we already know, you put this question to senator feinstein. the basic sense has been just trust us. well, we know that isn't enough for many liberal democrats who are worried about privacy and worried about sort of why does the government do all this and what are they getting from it. i would add to the fact we have seen president obama's numbers, they have tumbled across the board. one important place where they have tumbled is on the honest and trustworthy question. poll organizations all ask it differently. a majority or close to a majority of people in a variety of polls have said they don't believe he is in that credibility, whether about the nsa, healthcare.gov. immigration reform, the economy, that is a real political danger for this president as he tries to move forward, put what has been, they would acknowledge, a difficult 2013 behind them. >> wanted to share with both of you, the president met with internet executives today, tech companies complaining about the intrusive nature of the subpoenas they have had to deal with and end run

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in the united states one of those has top defenders senator dianne feinstein the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee made some surprising comments about the n.s.a.'s bulk phone metadata collection program suggesting she may be open to reforming it after all. this program in conjunction with other programs helps keep this nation safe i'm not saying it's indispensable but i'm saying that

senator feinstein has been involved in efforts to demonstrate -- are we replacing u.s. jobs here? we are just not paying enough or something is wrong and therefore, we are turning to foreign workers. it has been proven time and time again, study after study, that is not the case. they will not to do this work. without this workforce, again, food production and crops will be left unharvested in the u.s. >> why are we tying the pathway to citizenship to a guest worker program? i am not going to get 11 million illegal immigrants a path way until i get something i want. i want a new immigration system. i would not trust them to give it to me. our democratic friends are not going to trust us to hold everything up until we are satisfied with border security. you live on the border. i know you are as sincere a positive as possible. we have to talk about the elephant in the room. every time we have this debate, there's always a reason the border is not quite secure enough. we spend billions of dollars and we got 21,000 border agents on the border and we're spending $4.5 billion more. we w

and it's been an amazing partner of this department and for the city it was 0 started in 1983 by feinstein. it was to teach our children job ready in essence and helping them to understand the land. they've been a fantastic partner and in recognition of their 30th anniversary and all the amazing work we don't talk about we do with the san francisco conservatism core i want to bring up a colleague to make a short presentation about this presentation >> thanks phil. good morning, commissioners. many of you know b about the sf cc but i'm going to make a presentation we were founded in 83 with mayor feinstein and the primary purpose is to serve protecting 18 to 26-year-old folks. all our young people come voluntarily to our program who want to have a better future. the program we provide we provide a charter high school job readiness and career demonstrate services and case management and one year of posting program support to make sure their post core is successful and the second puff purpose is to provide high quality environment work such as the rec and park to name a few. with regard to re

senator dianne feinstein chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee. playing the fear card on sunday to defend the nsa. her counterpart in the house rep mike rogers also played the card. we are fighting amongst ourselves here in this country about the role of our intelligence community. this is having an impact on our ability to stop what is a growing number of threats. so we've gotta shake ourselves out of this pretty soon and understand that our intelligence services are not the bad guys. so what has the youtube congressional you tell she is using scare tactics on a sunday morning this pressure building in congress to hold a vote on actual nsa reform on actually raining in some industries most egregious programs included the full collection of virtually all americans phone by the data set with one month left in twenty thirteen congress has a lot on its agenda from finalizing a farm bill to avoid another government shutdown in the near future. but fueled by edward said and sleeps members of congress for to make sure that it's a reform is on that agend

. >> a candid conversation with the chairs of the house intelligence committees, dianne feinstein and mike rodgers. and our political panel holds forth on who should decide the size of your paycheck, and the president's continued push for immigration reform. >>> this is "state of the union." good morning from washington, i'm candy crowley. two stories we're following this hour. one is that train derailment in new york city. you're now looking at pictures of a metro north train that went off the tracks at this station in the bronx shortly after 7:00 this morning. about 100 firefighters are responding to the scene. cnn has been told at least two people are dead. the number of injuries unknown at this point. service has been suspended on part of new york's hudson line. we are monitoring developments on this and will bring you more information as it becomes available. here in washington, obama -- the obama administration as briefing reporters right now about fixes to the troubled healthcare.gov website. saturday was the administration's self-imposed deadline to resolve most of the site's

