good even, everyone. crisis in ukraine, a deal in what could be the first step to ease tensions in the west, president obama hopeful but cautious. in the east, president putin is defiant. russia's president says he will use military force if he has to in ukraine. ferry disaster stormy weather causes delays. five days in detroit, what it will take to bring new business back.

and electronic cigarettes are they a healthy alternative to smoking? and we begin tonight with that new dip lo t maic deal for ukraine. crew crane and the union agreed on the first steps to solve the stand off. our correspondent will have much more on that just ahead. kiev is confirming that government forces have skilled four protestors. 24 afternoon, u.s. military options are not on the table, and in the eastern city, leaflets

were -- that they have to register with authorities. two separatist leader who is on those, say they are phony, still, secretary of state kerry says the u.s. is alarmed by it. there is not just intolerable, it is grotesque. it is beyond unacceptable, and any of the people that engage in these activities from whatever marty or whatever ideology, or whatever place they crawl out of there is no place for that. >> kerry's comments came after diplomates meeting in switzerland announced that deal to start diffuse it is crisis. officials on all sides said they had low expectations going into the talks but then a surprise, russia, the united states, ukraine and the union crafted an accord to deescalate a situation bordering on civil war. >> the parties agreed today, that all sides

must refrain from the use of violence, intimidation, or provocative actions. and we strongly condemn and rejected all expressions of extremism, racism, and religious international remembers including antisemitism. the european union, u.s., and all accused of sending in agitators and undercover solves to organize demonstration and take over buildings near the boarder. but the envoy admitting nothing still agreed they should go. >> we are calling for these to be made. all the buildings have returned to their legitimate owners. all the squares and streets have been to be freed.

the organization in europe, created during the cold war, and already deployed is tasked with making the agreement stick. involved getting more atonmy to russian speaking places and working on a new constitutional before an election in late may. >> what is not in a deal, is the removal of sanctions against russia. the e.u. and the united states have already imposed some after moscow annexed crimea, and they are threatening another round targeting the critical oil and gas sector as they feel that moscow is not doing it's upmost to deescalate the situation. president obama has lucked the agreement, but expressed doubt about the role. so, libby, how confident do you think the president is about this deal. >> not confident at all. john, he certainly was not expressing a whole lot of optimism, even though he did use word withs like hope, and says

there is a bit of a promise, he said that there is a possibility of prospects that this diplomacy could lead to deeswhichization. we are not going to count on it until we see it. >> of course, deescalation is is there, john, something that the president is hoping for, but not placing a lot of bets on. he is having conversations with other world leaders. he soak with with the german chancellor today. of the u.k., basically the president said he is not sure of anything at this point. >> so lib gi the

sanctions are on hold. >> what the president said today, is that all the sanctions that have been put in place, will continue. until they see real signs of promise, and russia following flu, the sanctions will stay in place. the conversations he is having now, with world leaders especially european allies are about further sanctions. deeper sanctions and he said those definitely need to be on the table. as a looming threat, if the ground situation doesn't change. in the meantime they are talking about the economy, also, the defense component of this. dealing with nato, so in the meantime, the presidentn't ways to say okay, we will let this play out, but we are not stopping with with the efforts we are working through the various chantz on. >> what else are we hearing about these pamphlet. >> absolutely.

a department spokes woman said that these pamphlets are out there, they do have evidence that they are real, although they don't have any sort of verification of where they are coming from. you heard the secretary himself, about how intolerable this is. he says he strongly condemns them. this could have ripple effect realities in terms of washington and the white house, if they can get to the bottom of where these have come from, members of congress will be very disinclined to give any sort of assistance or room to anyone who has been involved in this. so the white house has to watch this very closely, as they think about what their next moves are. >> all right, libby casey at the white house, thank you. thomas nichols is a professor -- he joins us from cambridge massachusets, welcome. >> thank you. >> what do you make of this deal. >> well, it reminds somewhat of the iran deal, it is more of a

