we heard from nick childs inside the city itself things are calm. troops are not in the city. there's activity around the city early hours this morning. the interior minister talked about the operation that began this morning. we know as a result of that, two ukrainian helicopters were shot down. two ukrainian servicemen were killed. several others according to the interior ministry were injured. that's the situation in terms of military operations. we were told by the interior ministry, a statement put out said the city of sloviansk was surrounded by ukrainian troops. that doesn't appear to be entirely the case from what we understand from the ground. certainly troops have taken up positions around the city earlier held by pro russian groups, pro russian forces there. now it appears that some pro russian groups are still holding significant check points around sloviansk too. it's a fairly mixed picture around the city. >> sarah, what is your reading of the intentions of the ukrainian government here? this looks like a more significant assault they've mounted in sloviansk. is

nick childs has the latest. >> reporter: a wave of helpless anguish, the images of families floodingerately in the wrecked burned out shell of their school. now a new wave of killings in this region has cast a shadow on this region adding to grief and pressures on the nigerian authorities. hundreds of people are said to have died in the latest attacks in the troubled northeast, the largest number in the border town of gamboro. the president focused on the government defending the campaign for the fight against the boko haram group. united states of america, united kingdom and france have all spoken with me and expressed commitment to help us resolve this crisis in nigeria. i believe that the kidnap of these girls will be the beginning of end of terror in nigeria. >> the global social media campaign over the kidnappings continues to swell. among high profile figures to join in, hillary clinton and pakistani schoolgirl and first lady michelle obama. >> for these nigerian protestors, the government's response to the kidnappings has been too slow. there are growing complaints the authori

we have the first correspondent nick childs with this. >> a march for peace and unity as this crisis continues. this earlier, predawn exercise for cameras and news the kiev authoritys have detained russia's military attache for allegedly spying and told him to leave the country. this may look impressive, but in the east, the security services seem unable or unwilling to control events. the words of alarm and accusation against moscow for ukraine's ministers grows stronger. >> practically we're already at war after what happened in crimea. the activities we now see in eastern ukraine with separatists groups supported by russia, this is war. >> reporter: government buildings in eastern ukraine continue to fall to pro russian separatists. among thebi$j also in one of ukraine's largest cities. and in sloviansk and donetsk, the separatists seem to be tightening their grip. it's the same story elsewhere across the region. visiting peru, russian's foreign minister made a call for dialogue. moscow rejectsc.a charges it's instability and blames them for the standoff. russian believes this dia

nick childs has this. >> another victim of the ferry disaster on the hospital floor his crumpled divingt. three weeks after the sinking, he became the first diver to die in the hazardous situation. >> he was taken out of the water by other divers but he was already unable to breathe by himself. he was unconscious. >> in south korea today is normally a national celebration to mark the birthday of bu da. this is a country still in shock over the sinking. >> i pray for the victims to be with the bereaved families who lost their lovered ones. >> they continue to flock to the memorials of victims of 470 a board the ferry, most students from a single high school. some 260 are confirmed dead, 40 still missing. still the questions over how and why it happened and anger over the handling of the disaster by the authorities and the ship's operator. the investigation continues into why the ferry heeled over at search a fatal angle, the theories are that the car go on board shifted dangerously. despite the search, nothing else has turned up. >>> still to come, u.s. and britain offer help in the sear

child over a math problem. there is a new twist and plans changed. nick is at patterson elementary school. >> good morning, the demonstrators were passionate but peaceful. fremont police kept a watchful eye. the teacher that the demonstrators are speaking out against was a no-show. family friends and parents of the boy swarmed the elementary school with the planned protest in response to the nine-year-old being slapped in the face bit teacher, frederick berg, who slapped him for not knowing the answer to a problem. >> grabbed my face like this, at my deck, and slapped me two times in the face. >> i will not let some man beat up my son. >> an investigation was launched and frederick berg was placed on leave the officials say that he admitted to touching the child in the face but not slapping him. >> he described it as a tap to the face. >> he was cleared of the charge and was set to return to the classroom today. until school officials go the a call from investigators saying the teacher needed to stay home. >> the police have contacted us. they are going t

