strong words from russian officials athay consider arming ukraine. a move moscow see as a direct threat. and jordan goes on the offensive. launching air strikes against isil in retaliation for the murder of it's captive pilot. traumatic video out of syria. the president intensified attacks on rebels to keep from falling. plus anger on capitol hill.

>> as far as i'm concerned every last one of them can rot in held. >> over president obama's plan to close gathering talk know bay prison. good evening and welcome to al jazeera america. >> tonight we begin with the growing crisis in ukraine. secretary of state john kerry called for an immediate cease fire in the country's eastern ren joe after talks with ukrainian officials. a new round of high level diplomacy is pushing for a solution to fighting that has left more than 5,000 dead. one that will protect the territorial integrity francoise along will present the plan to russian officials in moscow tomorrow.

moon while the president is considering sending weapons to ukraine, but the foreign ministry warned that would cause damage to the relations. >> nato defensive ministers in brussells have also been discussing the situation, they are hoping to bolster nato military presence, with the creation of a 5,000 strong rapid response force. simon heck grog gowood has more. >> the sudden intensity shows how serious the situation is becoming. first it was secretary of state. and then prime minister, pledging u.s. backing and pointing a finger at blame at moscow. >> russia and the separatist are seizing more territory. terrorizing more citizens. and refusing to participate in serious negotiations. >> let will there be no doubt about who is blocking this. >> president obama would decide soon, whether or not to supply ukraine with he that will weapons.

flew in the, bringing with them a new peace plan to discuss with the ukraine on authority, and with the russians on friday. >> the talking comes as the fighting escalated in the eastern ukraine. which everyone here blames on russia and it's separatist allies. in brussells nato defense ministers put the finishing touches on their new response force, and it's spearhead of 5,000 troops deplorable in days. it will have six command and control centers in eastern europe. russia is meant to notice that. >> we are taking these steps in response to our changed environment. they are defensive proportional, and in the line with our international commitments. >> they also talked about russia's decision to upgrade the nuclear missile disas patiently lower it's threshold to use nuclear weapons, this is a day when western leaders are trying to get new peace talks started for fear the

situation may spiral out of control, and while they do so, nato is working on how to respond to the crisis if the talking fails. al jazeera. >> nato top commander is warning any effort from the west to provide ukraine with weapons could prompt an angry reaction. general phillip says ukraine has the right to defend itself, but he says there is no military solution to the conflict. i am in favor of stopping the fight. to refit rearm prepare for a further push, we are for a negotiated peace. >> and tomorrow, we will speak with former nato supreme alley commander general westerly clark, who recently said every interest the tied to the russian ukraine crisis. as discussioned took place fighting again turned deadly in eastern ukraine pro-russian separatists say at least eight were civilled in

the past 24 hours. the military said it lost five during the same period. a warning images in his report may be disturbing. >> her children are lucky to be alive. as the shells exploded around their home, near the town. volunteers brave the artillery, and drove them to safety. >> when we were evacuated the rockets started raining down on us, and the volunteers told us to get down and cover our children's heads. i took the risk because i had to save my children. >> three of her four children are staying at a shelter set up by volunteers. her ex-husband and elder caught err still hiding in a basement in their hometown. there are 50 other people here who have also fled the violence. the makeshift dormitories are cramped the air is stale

because the children get cold with the windows open in winter. i am scared, i feel lost. it is hard, but there is no way to go back home. >> it is estimated that more than 900,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. and as the fighting gets worse, the number of civilians killed or wounded in this conflict increases be i the day. this' been a sharp escalation in fighting. while both the ukrainian government and the separatist blame each other for repeated failures in truce talks. >> ukrainian military, pour in more troops to the front line, it seems the increasingly well equipped fighters do the same. >> russia continue today deny supplying the separatists with soldiers or weapons. and just as in separatist controlled towns hospitals on the military side of the front

line are full of wounded soldiers and civilians. none of these people could ever have predicted the violence they have been subjected to. she is praying more eldest caught her make it to safety, and join them soon. al jazeera eastern ukraine. a series of attacking today killed dozens of people. rebel fighters struck with rockets government forces responded with deadly air strikes on rebel strong holds outside damascus. >> this is the after math of government air strikes on rebel held positions on the outskirts of damascus. victims are taken to field hospitals. the army has suffered major losses in this area. largely controlled by the army of islam, one of the main opposition groups in syria.