deal to make a deal. it is more like p a strategic pause than a deal. because it doesn't really require anybody to do inning. certainly doesn't p require anything of the russians to do anything. >> doesn't really require the u.s. in the west to back off? >> it requires them not to impose any new. >> which means backing off on the threats? >> for now, and leaving the sanctions in place. i don't think it's a very good deal, from anybody's point of view, except the russians. it basically lets them stay right where they are, and requiring them to do almost nothing, which i think which is is one of the reason -- >> so why would the united states get involved? that's a good question, i am trying to figure out what with deal we made, because we keep hearing the term the deal, a deal implies that two sides have week add copremias, the foreign minister says it is a compromise, it looks like a pretty one sided compromise to me.

>> what's at stake. >> i think the future of the united states position in europe, as well as the future of nato is at stake here. s what the quite has a vested interest. it is our most important region. but the fact is europe is where our traditional allies are. it is where we a lot of our young men fought and died in world war ii, it was the main arena in the cold war with, and we should have a leading role in establishing peace and security in the european continent, as atlantic power, and if we can't do that, then our nato partners will have serious concerns about whether we are really leading an alliance. >> and in the middle of this, the president comes out and says military force isn't on the table, and then putin says we use it if we have to, what -- what sort of message does that send? >> i have to admit, that i don't understand the constant attempt on the

american side to keep ruling out our own options. before we are even asked to. i am not sure -- i think that is probably on attempt to keep it tamped down, but instead as well intentioned as that is, it is a message that we don't have a deep interest in this. and i think the russians are making some what in the long term will be some miscalculations based on what they think is a lack of interest on our part. >> so they are sitting down and talking and that would be the good knew? i think it is the good news. and if everybody would stop and take a breath, something more than this has to happen, including the few back of the russian p toos. that was left out of this deal, or semideal, or arrangement. and the as long as

there's 30 or fort thousand troops it's nos much of a deal. >> we have to assume that the united states is more than this then was signed today? >> i believe earlier today, secretary kerry said the issue of russian troops is -- was being addressed. that there were discussions about it in more detail, and that that's down the road, and soon to come. i think the president's more realistic assessment is we will see what happens. i didn't see any evidence of that in this deal, but it is a very short seven or eight p prepareds. so maybe it is there. >> so -- i don't want to put words in your mouth, you don't think this is a break through by any means in. >> i think it is a good step, i don't think it's a break through, i think -- i think it's more of a pause than it is a break through. for it to be a break through, something would have to be resolved. or the three, four sides

in this case can, the united states, europe, russia, ukraine, and other than to leave everyone in place, and call for no further violence, there hasn't been any kind of an agreement. >> you know, there's been a lot of talk about what with vladimir putin wants is this about his position in the world? his ego. >> i think a large part of it is. i have thought from the beginning of this that putin is prime vising quite a bit. his initial reaction was highly emotional to what he took a a grave and humiliated insubstitute. when the previous president was run out of town, and i think he's been a gambler with a good run, so he keeps throwing the dice. >> interesting. thank you, john. >> we will hear more from president putin later on, including details from the phone call he took from ed toward now den, another source of tension

between the u.s. and russia. now to south korea, where 300 passengers are still missing following this week's ferry accident, the death toll currently stands at 25, most of the passengers were students on a school trip, headed for the island. the ferry sank off the coast of another island. anxious parents have spent two long nights hoping for good news. >> day two of this operation, and rescue crews were in little doubt where most of the missing must be, but for all the boats and helicopters for all the divers just getting access to the ferry let alone locating anyone inside, remains an enormous challenge. fast swirling currents poor visibility, and the depth of the access is points has made for slow progress, something the president expressed concern about, during an unannounced visit. the audio was only becoming more grueling. >> you are just repeating

what they are saying on the news. one woman tells officials. they say there have been too few dives and time is running out. frustration fueled by unverified reports of text messages and facebook posts coming from inside the ferry. >> we think 60 to 70 people are still alive, but when we talk to them, they just worry about whose job it is. they keep passing it on to somebody else. >> later police say they check the phone accounts and concluded that the text messages had been faked. they promised to track down and punish those responsibility. >> many of the parents stood vigil, and now through another long awful day, what they want, of course, is what so far authorities haven't been able to provide them. some real news, of the fate of their loved ones. >> some more details have emerged on the investigation, coast guard officials saying a deviation from the government recommended rout may have contributed to the sinking also noting a sharp turn made by the vessel just before it got into trouble.

