this is after -- after the activists and their occupation of kiev city hall. it has been exactly three years now since a band protesters in benghazi were shot at by libyan security forces. at a marked the beginning of the revolution in libya that eventually top it -- toppled muammar gaddafi. thousands of people gathered last night to celebrate the evil of the anniversary with fireworks, but for many in libya, there is not that much to celebrate. the situation there three years on is the subject of today's inside look. sky and the in the explosions of joy in the street. thousands of libyans gather in tripoli to celebrate the third anniversary of the revolution that brought down moammar gadhafi. those that do some celebrating were too young to remember life under the dictator. today i am happy in my heart and in my soul. it reminds me of the moment of our liberation, a historic moment in this nation that will be written in history for the coming generations. >> today my happiness is indescribable. great joy. what can i say? i think i am going to fly with joy. i

protesters in ukraine pulled out of kiev's city hall. demonstrators occupied it for two month, but agreed to leave after the government promised to drop charges against activists. >> in south africa 11 were pulled from a closed mine. they were rescued and handed over to police. >> hackers broke into the fund raiding website kick starter and stole user information. they did not say how many customer accounts were compromised. they didn't say how much accounts were hacked into. >> in sochi. the ice hockey team beat slovakia. the medal count: >> i'm jonathan betz, "talk to al jazeera" with russell simmonds is up next. for updates go to aljazeera.com. ♪ ♪ >>> you have a voice, you use it if you can. so i have a voice and i use it. >> hip hop pioneer and business mogul russell simons is a man of vision. >> you can't fail until you quit. >> music, fashion, social action, the def jam founder is a pervasive cultural influence and a strong advocate for justice. >> the war on drugs has done more to detroit the fabric of the black community than an

protestors in ukraine have ended their occupation of kiev city hall. officials have promised to drop charges if they left all government buildings by today. the protests were over the president's decision to ditch an agree with the e.u. in favor of closer ties with russia. in italy today, 39-year-old, matteo renzi was nominated by the president to become the country's youngest ever prime minister. renzi is now tasked with forming a new coalition government. the ambitious politician currently serves as mayor of florence, but never in parliament. here is our report from rome. >> italy is betting its future on this man. he is young, and he bristles with energy and ambition. today he drove himself to the presidential palace in rome. he is 39 years old and is set to become italy's youngest prime minister. matteo renzi is not even an m.p. he is the mayor of florence, with no experience in government. now he is tasked with running italy. >> i would like to assure the president of the republic, the political parties and above all, the italians who are watching

. >>> now, in ukraine, protesters say that they are ready to end their occupation of kiev city hall.after charges again demonstrators were dropped. the streets remain tense and more anti-government rallies are expected sunday. much of the capitol remains a fortified camp after three months of unrest and anti-government protests. the 39-year-old mayor of florence is tipped to become prime minister as talks are underway to form a new government in italy. he would be the youngest in history. he has never been an p.m. and could get the top job without winning an election. david has been following the talks in rome. >> reporter: a small group of protesters for the most prominent politician to arrive. silvey row. he might have been expelled from the senate but he's still a force to be recognize inninged with in parliament. >> translator: we express to the president our worry over the crisis that's occurred outside of the apartment in just one party leading to the proposal of government without a single word of that government's agenda. we are in op skins but ours will be a responsible on h

the protesters who had been occupying city hall in kiev, in the capital city, they left two days ago after months of occupying that building because of the amnesty deal. but then today, it all just went off like a rocket. the government closed a new economic deal with russia yesterday. the protesters after only two days of being gone were back inside kiev city hall. they were back in huge numbers in independence square. and today, defying an order from the government that the protesters must leave and go home, they stayed. and ukrainian units drove armored vehicles into the barricades. those armored personnel carriers got stuck on the barricades. then they got set on fire. the protesters besieged the troops in the personnel carriers. other troops came out to rescue their colleagues who were stuck. the personnel carriers were set alight. not just tear gas but grenades and molotov cocktails and what appears to be live fire. "the new york times" reporters on the scene today described, quote, elderly women clustered on the sidewalk, heedless of the gunshots and explosions, heckling, shou