>> after almost four years of fighting in which thousands were killed, and entire areas reduced to rubble, the violence continues. a demarcus suburb the army has also launched air strikes using barrel bombs. fighters have been trying to control this mountainous area. they capture it they say they can easily smuggle weapons. the government attacks are aimed at driving rebels out of the areas that surround damascus. this is a convoy from the army of islam on it's way to shell areas in the capitol. our attack is a reconditioning of the government through civilians on the outskirts and that throughout the country. >> before the attack we issuen wayings. >> the armed group has consolidated it's control in

many areas. here it's fighters attack government positions. we do not favor the situation to be like this. and exchange shelling from both sides. we don't expect bombarding civilians even if it was by the opposition, unfortunately the criminals regime nor the international community responded to our calls to get civilians out of the conflict. the army of islam had also expanded forth where it has joined an alliance of groups against government troops in aleppo. the military remains in control of most of the cities now it is on the offensive. government attacks this strong hold on the outskirts the city is crucial for the regime, it may pave the way for the rebels to capture.

al jazeera government air strikes also hit targets in aleppo around 200,000 people have been killed and almost four years or syria's civil war. >> well, al quaida says one of the top clerics was killed in a u.s. zone strike. the attack happened january 31st. the group says ha reef benghazi and three other people were killed. he recently appeared in a video praising last month's attack on a newspaper in paris. he was one of the group's few public faces, frequently seen in online religious lectures. president obama promised during his first campaign to close the prison at guantanamo bay, six years later it remains open, the president insists he still hopes to close it. libby casey has more from washington. >> antonio, a contention

hearinghearing today republicans have crafted legislation designs to stop him from transferring detainees out of guantanamo, that would block the white house from shutting the prison down. senate remembers hope to use their newfound power to block transfers from the prison. >> we do not want to see detainees from get mo being released and returning to the fight. 54 men have been approved for transfer and any that are released undergo careful scrutiny. >> over 90% are neither confirmed nor suspected of having reinganged. >> and defense secretary says the republican plan would effectively stop the white house from closing down

guantanamo the president and his national security team believes it drains resources damaging our relationships with kiev allies and is used by violent extremist to incite local populations. >> they warning warning the a recruitment film p and a jordanian pilot show the victims in orange jump suits meant to similar polllize guantanamo. but senators want proof that it is being used as propaganda. >> we will decide to close the facility or the united states government will close it based upon that. we better know that it is real and not just a perceived threat the propaganda concern rejected by freshman. >> the only problem with guantanamo bay there are too

many empty beds right now we should be sending more terrorists there for further interrogation to keep this country safe. as far as i'm concerned every last one of them can rot in held. guaranteed long as shay don't do that, they can rot in guantanamo bay. it would extend a ban on moving detainees to the united states and blocking any transfers of high or medium risk it wouldance prevent transfers to yemen used as an epicenter for al quaida and political instability. the bill was written by four influential senators including john mccain. he credit sidessed the white house for wayhe called a lack of a concrete plan for closing down guantanamo bay he says the biggest problem lack of a strategy on what to do with the detainees considering too dangerous to be released. >> the hearing was interrupted by protestors wearing orange jump chutes demanding that

gitmo be shut down. >> there is still so much debate over recidivism. >> going it green could turn it oto be a teachable moment for other european countries depending on energy from russia. >> coming up, a lesson on the intersection of foreign policy and keeping the lights on. and takes to the streets as thousands of greeks rally in support of government efforts to renegotiate international loans.

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>> pushing for a diplomat solution to end the conflict. >> he was joined leaders. >> mike joins us live with more on the efforts mike, good evening the exact detail oz if plan aren't really known, but what is the administration saying about

these latest efforts. >> the united states is supportive of what france and germany are trying to do, although there has been daylight in the past for example, the europeans have announced they don't want to transfer arms, the ukrainians are asked for weapons but now the united states is considering reversing course, and allowing ukraine to have the weapons it needs to fight the rebels in it's own territory. >> if they needky give them my glasses. >> welshes crystal clear, the russian military is on the ground. boo russian separatist escalate the fight in the east ukraine is asking the united states to send weapons. he that will aid to help. so far the obama