there are also questioning the captain, reportedly one of the first off the ship. investigators who want to know why passengers war with told to stay onboard as water rushed in and why only one lifeboat had been deployed. back at the port, schools of parents were returning. a huge response to a national tragedy, made up of hundreds of individual ones. of course, the ferry tragedy is raising a lot of questions about safety, and while some managed to save themselves while jumping off, others chose to stay onboard, or were told to stay onboard, reshell query joins us now with that. >> it took two hours for this ferry to sink, in that time passengers were being told to stay put, that they should not try to get off the ship. >> this is amateur cell phone video taken on the ship as it sang. moosegers have their life

vests on but are staying in place. that's because an announcement is telling them, don't move because it is more dangerous if you move, some survivors saying listening to that and following it's directions could have cost the missing 300 passengers their lives. kim petersen, a security and safety consultant said the captain had told passengers to stay put, while he tried to stabilize is ship, and there may have been confusion regarding the evacuation. after 30 minutes of effort to stabilize the vessel she eventually listed the five degrees at which point, 1 of the deck officers recommended to the captain, that he order the evacuation of all the passengers. it is not clear, and there is some folks that are saying that the order was with never transmitted over the intercom system. and the passengers onboard and these high school students may never have been given word to move to the mustering stations or to evacuate.

>> petersen also says international safety procedures have changed over the past few decades but new rules on briefing passengers at the start of a voyage won't go into effect until 2015. >> we are not sure whether or not there was any briefing given whatsoever, in as much as it was only a 14 hour cruise from enshaun. >> and while these passengers most of them students oen a field trip, stayed put, they are unconfirmed reports that the captain and the crew were the first off the ship. so captain wearing a gray hoody apologized to families thursday, as he sat in the south korean coast guard office. >> if anyone is still alive inside the ship, survivors say they may be in two places in the middle decks the game room and the restaurant. with that hope in mind, divers are planning to pump air into the hull, so far, rough weather has kept them from doing that. >> the biggest problem now that they are facing is cold. the water some

ten degrees celsius, and the likelihood is that anyone that is in the water is going to be suffering from cold injuries at this point. there were no lifeboats on the vessel, just life rafts. now, there were enough for everybody on the ship, but only two of the 46 were actually used. there's going to be so much questions from this, and perhaps something learned from this like there was with with the costa concordia, why they were told to stay onboard. >> it just gives you chills. >> just ahead, new developments in kansas city, where police have been investigating a string of highway shootings, plus, land dispute, a nevada ranchser in a decades long stand off with the federal government over where his cattle graze. and five days in detroit, we meet a restaurant owner trying to bring others back to the

struggling city.

they have said they have a suspect in custody. >> do we have any idea how they captured this guy? >> well, since they released very little in order we do know by

linking the 12 with together. that is where they were building it from. much of the information would be coming from the slugs that were found and recovered from these cars that were shot at, and they could do a test on those, that may help determine whether they were linked or not. which is why it is not clear whether they have been linked yet, sometimes they weren't able to find bullets but they could continue tolize. but right now, we expect they will come out with more information. they are saying they will have a press conference. >> usher, thank you very much. >> now we are spending five days in detroit this week, which is part of our on going series. a spotlight on the issue disease the people impacting the landmark cities. now, detroit once one of the most powerful cities in america, it is now the large nest u.s. history to go bankrupt. but one man is trying to help detroit and it's entrepreneurs get their businesses off the