. >>> ukraine's president has pulled out of kiev's city hall. this comes after the government said it would drop charges against arrested activists. >> starting from tomorrow, law enforcement and judicial institution he will carry out procedures to drop case he of violence confrontation. >> protesters have been occupying the square in kiev for two months now. >>> more demonstrations on tuesday. a warrant has been issued for the arrest of leopoldo lopez. people there have been rallying for a fifth day, condemning high inflation, food shortages and rising crime. lopez says he has doning nothing wrong. >> during the last few days they have said they want to arrest me. i will be there showing my face. i have nothing to fear. i have committed no crime. i have been a venezuelan committed to our country our constitution and our future. if there is a legal decision to jail me i will accept that decision and our infamous decision by the state. >> racially levin has more from caracas. >> are demonstrators took to the streets for the fifth day in a row. no

. >> protesters in ukraine pulled out of kiev's city hall, after the government said it would dlop charges against the -- drop charges against the activist. the announcement was made by the prosecutor germ. >> translation: starting from tomorrow, law enforcement and judicial institutions will carry out -- >> anti-government protesters were in caracas for the fifth straight day calling for the president to resign, blaming him for rising inflation and high crime rate. today's demonstrations were peaceful. the opposition blames the police for the deaths. the president points to the protesters calling the pois american backed fascists. >> now to africa and a disease affecting millions of people and animals. it's caused by a little fly. we talk about how a cure may lie in a counterintuitive place. >> this is the latest effort to combat one of africa's destruct difficult diseases. it is a parasite that floods the bloodstreams. it affects live stocks, but humans suffer to. >> if the stock get sick, we can't make money. there's no vaccine against the disease. >> attempts to get rid of the disease

the two sides faced each other at an antigovernment barricades at kiev city hall. protests continue through a third month. >>> and speaking of demonstrations in brazil, the protesters storm the main rail station. they are outraged over the proposal to raise fares by 10 cents. the protests began peacefully but they escalated. tear gas was used and several people were arrested and several hurt. anger is growing ahead of this summer's world cup. the protesters prefer the money be spent on schools. >>> a giant bolder derailed a train in the alps. you can see 9 force 69 -- you can see the force of the falling rock. the train was on a three-hour trip from nice. >>> a program in the u.k. aimed at catching celebrity sex offenders is under criticism following a series of high-profile cases. they are trying to differentiate between legitimate cases and false accusations. >> reporter: the much loved soap star bill roche left a courtroom a fee man after a jury acquitted him of multiple charges of sexual assault dating from decades ago. there's now a very public debate about a

. >>> anti-government protest nurse ukraine are clearing out a city hall in the capital city of kiev.was part of an amnesty deal reached with the government from friday. protesters have occupied city hall sense december. as part of an agreement the protesters must leaved occupied government buildings in exchange the government will not prosecute arrested protesters. >>> meanwhile, a trial for deposed egypt president mohammad morsi has been adjourned? cairo. it was his third appearance in court. he and 35 others were charged with espionage and carrying out what prosecutors call terror attacks. but marcy defense team withdrew in practice test of the glass cage the defendants would be held in. claiming they would nobody the able to hear the proceedings from inside. the judge refused a request to remove the glass cage and the trial has been adjourned until february 26th. >>> it's the 50th day of detention from our al jazerra staff in egypt. our colleagues have all been in prison there since december 29th. they denied the charges that they were reporting in favor of the muslim brotherhood.

. >> demonstrators agreed to sleeve city hall in kiev if the government dropped charges against arrested activists. >> those are the headlines. i'm thomas drayton in new york. "talk to al jazeera" is coming up next. >> i called it a ticking time epidemic. sherman. >> he twerked his way into the national consciousness, taking a page out of miley cyrus's book. >> when you started off the term super agent didn't exist. if you think about it player representation didn't exist as it does today. how did you start that, and why? >> the reality is there was no right of representation when i began. i remember calling up mike brown of the bengals to represent a player, and he said, "we don't deal with agents" click. that was that. mostly players had their parents tore did it themselves. the roll of an agent is to serve as a buffer. years ago i asked steve bartkowski in the first negotiation whether he wanted to hear every fact that went on between me and the general managers. and he said, "sure, it's my life, i want to hear it. i said steve, they'll say no so complimentary things about you. "no, i

. >> demonstrators agreed to sleeve city hall in kiev if the government dropped charges against arrestedctivists. >> those are the headlines. i'm thomas drayton in new york. "talk to al jazeera" is coming up next. >> i called it a ticking time epidemic. sherman. >> he twerked his way into the national consciousness, taking a page out of miley cyrus's book. >> when you started off the term super agent didn't exist. if you think about it player representation didn't exist as it does today. how did you start that, and why?