administration has balked. but as casualties mount, it is now reconsidering. in kiev thursday, secretary of state was cautious. >> we are not interesting in a proxy war. our object is to change russia's behavior, and we will consider all options that are available to us in coordination with our partners. >> but in washington, a bipartisan group of senators pressured the president to send is ukraine the weapons it wants. >> it makes for whole sail slaughter when you can't defend against russian tanks. >> members of the parliament, took their case for more weapons to capitol hill. >> what will be the signal? if today when we are desperate and need help, we won't receive it, it will be very wrong signal. >> as the situation worsen add high stakes high profile push

is underway. german chancellor and french president are both in kiev. >> working to put together a plan for peace their next step to present their plan to vladimir putin secretary of defense continues the call for a diplomatic solution. >> this issue is not going to be resolved militarily. this issue -- the russian and ukraine, is going to have to be resolved differently. >> this as ukrainian prime minister entered the cries in stark terms. >> god knows what the ultimate goal is, russian aggression is a threat to european security, and it is a threat to nato member states. >> and stephanie a couple of things to tell you about joe biden, of course, the vice president arrived in europe

for a couple of see security and then an international conference there another key moment here and perhaps a decision point on a lot of this including whether the united states is going to send ukraine those weapons abe jell merkel arrives here for a conference with president obama. >> mike, thank you. >> joining us now, associate professor at the new school, and also a senior fellow at the world policy institute. the rhetoric is certainly heating up. we have ukrainian president saying that he is accusing putin of driving to drive a well, and then we have the foreign ministry saying if the americans give weapons to the ukrainians that that is going to closely damage the relations with russia.

>> as we know, the only thing we know about the deal, is that apparently the points of the deal were originally provided by putin. so there's something that he may or may not agree on. >> that was the basis. >> that was the bases then they went to ukraine try to make sure that this doesn't effect ukrainians and then they will go back to moscow. >> you wrote in the kiev post, what putin wants is confusion and he seems like he is getting it, the u.s. seems to be lukewarm about negotiating without ukraine. mow to you negotiate if the basics aren't admitted to. >> he is not going to admit because he does make mistakes he will always be right and he is really playing two hans now, because on one hand he is

threateningening thest west with more war. and nato would put those points of departure around europe, on the other hand, he gives the signal, if the conditions acceptable to him he play consider pulling out of -- at least pulling a bit out of ukraine. which is going to be preferable so he is hero on all sides. >> well, what you are saying you just mentioned nato, nato has a new rapid reaction force, of 5,000 military members and also building six bases in eastern europe. won't that increase the tensions? it could but we have to understand that putin plays not with reality has shown many many times but what he thinks reality can provide for his own leverage. so he can say well, nato is only a response for it so it doesn't platter that much, or

he can wrap up the rhetoric, they are going to moscow to try to make sure there is no more war in europe. >> at what point do you give up? you are not giving up on it, because you have to consider other options is growing conflict, more troops on the ground or they decide to allow the integrity to go away. >> or, you can negotiate it that they are now saying maybe a possible. >> quick question, sanctions are they worsening? i think they are working just

not the way that the west wanted it to, they are working in a sense that he is still trying to find a way to get out of it. because the economy is in absolutely shambles. >> well, the conflict in ukraine puts russia in a tough stott. u. k., plan, and turkey and to a ledder consent the smaller consumers. lawrence lee reports from copen haggen.

equipment driven electricity for 1.5 million more. copenhagen will still be the word's first carbon neutral cab toll city. >> we are relying on offshore wind and sustainable bio mask. and the virtues of that is we are going to deliver a green power, and district heating cost effective power leading and independent of our countries. >> effecting it's european neighbors. >> there's barely a country in europe that doesn't have enormous challenges working out where it's energy is going to come from in the future. nuclear is expensive frac ago

is deeply unpopular, get your gas from russia, well, that has huge defense ramifications. denmark is set to be completely self-sufficient in just a few years it's been driven by simple and renewable forms of energy. so as a time when the cold war feels like it is being reborn, the own policies aren't compromised by energy dend mas. the advice is simple, if you go green like us, if you lose the reliance on russian gas you can stop feeling threatens. >> if russia cuts all supplies we would have to deliver the sacrifices to confront some of our neighbors.

if they don't want friendly out of choice, looks extremely compelling. lawrence lee al jazeera. >> some controversy connected to an important moment the history, russia today installed the statute in crimea a region at seas last year. >> well, aman flexes it's military muscle as as propaganda war heats up in the battle against isil. >> after the execution of one

of it's pilots. >> and the country where the arab spring began now taking a giant step towards democracy.

