the soviet union is long gone. >> toppling down of lenin is western media. postsoviet world, while for the ukrainians lenin is something from the past. of course there were some glorification when lenin fell down but definitely by the international media the story is overdone. >> but that's what happens when the global media parachute into a story in a country they know little about. perhaps the post-cold war narrative wasn't any part of an agenda but what one seize as context one already sees as context in an international history. time has moved on even though western journalists think they are back in ussr. >> yanukovych is president of ukraine. putin is president of russia. they have mutual interest, but ukraine given its troubled history is never binary. you are for us or against us, there is always a third way. one way or the other. >> the danger is depicting ukraine as a bystander, passive to its simply being torn apart between russia and the west. when you look at what's happening in the streets, russia hardly gets mentioned at all. there are real gr

they pull down a statue of lenin in the city. but first this report on another turbulent day in ukraine. opposition showed up in force with protesters cramming independent square and surrounding streets. they said they were determined to force out the government -- are in a new ukraine. as evening fell, demonstrators top shoot -- toppled a statue of lenin. it is a victory. people are in this together. taking to the streets together. every day it is growing. more and more people are there. >> i am happy so many people are here. they are ready to fight for ukraine. >> i don't want my country to become a police state where peaceful protest put down by violence. castnot want people to be for sharing their opinion in public. >> the protesters have put up with subzero temperatures. they say they will stay until the president steps down. this person has joined the protest. she said ukraine had a choice between dictatorship and the euro. a boxing champion has emerged as a major force for the opposition. said now isiew, he the time to act

lenin was one of those people. but there's also the sort of political leader who's good at organizing assassinations, bank robberies, secret work, what the russians call black work or wet work. and stalin was unusual in that he could do both. and, you know, if the soviet union had become a peaceful country, there'd been no civil war, it had just become serenely accepted by everybody, probably he would never have become leader. but because it became -- it was born in a civil war and incredible brutality, the most extreme, the most brutal man who could do all these things, who could -- who had both the characteristics you need to be successful in a country at war, stalin, he won the contest to be leader. so it wasn't a coincidence. and the way he became stalin, the way he made himself through violence, through the secret world of ban fitly -- banditry, also through many, many love affairs surprisingly, it's all in my book, "young stalin," it's all based on the archives. >> host: you followed that up with "the red cza

. >>> lenin comes crashes down in ukraine. it was toppled during a pro-european rally. >>> the president of of the central africa republic asked soldiers to return to their barracks leaving security to foreign sources. >>> south korea expands its air dwoens zone to overlap with china's. >>> in london with more news from europe as italy's leading party chooses a new leader. plus, keeping an eye on grandma. sweden's new approach to looking at its elderly people. >>> they have toppled a statue of lenin. take a look at this. pro-european union protesters watch as the revolutionary founder of russia's communist party came crashing down in independence square in kiev. it was a republic of the soviet union. protesters want the resignation of the president for not having an eu trade deal and choosing an alliance with russia instead. a pretty symbolic move, this toppling of this statue? >> reporter: symbolic is the word. it would have given a morale boost to the protesters out here all day in these freezing temperatures really trying t

when symbolic is bearis for them a statue of lenin this sledgehammer. i meant to and he admits to duplicate the sun exalted crucial missing x but on the ukraine thank you very much d dad for coming in to speak to us. and that this protest that it would be a channel on screens the biggest seen in the country afford decade it does not like the giving up that awful anytime soon. i don't think so. an inspection on sunday the practice that much more. the gear and then as ending to it. the other day since it's usually in a cramped new products that sense and that all the people are on my down on the main square of tea. we are the human psyche general thank you mean this evening saying that to the president is pleased to note the use of violence peace hughes died on duty there is a concern that democrats could use heavy handed tactics. yes there were a runner said today in ukraine saying that maybe in the preteen suggested tea and cookies to use that the state to imagine sea. and so the opposition said today that that's the that's not that that did that this i

yesterday we saw dramatic pictures of the statue of vladimir lenin being toppled. there were no police around at that moment. what we are seeing now is the uconn iranian police and authorities trying to regain some sense of control here in coffee. >> steve, thanks for joining us. for more on the political situation in ukraine, i spoke to the former u.s. ambassador there now at the brookings institution. what options does the president have now for defusing this crisis? >> i think his options are becoming limited. if you see tonight greater force to limit the demonstrations, that could further limit his options. >> when you saw the 300,000 people on the streets, you saw public against use of force. this could be a fairly ugly scene. >> do you think it is in ukraine's economic interests to e closer than russian to the urine -- the european union. >> it is going to give you access to a $17 trillion a year market. ukraine sees that. what do the russians ralph have on offer? >> do they have money on offer. the ukraine has very perilous finances at the moment. is this wh