. >>> in ukraine this morning, there are no protesters at the city hall in kiev.ors ending their occupation in an amnesty deal that will clear them of all criminal charges in exchange for giving up their protests. protesters have been on the streets since december, upset at ukraine's president and his close ties to russia. >>> followers and fans of his hit tv show today are remembering jamie coots. he is a pentecostal pastor and reality tv star famous for handling poisonous snakes. coots died over the weekend after being bitten by one of those snakes during a service. he refused treatment. his son told the "associated press" his father had been bitten before, did not expect the severe reaction. >>> all right, the popular online coupon company groupon may need to brush up on its american history after it mistakenly sent out a presidents' day promotion honoring alexander hamilton. groupon referred to hamilton as "one of our greatest presidents." hamilton was the first treasury secretary but was never a president. he does, however, appear on the $10 bill and is consi

of sevastopol where a pro russian mayor has been appointed by city hall after an outpouring of popular support or position or reports from kiev. for the past few days in the city of sevastopol which is also the country's second largest seaport and home to russia's black sea navy fleet scores of people have been taking to the streets protesting everything that's been happening here in the if in fact they haven't recognized the new authority and moreover they've taken down ukrainian flags from government buildings and put up russian once moscow has been saying that it will not intervene into the situation here and has been calling on western partners to follow its examples. but it has also voted for a new mayor who's gained his supporters by promising to protect the city from the ultra right if what we're referring to the nationalists more of whom have been taking a new government post here in kiev rashid but it used to be we will have to defend our city it's already be gone and we are brute once and police and police on the streets but i fear this is not enough we also face a huge economic threat of our economic system is tied

protesters recently ended a nearly three-month occupation of city hall and the capital kiev as part of an amnesty deal with the government, but that continued calls for yanukovych to resign. in venezuela, president underwrote has accused his opponents of mounting a coup amidst violent antigovernment protest that left at least three people dead last week. claiming the united states sided with the opposition, president maduro ordered the expulsion of three u.s. consular officials. >> i have ordered the foreign minister of the republic to declare persona non grata and expel the three consulate functionaries at the embassy of the unites states of america in venezuela. that they leave venezuela alone. >> president maduro accused u.s. officials the meeting was stirred in -- students in a bid to stir up unrest. the white house has denied involvement in the protest. the opposition leader lopez has outed himself in after holding a final rally today. the government issued an arrest warrant for lopez last week, accusing him of inciting violence. president maduro has called on his supporters to ra

city hall and two more dead are the main post office. there are so many at the concert hall, we do not even take them. >> kiev looks like

occupation of the kiev city council building to vacate regional administrative buildings across the country some constructions were reported when a group of radicals block the entrance to city hall in the capital but did not break through. venezuela has all. three u.s. consular officials to be expelled from the country as on the arrest spirals for the president accused diplomats of orchestrating the opposition protests currently sweeping the country at least three of being killed in the clashes between pro and anti-government demonstrators but otoh also issued an arrest warrant for the opposition leader accusing him of trying to incite it. to thailand's capital bangkok where thousands of protesters surrounded the government's headquarters of the police started to retake areas that have been occupied for months i'm very crowds used quickly drives some men to seal the gate to the prime minister's main office to prevent the cabinet from working at the opposition considers. to be a puppet of a brother who is in self exile also a former leader. coming up for you right now here at r.t. international an eye opening documentary on how the big drug companies are accused of creating illne

city hall. these are the live pictures out of kiev. more protests are expect on sunday. much it is a fortified camp an three months of protest. live to kiev. these are the life pictures out of independence square, i believe. to give you a bit of background, the protest started in november when president viktor yanukovych abandoned plans to sign an agreement. preferring closer trade relations with russia. thousands of people still there braving the cold, standing against president viktor yanukovych and his government. we will take you back to kiev a little later was the story develops. >> still to come on the newshour. >> three months after haiyan sweeps across tacloban we visit the vulnerable, the children. >> one man's garbage is turned into another man's tv. what about the back street waste? >> and the spanish league. all the goals with andy coming up. >> he's 39 years old and never been elected to public office. the mayor of florence is tipped to become italy's prime minister. rns -- matteo renzi will become the youngest prime minister in history. >> a small group of

