now let's head northwest to kiev where our nick schifrin is standing by. nick, what is being said by politicians trying to understand the situation in crimea? >> well, it's a huge sauterne ray. they're calling it no less than a russian occupation, what they're worried about so much here, what secretary of kerry is worried about and president obama worried about in washington is whether this government is up to this task. the government is 30 hours old. this government would have challenges no matter what was happening in the south political unity challenges, economic challenges, unmarked economic challenges. this country will default in three months. and then you add on top of all of that the security challenge, huge security challenge in crimea. the rhetoric from the government is aggressive. they say they'll send in the military. whether it's some kind of russian invasion, which of course has not happened yet. we don't even know if there are any russians on the ground, not officially. but what is the capacity of this government to do that. the u.s. is scr

as nick schifrin reports, tens of thousands of protesters are there camped out in the main square and want him to leaveml. >> the opposition leaders worked hard here inside the ukraine and the international community to convince everyone that this deal is the solution to the problems. you talk to people inside independence square, the cradle where the uprising began, it's hard to find anyone who would agree. >> for 50,000 people the handshake was a reason not to celebrate, but to mourn. for three months they filled the square, witnessed two resolutions, hoping for a third. tonight their hopes were dashed. the opposition leaders appealed for support. the agreement was a first step towards a new government. >> when we start the process nobody believed it, lopping, long, long time, will bring us the change in the company, to break the col os us which controls everything. >> the crowd was unmoved. small shrines for the hundreds of protesters. volunteers delivered. the crowd cheered. a man who just yesterday was shot by a sniper. instead of celebrations, the square hosted funerals. they ca

al jazeera's nick schifrin life for us outside of kiev in the presidential palace.hank you so much. the russian government is weighing in on the situation in ukraine and drawing support behind the country's embattled president. saying quote, it's time to stop misleading the public opinion and pretending that the maidon representanrepresents the intere your cranan nation. >>> the u.n. security council voted unanimously to allow aid organizations to access all of syria. sending a pretty strong message to its syrian ally by voting yes to the resolution. now they say they need more time to destroy chemical weapons even though they missed two deadlines. we have that story. >> reporter: damascus wants another 100 days to remove it's biological and chemical weapons and hand them over to an u.n.-led mission for destruction. the plan was put forward at a meeting between the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and u.n. officials at the hague. the opcw won't comment on syri syria's new timetable but western diplomats say they concern. so far it has transported

more on this situation in kiev following the negotiated settlement we're joined by al jazeera's nick schifrin. i lost count of how soo of how d downs there have been since november. does this show signs of being the real thing? >> reporter: well, ray, i think this is very different. 36 hours ago only a few hours after which we had about 60 or 70 protesters according to the protesters killed by police snipers, yes, this is a deal of the political leadership has signed not only the president but also the opposition. however, the people behind me, some 50,000 people who are in their fourth hour of a candlelight vigil fo for a dozen young when they were manning the front line, the molotov cocktails, the knives that they have in their belts, they do not think this is a truce. they think its just buying time for a president that they believe is corrupt, and they do not support and they will not leave this square until he leaves immediately in the presidency or, in fact, some of them are calling for him to be tried or perhaps murdered. there is still a lot of anger on the streets. the leadership is

when the bomb exploded it's the first attack on tourist in the sinai in eight years, nick schifrin isjerusalem with the details. nick, what are you hearing so far? >> reporter: yeah, well, morgan as you just said it's been eight years since we have seen this kind of tack. this is being seen as a turning point in the tactics being used by the militant groups inside sinai. this bus was carrying about 33 south korean tourists including one egypt driver and it was being led by kraft tours, i just spoke to a spokesman for kraft tours, he told me that this bomb was planted underneath the driver's seat. and he believes that monastery that you mentioned, st. katherine's is where the bomb was planted. because the bus spent the night there last night and doesn't stop at all between st. katherine's and the border crossing. now, when this attack occurred, egypt closed its side of the board and israel did. all victims are being treated inside egypt hospitals, no claim of responsibility. but armed groups operating in sinai especially since the military over through hamid morsi. there has been no to