senator feinstein has been involved in efforts to demonstrate -- are we replacing u.s. jobs here? are there people out there that would really do this but we are just not paying enough or something is wrong and therefore, we are turning to foreign workers. it has been proven time and time again, study after study, that is not the case. they will not to do this work. without this workforce, again, food production and crops will -- food production will go off leftnd crops will be unharvested in the u.s. period. >> why are we tying the pathway to citizenship to a guest worker program? i am not going to get 11 million illegal immigrants a path way until i get something i want. i want a new immigration system. i am not going to trust the afl-cio to give it to me after they get on a path to citizenship. our democratic friends are not going to trust us to hold everything up until we are satisfied with border security. you live on the border. i know you are as sincere a -- as sincere about this as possible. we have to talk about the elephant in the room. every time we have this debate, th

i ran against senator feinstein on the green party ticket. >> why? i felt like she had become part of the machine. i felt it was an opportunity to get my voice out in a different venue. >> we will show a clip of senator feinstein. this is a fairly recent one. were you in the room for this? >> i don't know. >> are you usually the room for these demonstrations? >> usually. >> do you meet as a group before you come to the hearing? >> sometimes we meet in line. it depends. >> what determines whether you will stay all night? how often will they allow you to do that? >> there are some things illegal that happens at all hearings. people pay for other people to stand in line for them. that is wrong. if you want to get into the hearing, you get there yourself. >> lobbyists. >> right. they pay other people to get there the night before and take up all the space. they do not allow us citizens to get into. sometimes we have to go there to be the line standers. we have to get there before they do. >> on a normal day, how early do you get there? >> 7 a.m. when the

. >> senator, dianne feinstein's approval rating is now at its lowest level in years. that's according to a new field poll. it came in at 43%. that's a significant drop from a year ago when it was 53%. meanwhile, senator barbra boxer's approval rating has improved to its highest level since 2010. she is slightly ahead of feinstein. as for congress as a whole, it's approval rating is 11%. all right, bert watch your back at one bay area shopping center. >> christmas time crooks trying to trick people out of their money. we'll tell you who they are targeting and how it works. >> one of the places you don't want to be caught drunk. it's a dui check point. they are all over this holiday season. we'll tell you about that coming up. ects dela. >> and another live look at south africa where the world is saying its final respects to nelson mandela. we'll be live streaming the funeral event all night at kpix.com. ,, soon, californians from to salinas to san diego will have equal access to quality health insurance. those who need financial assistance will get it. and nobody will

today now one surprising moment did happen senator feinstein told candy crowley that we are no safer than we were two years ago the two also defended the n.s.a. and said it it's time that to let the agency get back to us job sam sachs reports. i think terror is up worldwide this quick indicate that the fatalities are way up. the numbers are way up there are new bombs very big bombs trucks being reinforced for those bombs there are bombs that go through magnetometers the bomb maker is still alive senator dianne feinstein chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee playing the fear card on sunday to defend the n.s.a. her counterpart in the house representative mike rogers also played by card we're fighting amongst ourselves here in this country about the role of our intelligence community that is is having an impact on our ability to stop what is a growing number of threats and so we've got to shake ourselves out of this pretty soon and understand that our intelligence services are not the bad guys so what has the two congressional intel chiefs using scare tactics on a sunday morni

and in the senate and the argue it out i like your thinking about it i want to talk about dianne feinstein and she. is a little conservative on these issues and she's. messing cell i say with a bill that would protect reporters a shield law a federal shield law and she's got an interesting provision in it where you know you have to work for a standard paper and you sort of have to be a regular journalist which leaves a lot of people out today because you have bloggers you have grand greenwald so for them so on and then she has a provision in there but the court is free to decide whether a particular person is a journalist who doesn't fit that first category you know and she's almost done in a way thinking about it with you in a sense what you've done. your language would be a little better but she's got this interesting idea if the judge feels as you do he can protect an act of journalism and i think that's the best part of the work she's done in this oh year because she's a real bear on this sort of stuff well unfortunately though leaving it up to a judge you know this is almost that prio