these are pictures of the protesters leaving city hall, and a large rally in kiev is getting under way, where ukraine has seen mass protests when president viktor yanukovych passed on a european union deal, which would have increased trade. italy spent the weekend without a prime minister. less than a near in office. enrico letta resigned on friday after being run out by a party coup. in the next few days center left leader, the mayor of florence is expected to be named the new prime minister. he's 39 years old. if sworn in, he'll be italy's youngest prime minister in all of its history. >> new englanders waking up with another layer of fresh snow fall. the storm moved on from rhode island, but the snow is still coming down in maine. another four inches is expected before this most recent storm makes its way to the atlanta. not only did the storm bring snow, it's followed by gusty wind and cold temperatures. >> here to give us the forecast is eboni deon, meteorologist. what do we have to expect today? >> more snow in the maine, but the system is exiting. we are expecting temperatures t

outside the city hall a mirror image of the tents erected in kiev independent square and manned by battleups determined to stop the occupation of buildings here by antigovernment forces. the governor's headquarters have been barricaded, a small force of police guard the entrance and ready at hand. new volunteers arriving everyday to help them. they say they can sum up to 1,000 men within minutes if needed. >> yes. >> translator: i am a russian, in 1998 i came to ukraine and i'm still a citizen of russia and live in ukraine and the life here is good and my feeling is that ukraine and russia are two brothers, they is why i came here to support those who are protesting against western meddling here. >> reporter: the russian orthodox faith is rooted here for hundreds of years. the monks are appalled of what they see happening in kiev. >> these people may be used by these extremists, by this armed terrorist, by this movements so i want to tell them that your opinion is not the opinion of all ukraine people. >> reporter: the city's port is now locked in a sheet of ice that has turned the black

. >> this morning for the first time in months protesters are out of city hall in kiev, ending theirlear them of all criminal charges in exchange for ending their protests. they've been on the streets since december, upset with the ukraine president and his clo ties to russia. >> a pair of teen-age boys are in the hospital this morning after a science project set off an explosion in their home. a man said his son and a friend were working on rockets and used fuel to start a rocket in the fireplace. the boys were seriously injured, blew out windows and shot debris into their yard. >> 19 miles in the snow. that's how far two men walked to get help with their children after their suv got stuck in a snow bank in rural idaho. their story is amazing. take a look. a frantic mother looking out the window waiting to reunited with her dad and husband. search teams fanning out to find the families, their loved ones at home fearing the worst. >> everyone pitched in, jumped in their vehicles and went out to search for them. >> the pair of dads and children forced to hike for hours in the snow, a

demonstrators in ukrainian capital kiev offended that two months old occupation of a key building was closed deal with the government in which they agreed to the city hall without being arrested was the first time that but cites much agree with otto making concessions since the political turmoil began in the country in november for strikeouts in of a crack as the latest now from kiev participants in the movement against president again the guidance was surprised and disappointed by the decision by the council of my dad was brings together a business and political bodies and some representatives of civil society to free up guilty but dfat all the bills asia said the street which had been dogged by barricades. so we asked the audience get up to six of the council for an explanation. she would issue the small bore the rest of the law it would be a teacher i've written about this. it's wisdom and really that's quite tell. take a step that were still going to post here which is the cheeky pda. yes all those hours a week shannon. it is like to use it to be the final and last year on the european union for the week she'll let you see once again when we are the

outside the city hall, a mirror image of the tents erected in kiev's independent square.e manned by so called battle groups determined to prevent any occupation of public buildings here by anti-government forces. the governor's headquarters have been barricaded. a small force of police guard the main entrance with their riot tools ready at hand. no volunteers a require every day to help them. -- new volunteers. they can sum up to one thousandn minutes in needed. >> i am a russia in 1998 i came to rue crane but still a citizen of russia. i live in ukraine and i can tell that the life here is good and my feeling is that ukraine and russia are two brothers, that's why came here to support those who are protesting against western medaling here. >> reporter: the russian orthodox faith has been rooted here for runs of years, the monk in this monetar monastery are ad with what they see happening in kiev. >> these people may be used by these extremists, by these armed terrorists, by this nothing move, so i want to tell them that your opinion is not the opinion of all ukrainian pe