ground. with more on that. >> he owns this warehouse here behind me, and he leases out work space, and expensive work space to those looking to start their own businesses. collie strongly believes that rebuilding the middle class is key to the future. the abandoned drain station has become a symbol of the plight. afflicted by urban decay, betty crime, and unemployment. the small community has endured tough times. 36-year-old is trying to change the narrative. everything just shifts in changes. >> collie, a former fashion model open add successful restaurant over ten years ago. now, he is in the business of helping others. >> and then this is what started off as a dance

studio for a crew, then became fencing as you can see the lines. >> in 2011, he purchased this 30,000 square feet abandoned warehouse for $100,000. >> it had a necktive history in our community, we want with to see how kit have a positive future. >> today. any enclave of small creative entrepreneurs that he referred to as pony ride, a name he chose to evoke the creativity of children, in a bankrupt city where the jobless rate is over 15%, he is threing to reignite the entrepreneur spirit. >> it is about accessful, and if we are going to be truly accessible it has to be affordable. >> $280 a month, buys him space that would typically rent for over $1,000. >> or to show people what possibilities are.

i think that's like the real power of what we are doing here. >> andrew ward with is a concrete craftsman who recently moved here with his family from north carolina. >> i have a certain amount of skill, and desire, and ambition, but i don't necessarily have all of the capitol behind me to start thing, and this has given me the opportunity to start it without as much skin in the game. >> savings that put him in a position to hire. >> i want to build a team. and then the number i pick, which i feel like is random, but i want to employ ten people. i want to be able to pay a good wage, and provide a healthy stable kind of drama free work environment. >> and is there still rook to grow. >> we are at capacity. so we are lucky. >> however, collie says he isn't in it for profit. he says that's what is working here, can be shared with other communities. even if it creates just

juan job at a time. but detroit's financial future is in limbo. and after five decades of bleeding jobs, it can take just as long to see widespread growth. pony ride is also very involved in the community, those who work here they are i am told they volunteer hundreds of hours each year since it's inception, pony ride has created dozens of jobs. john. >> fascinating story, thank you very much. and tomorrow night, in five days in detroit, we will talk to b.c. again, go to symphony, after years of strikes the detroit musicians are now hitting a high note by finding a new audience. we will have that. coming up after the break, president putin answers questions from russians. and his surprising comments about the use of military force in ukraine. plus, still not safe, my korean officials had said dozens of kidnapped school girds were rescued

well tonight, they say that report was wrong. also, four years after the b.p. oil spill, dolphins and turtles in the gulf still struggling to survive.

off.lus, a nevada stand a ranker takes on the federal government about where his cows are grazing. who was fired after just 15 months on the job. all those stories are coming up, but first rachelle is back with the stop stories in tonight's briefing. >> search crews are still looking for any possible survivors on that ferry

that sank two days ago. the death toll has risen to 25. students left the port city, that was headed to the island of jiju. most onboard were high school students on a school trip. top diplomates have reached aimed after diffusing a crisis in ukraine. the deal called for illegally armed and to vacate occupy buildings in exchange for amnesty. is fighting took place in an eastern city. the interior minister had a crowd of about 300, and says government forces fired warning shots.

and john, these are the deadliest clashes since it began in ukraine. and he spent four hours today fielding questions beginning with the situation in ukraine. our peter sharp has more from moscow. >> no coincidence, that as the crucial party talks got on in geneva, shad my putin was stealing headlines in moscow. a question and answer session is with the russian people. top of the agenda, the crisis in ukraine, and one question, would putin send in the troops. a right to use armed forces. i very much hopely not have to use that right, and we will be able to solve all of the issues

in ukraine, but political and diplomatic means. >> putin also had a firm message to countries like the united states, which imposed sanctions on russia over the actions in ukraine. >> can a compromise be found on the issue between the united states and russia, the compromise must not be found between third party players but different between political forces within ukraine itself, this is the key point. to two with very different messages. he was shower that ukraine and russia could reach a mutual understanding he feels russian speaking minority are threatened. and then he said i hope i don't have to use that permission.