nick schifrin has been following the story. he's joining us now from eastern ukraine. nick, what are you hearing there? >> reporter: good evening, john. this is really in the middle of a divided ukraine. and a divided city. right behind me, that is what is supposed to be the local government building, instead it's been taken over by opposition activists, the same opposition activist that his took over independence square in kiev and are largely running the government at this point. but this town is the majority of it, at least is pro russian, very much against what's happened in kiev and a few hundred feet from me is the largest lennon statue in all of the ukraine, it's a giant symbol of how this city still feels connected not to the west, but to the east. under the gaze of the man who founded the soviet union, ukraine's youth are playing an old game, just with new rules. this is a pro russian city. these teenagers know for the first time that their team doesn't lead the government so they are figuring out how to rally from behind. there were rumors the lennon statue wa

. >> we turn to nick schifrin. it's been 6:30 in the morning, thank you for staying up all night long. can you give us an update on developments that happened overnight? >> right now itself very quiet. there's a few hundred people in the square behind me. it is cold. people are hunkering down. there's a stay in the square for as long as it takes to get everything they demand. they've been fighting for so long, and sacrificing for so long. there's no one to fight against. the police abandoned the square, the opposition is non-existent. nowhere is it obvious than a 45 minute drive out of town in the president's own house. >> they came feeling proud and free. they came to see a home they considered a symbol of one man's corruption that belongs to the people. >> for years viktor yanukovych lived in a sprawling 500 acre estate. and oh, did he live. the massive rare car collection. the zoo filled with birds. beautiful gardens, gazebos. the gold course, the tennis court. we are grateful for the victory of the people. we'v

nick schifrin joins us live now from kiev, and nick, what is the move there tonight on the square? you know, it is one thing for the politicians to agree on this deal, but the big question remaining is will the people in that square, will they accept it? >> if you ask them, it's a defiant no. they're angry, upset and disappointed. this square has witnessed two revolutions, and many are saying they are not going to see that revolution and it's not enough and they're going to stay until the president steps down or leaves the country. frankly, you know, you talk to them and there is real gulf between them and the political leadership. they say, look, we have died in this square. hundreds of us have taken bullets by police, by government forces. we have simply paid too high a price to give up on elections, to give up on what they see as a vague deal between the president and the opposition. so if they want to see if the president actually stepping down tomorrow, tony, anything less they will stay. and they're fort flying tonight the molotov cocktails are still out, and everyone is gear

let's go to nick schifrin, live in kiev. what have you seen today. >> it is a jubilant move on the streets today. these people that are behind me, three months after they came and battled forces. they don't know what will happen in the future. this is their moment. they've been fighting on the streets, in the front lines, and now they are running the show. >> you want to leave kiev in a hurry, have you to go through 24-year-old dimia and dennis. >> have you done security before. >> no. >> have you done security before. >> no, this is the first time. >> for the last three months they fought the government and feel they won. to the victors go the spoils - the local airport. the goal is to crackdown on protesters. they crack down on the most wanted. they don't want to be the law, but the conscience that keeps order. >> are you trying to enact punishment. >> no, we are citizens. we want order, we want the law. >> when the real police arrive, the volunteers shoe them away. >> these guys, three days ago, three days ago they are re

nick schifrin sat down with her. [♪ music ] >> reporter: at independent square they refuse to forget.he launch of the revolution and the shrine grows every day. these are the new heroes. they call them the heavenly squad. nearly 100 people killed in the last ten days by police force. this country, this city is still mourning. think did not come here to hear president yanukovych's first press conference since fleeing the country. they came here to mourn those. >> we must thank those people who fought at the barricade. it's all because of them now. >> reporter: because of them. last wednesday lindsay shields walked into a massacre. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: and alexsia ran towards the bullets. towards the wounded. she's a volunteer nurse and knew she had to help. but then a sniper aimed at her. the bullet went straight through her neck. >> do you remember the gunshot? >> i remember everything, she says. >> in the ambulance she tweeted the words in ukrainian, i am dying. it went viral. she became a symbol of sacrifice. >> when you were in the ambulance you had your phone. >> i was convinc