numerous statues of lenin have been removed from kiev.his is the third straight week of protests in ukraine. al jazeera's tim friend has more. >> reporter: they poured into independence square in the thousands. they know this demonstration has to be big and loud to sustain the pressure on president yanukovych. on the edge of the crowd, young men prepared tactics for the worst outcome, another violent confrontation with riot police. a few streets away, squads of officers lined up in front of presidential office. last week there was chaos here, many people injured in a police charge. now there's a standoff. riot police at the ready at one end of the street with their shields in case of further trouble. at the other end of this 200 meters of snowy no-man's-land are the protesters with their flags. they're also waiting in preparation. everyone is hoping there won't be a repeat of last week's violence. a solitary priest hopes his presence brings calm. >> reporter: i hope the country elects a new government and i hope the blood of our youth won

well peter i'm going to quote someone who i know you don't like so much name me namely vladimir lenin. and one said that the since the politics lenin once said the essence of politics is the concrete and now suits of a concrete situation ok and i think the important thing now because we're heading towards a historic turning point and we have to be very careful about what's happening we have to be concerned about what's happening we have to concrete concretely analyze this concrete situation the fact of the matter is secretary of state kerry is nobody's fool he would not invest so much time and so much energy in resolving the conflict unless he thought there was a realistic possibility that it can be resolved the last thing kerry wants now norman norman i'm going to let you continue out of norman to go to a short break i'll let you can genuinely return after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the palestine israel conflict state with money. lead. eh. eh eh. eh eh. eh eh. eh i play is street cleaner who's in love with a waitress i go on stage managing that there's an audience

protesters in ukraine topple the statue of lenin. charlie d'agata on the rising anger in a country that finds itself pulled between europe and russia. and the new powerhouse in publishing. books for kids find an audience in everyone. >> reporter: in stadiums along the east coast today the players on nfl teams weren't just tackling each other, they had to take on weather conditions as well. >> calvin johnson makes the catch! >> reporter: clearing the snow on an n.f.l. field is easy compared to getting the roads primed and ready for a storm that one virginia official called an historic ice event. in westminster, maryland, salt truck could not match the storm's intensity. this pickup truck slid off the road and it was going to take a lot more than this to get it back on track. in northern virginia it's rocco's job to keep traffic moving even in icy conditions. >> yes, the temperatures continue to drop, our concern intensifies we have almost 2,000 vehicles out there in northern virginia. we're monitoring the situation both through camera

so angry, in fact, they destroyed a statue of lenin.t. >>> also, a rare one-on-one with nelson mandela. he once told cnn's bernie shaw there how he wanted the world to remember him after his death. you will only hear that interview here. that's just ahead, but first -- in today's human factor, chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has the story of a detroit firefighter. his career ended in an instant, but his fight back from tragedy is an inspiration to us all. >>> multiple firemen down! >> you're listening to the actual 911 call from august 13, 2010. >> the roof has collapsed. we need everybody here now! >> it's a day that began like any other, but one that would change firefighter brandon malussky's life forever. >> i remember we were working on the facade of the building and somebody had yelled some sort of caution and the bricks were kind of raining down in front of my face, and you're in taught in a collapse situation to run toward the collapse and your human instincts came over and i thought i had it beat until one hit me i

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well peter i'm going to quote someone who i know you don't like so much name me namely vladimir lenin. and one said that the absence of politics lenin once said the essence of politics is the concrete and now suits of a concrete situation ok and i think the important thing now because we're heading towards a historic turning point and we have to be very careful about what's happening we have to be concerned about what's happening we have to concrete concretely analyze this concrete situation the fact of the matter is secretary of state kerry is nobody's fool he would not invest so much time and so much energy in resolving the conflict unless he thought there was a realistic possibility that it can be resolved the last thing kerry wants now norman norman i'm going to let you can you help it norman i want to go to one short break i'll let you can genuinely return after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the palestine israel conflict state money. lead. wealthy british style. is not right for. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with

generation of marys they call him the ultimate evil but somehow take their cue from his methods as lenin did a hundred years before then protesters in kiev have captured a barricade of a handful of civic buildings. right now the scene there is a mix of a refugee camp and gypsy village a hippie hangout. and a rock concert with a whole lot of political slogans thrown in. this is what ukrainian opposition calls a revolution others though have a different name for it we've seen things happening in ukraine we see the storm a government building you see violence we see patches of all those being huge trash waiting to go if this was happening in the happening in front of his back in germany then of course these people would be denounced as right as you know maybe giving very stiff resistance to the protest efforts are getting a financial helping hand from contributors who drop cash into special collection box that has been set up and securities provided by the so-called revolutionary guard youthen masks and helmets whose job is to ward off hostile forces from the gates of the citadel the moveme

