>> thank you, ayman mohyeldin. >>> firefighters in chile are struggling to contain a massive

ayman, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, carl. the crisis in ukraine may be entering a new chapter, this after the government in kiev says it is now launching a large-scale operation to regain territory it has lost over the past week. but moscow says this order is illegal. in fact, the former ukrainian president says it's the cia who's behind the unrest. but nonetheless, with thousands of troops amassed on the ukrainian-russia border, the situation in ukraine is very volatile and could be entering a new dangerous part of its war. with military grade weapons and precision, this was the moment pro-russian separatists took control of this police station. it's a scene that has repeated itself over the past several days across eastern ukraine and one that has pushed the country to the brink of widespread violence, if not all-out war. heavily armed men in military uniforms, widely believed to be backed by moscow, taking buildings and positions in areas they want to break away from ukraine. separatist groups now control some of the roads

ayman mohyeldin joins us. that's one of the senators of the unrest. ayman, describe the centers of unrest. >> reporter: it's one that's very tense. especially in the past few hours. not only did they ignore an ultimatum that was required to lay down their arms and leave the buildings, they've continued to seize more police stations. in the past hour alone about 45 miles from where we are pro russian separatist militias managed to take over another building. there was an exchange of gunfire, molotov cocktails were thrown. another police station in another city in the eastern part of the country now controlled by pro russian separatist militias. once they take control of these buildings, they then set up barriers around it and more importantly set up check points in and out of the towns and effectively try to create a new reality on the ground. what they want politically is a referendum to give them the chance to break away from the ukraine and give them the choice of perhaps joining russia. the ukrainian government says it will not tolerate this anymor

. >> ayman, interesting stuff.e asked brad about that and whether business had really picked up when we had him on "power lunch." he said, yes. ever since the publication of michael lewis' book, it had gained quite a bit of momentum. 's pras understandable. right, steve? given the controversy over high frequency trading. >> now we can all get on the super highway and take a but trade here. right? >> what's interesting, sue. >> go ahead. >> what interactive brokers is likely to say is that they're not in a position, they don't want to take sides in this high frequency trading debate, just offer customers the ability to go directly to iex, if that's what they want. they have historically been among the first to connect to any any exchange, were ut this will offer customers an opportunity to go directly to iex. so one of the things we'll have to watch and see is how many customers are motivated by this whole flash boys debate and decide, you know what? i want to avoid hft and only go to iex. whether or not they get th

let's get to nbc's ayman mohyeldin in the ukraine. help us understand what is at stake here. >> reporter: good morning, betty. well, it's the very future of ukraine as a country and as a territory that's at stake here. late last night the united nations security council meeting revealed the divisions between russia and the west over what's happening inside the ukraine. russia blaming the u.s. saying it is full meanting dissent and causing the violence that's breaking out in the eastern part of the country. the u.s. says it is russia that is fueling the separatist movement. these pro russian separatist militias control several buildings. the government in kiev has given them a deadline to put down their weapons and leave. they have not. there's a growing risk that the ukrainian government may be involved in a large scale mission to try to regain control. >> stay on top of it. ayman, thank you. >>> new details continue to emerge in the investigation into that fiery bus crash in california that left ten people killed. the ntsb says there

ayman, you just left ukraine. you've been posting some pretty incredible photos on instagram that we've been taking a look at. what is the sense of people there? do people feel like they are inching towards a civil war? >> reporter: well, certainly depending on who you ask. now, we spent most of our time in the eastern part of the country. and the sentiment there among those that we spoke to is that there are legitimate grievances against the government in kiev. and that sentiment of somewhat being disappointed and disenfranchised by what happened in kiev over the past several months has led to a ground swell of pro-russian sentiment. now, those pro-russian sentiments are definitely being exploited by the russian government. there are a lot of cultural similarities, ethnic similarities, linguistic imlaters with russia, so there are also economic interests between the eastern part of the country and russia. all of those have allowed for the russian government and now some of these forces that we've seen over the pa

ayman has the very latest.rorism operation in the eastern part of the country to try to assert the state's control over some of the government buildings it has lost over the past several days. now, in at least seven different cities, there have been movements by the separatists to capture buildings, government buildings, including police stations and regional administrative buildings, to try and create the reality on the ground that the eastern part of the country is breaking away from the central government in kiev. so today the ukrainian president said he has ordered a large-scale operation to be conducted by the country's military. this could lead to a lot of violence and some analysts suggest it could also lead the russian military to move inside ukraine. russia said if the ethnic citizens inside ukraine were in any way harmed, or their lives were risked, that he could be compelled to act. that would certainly lead to an all-out war between ukraine and russia. for the meantime, though, the situation on the