>> welcome back. to al jazeera america. >> coming up in this half hour crisis talks are held in the africa, to device a strategy to fight boko haram. >> plus, drama off the screen, as the berlin film festival, the misunderstanding that led to an international dust up. >> first the department of defense confirmed it has positioned rescue forces in northern iraq to help recover coalition personnel involved in the air campaign against isil. the teams were moved days ago after video surfaced showing the murder of a pilot. he was taken hostage in

december after he was forced to eject. the united arab emritz stopped flying after his capture. meanwhile jordan stepped up thele booing campaign today and delivered the message in the space where isil post ms. of it's videos, youtube. >> is the video features dramatic music and the aggressive campaign in response to the pilots murder. jordan's military is calling the operation martyr. and targeting isil positions. king abdul la the second delivered news to the pilots family in person. reports in jordan. >> this is where jordanian pilot and his family wanted to celebrate his return. instead, it has become a place where they are receiving condolences after the islamic state of iraq and the levant burned him alive.

>> he pays his respects to the tribe, he told the pilots father that jordan's royal air force had just shelled forces in the province the king has already promised what he called a relentless response. and now hi has more support for going to war. >> planes from the royal forces have just arrived after bombards them, god willing we will end their existence in syria. >> the queen visited the female members be uh the wife is inconsolable. >> she is 25, and they were only married for five months. >> his mother is also shaken, and heart broken.

none of the immediate female family members are speaking to the media. >> we are very sad but i am so proud of my cousin, he is a martyr, who defended his country, and although my heart is bleeding i would also offer my four sons as martyrs for my country. >> but many people want vengeance because of the way he was murdered. >> he should be united with one body, one heart, one mind the one soul. and we demand revenge our hearts will not rest until the response is harsh. >> rye ranking officials also came to support the morning tribe. people here say isil has made a concerted effort to try to turn jordanians against their government for joining the u.s. led coalition but so far this effort appeared to have had the opposite effect. >> many say the resolve has

been strengthened by this murder. those that didn't believe isil was a threat, now say the war is theirs. janinging us now, he is also a lecturer at rutgers university professor good evening and thank you. >> thank you. >> king abdul la has called for a relentless war an earth shaking response what else can we expect from jordan. >> we expect jordan to play a major role, especially if there is an offensive attack on the ground, because isis cannot be question feeted from air. >> you are saying they could send in ground troops? >> i think if jordan doesn't send ground troops then you won't find any other country who is fully equipped and trained contention that could participate in the a led coalition, to liberate the areas occupied by isil.

jordanian before this incident they used to say it is not our war, keep us out we have not participated in the any war we kept ourself away from the war in iraq, we kept ourselves in the war in syria, and the war in the lebanon, so it's not our war but after this incident, every jordanian feels effected. it is like he the son of every family to stand behind their leadership and to join the coalition forces. >> you talk about the ground troops and jordan is said to have the best social forces in the region i think they have 14,000 of them, would you expect to see if there are ground troops that iraq would welcome them? or they would go into syria. >> in fact, they are there are coordinating with the iraqis and iraqi. >> . >> so they are helping with the training. >> yes but talking about the

strength ovistsive and major city that is under the hands of isil, then they will mar to syria, so the plan now to bring jordanian from the curds, and iraqi troops which they are now mobilizes together and the coalition of maybe the united states, and they will work together i think the attack of mosul is coming in the summer. >> and that would be a game changer if they were able to retake mosul. let's talk about king abdullah, he is a military man, a former pilot flies combat helicopters is he taking this personally? and are we seeing to some degree knee jerk re, as or autorail change in strategy. >> i think formally jordan coordinated with the united states not necessarily in public.

he has been coordinated many different things. however, this incident has put him on the forefront now he has his people behind him. now it is in the open. the people are behind him and since he is a military man he knows his own army, and he is close to the army, by the way. he always visited them, he foes them by name. he depends on the army to protect the whole country so i think the jordanian army will be open supported by the king and the region. >> i want to show this remarkable video that came out, the government themselves put out this video it really shows u.s. f. 16s and you can see people writing on the bombs this reminds me of what

we saw post 9/11, with the u.s. invasion of afghanistan before this they hadn't advertised the air strikes so that is how much public opinion has changed. >> yes completely, completely the public opinion completely has shifted from one side to the other. now, jordan is in the eye of the storm. they feel it is their battle. winter important fact, if isis is left to win many syria and iraq, the next target is jordan, they say we will fighting to protect the sunni interests the sunni muslim. but jordan is a sunni country and they executed the pilot in a very brutal way that is not known throughout islam. >> particularly unislamic way. >> let me ask you this, could the killing of this pilot who you call the native son of jordan could it end up being a death blow to isil because it strengthened the coalition to such a degree. >> i think this is a