and rodger played loud muds nick the middle of the night and did not interact with them. and nothing makes since to the mother, who lost her child. >> sometimes, i ask why god didn't take me instead of my son. >> there was one incident between rodger and one of the roommates in january. he accused hong of stealing $2200 worth of candles. and he pleaded guilty to petty theft. chris sanchez, nbc bay area. >>> let's bring in mark matthews at cottage hospital. a young man from alamo is recovering at the hospital. how is his condition? >> he is getting better. nick pasichuke was down here visiting a classmate from his high school days. the two water polo players were out skate boarding on friday night when the sheriff says mass murder suspect elliot rodger ran them down in his car. the family says they have been overwhelmed by the attention and support for nick pasichuke. the university of pacific water polo player is in good condition here at the pgs. on twitter, the #prayforcheeks, his nickname, has gone viral. he was rammed, breaking both his legs. he under went surgery saturday. today, he was asking when which he get back to wate

child because of a math problem. >> parents were out in front of patterson elementary school over the expected return of the teacher. nick smith has the story. >> family friends and parents of julian riviera swarmed patterson elementary school in response to the 9-year-old allegedly being slapped in the face, who he claims slapped him. >> he went like this. grabbed my face like this. and slapped me two times in the face >> we don't grab their face or hit him in the face. i'm not going to let some man do that to my son. >> an investigation was launched and he was placed on leave. officials told us berg admitted to touching the child but not slapping him. >> he described it as a tap to the face. >> berg had been cleared of charges and set to return today until school officials gt a call from investigators telling administrators to have the teacher stay home. >> police have contacted us and they are going to reopen the case. >> officials won't say what new information prompted police to reopen the case. those gathered here today asking the teacher not be readmitted to the school saw this as a victory. >> this is unacceptabl

nick clark, al jazeera, atakarma, chile. >> thanks for joining us. "fault lines" starts right now. children once sacrificed their childhoods, even their lives, working in american mills, mines and factories. the us rooted out child labor practices 75 years ago. but today, us agriculture remains a stronghold for child labor. >> i know most kids come out here to help their parents out, get the money to pay the bills. >> it's just another day on the fields of america. >> hi, can you tell me your name? >> gabriella. workers like gabriella are not uncommon. >> how old are you? >> nine. >> how old were you when you first started working out here? >> seven. >> seven! >> the us government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. >> when it comes to children, it is a big deal. young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. >> what they're doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. >> if the public were more aware, i think they'd be outraged. >> this week on fault lines investigates children at

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nick clark, al jazeera, atakarma, chile. >> thanks for joining us. "fault lines" starts right now. children once sacrificed their childhoods, even their lives, working in american mills, mines and factories. the us rooted out childbor practices 75 years ago. but today, us agriculture remains a stronghold for child labor. >> i know most kids come out here to help their parents out, get the money to pay the bills. >> it's just another day on the

child will go to catholic school, school across the park so it's been with me all this time. to enforce regulations under the dodd-frank financial law. the sec is requesting $1.7 billion for nick steers budget and the cftc is asking for $280 million. this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon. the subcommittee will come to order. i am pleased to convene this hearing of the financial services general government subcommittee to consider the fiscal year 2015 funding request of two key federal regulatory agencies, the securities and exchange commission and the commodity futures trading commission. i welcome my distinguished ranking member senator mike johanns and some of our other colleagues that will join us here throughout the day. joining us today are also the honorable mary jo white chairman of the securities and exchange commission and the honorable mark wetjen acting chairman of the commodities future trading commission. they will discuss the critical work of their agencies can't, their use of resources provided over the past couple of years and their budget needs for fiscal year 2015. the work load for these agencies has grown dramatically in recent years. the sec and th