. >> ayman mohyeldin for us in kiev. thank you. i want to bring in kristen welker, white house correspondent, for us. russia are's oh foreign minister saying the west should bring in allies in ukraine's government. bring those allies under control. what's the white house saying? >> there is bipartisan support. the obama administration. also republican lawmakers saying up rest appearses to be the work of russia. samantha power saying this is highly coordinated. it points to what we saw with crimea. john mccain making a similar point today. power issuing new warnings saying the united states is prepared. powers said the president is prepared to propose new sanctions including on energy, banking and mining sectors. so far the sanctions have had an impact, a bite. the stock market has gone down. i have been speaking to an expert who says the president should send military aid to ukraine. secretary of state john kerry reached out to sergei lavrov and said the united states is concerned about the escalating crisis in ukraine. vice presid

we have more from ayman. >> teenagers in jordan can end up in a juvenile detention facility for simply hurting one in a fight. many boys never expected to end up here for something as mine or of that. others didn't expect stealing would land them here either. >> this boy is 14. he has been here for five months because he stole money. he said he did it because a man threatened to stab him if he didn't. >> translation: i regret not listening to my father, he used to tell me not to make friends with bad company. i didn't line. i regret stealing and the court case. >> there are alarming figures about the psychological state of juveniles held in detention. 23% considered suicide. 87% suffered from severe depression. 64% experienced severe psychological trauma. this is why the social development ministry wants parliament to approve a draft law to soften the impact on young people. >> the proposed juvenile detention draft law suggests substantial changes to the law, including replacing detention sentences with community service and the age of criminal accountability from seven to 12. legal ex

ayman mohyeldin. in the city of donetsk tonight, thanks.eports today of a russian fighter jet buzzing an american warship at sea for an extended period of time and at a low altitude, as low as 500 feet. for more on that as well as the diplomatic side of this, such as it is, we're joined by andrea mitchell in our d.c. news room. good evening. >> reporter: tensions did increase dramatically after the buzzing of a u.s. warship by a soviet fighter jet. it happened saturday in a point of view case in a standoff that could easily spin out of control. in the black sea, off the coast of romania, the russian attack plane made 12 passes over the uss donald cook for 90 minutes ignoring radio calls from the ship, diving just above sea level, very close to the destroyer. today the white house also accused russia of to meanting unrest in ukraine as it had previously. >> the similarities are striking. the evidence is compelling that russia is supporting the efforts and supporting them. >> reporter: the cia john brennan was sent to ukraine but denies russi

we have more from ayman. >> teenagers in jordan can end up in a facility like this for hurting someone in a fight. many never expected to end up here. other didn't expect that stealing would land them here. this is a young man who is 14, and has been here for 5 months because he stole money. he did it because a man threatened to stab him if he didn't. >> translation: i regret not listening to my father. he used to make friends with pa bad -- he used to tell me not to make friends with bad company. >> alarming figures have been revealed about juveniles in detention. 23% considered suicide. 87% suffered depression. 64% experienced severe psychological trauma. this is why the social development ministry wants parliament to improve a draft law. >> the proposed juvenile detention draft how suggests substantial changes, replacing detention sentences with community service, as well as increasing the age of criminal accountability from seven to 12. these amendments will ensure jordan's child protection laws are compatible with international conventions it has signed. >> 85% of juveniles in det

. >>> let's go to yeukraine this morning with ayman. >> reporter: until 6:00 a.m. local time, they have time to prolibt their buildings. actually, they have run out of time. this attack was 45 minutes away. the protesters have been moved in but very heavily open forced men are taking over government positions with their weapons, openfully brandishing them and ultimately barricading themselves in the building and taking control of the area surrounding it and the towns. now the ukrainian government says this is not an organic protest movement. but apparently rob says some forces on the ground are russian forces, but nevertheless, they take control of the building and to break away from the ukraine. the government in ukraine will regain controls of the territories it has lost. no indication of such an operation is gone. there was unfolding on the scene. it was a tension situation unfolding here. >> are people pro-russian? when you talk to the average person, give us a sense of what percentage of the people would like to be a part of russia and part of ukraine? okay, w