more on the possibilities of a split let's go to eastern ukraine and al jazerra correspondent nick schifrinou were in kiev now there in the east, you ever seen protests there. i am sure it's a completely different approach than what you saw in kiev. what is going on there? is there a sense that there is a government that there are city officials that anyone is in control? >> reporter: well, antonio, right behind me where city officials usually work. that's the administration building and for four days it's been occupied by the very same people who are in independence square kiev. so right now the local officials including the local governor is missing because they know that their office is being held right now. for lack of a better word by the opposition. throughout this city there is a well sense of divide. here we are only about 20 miles from the russian boarder and keif. they believe that yanukovych's out of ther is illegal and they are not accepting what's happening in kiev especially not accepting the new government. but i would say that they actually stopped short of calling for any k

. >> nick schifrin reports from the russian border city, where the revolution is facing resistance. >> under the gaze of the man who founded the soviet union, ukraine's youth are playing an old game with new rules. this is a pro-russian city. the teenagers know that their team doesn't lead the government. there were rumours the lenin statue was coming down, as it did in half-a-dozen other states. they are ready to prevent that from happening. >> this is our history. nobody can destroy it. >> 17-year-old max says his heart is with russia. he knows ukraine's future is with the west. he's not really against. >> even great britain, you know... >> the western dreams scare an older generation that grew up soviet. these women interrupted our conversation to give max a ribbing. >> were you worried what he was saying, is that why you approached us? that's exactly why. this woman called over max demanding he tell her what he told us. she was worried the younger generation owed to the soviet grandparents. >> do you think the people there are forgetting history? >> she agrees. they have already f

nick schifrin is there this morning and joins us via skype. opposition leaders say the president has left the capital. jennifer says there's questions about his whereabouts. do you have any idea from where you are, what is happening. >> i can tell you one thing, he is not here. this is the combination of a white house, and camp david. the president's retreat. and his only official residence. a couple of years ago it was public. opponents said he privatized it in order to get money for the businesses that own it. they are owned by his son. you talk to the protesters throughout the week, throughout the month and they talk about the corruption of the government. this compound is much more luxurious than it has been. i'm on my i pad. i'll flip the camera and show you the sides of this place. there's a forest in front of me. if i move to the camera to my left, i'll show you some of the luxury here. there's a lot of people walking around. to the left is the compound. there's no looting. people have been respectful. what they are saying is that this

we are joined by nick schifrin live from independence scare. nick, what have you seen today?hn thanker as you just said the moment of the day was tim shiancoe coming to the square behind me. the first time in two and a half years that she addressed ukrainians, she told the people do not give up. do not leave the square until all of your demands are met. her party's facebook pag peja us nod she would run for president. it's independence day, many people expresses june elation, victory, that they have won. even if they don't know the specifics of the victory. the government simply melt wade today. no police, no government presence here or across the suburbs, nowhere was that more apparent than about a 45 minutes drive from here at the former president's own house. they came feeling proud and feeling free. they came to see a home they consider a symbol of one man's corruption. that now belongs to the people. for years ukrainian president victor yanukovych lived in this sprawling 500-acre estate. and oh, did he live. the massive rare car collection. the into filled with exotic bi

but as if to under score how rocky the long path ahead might be, nick schifrin visited a town where oldgument can spark dangerous, new and even more destabilizing violence. >> reporter: in the palestinian village, olive trees that he calls holy are all destroyed. >> this has been attacked by [inaudible], you see? >> reporter: just a identify minute feet away in the illegal israeli outpost, this field used to have hundreds of olive industries. he shows me the only one left. >> this tree here, is probably one of the last ones that the tractor missed. >> reporter: this is the frontline of the israeli pal still vinnie conflict. israeli settlers considered ultra nationalists build communities of guard to youers and prefabricated homes perched on the high ground and plant huge fields next to israeliville villages. so it uprooted the settlers trees, but instead of responding against their own army, the settlers attacked palestinians. they ran through their town and brought metal pipes an pipes and his head. the palestinians fought back, the settlers ended up with bloody faces, one was knocked