city hall. he says that ukraine should be a part of europe. >> we have to stand here to protect europe. it is true. >> reporter: tonight, in kiev, independence square, they are still mourning those who died to bring ukraine to this historic crossroad, and there is not a russian flag in sight. protesters in this square, brian, overturned their pro-russian government. it is not clear now how much independence russia will tolerate. brian? >> richard engel who remains in kiev for us tonight, thank you, this is no ordinary time and all of this presents a very difficult balancing act for the u.s., getting involved in what russia again considers its own domestic affairs. tonight, the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry is issuing a strong message to putin, nonetheless. and nbc's andrea mitchell has more at the state department on that end of the story. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian, vladimir putin's war games so close to ukraine prompted this stern warning from secretary of state john kerry in his interview with us. also a not so friendly caution from kerry to putin about how quickly these kinds of uprisings can catch

kiev. hundreds more may have been hurt. the violence started earlier in the day after protesters reoccupied city hall and marched in to an areadependence square where police had amassed. police are accused of using live ammunition as well as tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets to fight the protesters. ukraine has been paralyzed by political turmoil when the president reject aid deal with the european union in return for financial sport and closer ties with russia. for more i am joined from ukraine's capital kiev by natialia correspondence with an independent online news seven theres in ukraine. thank you for doing this for us. where have you been today? and what did you see? >> reporter: we have been following as editor, anchorrer and journalist everything happening from early more than generally. so far i have a shift in the newsroom. but i should explain what's happening now. it's most urgent. we are now doing our news and talking to all the reporters from the field. so what is is new, what we haven't heard is that it's also the thugs in plain cloths have joined the police and still a huge out break of violence in th

kiev. we've got some cultural buildings here. this is called october palace. here we have the conservator. if we go to the west there are other areas where there have been clashes taking place. we have city hall over here and where protesters have retaken the building here. the post office, the protesters have seized the post office. but this is the main part of the protest right here independent square. and this is where the protesters have been setting up tents and recently as we have seen in pictures they've been putting those tents on fire and also putting mattresses on fire to create a ring of fire to keep the police out. right across from the area of where they've been setting up the tents we've had another part of this monument here. it's called the independence monument. if you go way out to the east on the street you see another area called european square where the police have been reinforcing their vehicles, bringing in troops and waiting to see if they can surpass those barricades set up by the protesters. >> roxana, thank you very much. several foreign ministers are set to meet with the government and opposition leaders in kiev. john kerry urging president yanukovych to resolve t

kiev. one of the opposition lawmakers says the police are being held in city hall, which is occupied by protestersthe president nor the opposition leaders he met with are in control of the chaos engulfing ukraine. theill hear the latest from white house on the ukrainian situation during today's press briefing set for 1:00 p.m. eastern, and we will have live coverage here on c-span. we are also asking for your on the rolements the u.s. should play in the conflict. the majority of you say the u.s. should stay out. earlier this morning on washington journal, we spoke with a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine about the events that led to the protest, the role of russian president vladimir putin, and the role the u.s. should play in helping to resolve the conflict. this is about an hour. >> to better help us understand what is happening in the ukraine, we are joined at the table by john herbst. he was the former ambassador to the ukraine. thank you for joining us this morning. how do we get to where we are now? guest: there is great dissatisfaction, not just among people in the center and west of the co

kiev, this main square, the capitol city. the protesters have been lighting fires in independence square, as they call it. today they took over city hall, and at the nearby parliament building demonstrators threw rocks and molotov cocktails at the police. the government's response to the protest has just fanned the flames. in fact i just heard another very loud explosion, and i'm sure you did at home as well. they have been setting off fireworks so it's hard to tell what it happening. the police have been coming from back behind the large statue and making their way into the square. we see the occasional ambulance, and some police vehicles as well, but so far we have not seen this mass push. reporters on the ground are telling thus the police are making their way in large numbers to the square, we assume to try to disburse the crowd. if that happens, excite be a very long night. demonstrators now demand that lawmakers limit the president's powers. they want an overturn of the government, limiting the president's powers would be a first step. this well will watch throughout the hour. >> around here it's still going. the storm system is