september, we have the navy yard shooting and it reinvigorated the debate for dick durbin, dianne feinstein, the democrats who wanted to bring the debate back to congress after the failed .mendment in april harry reid said he would not seek a vote. right now, the issue is appearing dead. that may allow the white house to introduce my executive if republicans on the hill will not cooperate. >> in terms of the administration, what will we see? >> i'm not quite sure. they did introduce the 100 million dollars for additional mental health services this week but it is too far to tell what they will bring up in the next few months. >> rebecca shabad, thehill.com and on twitter. thanks for being with us on c- span's "year in review." [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> here's more about guns from connecticut senator chris murphy who spoke on the senate floor to mark the one-year anniversary of the newton school shootings and urge congress to act in 2014. >> we are about to hit the one- year mark since the tragic shooti

. >> california senator feinstein says the tragedy was the result of weak gun laws in a statement today, feinstein issued a new call for background checks on pri vit gun sales and new limits on availability of military style assault weapons in this country. sandy hook was unthinkable tragedy, she said, it's my hope we remember how we felt that tragic day and honor innocent i victims by putting in place responsible gun safety protections >> today theed president issued a disaster declaration for areas devastated bit fire. the december nation a week after governor brown appealed fema's denial of the state's initial request for help. the feds said the magnitude did not justify the declaration the rim fire broke out august 17th, grew to become the third largest in state history. destroying 11 homes and dozens of structures >> california high speed rail authority scored a major victory today the project hit a set back when a judge ordered the authority to rewrite it's budget. today gave permission to seize this property in fresno. valued at $2.5 million the owner as been unwilling to sale. i

the feinstein-rogers bill, it's a wolf in sheep's clothing is not even appropriate. it is just a support for the nsa. and it plugs some of the legal holes that eff and the aclu and others are using to try to attack the programs. now, the leahy-sensenbrenner bill, sensenbrenner is important, he was the authority of the patriot act who is now saying, wait a minute. i didn't authorize bulk collection, that's not what we were doing with the patriot act. to the extent the department of justice is trying to claim that's what we did in my bill, that's crazy. that bill is trying to plug some holes in it. and i think it's a very good start. the person in congress who's done the most on this is senator widen from oregon who has just been a champion of these issues. >> given all that's happened this week, the washington federal ruling, federal court ruling, the tech leaders being in washington meeting with president obama, the review panel appointed by president obama criticizing the nsa's practices -- do you think it will actually all make a difference? can we expect some conc

. >> california senator feinstein says the tragedy was the result of weak gun laws in a statement today feinstein issued a new call for background checks on pri vit gun sales and new limits on availability of military style assault weapons in this country. sandy hook was unthinkable tragedy, she said, it's my hope we remember how we felt that tragic day and honor innocent i victims by putting in place responsible gun safety protections >> today theed president issued a disaster declaration for areas devastated bit fire. the december nation a week after governor brown appealed fema's denial of the state's initial request for help. the feds said the magnitude did not justify the declaration the rim fire broke out august 17th, grew to become the third largest in state history. destroying 11 homes and dozens of structures >> california high speed rail authority scored a major victory today the project hit a set back when a judge ordered the authority to rewrite it's budget. today gave permission to seize this property in fresno. valued at $2.5 million the owner as been unwilling to sale. it

the senator feinstein said today this needs to go to the supreme court. hope it gets there quickly because i think the american public has a right to hear this adjudicated before the highest court in the land on the fourth amendment. i'm not a lawyer, much less a national securities lawyer. i want to see this go to the supreme court as soon as possible. >> i thought, steve, the strongest element was in the judge's decision when he said, look, pay attention to this 1979 decision. it was for one suspect and the examination of two days of phone records and that's all and from that case other judges in the 21st century have been using it to justify this mass date unspecified harvest. >> i think this judge is saying, regardless of what case came to them, that he's seeing a problem in society of an unhealthy balance of secrecy, no accountability, judges who have been part of the f.i.s.a. court and i respect dianne feinstein in this process but i also respect ron wyden and mark udall who have been raising compassionate issues. it's not that the judge is dealing