. >> that is nick schifrin in kiev. >> there is a stand off in florida at a courthouse. the deputies approached a man with a guy. this was gun fire as the officers move inned. >> the clinton presidential library is releasing thousands of documents today, including the advice give ton bill clinton and first lady clinton. we have been following the developments from washington, and mike, what do we hope to learn and you have lots of raetding ahead of you. >> 5,000 pages just for today. 28,000 pages over the next two two weeks will be released by the national archives and the clinton library in little rock. a lot has to to with the advice and counsel and letters and president clinton and first lady clinton and the reason it is peaking the interest today is of the potential for some insights and information and certain republicans probably hope that some controversial or scandalous information. nothing is jumping out yet. unless you are fascinated by the communication strategies and the memos of what he should or should not say. most of that centered around the republicans a

right now, nick schifrin is in the news room live, and what are you hearing so far? >> i think, morgan, the fear is that the egyptian officials are saying this seems to be a shift in strategy for all of the groups operating in the sinai, and they fear this is the beginning of more attacks on tourists visiting from egypt. the bus was full of 34 people, south korea tourists, an egyptian bus driver. a huge bomb gutted that bus as it was approaching the border crossing. i spoke to the tour company based in cairo that organized this trip. and he told me that the bomb was placed in fact the driver's seat inside of the bus. he said that the bomb was likely placed inside of the bus last night. last night, the bus was parked outside of st. katherine's monastery. it's a very popular tourist destination in central sinai and he spent the night. and he said the reason it was placed there is that the bus didn't stop there between the monastery and the israeli border crossing this afternoon. when the attack took place, the border was closed on both sides, and the victims are being

for more we turn to nick schifrin who joins us by phone just outside of kiev. ck, tell what's you're hearing this morning. do you know where yanukovych is right now? >> i personally don't know, and certainly thousands of people who surround me on this compound don't know. but the scenes going back and forth as jennifer has described, here its liberation. they feel this is the tipping point. people who have been defending independent square took a 45 minute ride out here, and they opened the gates. this is a sprawling compound of luxury, of wooden houses, fantastic car collection, heli-pads, and clearly someone who had access to or himself having a lot of wealth. this used to be a public space but now it's private. and opponents of the president say he actually privatized it in order to give some of the profits from this house to his son's companies. and you really get a sense as you walk around here that they are declaring victory. i saw a couple of people who i have been speaking to on the front lines in independent square, they walked around the houses. they w

. >> reporter: nick schifrin, al jazerra. , ukraine. >> washington is supporting the events in kiev.jazerra's patty pull can culn the reaction. >> reporter: the owe bomb ahead administration welcoming the dehe is ca hangs the violence, scans tigersal changes and early election says what it wants to see next is a broad democratic democratic of unity in ukraine, repeatedly suppressing in the statement. no one is talking it's the weekend here, it wants to have a unified ukraine, the biggest concern is ukraine could split. >>> russia's foreign minister said, quote, it's time to stop misleading the immaterial national public opinion and retend that go they represent the interest of the ukraine then nation, he called on france, poland and germany to enforce the terms of friday's deal. >>> both opponents and supporters of the government marched in the streets other saturday. here is more from the rails in caracas. >> reporter: so we have seen a very defense day hear in venezuela where thousands of supporters of both the opposition and of president nicholas maduro have been out on the street

