by mistake. a dark sense of humor but with a hopeful veneer. >> what was it about second city that produced these guys that went on to superstardom? >> it was a very intelligent form of work. the idea was you improved at the very highest level of your intelligence. they weren't doing that kind of humor, it was more kind of intellectualized kind of thing. and national lam lampoon was a t of guys from harvard, stoned at times but thinking very heavily. they gathered in new york and created a show called lega lega.

>> thank you for sharing tonight. >> thank you. >> tonight is freeze frame from ghostbusters with dan akyroyd and harold ramos and bill murray. freeze frame. he died at age 67. back after this. >> aging america... the sacrifice growing children endure, to care for their parents >> i left my job as a lawyer... >> best ways to cope... my husband was like a single father... >> my mother said:

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>> former president viktor yanukovych is on the run from ukraine and officials have issued an arrest warrant. traffic came to a halt monday in venezuela as protesters put up barricades. protesting the high crime rate. president maduro is saying it's distorted. in uganda, the president has signed a strict antigay bill into law. the measure increases the penalty for homosexual acts to possibly life in prison and prison time is possible for anyone who counsels gays and lesbians. a medical mystery, a polio like illness to children's in california. the government started tracking this case in 2012 when the first

case appeared and has it concerned about what may be a new virus. thos are the are the headlines. you can always get up to the minute news at web. web -- at aljazeera.com. ♪ ♪ on al jazerra "america toni" breaking the pipeline of el chop owe's empire. tunneled underground through the streets of chicago. inside the capture of public enemy number one. >> the 80,000 street gang members are the amway that chop owe guzman uses. >> well dressed shrubbery. ukrainian's expose the excesses of their ousted president and charge him with mass murder. and the silent army shouldering