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we have been working with senator feinstein on solving agriculture's problems for a long time.history suggests that didn't work. problem error cultural in another itself -- agricultural problem in and of itself was not going to work. we appreciate that, as part of the broader package, there seems to be momentum to get something done this year. we have been talking and andosing solutions proposing legislation for a very long time because this is been a problem for a long time. we believe 2013 reflects what i've described many as the best chance in a generation to stop talking about it and finally fix it. >> can you go on with that? if we fail to reach an agreement and there is no agreement with the subset of agriculture, what with the consequent be -- consequence the? be? how much of our industry do we stand to lose? a the status quo means that large percentage of the american bekforce is going to undocumented workers in this country, people who are not here legally. the is untenable to american producer. secondly, we have a labor shortages in the country. it is resulting in cro

senator feinstein said the u.s. has to look for ways to get intelligence that is operable and ways that can prevent plots against americans. >> first of all, i really think that protecting the nation is important. secondly protecting the nation within the principles of this great democracy and this great constitution is also important. now, the metadate is a it not constitutionally guaranteed to be first amendment material. the supreme court has passed on that. but having said that, we have got to examine ways to be able to get data to get intelligence that is operable and that can prevent plots from hatching and americans from being killed. that is the goal. now if we can do it in another way, we are looking to do it in another way. we would like to. if we can't, we can't. >> you could say that this program has thwarted some specific attacks? >> well, it has. but that is classified. we discussed it in there. i gather there is -- i have to -- there is a report on that. i'm going to look at that report. >> senator, w

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senator feinstein spoke with reporters following a briefing of the n.s.a.'s collection of verizon phone records. they said they have to find ways that can prevent plots against americans. >> first of all, i really think that protecting the nation is important. secondly, protecting the nation within the principles of this great democracy and this great constitution is also important. now, the metadata is not constitutionally guaranteed to be first amendment material. the supreme court has passed on that. but having said that, we have got to examine ways to be able to get data, to get intelligence that is operable and that can prevent plots from hatching and americans from being killed. that is the goal. now if we can do it in another way, we are looking to do it in another way. we would like to. if we can't, we can't. >> could you say that this program has thwarted some specific attacks? >> well, it has. but that is classified. we discussed it in there. i gather there is -- i have to -- there is a report on hat. i'm going to look at that report. >> senator, w

there is no record he went to dianne feinstein, mike rogers, that he tried to reach out to the mediaefore hand to say there is a problem without disclosing information that has subs kwiptly damage -- subsequently damaged our national security operations. and i mean, one thing that is glaring to me in this article, he never says a world about there are people trying to kill us. there are terrorists out there. and we have to protect ourselves as americans. >> here is what he said from the article. he said i'm not trying to bring down the nsa, i'm working to improve the nsa. i am still working for the nsa right now. they are the only ones who don't realize it. he goes on to say, for me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission is already accomplished. i already won. charles? >> well then, mr. snowden, if you have won, then why don't you come home and make all of the arguments you made to the journalist, make them to a jury. why don't you tell them that you don't want to bring down the nsa, you simply are trying to spark a debate. why don't you tell them that all you want to do is

. >>> dianne feinstein is pushing to keep a deadline for installing new technology on trains that she says would prevent crashes like the one in new york over the weekend that killed four people. senator feinstein introduced legislation back in 2008 that requires all trains to have what's called positive train control installed by december 31st, 2015. the technology automatically slows down or stops trains if engineers exexceed spi.es or are on a collision course with another train , seeds the speed limit or are -- exceed the speed limit or on a collision course with another train. >>> we're learning more about the funeral plans for nelson mandela and why he will be buried far away from south africa's cap -- capital. >>> traffic will be slow like places on 80. >>> bundle up. it's a freezing start, once again, but the sun is now up. we will begin to thaw out. i will have a look at your time line for friday and what changes are coming our way. more on that -- coming up. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple

