i'm kilmeny duchardt and i'll have that story for you next on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. development to our lead story. russia's ambassador to ukraine has been recalled back to moscow for consultation, amid the ukrainian parliament naming its speakinger as interim president. the location of the president is unknown. this is footage of viktor yanukovych leaving the presidential palace by helicopter. there's still a lot of support for him in eastern ukraine. >> the white house wants to see democratic elections and a deescall agency of violence, but says ukraine should remain unified, and whole. >> it's not in the interests of ukraine or anything to see violence return and the situation escalate. there's not a contradiction between a ukraine with long-standing historical ties and a modern ukraine wanting to integrate with europe. >> let's get the russian perspective with a former kremlin advisor. thank you for being with us today. >> pleasure. >> what is your rehabilitation to susan rice's comments earlier this afternoon? >> well, of course she's correct

kilmeny duchardt is reporting out there, tell us what it's look? >> right.s a bit quiet tonight. in 1964, this sidewalk would have been pandemonium filled with screaming fans as beatle-mania descended on new york city. 50 years later fans are still loyal. >> patty came to the the ed sullivan theatre to relive the start of beatle-mania. it was 50 years ago when she said she saw her first love. >> i was sitting in my home with my sister on the floor. getting excited and watching them come on tv. in the first two minutes i fell in love with paul mccartney and have been in love with him for 53 years. >> 53 million americans watched john, paul, george and ringo perform live. the first appearance on u.s. television. >> i remember taking a picture of the tv as they were performing. and, you know, it was an awesome thing. we had to wait a week to get them develop. it was awesome. >> who knew when we sat in our living rooms, that it would be a big deal. >> the half century celebration reunited the beatlemania. fans took pictures. images of the british rock band in ho

kilmeny duchardt joins us from the the ed sullivan theatre in new york. what is it like out there?s a huge crowd lined up here tonight to go in for the special at c.b.s. in 1964, this sidewalk would have been pandemonium, filled with crazed fans waiting for the performance and 50 years later beatlemania is here today. >> patti martucci came to the the ed sullivan theatre to relive the start of beatlemania. it was 50 years ago when she saw her first love. >> i was sitting in my home with my sister, on the floor, getting excited watching them come on tv. in the first two minutes i nel in love with paul mccartney and have been in love with him for 53 years. >> 53 million americans watched john, paul, george and ringo perform live on the "the ed sullivan show," the first appearance on u.s. television. >> i remember taking a camera, taking a picture of the tv it was awesome. you had to wait a week to get them developed. >> who knew when we sat in the living room 50 years ago, that it would be a big deal. >> the half century celebration reignited beatlemania. at strawberry field memorial

. >> i'm kilmeny duchardt in front of the the ed sullivan theatre where the beatles made their u.s.evision debut 50 years ago tonight. i'll introduce you to a fan that witnessed an historic evening. his story coming up on al jazeera >> a zoo in denmark is getting a lot of attention after deciding to kill a 2-year-old healthy giraffe. it's not only why, but how they killed the animal that angered many. al jazeera's reporter has more. some of the content is graphic, and some viewers may find in disturbing. >> visitors at the copenhagen zoo got a surprise on sunday after officials killed the giraffe and fed its remains to other animals. parents decided whether children should work a display of scientific knowledge. >> many think it's terrible to take the life of an animal. where they are born, they are die too. >> the healthy giraffe was put down using a pistal. they skipped it and fed it o lions, polar bears and others. it prompted online petitions to save the giraffe, with 30,000 signatures. the zoo explained it couldn't keep it because of rules on animal gen ittics. they claim they

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tell you something ♪ i think you'll understand >> it was a british invasion as al jazeera's kilmeny duchardtbeatles fans gathered at the ed sullivan theatre. >> patti martucci came to the the ed sullivan theatre to relive the start of beatle-mania. it was 50 years ago when she saw her first love. >> i was sitting in my home in warwick, rhode island, with my sister. getting excited. watching them come on tv. i fell in love with paul mccartney and still love him today. >> a record 73 million americans watched john, paul, george and ringo perform live on the "the ed sullivan show." their first appearance on u.s. television. >> i remember taking a camera, taking a picture of the tv as they performed, and, you know, it was awesome. of course, you had to wait a week to get them developed. it was awesome. who knew when we were sitting in the living room, that it would be a big deal. >> the half century celebration reig-nated beatle-mania. at strawberry field. lennon's fans took pictures. this weekend images of the rock band splashed across the capital records tower. >> sunday evening surviving band

. >> thanks so many, kilmeny duchardt in the ukrainian community in downtown manhattan. >>> at least people died in aan explosion at an anti government rally. demonstrators have been calling for the prime minister to step down since november. veronica has more. >> reporter: a bomb went off right at this spot at about quarter to 5:00 in the afternoon. the explores went off right behind the motorcycle taxi that you can see behind me. there are blood stains on the ground and various bits of debris, police officials just told us here at the scene that this was a grenade launched from an m79 rival that wen79 rifle t. the latest kubel ar casualty too people killed, 28 injured and two children severely injured. the rate of these incidents of attacks on anti-government protesters is increasing. this is the second such explosion since friday at this very site. and it's the second attack in 24 hours. the other one hand in eastern thailand on saturday night at least 35 people were injured in that and another child was killed. this is going to raise tensions across the country. particularly as t

kilmeny duchardt, al jazeera. >> he didn't discuss any problems. he was -- in park city utah, he talked about the two films he was promoting. specifically he was talking to me about a leading role he had in a film called "god's pocket." he was contemplative, he was joking around with one of his co-stars, christina hendricks, the film, the great beating heart that it had and did something that he hadn't done in a decade, which was to watch the film with an audience. i think he is going to be remembered as just a completely multifaceted and brilliant actor and it's a huge loss. >> it was said that he would star in a comedy about a middle aged man's dealing with happiness. >>> whether the lead investigator doubts whether christie is telling the truth. >> i have skepticism about the governor's statement. i haven't said that the governor has responsibility for this. i haven't said that the governor knew when this was happening. that is something mr. wildstein. i have my doubts about that time line. he could have known at any time but i have my doubts ab