rosalind jordan has this report. >> reporter: the president obama legislation wasted no time condemning the coup and calls on the thai's military to step aside and restore democratic rule. the u.s. is already, as required by law, reviewing the amount of foreign aid and military assistance to the thai government. most of the humanitarian aid does not go to the thai government, but military to military relationship is close, and does include an amount of money as well as personal exchanges. the president obama administration says that while this is not a comparable situation to what has happened in egypt. it says it is concerned about the course of democracy in thailand and tried to make its displeasure known as broadly and loudly as possible. >> rosalind jordan reporting there. >>> fighting in eastern ukraine three days before the presidential election. it left 13 ukranian soldiers dead. pro-russian separatists attacked an army checkpoint. the region's health department said 16 decide. 32 hospitalized. the national security chief warns more attacks are likely ahead of sunday's election.

military as well. >> rosalind jordan reporting. now to the crisis in ukraine. the country's president said the region is out of control. video from today shows the violence with pro-russian protest squors storming a government building in donetsk. we go to donetsk and barnaby phillips. >> reporter: yet again ukraine's police were overwhelmed, trying to protect the prosecutors office in donetsk. for a short period they kept the pro-russian crowd at bay. they retreated under a barrage of missiles. they sheltered in a car park at the back of the building. this is them cowering under their shields. the protesters move in, grabbing shields and helmets from the police me. they are led away one by one. the chance of fascist and shame - they are terrified. a police armoured vehicle approaches, and then retreats as the crowd threatens to attack it. by now the crowd have taken over the building. storm the prosecutors office because they say it supports the government in kiev, which they do not recognise. >> so the photographs of government officials go up in smoke. the p

. >> rosalind jordan has that story. >> reporter: the state department is pushing back against that report, saying it's important to note in the final year hillary clinton did designate three top members of the boko haram, including the current leader. especially designated terrorist. that means they were hit with visa bans. they couldn't come to the united states. if they happened to have money, those funds would be processen. however, what is important to note is that while there was an active discussion about what to do about boko haram, if anything, it's important for viewers to remember. when the u.s. designates an organization as an fto, foreign terrorist organization, that has to pose an incredible threat to the united states and to its national interests. so the state department did not believe that there had been that case built. it's important to note, that they had a lot of support at the time from the nigerian government. even up until the end of 2012, when the u.s. designated these three men on the terrorist list. the united states government was opposed because they were afra

rosalind jordan reports. >> reporter: in diplomatic speech this was the ultimate show of respect from a newly elected u.s. president obama. his first state dinner was hosted for the indian prime minister ma'am uan singh promising a push to help each other's societies. >> the u.s. is importing $5 million more in goods since 2009. india did better, increasing exports to the u.s. by an additional 20 million, leading the u.s. to file multiple complaints at the u.s. tradeorganization, and narendra modi could help to even the playing field. >> the b.j.p. platform that they campaigned on spoke about the need to open foreign investment where it could be helpful to india. >> reporter: once results are counted white house operators connected president obama with modi, still celebrating. >> once the government is formed we look forward to working closely with the prime minister in the cabinet to advance strong bilateral relationship based on shared democratic valuation. >> reporter: during george bush's presidency narendra modi was denied a visa to the urks because he was -- because he was thoug

we begin with rosalind jordan in how we got to this point. >> a few minutes ago, secretary shi shin sekied his resignation. >> he was the head of the department of veterans affairs better known as "the va." several weeks ago, reports said the 15ix headquarters was lying about how long patience had to wait. partly so managers could win bonuses and promotions. forty people died waiting for an appointment. at the time, shinseki said he thought the cover-up was isolated. more veterans explained it was happening to them, too. then an interim audit that said phoenix problems were more serious than people thought. 1700 people called for a appointments and had never been scheduled. >> led shinseki to apologize to veterans on friday. >> we are contacting each of the 1,700 veterans of phoenix waiting for appointments to bring them the care they need and deserve. we will continue to accelerate access to care for veterans fwhooiingsd where needed utilizing care both in and outside of the va. >> it was too late. even though they like and respect shinseki, more and more democrats and republicans spent

rosalind jordan is in washington d.c.ith more on that. >> reporter: the obama administration wasted no time condemning the thai's military decision to stage a coup and is calling on the thai military to step aside and restore democratic rule. the u.s., as required by law, is reviewing the amount of foreign aid and military assistance to the thai government. most of the humanitarian aid does not go to the thai government, but the military to military relationship is very close, and does include a considerable amount of money as well as personnel exchanges. so the obama administration administration says that while this is not a comparable situation, for example, to whether or not has happened in egypt. it does say that it is concerned about the corurse of democracy n thailand and it is trying to make its displeasure known as broadly and loudly as possible. >> chinese media is reporting five suicide bombers are behind attacks in a market in xinjiang. 31 were killed when two s.u.v.s ploughed into the market. it's been called

