as john hendren reports from the revolutionary strong hold of misrata, tens of thousands of former fighters joined pro-government forces. >> libya's post revolutionary army is a marriage of former enemies. there are long-time rebels gaoled by muammar gaddafi is regime, like this general. >> translation: i'm still in a state of ecstasy from the victory of the february 17th revolution. >> and other officers joined. trnchs i deflected from the regime. i saw how it worked. >> they are now all part of one libyan army. inside libya's defense force is made up of smaller armies. some of the fighters that rested the country from muammar gaddafi's grip, are part of the security problem. rogue militias fired on demonstrators, threatening to overthrow the congress. >> armed brigades entered the arsenal, and with the political issues that come with the transition, we have a terrible security situation. >> the prime minister's fledgeling government is trying to control the groups. placing them under control oft army. here, where the streets were left a riddled ruin, most of the fighters joined the army.

we have this report from john hendren. >> marvin was a few feet from oblivion. she stopped just short of a 20 foot wall of earth. in a few minutes we would have been underneath it. in his 49 years as a teacher he got to know many vick tips. he came to the town for work for a breath taking view of the mountains and the close-knit neighbourhood. >> i said after i left "i'm going to die in derrington", it's getting close to the time, but that's how much it impressed me, to be part of this community. it's a loving community. >> studies found the mountain above steelhead drive was at risk of a landslide. >> the politicians, two members of congress, and the mayor say it's too soon to say why that didn't change anything. >> what are you suggesting. >> there was a landslide risk. is there reason to believe that something should have been done. >> you have to take a moment at some point and look back and say could we have prevented this so we know in the future. that moment will come with a disaster. right now we need every resource focussed on the recovering. >> on any

john hendren has a report from misrata where dozens of fighters joined pro-government forces. >> libya's post revolutionary army is a marriage of former enemies. there are long-time rebels gaoled by muammar gaddafi's regime. like this general. >> i'm still in a state of ecstasy from the victory of the 17 january revolution. >> there are officers in the former regime who joined the revolution. >> i defected when the people rebelled. we saw how he treated civilians. >> they are all part of one army. inside libyan's defense force is made up of smaller armies. and some of the militia fighters who wrested the country from muammar gaddafi's grip, are part of the security problem. rogue militias fired on demonstrators, threatening a crimling attack. >> armed forces inher ted the muammar gaddafi term analyse. with the issues that come with the transition period we have a terrible situation. >> the fledgeling government is trying to control the armed groups by placing them under the control of libya's army. here in misrata, the forces left tripoli a riddled ruin. most of the 40,000 fighters from

john hendren, al jazeera, kiev. >> is there something to be gained by the united states for a split between russia and ukraine? a growing new industry, natural gas. last year ukraine imported more than 900 billion cubic feet from russia. in 2013, the u.s. produced listen to this, 5 trillion cubic feet more than the russians. america is now the largest gas producer in the world but ranks eighth i in exporting it. taking over could be worth tens of billions of dollars. all of those countries rely on appliance that run through ukraine. coral davenport is with us, she is an energy reporter with the new york times. coral is a friend of the program. good to see you. let's walk this out slowly, is the possibility there for the u.s. to become more of an exporter of natural gas to europe? >> absolutely. there is a big political push right now, especially from republicans, and from the oil and gas industry itself, for the u.s. to open up and start exporting natural gas overseas. there are now 21 applications from companies into the u.s. energy department for permits to export natural gas. the energy

john hendren, al jazeera, libya. >> three aids to the leading candidates in afghanistan's president hasbeen murdered. they were attacked by those on motor bikes. >> reporter: they identified three men on the bus, pulled them off on to the road, and shot them dead there. they entered the bus and told anybody that if they had anything to do with these elections, if they were involved in campaigning or organizing these elections, they themselves would be targeted. now the three men we know who have been killed are aides and supporters of dr. abdullah, who is a frontrunner in this election where afghans are due to go to the polls on april 5th. this sort of violence has happened before with dr. abdullah's campaign and all candidates of the presidency are aware that anybody working for them are very much likely to be targeted in the coming weeks. the taliban has not officially claimed responsibility for this attack, but speaking to al jazeera they said they did not find it surprising that this attack had taken place. two days ago they issued a very strongly worded statement saying they have o

john hendren has been told crimea referendum should not be allowed. t-. >> translation: i think that today it's not just ukraine that will leave crimea, the whole world will lose stability. top leaders in the world should be aware of this. the kremlin has declared war. not on crimea or ukraine, but the kremlin declared war on the world. >> stay tuned to talk to al jazeera to see the full interview with yulia tymoshenko, at 7:00pm eastern. >> syrian opposition forces released a group of greek orthodox nuns. rebels claimed they were holding the women for their own application. the syrian government released 150 prisoners in exchange for the 13 nuns. rebel sources told reuters many of the prisoners are women. >> this our correspondent is on the border of lebanon and syria. >> we understand issues have been overcome and according to the chief in lebanon, the nuns are with him and entered lebanese territory. they entered lebanon from an area where they were received by the lebanese allegations outside in no man's land in syria and lebanon. now they will ma

yulia tymoshenko, john hendren talked to her in the soviet capitol. >> i think it is not just ukraine who will lose crimea in this crisis. all the latest in the world will feel the critical moment of this situation. the kremlin has declared war not to ukraine, not crimea, but to the whole world. it's evident that diplomacy now doesn't work and the more time we lose the more risks we have. >> tymoshenko said if a referendum was held in crimea, ukraine would lose the territory. she says the biggest task is to make sure that doesn't take place. blocking pro-ukraine groups on social media. katarina vook, in tonight's first person report, she says she has been the target of direct threats. >> from people who are supporting russia in this struggle and the most surprising thing is that i've been at which timerring for almost three months, from the beginning of the trouble in maind maidan, bus only the third or fourth day of russian intervention and we are finding aggressive statements, as soon as russians get me they will kill me. we have very powerful anticampaign, they are blocking some so

in the talk to al jazeera, yulia tymoschenko tells john hendren that a referendum in crimea should not be allowed. >> translation: the one thing world leaders must not do at the moment is lose time. they cannot leave ukraine on its own. every ukrainian believes crimea will not leave ukraine on its own, for his aggressor. the critical date is the date of the referendum to be conducted in crimea. if the international community allows it to be healed, their struggle will be more difficult. a call to all international leaders to allow not to allow this to be conducted or for the brutal destabilizition of the world. >> stay tuned to see the full interview with yulia tymoschenko, 10:00 p.m. eastern. all sieyes are on russian president vladimir putin and what his next move will be. we look at his life to understand his motivations. [ speaking foreign language ] >> vladimir putin ruled russia directly or indirectly for over a dozen years, and could rule for a decade more. he was born in lenin grad, eight years after a 900 day long siege ended. >> the generation that vladimir putin is a part of

he spoke to john hendren. there is a very real chance, as you know well, that you could lose the crimea. if that happened, what would that mean to the ukraine and to the rest of the world? >> translation: i think it's not just ukraine who will lose crimea during the crisis, i think it's the whole world that will feel the consequence of this loss. all the leaders in the world should feel the critical moment of the situation. >> the kremlin has declared war not to ukraine, not to crimea, but to the whole world. >> if diplomacy doesn't work, what would you like to see the world do? >> it's evident that diplomacy doesn't work. the more time we lose, the more risks we have. i think currently there is a lot of talk about creating special negotiation groups, and about more diplomacy talks. that's not to the point. i think if we follow the course, after 30 march, after the referendum to be held in crimea, we shall lose crimea and adhere to different methods. if pooutins start war in crime ya, ukrainians will fight. if