flags were flying over city hall and people flew the flag. they say if kiev is going to marginalize us, we want to be part of russia. >> you mentioned the support for russia. it suspended $15 billion to ukraine. in the west, officials like john kerry declare support for ukraine. what exactly can they do for the country. >> ukraine will need a lot of money. the economy is in shambles, there has been a lot of corruption, it's the corrupt country in europe. the new leadership is estimating they'll need $35 billion over the next two years to sort things out. now, the international monetary fund is putting together some deal, but it will mean economic reforms. it will be painful. it will be painful in the south and east. it had old soviet style industries. that will make it difficult as well. the reforms will be painful. it will mean getting rid of a bloated government, government administration trying to modernize industry and we may see the problems we saw in greece when it tried to modernize to bring itself up to european standards. ukraine has a long way to go

they agreed to vacate city hall and had amnesty of protesters and was a small breakthrough and today, tuesday, there is a ramping up again of tensions there on the streets of kiev keeping a very close eye on this fast-developing story for you. now, at least four people have been killed over and over 50 injured in the ty capitol of bangkok and forces and an antiprotesters were fighting when they tried to clear out the campsites around the government buildings and we have more. >> police battle with protesters in thailand's capitol. on tuesday security forces launched their most concerted efforts here to clear antigovernment citizens which paralyzed parts of bankok for more than three months now. police called their operation the peaceful bangkok mission and mobilized 15,000 officers to try and regain control of government buildings that protesters had surrounded including the ministry of interior and the parliament. but it was far from peaceful. dozens of protesters were injured as well as several police officers and gunfire was heard and the number of people were killed. the protesters insist they have been peaceful and that they will remain in the streets in s

kiev. demonstrators have been occupying it for months but agreed to leave it the government dropped charges against activists. >> a handshake to seal the agreement under the watch of international observers. the occupation of city hall came to an end. >> it is two steps. both sides made a step to each other. both made a compromise. >> as the activist vacated a building they declared they'd be back if the government didn't live up to their end of the deal. >> we want a peaceful solution. we don't want violence. >> it's been two months sips the protesters swept into city hall. the deal was to leave if the government dropped all charges. an attempt to stop the crisis that paralysed the country and left president viktor yanukovych weakened. some activists are unsure how the future of the protests would play out. >> translation: it's hard to consider this a victory or a defeat. innocent perhaps, the protest is words it. the protest erupts following a decision to abandon a european union pact and deal with russia. it may not signal the end of demonstrations. support is popular, the protestor, with a broader movement for humans rights. >> joining me from washington is james, the deputy director of the american institute in

kiev's independence square. the protesters dodged sniper bullets and threw fire bombs at the riot police. protesters also apprehended dozens of police officers and were seen marching them into the occupied city halln 100 people have been killed this week. foreign ministers from france, germany and poland. three european countries met with ukrainian president for five hours as the european union approved sanctions, a freeze on assets and travel bans. late today, vice president joe biden called the ukrainian president. the white house released this readout of the conversation. the vice president made clear that the united states is prepared to sanction those officials responsible for the violence. the vice president encouraged president yanukovych to take tangible steps for a path forward. and a 28-year-old ukrainian skier announced she's withdrawing from olympic competition because of the government-led violence. she will not race for her country in the slalom tomorrow. and she said she wants to return home and join the protesters. she gave an interview to the associated press in english and russian. she said this. >> when i heard this information, i not sleeping the whole night. i said i cannot d

city hall will be a provocation. there's concern over what can be done to calm things down. things can change by minute. jennifer glasse reporting from kiev. the u.s. is taking action against president viktor yanukovych's administration. the state department banned 20 senior members of the ukrainian government from entering the u.s. washington believes those officials are responsible for ordering human rights abuses in ukraine. he called on the ukraine government to show restraint when dealing with the protesters, saying he's keeping an eye on the situation. let's across to randall pinkston, washington correspondent. >> what message does this send to the ukrainian government. >> it's intended to be aumed at viktor yanukovych, and -- aimed at viktor yanukovych, and his top aid, not to take actions resulting in military force being used against the protesters. there's less leverage that the administration has over radical protesters, ones who are in some instances triggering, provoking the violence. with respect to the ukrainian government, these visas will keep those deemed responsible for the crackdown that's sparked yesterday's massive c