if there was any caller likely to aggravate the u.s., it is this one. having his first known public conversation with vladimir putin. >> mr. snowden, you are the former agent, and in the past i had something to do with intelligence. and we will talk between ourselves as professionals. >> the refusal to hand over snowden severely strained ties with the united states. and with the deadlock over ukraine, only getting worse, that relationship with washington is unlikely to improve. there is confusion tonight about what happened to 129 nigerian school girls that were kidnapped late monday. he retracted a previous

statement, which had most of the girls being freed. they were taken from their school in a north eastern state, and officials there have been blamed -- have blamed that attack on boca fighters. nobel prize winning writer, gabriel marquez died. he died at his home in mexico city. throughout his life he wore many hats a play wright, a screen writer. we take a look back at his life. >> the columbian novelist, credited with introducing the world of magic realism began his career a a journalist. his novels were based on real life experiences which he insisted were far more bizarre than anything he could event. 100 years of solitude was translated into more than

30 languages. it's set in an imaginary town, lewisly based on on his birthplace, a once unknown town, which has become synonymous with the best selling author. >> he didn't know it was such a classic book. >> garcia's novel was short stories which make fantastic with the real, in a way that brought to life the character and conflict of his continent, won him the nobel prize for literature. - also passionate about politics. he was a committed leftist and a close friend of communist leader fidel castro. while he defended him, he often interseeded to obtain the release of political prisoners

particularly intellectuals. he insisted above all, he was a journalist, sponsored in cuba, and school for new journalist in columbia, to promote algeria terntive forms of communication. his last year he was rarely seen in public. his advance age keeping him from what he loved best, he will never the less be long remembered for being not only the biggest exponent of magic realism, but for having ignite add fascination with latin american literature that will long outlive him. in the serj for missing flight 370, robotic sub is marine has finished it's first successful scan of the seabed, the scan still being analyzed but officials say nothing was found.

nearly four years after the massive oil spill in mexico, the active phase is ending along the coast. last summer in alabama, florida, and mississippi. the spill dumped more than 200 million gallons of oil through the ocean, and wild life is still struggling to recover. robert ray has more from along the gulf coast. this is a place that was on the front lines for yours ago, during the b.p. oil spill. they rescued a lot of different animals. you were on the front lines four years ago, you have experienced the situation, what has happened then and now. >> we have seen a large number of animals that have died.

almost 900 dolphins have died. and over close to 2,000 turtles. >> what do we with know about the effects of the b.p. oil spill on these supposesies at the top of the food chain here in the gulf? >> it is a good question, but on top of the food chain, inning that happens goes up the level, so that is what our biggest concern is, thatting in going through the food chain that has to be looked at very carefully. what are some of the reasons behind that? >> well, of course these are effects of environmental challenges. certain isly other charges that these animals are facing. but you cannot effect a big event that has transpired. >> so where are we now. >> these are baby

dolphins that have died p p because of the oil spill? >> that we with can't say. that's part of the necropsy, and is the pathology that has to be done. these are the ones that we just acquired. >> this turtle is one of the most endangers sea turtled in the entire country, in fact, 20 years ago this turtle they thought could possibly go extinct. since four years ago, the b.p. oil spill, they have seen a uptick in the death of these, and a surge in having is to rehab many of them. b.p. has said is the active clean up is complete. the coast guard says not by a long shot. here the institute marine mammal studies, they are going to look at effects on dolphins like this for a long time coming.

>> that's robert gray reporting. including a nursing home and a high school. authorities have yet to identify what cause canned the fire, that set off that explosion. in southern nevada there's a sense a tense stand off underway between federal agents and heavily armed militia is. it is the latest in a decade long battle between the government and one cattle ranker. his call sign the joker. that'ses a much as he will divulged. >> just in case, federal agents return.