well as words and the sort of the city hall and scuffles around it ten days ago they talk all the lenin statue in kiev and event described as the fall of the tyrant by the party and reckless vandalism by many others this is a crack in the pavement where the toppled lenin monument literally lost its head and if walk around the pedestal of what used to be the monument to the former soviet leader we can see some graffiti over here first one here says yellow card which you're next and the one at the bottom says glory to the insurgent army of the 1940's in ukraine which some in this country believe to be freedom fighters who fought for independence while many others described as nazi collaborators on top of that and no militant field commanders believe were spotted at my done a man who fought as a mercenary in creation and south a sense yeah in all cases against the russians. until the end of my days i will kill russians jews that got me this british reporter brian flynn had a first hand glance at the militarized right wing forces in ukraine and of the you were twenty twelve football champio

well peter i'm going to quote someone who i know you don't like so much name me namely vladimir lenin. and one said that the essence of politics lenin one said the absence of politics is the concrete and now suits of a concrete situation ok and i think the important thing now because we're heading towards a historic turning point and we have to be very careful about what's happening we have to be concerned about what's happening we have to concrete concretely analyze this concrete situation the fact of the matter is secretary of state kerry is nobody's fool he would not invest so much time and so much energy in resolving the conflict unless he thought there was a realistic possibility that it can be resolved the last thing kerry wants now norman norman i'm going to let you know he wanted norman i want to go to was short break i'll let you could genuinely return after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the palestine israel conflict stay with me. i think. so. wealthy british style. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stro

pro festers in ukraine topple the statue of lenin. charlie d'agata on the rising anger in a country that finds itself pulled between europe and russia. and the new powerhouse in publishing. books for kids find an audience in everyone. >> this is the "cbs evening news". >> good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor, technically speaking winter doesn't begin for another two weeks. but it hardly looks like fall in many parts of the country. on i-94 in wisconsin take a look, a pileup involving at least 30 cars closed down the road from milwaukee to chicago today. this was philadelphia as the eagles played the i willons during a sunday snow bowl. and that is just part of the system. here is a look from above. it's a combination of snow, ice and rain that's been wrecking cars, diverting flights and creating a general mess. we begin in washington with jeff pegues. >> reporter: in stadium as long the east coast today the players on nfl teams weren't just tackling each other, they had to take on weather conditions as well. >> calvin johnson make th

ukraine's biggest churches in the decade starting xi after tat down a statue of lenin in the latest show of fury of the president's decision to strengthen ties with russia take the offer that position french forces are deployed to flush board areas of the slovak republic in a bid to put an end to the days of deadly sectarian products from the day of prayer and reflection people across south africa from the churches mosques and synagogues to remember the life d

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this is the lenin statue that was whole down. we have some pictures of that as well. it was pulled down and decapitated. mrs. merkel will be concerned from the point of view of the ukraine, but also the point of view as eu relations, .erman relations there is going to be some protest regarding the winter olympics. >> david, economically the situation in the ukraine is not looking -- is looking pretty difficult. are they facing a default? >> that is according to the prime minister. on saturday was saying the country needs $10 billion in order to avoid a default which might explain why we saw president yanukovych traveling outside the ukraine last week. he spent three days in china. then he went to visit vladimir andn in sochi in russia that gave rise to the speculation that he is preparing to sign some sort of agreement. that has been denied from the russian side, also from the ukraine side. that is certainly what is keeping these -- keeping the flames of these protest going over the weekend. >> our european editor david tweed on the latest from the ukraine in berlin.

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ukrainian nationalists celebrated the top elling of kiev's statue of lenin shouting yanokovich, you are next. some ahave been camped out for two weeks. they have no intention of giving up now. >> here outside the cabinet office, protesters have been placing flowers on the barrier between themselves and the police. this relatively peaceful stand-off has turned ugly before earlier, they were building up the barricades. >> the fear is that the police will move in before an official deadline on tuesday to end the street protests and occupation of government buildings. people gathered in their thousands in index square to call for the resignation of the yanokovich. >> you are taking a stand for your future, not for me or any other representatives of the opposition. the future depends on each of you. we must group together and do everything to win. >> all day, riot police stood by facing the pro-european demonstrators who are furious about yanokovich's refusal to sign a trade deal with the eu and turned toward moscow to save ukraine's ailing economy. >> translator: i want a new government tha

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under lenin.my grandfather was in prison for years and years during stalin's time. his fate was described in a number of books. and my father went on a protest demonstration against czechoslovakia in 1968 with six or seven other people. seven people got fairly harsh sentences and my father spent five years in siberia. my sister was born there, we went to school there. the first time i was ever arrested was in russia. askedndfather was what he felt about his grandson getting arrested. he said, well, third-generation getting arrested for doing a good thing. >> aitor wilcox. you go way back to the first greenpeace ship, the rainbow warrior. talk about what happened there. a third-ort of generation activists as well. .y grandfather and mother my grandfather lost his company because of leading a peace delegation to china in 1952. i started with greenpeace, working on boats for the environment in 1973. i joined greenpeace in 1981. i was on the first rainbow warrior when it was blown up by the french in