>> we have never met another ayman, either. >> every third guy in ireland is named ayman. >> do they do it that way? >> that's how it's done. look, mary barra was on capitol hill yesterday. one of the big questions from the committee members is why can't we get more information from gm inspect this is a problem that dates back to 2001. why is it we're still not getting answers? barra repeatedly cited an internal gm investigation and said until that investigation is finished, she's not going to be able to provide any answers here. take a listen. >> i am not aware of -- >> you don't know about that? >> i'm getting this information from the chronology that gm provided to ntsa. >> i wasn't a part of that organization at the time. that's why i'm doing the investigation, to understand that. >> when was it that gm informed ntsa? >> i don't know that. >> there a lot of i don't knows there from mary barra on capitol hill. a lot of those members of the committee were unsatisfied by the answers. again, barra citing that internal day investigation after the hearing. she had a press conference an

. >> ayman, what is the concern the eastern part of the country may in fact be the next part of country to fall to russia? >> there's no doubt about it, it is a tense situation unfolding in various cities across the earn part. not only because even on the day that the government had given an ultimatum to the separatists to put down their weapons, but on the same day the separatists continued to take buildings, police stations and other council buildings in various parts of the country. it puts the government in a bind. on the one hand yesterday the president coming out and vowing not to let the separatists take control of the government like they did in kiev. what is becoming more dangerous is the fact that the ukrainian state is slowly not collapsing but perhaps disappearing from having any kind of presence on the ground. we've gone now to at least two different locations. in both of those you see very little evidence of the ukrainian state. the way they're looking at the men and the way so many of these buildings are being seized, they're happening with military precision, very well c

here to make sense of it all, ayman, thanks for being here.> reporter: that really depends on who you ask. clearly the russians will tell you this is not out of the ordinary for the past several weeks since the olympics they have been engaging in military exercises along the border and the presence of troops is nothing that should be alarming to the west, but nonetheless ukrainian officials and the west certainly see it as a provocative measure, certainly putting pressure on the you're crane yan government as it's dealing with a growing call by some pro-russian activists in donetsk and other parts of the country calling for more russian interference or russian military involvement to protect their involvement in the eastern part of the country. it depends on who you ask but nonetheless the presence of troops on the border is presenting a problem for the ukrainian government. >> you're in donetsk and you mentioned these pro-russian protesters who have been demanding a referendum similar to what happened in crimea. the crimean government gave th

nbc's ayman mohyeldin joins us now.e station was overrun by pro-russian militia. tell us what's happening there. >> reporter: that's correct. in fact, it's one of five different cities that now has government buildings firmly in the hands of pro-russian separatists militias. we're seeing a pattern develop. but where we went today was somewhat peculiar. we went to this police station and saw for ourselves armed men openly displaying their rifles and pistols. many of them wearing military uniforms. a lot of them when we were speaking to them asking them how they got these weapons, either nodding or suggesting that they got them from russia. the impression we were getting from those that we spoke to on the ground was that these separatists now in control of this police station want to see their cities break away from ukraine. some of them even suggesting a unification with russia. the eastern part of the country sin creasingly in the hands of the separatists, at least in these five cities. and it is posing a crisis for the

. >> richard engel and ayman, thank you both so much. a robotic submersible is scanning and mapping an unexplored section of the indian ocean floor searching for the missing airliner or debris. officials in charge of the search say the blue fin sub can chart any debris on the field but it's a slow process. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. we'll be right back. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. whyou'd be surprisedy pacs? how few loads you actually get from a bottle of detergent. because a lot of people pour in a little extra. and that reduces their total loads. but with tide pods, one pac equals one load. so try tide pods, and pop in value. >>> all three of us have run the boston marathon. we know how special that day is. it's probably the best day in the city o

so what i would say is that these -- what they're talking about in d.c., what ayman just brought up isctually very, very accurate because you have the best execution policy at every investment firm. i will tell you what you mentioned, dom, investment firms, large managers, also got rebates. so everybody participants in it. >> that's the question. the question, though, whether or not it's a conflict of interests for the exchanges to pay rebates to those folks who are deciding which exchange the deal should go to. is it a conflict of interest for a eck broer supposed to get his client the best price to say, wait a second. maybe i'll put my finger on the scale and send it to the guy that will give me the rebate? should it go to the customer, the broker? paid at all is the question? >> a hot topic. we asked viewers to weigh in as well to solutions what you think should happen. tweets, trading fast is not a crime. define what is illegal and prosecute those who break the law. darth vader says, reinstitute the uptick rule. otherwise redesign the system until someone finds out how to exploit t