>> up the street, other armed men have set up a check point. with his ak 47 and nine mill term governor, the joker patrols the nevada dessert. >> cliveen bundy decided to take a stand, and we are just backing him up. i am not afraid of death, i am afraid of being a sleeve, and living under tyranny. >> the government says he has press passed on federal land by refusing to pay grazing fees over the past 20 years. earlier this month, the bureau of land management finally start add livestock round up, that triggers the last stand. >> we the people, have the sovereign right to defend ourself, and the militia is helping us. >> supporters many of them armed volunteers have come from across the one. they come from neighboring ising states and also as far as from new hampshire and tennessee. and in a stand off a few

days ago, that almost turned violent the militia managed to force federal officials to retreat, and release the cattle. some call them heros others consider them vigilantes. gettic terrorists and worry about the precedent set. with the law optional, so long as you have enough people with guns backing you up. >> what has people upset, which is that due process that was served cannot be carried out in the face of militia. it has alarmed officials. >> yeah, he is a free loading rancher. some is people call him a welfare cowboy, i tend to agree with that. >> what is unclear is what the federal government will do next, go after the cattle or go after bundy himself. the bureau land management says this is a matter of fairness and equity, and we remain disappointed that he

continues to not comply with the same laws that 16,000 public land ranker dozen every year. the family has lived here since is the 19th century and say this is their land, regardless of what federal laws say. >> they have always been in the farm business that's part of the ranch. >> as for cliveen bundy supporters they have set up camp, and say they will stay here, months or years however long it takes for the government to back off. al jazeera, bunker fill, southern nevada. into is live of florida's invisible children, a disturbing look at the disabled children

warehouse in nursing homes. this exclusive story last month, tonight sheila follows us with the parents force to put their medically fragile children into places where they just don't belong. she has followed the money trail, find out why that happens even when there are better and less expensive options. >> i had a mind of my own, and a lobbyist that stuck a finger in my face, and said we own you, and i said you don't own me cyster and then the war began. they had gotten away with so much. >> stories of pressure and power, and how it leaves the most vulnerable children even more helpless. an exclusive investigation coming up. >> now we turn to science, technology, and health. electronic cigarettes are being promoted as a smarter alternative to conventional, but new research says there are questions about their safety.

what scientists are concerned. >> they are fruity, flavorful, fun, and more popular than ever. the explosion in advertising dollars and sales in electronic cigarettes are now in the billions. as the devices are being touted as a safer alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes. but are the health claims for this new generation really true? or are may a smoke screen? most concerns about the health asks associates with the use of electronic cigarettes has focused on the liquids themselves. but research done here has demonstrated we shouldn't be concern with just the liquid, but also with the devices themselves. >> as nicotine researcher i wanted to point out more about cutting edge finding at the u.c. river side lap. >> you do your experience in the lab, and you hope to find something, and it all started with one, when we dissected it and found there was burning

on the fibers. and it was just like a gold mine, we started dissecting and kept finding this over and over again. i would have never thought i would find this. >> the break through finding is that the aerosols emit, contain not just water vapor, may also have their own version of second hand smoke. >> what is the information from the electron tell you. >> we found that they are metal devices so they contain many different metal components. and then we took that a step further where we started looking at the fluid, and we found that there were metal particles that were found in the fluid as well as coating the fibers. >> anding us now, she is out in los angeles, you did your doctorate research in nicotine, did this surprise you? >> i mean i don't think it was surprising to find out that the vapor from these contained more than water, but i was

surprised by what we actually found when they lifted the vapor. >> so what about second hand vapor, how much should people be concerned about that? >> i guess what i was really surprised by is that it contains heavy metals which is something we don't think about from conventional second hand smoke. these are the cancer causing compounds that we are really worried about. >> and you also looks at thetizing tell us about that. >> the advertising for ecigarettes is amazing. it seems like the tobacco companies have recycled the old cam can pain, like the marlboro man, and familiar faces. and simply just put electronic cigarettes in their hands. >> so this is all been approved really without a lot of research, right. >> well, correct, and the electronic cigaretted were approved to use as smoking saysization, we are seeing research come