turning point very similar to those major incidents would change the whole history similar to what happened in tun knee sha. similar in egypt when the police tortured him and turned the whole nation against movement barrack and this will turn the public opinion. professor, thank you so much for your incites tonight. >> a young self-vendor was the spark that ignited the start of the abe rabb spring. the country that started it all appears to have done so. they just approved a new unity government that includes the lead secular party and a moderate islamic party. the reports on the significant of the vote.

>> this is the moment tun nearby yeah's parliament agreed on a new government. the next prime minister says it is the only option. >> we are all invited the government and political parties, national organizations and civil societies. to work hard hand in hand, to open the doors of hope. >> most of the ministers -- that's the ago best party. and a small number -- the main political and ideological rival. >> tush these yeah's leaders seem to have put aside their leaders on how much religion should have on state affairs. and instead focusing on what they do agree on.

she renovated this bidding into a boutique hotel. she wants to see more economic reform. >> i think there is tremendous investigationment opportunities in tunisia in almost every sector, and a lot of duties duties to create for. so i think the priority would be to make the process a lot smoother for start ups. >> tunisia doesn't have the divide that's been a problem elsewhere. but there are security threats here. there's a fear violence in libya might spill over the border. and the government says there are thousands of young tunisias fighting for isil. the vice president of parliament says the country needs unity. we agreed that this is aphids

that we are passing through, a phase of agreement, we should all agree for the interest oz if country. for some, the new government is a threat, for others it offers stability. but most people here, say they are willing to give it a chance. to prove it can change things. >> in west africa the fight against boko haram is escalated. most of the dead are civilians witnesses say they were killed in their homes and mosques. they are planning a military strategy to take out boko haram.

france is conducting surveillance from the air they are not doing enough in the fight against the rebel group, the u.s. which is on the sidelines is also calling for a global response. forbess from chad declared victory on tuesday. they say they killed more than 200 fighters but each victory seems to spark a new attack. divers are still searching for victims of a transairways plane. the pilots are being hailed at heros in taiwan for navigating

the aircraft pass high-rise buildings before crashing into the river both pilots were killed. >> well, a breakfast among good friends as president obama welcomes the dalai lama to the white house. >> and christians being targeted in india after a rash of attacks on churches sparks fears of intimidation, and silence by the government.

i want to welcome a special welcome to his holiness, the tally lamb ma, who is a powerful example of what it means to practice compassion. and to inspire us to speak up for the freedom and dignity of all human beings. >> president obama call

tribbett's compiled leader a friend. the two did not meet one on one, china seed the dalai lama as an 80 chinese separatist. >> hundreds of christians demonstrated against those attacks asking for action from their government. >> instead, they were detained by police earlier some of them were detained by police. calling for action. the protests used a disproportionate amount of force during what was a peaceful demonstration. >> i have to lie on the floor and beat my happens and legs. but all the sisters and the two to the police station in

parliament street. >> wants the government to address what it describes as a growing threat to the state's secular nature. >> just because we are a minority the majority should not take this. >> the minority and the majority they are all citizens. al jazeera obtained these photographs of a church that was ransacked in new delhi earlier this mono. recent attacks have shaken the trust not just of christians but other indians as well. >> every other community takes this. they want to building the political state. they want to work into something the only difference

being there you have the taliban they say incidents like this have taken to focus off that agenda. >> they are always been an integral part. to some within the community say they are relatively small number makes them a target for those who are trying to use religion to divide. they did get to meet with the home minister. >> they said there will be an investigation. >> pope francis. he admitted he is not so great with computers. includingincluding the challenges their disabilities cause them. the weekly general audience he

talks act the importance of fathers and says he is okay with spanking. >> a father knows how to correct without degrading as he knows how to protect tirelessly once i heard during a marriage saying sometimes i have to smack my children but never in the face as to how not humiliate them he needs to punish them, and dust it justly and moved on. >> it has insisted in the past that it does not promote corporal punishment. warning them to never cover up sexual abuse. >> in greece thousands gathered outside parliament, they want their government to renegotiate the bail out deal with army syrian provinceny. greece has balanced it's budget but it still owed more than $270 billion. >> the germans finance minister was always likely to take a tough line. a key player in negotiating

five years of austerity for greece, and he wasn't about to let greece simply walk away. h said that's agree to disagree. >>ky not hide my skepticism about the actions announced even thoughny colleague told me they are not confirmed yet in my opinion, they are not moving in the right direction. >> this was simply the beginning he said of deliberations that will put an end to a never ended crisis. we didn't reach an agreement it was never on the cards that we would. we didn't even agree to disagree from where i am standing. from where i am standing we agreed to enter into deliberations as partners with a joint orientation towards a european solution for european problems.