in an early chapter in my book i called rush ayman referring to a famous movie in the 1950s which is the story about a samurai who was killed in a bamboo glade and there are five different versions of the story. you never know exactly what happened. it's presented from different points of view and different perspectives of the individuals. that's exactly what happened in the principals office so it's difficult for me to tell you definitively what happened in the principle's office. from joe's point of view he was interrogating principle back maurice about why she was intruding upon his first amendment rights. he was quoting thomas jefferson and making the case that he and his friends had the right to banner during the torture -- torch run. he started going to what is called a grid and a great match a student with student penalties and ended up suspending joe for 30 days and as he continued to argue with her he actually went around the desk and looked over her shoulder at the computer that she was working on. she felt intimidated and she had left her door open so the administrative st

the analyst says this may be his way of sending a shot across the bow to al qaeda's leader, eye aymanl-zawahiri who took over when bin laden was killed. >> they may be trying to undermined al-zawahiri a little bit. he is hiding in afghanistan. he hasn't been seen. he doesn't talk much at all. even with radio tapes like bin laden does. here 24 new leader, younger and actually in the fight is out there pronouncing himself and clearly is going to gain in popularity and support. >> reporter: in the video he says, quote, we muslim nate the cross. he goes on to say, quote, the bearer of the cross is america. jon? jon: but, some of the faces in the video are blurred, right? why would they do that? >> reporter: right. that is also something interesting about this video. most of the jihadists are visessable. they're not entirely concealed. you can see all or parts of their faces there. are some faces that al qaeda took great pains to blur out before the video was made public. it appears the skin color of several of those men with blurred faces is lighter or white. which could suggest that thes

>> thank you, ayman mohyeldin. >>> firefighters in chile are struggling to contain a massive fire that has killed 12 people there and destroyed 2,000 homes. officials thought the fires were contained sunday morning, but strong winds fanned the flames in the afternoon. some 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area. more than 500 people were treated at hospitals, mostly from smoke inhalation. >>> and golfer bubba watson finding room in his closet for a second green jacket this morning after winning the masters on sunday for the second time in three years. watson shot a final round 69 at augusta national to win the tournament by three shots. in addition to the famed green jacket, watson also pockets more than $1.6 million for the win. and it's always a perfect fit, notice that? it's like the tailors are right there. >> yeah, exactly. masters casual. natalie, thank you. miss dylan, busy day in the middle of the country. >> yeah, just like yesterday. we're going to see another round of very strong storms. this cold front has a history of producing golf ball sized hail. we saw tha

>> ayman, thanks very much indeed for that. that's the latest from donetsk. >>> google will open up the sale of its google glass product to all u.s. customers on april 15th. the version will sell for $1,500 plus tax with customizable shades and frames. the company did note that there are a limit number of products available and they will not be able outside of the united states. previously google glass was only available to select tester who google calls explorers. >>> amazon is planning to expand its amazon fresh service to 10 or 20 new markets this year, according to ceo jeff bezos. the service allows users to order groceries and thousands of other products for same-day or next-day delivery. it would be the biggest expansion of the service which is currently only available in three cities. amazon also claims progress in its prime air drone delivery service, bezos saying they're in the sixth generation of test, the eighth generation of designs. so we're asking you, how do you feel about amazon delivering your groceries? would

standing in the open, he is widely expected to secede ayman al zawahiri. as the network's global leader. u.s. officials say this video appears to be recent and authentic. the cia is not commenting. >>> now to breaking news with the standoff with russia. a new warning overnight that ukraine is on the bring of civil war. we get reports this morning that members of the ukrainian military in action for the first time against pro-russian forces are defecting and joining the russian side. alex marquardt is on the front lines with the latest. alex? >> reporter: good morning, amy. this operation is still in its early stages, trying to take back what has been seized by pro-russian forces. including this town where we are. we've seen defections by ukrainian troops, like these ones. as fears grow that russia will respond to this by launching a an invasion. on the move, ukraine's military deploying its forces for what's being called an anti-terrorist operation to quash the violent unrest that has swept eastern ukraine. there are signs this operation is falling apart.