out about whether or not they are really effective for use by that, uh think regulation is coming, the fda has been thinking about it and hopefully they will come down with a few regulations. i think mostly we are concerned about the effects on adolescence that are exposed for the first time through these device devices. >> ones about space archaeology, tell us about that? >> yes, so indiana jones has a new tool, and it is a satellite in space, and that uses wavelengths that we can't see is with the open eye, and they are finding really cool sites that way. >> we will be looking for that story, and others coming up on techno, crystal thank you very much, you can watch the latest episode this saturday, at it's new time, 7:30 p.m. eastern, 4:30 pacific, right here on al jazeera america. coming up next, going public erskine that's version of twit wither,

and talk about a golden parachute, why yahoo's fired c.o.o. is getting an eye opening multimultimillion dollars severance check.

or will be quite quicking withly, and the amount of rain over the next day will be fairly significant. the ground is already saturated. across highway 10, of course that's where we will see rose closures off the highway. so we will be watching 24 very closely. for atlanta you will be wet for saturday and sunday. that's a look at your national weather, your news with john is coming up right after this.

the job, the former chief operating officer is out, and he is getting one of the biggest golden parachutes in history. the security and exchange commission, he received $58 million severance package. that's right. the filing says his package was worth $17 million last october, but the number rose along with yahoo took price. well, the chinese version of twitter began trading on the nasdaq stop market today, despite worries about zone sanctions on russia ship, the company stock closed higher after it's first day of trading. more from hong kong. >> and could best be described as a hybrid between twit wither and facebook. it is accessed by well over 30% of internet users and has a market penetration similar to that of twitter.

when it was launched five years ago it changed the way that news was spread in the highly sensitive media environment, with protests and grievances against government officialed aired on it's site. today it is still highly monitored and enganged in it's own censorship. >> everything is very constrained and people from outside who are going to use wabo as they are launching it very publicly, are going to try to educate people inside of china. >> finding out how many people actually use it is a difficult task, because marketing companies generate millions of zombie accounts, but recent reports suggest that the more than 500 million register users only 10 million generate more than 90% of messages. >> so it's ablate form for people to express themselves. >> yeah, i use it to keep up to date with news in china. >> ironically, it is launching in the united states, because under

chinese rule as company cannot float if it hasn't turned a profit. >> now new word tonight from nasa, we may not be alone. snappers say they found a planet similar is to ours. it has discovered what they call the goldie lox zone. the planet is 10% larger than ours and revolved around it's own sun 500 light years away. coming up all new tonight, on our newscast, giving up your rights to sue, how a big cereal company is using it's own online popularity to protect itself from lawsuits. plus, healthcare, the president's plan enrolled 800, what impact it will have on the midterm elections those stories and much more. and an image that caught our attention today, our freeze frame tonight is from a electronic show in

moscow. where all the t.v.s were turned to what vladimir putin and his question and answer session. putin accused new authorities of driving the country towards the abyss, but did say talks were the only way to avoided a deepening crisis.

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today called for illegally armed grouped to be disarmed and to vacate buildings in exchange for amnesty. russian president hosted his annual televised call in program today. he answered questions on a wide range of topic including the situation in ukraine. he also took questions from edward snowden on to whether russia spies on its citizens. he said only certain citizens with court permission. rescuers are continuing to look for 300 missing people. at least 25 people have died, bad weather and fast currents are making the search very difficult. most passengers were with students on a field trip. there's confusion tonight over the whereabouts of 129 nigerian girls. that were kidnapped from their school, nigeria's defense minister spokesperson retracted a previous statement, which

said the military has freed most of the girls. america tonight, is up next, and remember, you can always get the latest news on line at our website, of course that is aljazeera.com, keep it here. terror on the seas. teenagers on a class trip among the hundreds still missing. south korea's worst ever ferry disaster, and the desperate efforts to save anyone who may have survived. also tonight, burning question. new video of the explosion that levels much of west texas one year ago. and a new question as to