he first talks about senator feinstein out of california. dianne feinstein elected me when she asked softball questions in committee hearings. he said mike rogers, michigan republican congressman, he is the chair of the house health committee, he says he elected me when he kept the programs hidden. the fisa court elected me when they decided to legislate from the bench on things that were far beyond the mandate of what that court was ever intended to do. did he choose the kind of information that distorts what the nsa is up to or is this exactly what americans needed to know m. >> i think he gave everything that he wasn't discriminating what he revealed. some of it makes the nsa look bad. a lot of it doesn't. as for his intentions, again, i think it is hard to say. but he -- he hasn't certainly encouraged the debate that he was hoping for. >> definitely. we are all still talking about him and everything he had to say. good to have you today. >> thank you. >>> let's talk that definitely speaks to the season we are in. a live look at the vatic

it is a major tool inferet ferr out a potential attack. >> legislatively you and senator feinstein have promp, you have differing views on prifrsey and security. >> that's democracy. we have congressman sensenbrenner, republican in the house. i have similar legislation. i think that we are -- that's why i'm having hearings. before these hearings were always in closed doors. we can't tell you what we heard. i've had the hearings in open session. i think it's been an eye-opener to the american people when they found out how much of their privacy is invade day by day. we're willing to give up some privacy but not everything. can you imagine in the day j. edgar hoover spying on everybody martin luther king on through, if he had this power, how many people's lives would be ruined. what i'm looking at, will we always face a trorgs threat? of course we will. it's a greater threat if the government does away with the rights and we become a totalarian state. >> there were 54 instances of terror threats directly prevented by the nsa program. >> well, you know, that is a question that i asked when

the california senator diane feinstein does not support it. >>> next at 5:00, a social media giant is taking on texting. the new mobile app that wants to transform the way we share messages. also -- >> it was an amazing experience. how many people can say they are part of something that helped a million kids? >>> the south bay woman that cre dreamed it up. >>> we are tracking some rainfall up to the north. plus record setting heat and when that is expected to arrive in about ten minutes. >>> no holiday glow in the closing bell on wall street today. the dow has dropped. the market closed down 104 points today. the nasdaq also dropped down five points. >>> john boehner lets out a shot against the extreme right wing party. the budget deal passed just about two hours ago. tea party groups oppose the deal. >> i think they're pushing our members in places where they don't want to be. frankly, i think they've lost all credibility. >> despite ongoing opposition from prominent tea party groups, the budget deal is expected topt topto pass the senate and be signed into law. >>> we sent our busin

and that led senator feinstein to say she had to review all of of the intelligence committee. because, again, this was going on without knowledge. you'll remember, either the united states came out and will stop bugging these gatherings of the imf or of the d bank, all things that had been bugging the european parliament, we don't know. was some specific organization rganizations all of that devoted not to espionage, but to peacemaking.ing and set up after the second world war, the united states has come won't be id, we bugging them anymore, which, to me, is an implicit to the were. n that they >> do you think the reaction got them into the list to do with security and more to do with the fact that we would traditionally secretive? been committee we had talking about earlier had just published the minutes of the meeting in november. press a meeting of the side and the official side. and the vice chairman of that ody said it was important to publish routine embarrassment for the security. by the the material guardian fell into the former category. a lot of this stuff is it's co

and the other person i put on therein is the head of the senate intelligence committee, dianne feinsteinthe revelations from snowden, the recent report from the white house panel on intelligence issues and the judge last week who declared one of the programs unconstitutional has really been a blow to defenders of the nsa programs like dianne feinstein. she's got a big challenge from the reform wing on these intelligence issues. that's going to be a big fight in 2014. >> ryan lizza, larry sabato, thank you so much for -- stay with us because although those were the people who won and lost in 2013, we'll be talking about the issues, as well. which ones rose to the top and which ones were forgotten. we'll get larry and ryan's take next. >>> so before the break, we broke down the political winners and losers of 2013, but we only talked about people. now it's time to take a look at the issues. i've got ryan lizza and larry sabato back with me. i'm going to throw these out, guys. i actually picked a few of these myself. and you tell me where you think they fall. i think i have a good idea. imm

this was a demonstration outside of dianne feinstein's office. and demanding it not be torn down. the new deal moved in and gave rural areas water and electricity. this is one in modock county and we have cheaper electricity. and then, there were sustainable communities, people think they are discovering this at this time. this one was done in georgia. this is one in maryland green belt outside of washington d.c. this is right outside of the co-op. and then urban roads like this in the los angeles river and this is being built. this is mira loma park. this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oak