administration called al qaeda core, the group formerly around bin laden, after his demise, around ayman al-zawahiri. what is the role of al qaeda core, is it defeated, and is it appropriate to talk about al qaeda core. that is what we are going to talk about today. i want to point out that is an argument that is in many respects very much on the margins of the question, how is the al qaeda global threat oing these days? we are going to get into the "inside baseball" that is very important when you develop strategy. we have to start by recognizing that pretty much everybody recognizes that groups that are formerly affiliated with al qaeda, including groups that call themselves al qaeda franchises, are doing well around the world. that is where we will start, where the debate begins, and now we can talk about does it really matter? for that i will turn it over to ary. >> thank you, fred. as fred has said, there is one thing that i think most everybody does agree about is we are facing a great deal more violence run the world that is in some way associated with al qaeda. the question is, f

there is a view of the world -- ayman nietzsche and -- a manichean view the world when it comes to american intelligence. there is protected communications and everything else. nsa has a lot more freedom of action going after communications. some europeans do not attach privacy to a particular sovereign. it is a more general human rights. i got it. that is a subject of discussion. the american approach to this and that it is a binary world. -- is that it is really a binary world. protected persons and persons who are not protected. nsa possibility to work over , but noter 12333 without congressional oversight, is really quite powerful. >> let's take a question over here. >> this is something i heard about, reading the newspapers, about various governments trying to segregate their internets. i know china is doing this and germany is thinking about doing this. what effect would this have on the nsa possibility to collect information or, is such a thing even possible? can you cut off from the world internet? >> this is beyond my expertise. i have a few thoughts. first, there are a lot more pe

. >> yeah, ayman, these photographs from nato, satellite photographs showing about 40,000 troops amassedhat does this tell us about russia's next step? >> reporter: well, it's certainly telling us russia has a strong presence on the border. the russian government saying this is a routine military exercise, this is nothing out of the ordinary, and ukraine should not be concerned russia wants to inva invade. however, ukrainian officials believe it's the very presence of russian troops on the border that is instigating these types of pro-russian separatist movements now gaining traction. a lot of the people we've been speaking to show clear evidence of russia's influence in the eastern part of the country, some of it with weapon, some of it with men helping coordinate some of these separatist militias so certainly an indication russia is playing some sort of role in the eastern part of the country. >>> will the senate finance committee has approved an extension of tax breaks that add up to $85 billion over ten years. those tax breaks, which include everything from rum producers to hollywood

the second reason, the second motivation was a call for revenge by ayman zawahiri for the deaf of the senior al qaeda leader in pakistan named ali be days before. the third motivation that he described as a possible motivation was the youtube video >> in this detailed memorandum the station chief could not discount the possibility even then that the video played a role in the attacks on the facility's? >> that is correct. >> now a couple of the reasons that the chief of station believed there was no spontaneous demonstration word that he discounted certain signals intelligence. is that right? >> that is correct. >> that signals intelligence indicated there was a demonstration in ashley at the consulate. >> that is correct. >> and even if you discounted that particular signal intelligence was that the only signals intelligence that was pointing in that direction indicating that there had been a protest? >> sir there were roughly 12 reports, some of them press reports, some of them intelligence reports indicating that there was a protest. the intelligence reports included reporting from

ayman mohyeldin. and also we're focusing on boston today.gnatius, what are you working on right now other than that brennan story in kiev? >> well, i'm going to try to find out whether brennan took that trip. i do want to look at what the fundamentals are of the ukraine situation. what power does each side have here really. because this one ain't going away. >> all right, david. thank you so much. we always appreciate you being here. can't wait to read your new novel. jeffrey sachs, before you go, i need to show you this clip and talk the economics of it. here's donald trump. >> you know, i heard jeb bush the other day, and he was talking about people that come into this country illegally, they do it for love. and i said, say it again i didn't get -- that's one i've never heard of before. i've heard a lot. i've heard money, i've heard this, i've heard sex, i've heard everything. the one thing i never heard of was love. i understand what he's saying, but, you know, it's out there. >> jeffrey, what is the earth institute's anl alysanalysis? >>

their chief, ayman al zawahiri called for muslims to kidnap americans.hem for jailed jihadists. last week in a recording, al zawahiri said al qaeda is holding strong and expanding. >>> the connecticut teenager accused of stabbing a classmate to death could be charged as an adult. 16-year-old christopher plaskin stabbed meredith on the day of their junior prom. he's being held, undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. he's been described as well liked. and popular. >>> we have sad news to tell you about. antoinette d'amato has passed away. antoinette famously campaigned for her son who credits her with helping him win the 1980 election. antoinette also known as mama d'amato was a quintessential italian mother. she leaves behind two sons, a daughter and many grand and great grandchildren. she was 99 years old. >> have to try some of her cooking. >> that's pretty great, 99 years old. >> full life. >> good for her. >>> shall we talk about basketball this morning? >> amazing story. >> talking about basketball. let's talk about the los angeles clippers this mornin