for the latest, let's go kiev and nick schifrin. nick, good to have you with us. what have you seen today? i can still hear the noise where you are now. >> reporter: chaos and carnage has been replaced by an eerie calm. a lot of people bleeding right now. earlier, people feeding each other, a long barbecue line. there was a sense that today was a turning point. today was so violent they have to now lick their wounds. they have to dig in a little bit. a few blocks from here, we saw thousands of protesters around more police, a bus full of police. those were allowed to leave. it's calm right now behind me, absence that the violence really was beyond the pale this morning. protesters did, as you say, advance toward police this morning. they did so with hunting rifles, a few handguns here and there. the police shot back with snippers and overwhelming force. we saw horrific videos with people armed only with plastic shields trying to get toward police and they were picked off one by one. protests. creating, with the bridge. all of this. it's going to increase because t

we have this report from nick schifrin from the jordan valley. >> all his life this man has lived in the jordan valley, and all his life he's been a farmer. with the help of his son he harvests egg plants. for the 53-year-old the land is not home. until he was six, he lived a few miles away along the jordan river. the 1967 war israel concurred the valley from jordan. they were forced to move to the fields. >> my home is down by the river. i consider the place where i grew up, where i was born, our land, where we used to be free. today they have the keys to the old home. they are are farmers, and beyond the security gate, where he tucks a gun into the pants, beyond the mile-wide security zone, he harvests date palms. this is a prize plot, a few hundred feet from the border with jordan. there's not much land. this is the only land that is available to walk and cultivate. >> the jordan valley is a flash point in the israeli peace talks. the u.s. is trying to create a security plan to ease israeli concerns and transition the valley from israeli to palestine control. >> we have to enter.

. >> nick schifrin has the latest on that attack. >> today's attack appears to be a turning point for the armed troops operating in the sinai. it leaves groups fearing there could be more attacks. the bus was gutted as it drove to the border. on the security video, you can see how big the plume of smoke was. nearly every person on the bus was injured by the plast. i spoke to the head of the tourism group. he said he believes the bomb was placed inside the bus, underneath the driver's seat, and beliefs it was planted in st. katherine's monastery, a popular tourist place in central sinai. the reason he believes it was there is because the bus was there all of last night and made no stops beforehand. israel closed its side of the border and egypt did the same. armed groups, since mohamed morsi arrest, have been waging a campaign of violence, the tarts egyptian police and military services. we haven't seen tourists targeted in eight years. it's why officials are fearing it's a shift in strategy for the armed groups. they fear the groups could attack softer and more vulnerable arguments. i

now with the mixed reports that we've been hearing over the last day from jennifer glass and nick schifrin, it appears there could be malicious or even troops affiliated with russia there in crimea. it's a very situation in the briefing room. >> that's what we're trying to figure out here. we're aware of the military exercises. the russians are telling us that they're already planned. but now we got that over the last hours now of armed men going into to crimea, and there is another city with another airport, and these armed men have essentially taken control of these two airports, and everybody is trying to figure out who the heck they are, and who are they taking orders from. >> right, and the white house today was very clear. they were asked point blank who are you, who do you know? jake carney referred t to repor. there is no question they're taking it seriously. tony, as far as the exercises within russia, sur guy labarok telling john senate, i can tell you that behind the scenes that's met with a lot of skepticism. there is no question that shrine is tending a neglectnal. no what you

nick schifrin is i for us. this area has historically been pro-russia, but i wonder if it's a more divided city today. >> it is absolutely a divided city, and i'm on the dividing line. right behind she the administration building usually run by the local government a few hundred feet that way. it's a pro government camp, and this building is inhabited by the opposition. this is a pro-russian town, they look at kiev and don't agree with the protest there is. they believe that viktor yanukovych was deposed illegally, and they do not recognize the government being formed there. right now you have a divided town that looks west. they believe they are much closer to russia mealsl emotiond physically. >> we mentioned that interim government was supposed to be announced today. we understand that there are a lot of moving pieces for this parliament, but do we understand why that decision forming this coalition government announcement has been put off until tomorrow? >> reporter: well look, forming the interim governmen