freese's new prime minister and his finance minister have visited key european figures and constitutions this week, lobbying for a plan to restructure greece's enormous debt buzz while holding firm to their pledge of ending bail outs and austerity. the response has been lukewarm. and frank farred on wednesday the european central bank announced it would no longer accept bonds as collateral for loans to agrees' increasingly shaky banks. for the new government, abandons awe terrorismty all together may be easier said than done. >> i hope so, that it was -- of course not only a text messages six of some, how the rest of europe should handle the debt. >> it is something where other parties also have something to

say, and they have to find a come promice. >> the new government is rooking for support and runsing out of places to find it and there wasn't much support here, as the germans finance ministry, where the message seem to have been turn back your plans or we may turn our backs on you. outside the ministry, a small group of lest wing protestors sympathetic to the position but this is a minority view, and new poll indicated that 68% are against debt relief, if it walks away from it's commitments. and the german government is acting accordingly. >> al jazeera, berlin. >> and the bail out program will expire the end of this month. >> urging greece to extend a longer term agreement but the prime minister says he won't. he is calling the pressure blackmail. you thought we heard the last of sony's film "the

interview." we have not. >> why north korea threatened retaliation, even though the movie is not showing at the festival. >> and a snowboardser lucky to be alive the incredible video he captured as he got swept up in an avalanche.

seminarty war is sweeping across europe. forcing schools to close. and it even started in venice, causing flooding in some areas. sweden saw some of the highest levels of snowfall in more than half a century more than 44-inches fell in the first three days of february. and here is that dramatic video we u.p.s. proadd romanian mountain rescue volunteer, escaped injury despite snowboarding directly into an avalanche. he got caught in the snow slide two days ago his helmet camera captures the snow breaking up around him, he wases toed around but he

walked away unharmed. >> wow. >> very lucky guy. >> the annual film festival of course underway. >> and they explain there was a bit of a overreaction. >> they love a drama but they have been at the center of their own. sony knows how that feels. hacked and humiliated allegedly by his people. and all because of this. >> the movie "the interview" which mocked north korea's leader and the fall out moving from hollywood to here. this is why. >> the interview goes onrelease here, on thursday, but north korea got the berlin film festival confused and saw them as one single entity and it was not happy at all. it described the showing about

terrorism, in fact the exact words were merciless punishment. from this man he is the boss here, he had to race to the embassy and say look, you have this all wrong, it is nothing to do with me, nothing to do, it is just a quince dent that it is opening on the same day. he did pull back albeit privately. >> aside from that drama there is plenty more to see. the golden bear is the big prize they are competing for here with everything from chamber maids to cinderella on show. and iran is doing it without the director even being here. not that that has happened him, taxi is in with a real shout, as he watched from home in tehran. he doesn't spot, because that's what he is doing, he is making films, he is expressing

himselfs via fill and he will never stop the films he makes are great. >> oh the next ten days the movie world will watch the crowds will freeze trying to watch, and even north korea will be keeping an eye to make sure the crowds keep looking at this, and not this. al jazeera at the berlin filling. festival. >> more than 400 movies will be screened between now and the finale on february 15th. >> and then there is this, in the skies over israel a large flock of starlings put on a dazzling show, the birds are known for these curving formations when they move together in groups of hundreds. they are heading north. >> that's spectacular. >> a and are minder tomorrow night, we will speak with former nato commander about who hi believes america's success in the ukrainian

crisis critical to it's entire to the u.s.' entire global strategy. >> that's it for this hour. >> thank you for watching america tonight is coming up next, have a good night. on america tonight. >> how do you describe yourself? is. >> a mad junk yard dog. >> are little pieces of god's green acre here. >> that green acheser here in the valley of western pennsylvania. in the lake night teen 50's the local steel mill was taken over by a company contracted to build nuclearle bos. >> it was a nice town, and then this industry