a little later which i call the good goose came like dianne feinstein and they pit in their blood andears to keep the district including my mother trying to help. so just to quickly say i support of the comments of christen harris and lawyer victor or cuss and make sure that that place is around for a long time >> (calling names). >> thank you, commissioners. as a member of the where had of the jazz heritage center i've watched on a untold number of divorce 80 diverse their time to preserve a culture district of african-american and japanese-americans and jews who came together it's teaching the community a lot. it's bringing us back to together it's a bit of redemption we're bringing back your history and people are happy. it's a small space we labor to keep it alive and i hope we can continue to keep it alive for the city >> (calling names) >> hello. thank you for hearing us today. i want to say i lived in the mission since 1978 where i paid $280 for my apartment. yovp i don't have to tell you please don't let things happen in the fillmore. there's only a few of you old enough to kn

i think it was more interesting that dianne feinstein was echoing those very things.ously in a more credible position, being in the majority party. so these things cannot be dismissed. but i have -- i have ventured out of mycome to the studio tod i'm glad to see you did the same. >> thank you very much. yes, and i think we're perfectly safe. and ryan, going back over to healthcare.gov, because, of course, when republicans are not worrying about the national security situation or whatever else they're doing, they are shading healthcare.gov. but this week, that storyline kind of lost some traction. because it does appear that the website is now functional. for republicans. do you see a shift now in terms of on capitol hill, away from the constant talk of repeal. now that you actually have a health care law that's being implemented, not just a website that has to get up and running? >> right. making fun of the website wasn't a particularly long-range strategy. because if you take a step back and say, okay, so, you know, you're saying that obama care is a failure because

obviously they support this program but they are no shrinking violets, particularly dianne feinstein. >> i won't pass judgment on what he said. what he believes is the congressional intelligence committees and the fisa court had become a graveyard of judgment. they were captured by the system that they were completely inside the bubble and they were not asking fundamental questions like should the nsa be sort of taking in all of the -- >> how would he know that as a low level guy in hawaii? how would he know those questions weren't asked? >> what he knows is that throughout the period that these programs were operating, a period of over a decade under various authorities, there was no congressional effort to scale them back, and in fact, that's correct, there was none. >> just a final question. reading this story, he seems like he's very proud of himself. as you said, he's serene, that he did the right thing, almost like he feels like a martyr for what he thinks is a just cause. if that's the case, why is he hiding? why not come back and face the music? >> i don't think he would call

mike rogers, out of the house intelligence committee, and dianne feinstein, out of the senate intelligence committee, both said al qaeda is getting much more sophisticated in the sort of weapons and techniques it's developing. they have not gone to sleep. the question is, is the united states going to go to sleep? >> matt, the question is, where is the president on this? he accepted the report without comment. said, we'll think about it, go at it. but it seems to me he's been voting present on this entire debate. he just doesn't want to defend or seems reluctant to defend the very powers he's been using for five years. >> well, he stuck -- his base obviously wants him to, you know, curtail this back. so does the -- on the right. at the same time, he has been suck scessful in preventing any terrorist attack -- >> why wouldn't he evoke that? just next thin passing, we havet had another attack? >> he hasn't been willing to speak out and defend these progaps. the key phrase in the report from the white house is potential risk to civil liberties. but there's a very real risk from al qaeda which

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the head of the senate intelligence committee, california democrat diane feinstein and the chairman of the house intelligence committee, michigan republican mike rodgers, warned that al qaeda's willingness to stage smaller attacks and its access to more powerful and more difficult to detect bombs make the nation more vulnerable. rodgers told cnn, quote, people think we have this thing beat, and that's just knot the case. overseas, there was another massive protest today in the ukraine, which is torn between east and west. an estimated 100,000 people, many chanting "revolution," defied a government ban and rallied on independence square in the capital city of kiev. there was renewed violence when some tried to storm a government building. riot police responded by firing tear gas and beating some of the protesters. the demonstrators are demanding that the ukrainian president move forward on a deal that would integrate them with the european union. russia has already banned some ukrainian imports and is threatening trade sanctions if the deal is put into place. >>> there was another wave