ben smiths there. >>> the u.s.as days not weeks to follow through on commitments to diffuse the situation in ukraine. joe biden meets interim leaders and urges them to seize the historic opportunity to build the united ukraine. there's no sign to the end of occupation of government buildings in several towns and cities in eastern ukraine. joe biden addressed members of the ukrainian parliament and said the u.s. would offer any help for the presidential elections scheduled for may. >> you're a month away. i would suggest although i'll be criticized by the press for saying it, what will hopefully be and may be the most important election in ukrainian history. that is that you have an opportunity, chance to bring about an era of reform and democratic renewal that you all hope for two, five, ten, 15 years ago. to lay the ground work for more united and more prosperous ukraine. >> joe biden speaking earlier. with me the bbc global news head of ukrainian service. we're waiting this press conference from joe biden at the

ben smith. the food. i need to beef up the vikings did you put in the heat content. in the middle of the comment monday on the system. mom took ethan and me the estimate was unsound they showed this evening before going to the top stories. once again. this is the death of the study months in the minds of the venetian the citizen as the best talk to scott. the city with me that's the lights are destined to get that done tomorrow night. the qantas i'll surely miss nine nine and commissioned the top stories we're tracking for you on monday the fourteenth of april the issues protests against the odds in the front of the nation the good shots in just a tool in the prescott. the adoption of that comes with the data to say. i'm not the adidas the society activists across the mideast of two streets protesting against the mocks me but from the prime minister o'connor does the us and i've been sick and you were done on monday said it is an insult to the country and demanded strict punishments. thousands protest in the streets of dhaka to talk on sunday against the midst of a t

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. >>> coming up on "morning joe," ben smith will debate politico's ben white who went on twitter yesterday with a different take on jeb bush's prospects. so don't miss that. >>> senator elizabeth warren is trying to capitalize on an unforced error made by congressman paul ryan. recently ryan made these comments about innercity poverty on bill bennett's radio show. listen. >> we have got this tail spin of culture this our inner cities in particular of men not working and generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and culture of work. and so there is a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with. >> so ryan eventually offered an apology calling his open words inarticulate about the point i was trying to go make. regardless, it made for a tough moment at a recent town hall in his own hometown. >> bottom line is this. this statement was not true. i'll point it out to you why it wasn't true. as a code board for black -- >> this is not a race thing. it's a poor thing. poverty knows no racial boundaries. that's the issue i'm trying to get at which is we have

>> good point, ben smith, head of mobile at triumph group. december, 1929, jerusalem's came out. been rebranded at the -- as the waldorf astoria. we have an inside look. hotel of the 1930's lavished luxuries on the visiting shakes and diplomats. phones, hot water, and elevators. now the waldorf astoria costing up to $5,000 per night, guests can expect even more. the finest italian furnishings. a magnificent atrium with drop-down windows. stunning czech chandeliers. >> about $200,000 each. >> for a light? >> a very special light. >> my favorite feature in the hotel has to be this, a tv embedded in your bathroom mirror. what more could someone want them being able to watch bloomberg tv wall having a shave? that wasn a restaurant once a staple, the general manager is making the hotel a reality with even tougher the next -- making it into a reality was tougher than expected. >> while we were digging 20 meters underground, we had additional meeting rooms added, and on top of that the rotunda from the palace hotel, we had to build it exactly the same way as it was before. and $150k six

the column titled "why jeb bush is a terrible candidate," ben smith, the editor-in-chief of buzz feedat one of the biggest marks against him is being out of touch with the party's key constituencies on immigration. smith cited this comment, which jeb made a week ago today. >> the way i look at this is someone who comes to our country because they couldn't come legally, they come to our country because their family -- a dad who loved their children was worried that their children didn't have food on the table. and they wanted to make sure their family was intact. and they crossed the border because they had no other means to work to be able to provide for their family. yes, they broke the law. but it's not a felony. it's kind of -- it's an act of love. it's an act of commitment to your family. i honestly think that that is a different kind of crime. >> and as you probably heard, those comments sparked a bit of a fire storm with conservatives voicing outrage over bush's framing of the issue. with many on the left end of the spectrum who don't usually have much nice to say about jeb bush

police arrested smith after staking out his car in that neighborhood. >> coming up on kron 4 news. ben and jerry's is giving out free ice cream today. we will tell you which stores in the bay area will serve you of a scoop. >> welcome back. there may be no such thing as a free lunch, but what about free ice cream? ben and jerry's is not offering free ice- cream cones as a thank-you to their customers. the and a tradition in the bay area, ben and jerry stores in san francisco, oakland, berkeley, a green beret and san jose was sort of a free ice cream. that is from noon to 8:00 p.m. tonight. any flavor of your choice. >> heading into the 5:00 hour. we have strong videos that was to show you. a classroom fight between a student and teacher last two teenagers in police custody. and 80 year-old student from santa monica high school was arrested for getting into this fight, he also was charged with having a marijuana and carrying a box cutter on campus. a 16 year also was arrested for battery. >> from the classroom to the parliament. the brawl broke out in ukraine after a communist leader ac