our economic development minister is going to be with she's likely to be approved by the duma as the next central bank chief to replace her gate not if who's leaving in june but experts say why is he leaving retiring he's been there for twelve years and experts say there actually a lot of downsides to this decision all the details after a very short break. the month before the oscars and what annoys you with their predictions and the month after everyone complains about the results but isn't being talked about much as the few hundred people who gathered to protest the glamour filled award show why protest the asker's you ask well although the film life of pi won the oscar for best visual effects effects to you that made the movie look so amazing were the men hughes has filed for bankruptcy quickly after the film's release you know that seems like a bit of a discrepancy i mean the group that made the best visual effects in the world in two thousand and thirteen is flat broke how can that be this reminds me of how the lead creators of call of duty modern warfare two were let go directl

duma was too frightened. it took the firefighters half an hour to get him out, and they're now safe and sound. and friends for life. they live happily ever after. the end. isn't that a nice story? >> a nice easter story. we appreciate that. >> you got it. >>> all properly decked out for easter today. >> when you have a hot pink dress, you save it for easter. >> absolutely. >> it is the day to wear it. we'll see a soggy day in some areas for all of the easter egg hunts going on. you can see the heavy rain and thunderstorms coming down across oklahoma, moving into northeastern texas. we do have the chance of seeing some large hail with these storms. so that is going to be where most of the severe weather will be today. the rest of the country, the eastern half of the country, seeing quite a few showers. they'll move into the northeast later on this evening, and we are going to see colder air start working back into the plains states. temperatures will go down into the 30s in chicago after a mild day yesterday.

imposed a certain string of sanctions on the russian officials travel sanctions the russian state dumaresponded with another law the law restricting adoptions for u.s. citizens believing many cases of mistreatment of russian adoptive children in the us being a violation of human rights as well to definitely this has been a very controversial issue with the russian prime minister medvedev saying many times that this case the particular case which is now being heard has nothing to do with politics it's not a political case it's the economic case and that it must be brought to the very end definitely a very interesting story and we'll certainly be looking forward to seeing any developments on whether this preliminary hearing will become a full time trial any time soon all right we'll check back in you for updates thanks very much alexei or shift key joining us live from moscow. but varia joining catalonia and scotland in moving toward separatism many politicians there believe germany's largest state is better off going it alone complaining that it's forced to fork over too much cash to po

the russian state duma responded with sanctions on u.s.uman rights violators as it was described of their own including a ban off on the door of the russian children by u.s. citizens. now to a spectacular view of a volcano in russia's kamchatka and the latest images of lava flowing through the snowy mountains the eruption started in their member last year after more than thirty years of being dormant volcano doesn't pose a threat to nearby settlements with the closest some fifty kilometers away still it provides a stunning view of ice and combined there in russia's far east. or to some other international news the at least fifty people reported being killed in kenya in a series of attacks on police stations on the day of the country's presidential election the government has blamed the killings on the separatist group republican council kenyans are electing a new leader for the first time since a controversial two thousand and seven vote that sparked weeks of deadly into ethnic violence. the cardinals of the catholic church of gathered in

one of the kremlin's fiercest critics let's get more on this now from political analyst and state duma deputy just off nick on offer joining us here live on the program good to see you today thanks for coming on so quickly let's let's discuss the issue of a paris off a financial state there are some saying now that bear is off he was financially almost broke from heavy defeats in certain court cases do you or do you perhaps know anything about his state of financial affairs. well there is off ski was always in the gray zone best i don't think that anyone has any idea about the real state of berezovsky finance of course he had a very unfortunate trial with a mortgage of course he lost a lot of money to his ex-wives and lovers and it was also reported that a few days ago he borrowed some money to buy an air ticket that may say something but. anyway even if be resolved pretended he was bankrupt he may not be bankrupt here is a man who was he was a man who was playing games he was a mathematician trained in games theory and there's what he was doing for all his life was certainly the alleg

the russians the duma responded with sanctions on us human rights violations as it was described of theirown including a ban on the adoption of the russian children by u.s. citizens. well on to some other international news stories for you at this hour we begin in kenya at least fifteen people are reported to have been killed there in a series of attacks on police stations on the day of the country's presidential election the government has blamed the killing is on the separatist group the republican council kenyans are electing a new leader for the first time since a controversial two thousand and seven vote that had sparked weeks of deadly enter ethnic violence. the cardinals of the catholic church have gathered in vatican city for the first round of meetings to choose a new pope they'll be picking a date and setting the procedures for the vote the search for a successor to pope benedict the sixteenth who resigned last month comes amid a scandal involving the british cardinal keith o'brien who had stepped down over allegations of sexual misconduct. but varia is the latest province to be

attending the ceremony and the cuban leader raul castro showed up last night the brazilian the the duma rousseff is here by the former brazilian president who like this so but as a russian delegation and also the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is here he has said that to vez is a martyr who lost his life serving the venezuelan people and preserving human and revolutionary values now of course chavez and i didn't judge well very close allies and really that relationship was an example of how chavez used the power of this country which is not to be based on its very large oil reserves to extend solidarity to countries that are targets of saber rattling economic interventions and threats of military aggression by the united states and i the western powers now there's also very much a sense of anger amongst many people here at suggestions by some senior western political figures and media figures that somehow chavez's death is a cause to celebrate that somehow it's a good thing for the venezuelan people and for the world of course the grief very much continues amongst the people here

plus the russian parliament is set to tackle extreme right head on after a new bill put before the duma threatens holocaust denial with jail time and huge fines find out more about that online dot com. cypriot banks have reopened albeit with a slew of restrictions on what people can do with their money caps and withdrawals monthly limits and any large transfers means for many that cash is still frozen. now reports from nicosia. you can see behind me that is the bank of cyprus there has been a lie that had gathered before the baghdad open but i have to say that the people there have really remained calm and also the fact is there are a lot of media here if you can just pan there's a lot of media here and the people there the crowds have gathered also just to see what is going on so it's really quite hard to gauge who is actually going to the back and who is not but as far as the live right outside the bank they have been called hoping i'm happy that the bags of finally opened after two weeks and also have to know that a lot of them are older people they say they don't have a.t.m. card so

that, five teenagers were killed in a fiery crash at an intersection in the texas panhandle town of dumaslice say their suv ran a stop sign and collided with a fuel tanker whose driver was severely burned. and in ohio, investigators say an suv took a curb too fast and flipped over into a small lake, killing six of the eight teens in the packed vehicle. >> she sped up. i don't know whether she lost control, she jerked or how fast she was going. >> reporter: car crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers ages 15 to 20, according to the national highway traffic safety administration. at tagert's driving school in georgia, teenage students are given a quick reality check. what do you tell teenagers, first thing, about driving on the roads in your class? >> the first 15 minutes of class, i have the students randomly, it's every third student is what it is, and i have them stand up. and then i have them look around in the classroom, and i say, all right, this is a third of the students. the first year you drive, a third of you will be in an automobile accident. >> reporter: accidents