let's go to nick schifrin. paint the picture. what's the mood like out there?> well, the mood is extremely positive. you may be able to hear me. the music is behind me, there's a scene of candles, there's a sense obvious the last 36 hours that the people - if they haven't won, they are getting there. in the sense they'll celebrate people power, all the people that man the barricades for the last three months, the people that sacrificed to get there, and the people that are fighting every day on the streets behind me. >> if you want to leave kiev in a hurry, you have to go through 24-year-olds. >> have you done security before? >> no. >> have you done security before? >> no. this is the first time. >> for the last three months they fought the government and feel they won. to the victors go the spoils. the goal is to catch people who crackdown on protesters, and check cars against pictures of the most wanted, not the police's most wanted, their's. they don't want to be the law, they want to be the conscience that keeps order. >> we are the citizens. we want order

we have the story from nick schifrin. >> under the gaze of the man who founded the soviet union. ukraine's youth are playing an old game, with new rules. >> this is a pro-russian city. the teenagers know for the first time they don't need the government. they rally from behind. there were rumours the lenin statue was coming down, as it did in half-a-dozen other cities. they are ready to prevent that happening. >> this is our history. nobody can take - can destroy it. >> 17-year-old max says his heart is with russia, but knows ukraine's future is with the west, which he's not really against. >> great britain and, you know... >> the western dreams spur an older generation growing up soviet. the women gave max a ribbon, selt operating soviet -- celebrating soviet soldiers from world war ii. >> were you worried about approaching us? >> the woman calls over max demanding he tell her what he told us and she wagged her finger at me. she's worried i'm spreading anti-russian lies and worried that the younger generation is forgetting how much they owe to the soviet grandparents. >> do you

. >> our nick schifrin in ukraine tonight. the events in kiev have prompted a backlash in eastern ukraine. the area is a stronghold for the ousted president, viktor yanukovych david skateer has this report from karkiv. >> standing high and proud in the main square, a at that time u of lenin by demonstrators and to firm stand by the historic links with moscow. the regions governor marked amongst them and urged them to resist the crowd of rebellion. >> we are not going anywhere. don't trust anybody. today, i am the governor. i am i will not resign. the words were in russian. this is one of the heartlands of support for viktor yanukovych. his whereabouts are a matter of intense speculation. if he is seeking sanctuary, this would be where to find it. it was their votes that got him democratically elected. the governor has been evicted bevels his headquarters, the spirit of kiev's independence square has taken radio even in this city. they were arming themselves with sticks and batons and i saw malatov cocktails being carried into

nick schifrin is live in kiev tonight.l us what you are seeing right now. >> reporter: john, what we saw this morning was chaos and carnage, and right now that has been replaced bier calm. it is 3:00 am behind me, and still these protesters are going strong. they were singing the national anthem just a few moments ago. now they are trying to rally their troops to maintain their excitement. you see people licking their wounds, people really digging in. i saw scenes of people feeding each other, lining up for barbecues, sleeping, of course really getting a sense they are digging in, grateful for at least a few hours of peace. a few blocks from here we saw protesters surround a busful of police. we are told that they have let those police go. the protesters allowing a tunnel of police to walk out of that area. but john, there is a real sense that today was so bloody that bridg bridges have now been crossed. >> and nick european officials have decided on sanctions and they have been meeting with ukraine's president. are they g

. >> stunning developments there in ukraine, our nick schifrin live for us in kiev tonight, thank you> and russia is throwing its support behind ukraine's embattled president, the russian foreign minister said, quote, it's time to stop misleading the international public opinion and pretending that they represent the interest of the ukrainian nation, he got on poland, germany and france to enforce the terms of yesterday's deal. earlier i discussed today's developments with natalie an independent journalist in ukraine. >> it's still not a celebration and i don't feel there is a general feeling of celebration it's still mourning, the people gathered in the square not because of y'all i can't yulia o because of the con fant funerals and more than ceremony and people to pray examine pay tribute and they will got onto do that. so far there are 82 people killed and -- according to the official sources the doctors tell about the more than that, and all of the people are still missing and the first talk in ukrainian -- among the ukrainians is those who are responsible should be put to justice