rosalind jordan has more from washington. >> supposedly the commanding general of africa, the u.s. military component that is concerned with security issues in sub-saharan africa. general david rodriguez is said to be in abuja. if it's true that general rodriguez is on the ground, it is a sign of how seriously the u.s. is taking its efforts to help the nigerian government recover the girls and return them safe to their family. it is, of course, on top of the 30 or so personnel not just from the u.s. military, but from the state department, from the usa id, fbi and intelligence agencies providing guidance and assistance to the nigerians as they try to figure out where the girls are and how to rescue them without harming civilians who might be in the area. the u.s. has been involved in a number of joint training exercises with the nigerian military before this kud napping happened -- kidnapping happened 30 days ago, because the u.s. is trying to help the military expand and improve its capacity. the nigerian government is a bit wary of giving too much power or authority to the milita

rosalind jordan is live from washington, roslyn, what do we know about the mission? is it to evacuate americans from libya? >> reporter: in a word, no. this is part of a regularly scheduled deployment for the u.s. batan and it left north of virginia in early of february along with other members of its arg amphibious recovery group, and it is simply in the eastern mediterranean for routine exercises. this is separate from a separate deployment of marines from the european continent to an island just off of italy to be there just in case there were any need to evacuate any u.s. government personnel from libya. however, that decision has not been made. there have been no warnings of this issue to any u.s. persons who may be in libya that they should consider leaving that country. >> how concerned is the obama administration about the ongoing violence? >> reporter: obviously the obama administration is very concern concerned. there are a number of questions on wednesday to talk about this situation. she took more questions about the situation today here in washington. th

. >> that's rosalind jordan reporting. >>> in arizona wildfires triggering evacuation us. this is unfolding is sedonament 4500 acres are destroyed. high winds, low humidity is fuelling the flames and in colorado golf-ball size hail, tornado forced people in and around denver to take cover. kevin corriveau is following the weather and has more. >> in colorado active weather and high river valley - to that in a moment. here and colorado, nine tornados with this storm. the severe weather has diminished this evening. this is what we are looking at. thunder storms looking at the north-east sector. we saw in parts of colorado springs as well as in denver three inches of hail falling across the region, we expect thunder storms tonight. what we expect to see in the short term is what is happening here and the ohio river valley. earlier today we saw soft-ball sized hail falling in illinois. 100 reports of hail damage had been reported. we think we'll see more pushing down to kentucky, maybe to parts of tennessee, a little later. even west virginia could be seeing problems, and stor

rosalind jordan reports from washington d.c. >> reporter: in diplomatic speak this was the ultimate show of respect from the newly elected u.s. president barack obama. his first state dinner was hosted for the indian prime minister manmohan singh, and they promised a push helping both country's economies. it had lopsided results though. the u.s. is exporting about $5 billion since 2009. india increased its exports to the u.s. by an additional $20 billion, leading the u.s. to file multiple complaints at the world trade organization, and u.s. experts believe narendra modi could help to even the playing field. >> the b.j.p. platform that they campaigned on across the country spoke about the need to open foreign investment directives in all segments helpful to india. >> reporter: once the votes had been counted, the president was connected to narendra modi, still celebrating. >> once the government is formed we look forward to dealing bilaterally. >> reporter: during george w. bush's presidency he was denied a visa to the u.s. for his part in riots in 2002. narendra modi will get a visa rese

rosalind jordan al jazeera, washington. >>> the interim secretary sloan gibson previously served as president of the united services organization. it's a nonprofit that tries to lift the spirits of american troops and their families. coming up later in the show, we will bring in a guest to talk about the future of the va and the challenges ahead for gibson. eric shinnseki is not the only white house official leading his post. white house press secretary jay carney stepped down after serving three years on the job, carney will officially leave his post in mid-june. he says he wants to devote more time to his family. josh ernst will place carney as the public face of the administration. he is the top deputy and has worked for the president since the 2008 campaign. mean chile, the administration is trying to shift its attention toward new energy regulations. president obama devoted his weekly address to a plan to cut carbon pollution. the new guidelines target harmful emissions from power plans that put thousands of american lives at risk. >> this week, we are unveiling these proposed guidelines