jennifer glasse has our story from sevastopol. >> reporter: igor kiselyov is looking for a buyer in sevastopolor his apartment. how much will it be i ask him? sadly right now i can't really put a price on it he says, because with the change between russia and ukraine, the rules just aren't clear yet, and that could mean a difference of $25,000 or more on his asking price which is around $200,000. irina rundnevya says the changes mean all she can do right now is look at properties to sell and wait for things to become clearer. >> translator: we still don't know what the russian rules are yet, sadly, but i think we will know soon. >> reporter: she doesn't even know what interest rates will be. her firm is selling dozens of apartments all over the city. now it's just a waiting game she says. russia wasted no time in taking control of crimea on the streets a sign says we are one russia. it doesn't feel as though a lot as changed here since sevastopol came under russian control. the shops are open and people are going about their daily lives. but there is still a lot to be done. and much of it fall

igor kiselyov is looking for a buyer in so -- sevastopol. how much will it be? sadly, i can't put a price on it, because with the change between russia and ukraine the rules just aren't clear yet. and that could mean a difference of $25,000 or more on its asking price which is around $200,000. real estate agent irina rundnevya saying all she can do is wait for things to become clear. >> translator: we still don't know what the russian rules are yet saturday. but i think we will know soon. >> reporter: she doesn't even know what interest rates will be. her firm is selling dozens of apartments all over the city. now it's just a waiting game she says. russia wasted no time on taking control of crimea. on the streets a sign says we're one russia. it doesn't feel like a lot has changed here, the shops are open and people are going about their daily lives, but there is still a lot of work to be done. and much of it falls on officials like nina. people ask her about pensions, property, new passports. no one she says not one person from sevastopol or anyone who wants to

we go back to jennifer glasse who is in sevastopol. jennifer, earlier, i was asking you with the polls closing in just a few short hours how are people feeling there? do they think they know which way this vote will swing? >> morgan, they do. here in sevastopol, the mood is jubila jubilant. music is every day music on the promena promenade. they are singing and dancing in the streets, flying the russian flag. there is no doubt the people here believe that the vote will head toward moscow today and they say they don't care what the international community does or thinks. when they found out i was american, they were saying yankee, go home. we don't want you here you know, don't interfere in our affairs. the crimea should be part of russia. the mood is very clear. they are very pro-russian. >> wow. so, if crimea then votes to join russia, what comes next? >> william, we understand that they will then declare independence. >> that's what the russian -- the parliament decided about a week ago. they will first declare independence and then

pro-russian forces in the crimean port city of sevastopol.rotests and clashes at egyptian universities as students voice anger against the interim military government. >> angry. dragged away from a briefing about the lost plane. >> mongolia has been dubbed the fastest growing economy in the world, but is that growth sustainable? ♪ >>> tensions continue to mount in crimean one day after it was annexed by russia. hundreds of pro-russian activists, some armed, have stormed the headquarters of ukraine's navy in sevastopol. the commander of the base was detained and taken away in handcuffs. ukraine's prime minister is sending senior members of his cabinet to crimean to resolve the crisis. they have been told to ensure the conflict does not become military in nature. he says they won't be allowed to enter the region. jennifer glasse is in sevastopol and joins us live now jennifer, can you give us an update as to what's the latest situation on the navy headquarters there in sevastopol? >> reporter: well, good afternoon from sevastopol. >> headquarte

apparently this base in sevastopol has been overrun by russian forces.re a number of ukrainian forces that are still on the base and are refusing to leave. >>> what about finally the instructions and the orders to ukrainian forces now building defenses in the east of ukraine? we heard from steve rosenberg a short time ago, particularly after president putin in moscow said yesterday it's absurd, my words, not his. it's absurd to think that russia has any ideas of doing anything in eastern ukraine with its military? >> reporter: well, the ukrainian military is preparing itself right now. they're in a partial mobilization. they say they're getting ready for whatever may come next. it should be said that here in kiev, any words from mr. putin are received with a great deal of skepticism indeed, because obviously they said they weren't going to take over crimea and said these weren't russian troops. from everything we've been able o ascertain, as well as other news outlets, these are indeed russian troops. obviously whatever mr. putin has to say is being take

what happens next in sevastopol and crimea?del, that's a very popular speech here, no question. it is exactly what they wanted to hear from russian president vladimir putin, that, you know, crimea is, was and always will be a part of russia that it is what the people here have been celebrating. they came out in large in connection. he made concessions to the minority populations to the tartars and ethnic ukrainians saying they will be respected here, their language will be respected here. that's going to be the next step in terms of having to convince them. there's a lot of concern among the ethnic ukraineens and tartars here about their place in a russian crimea. the very forceful nature of president putin's speech, calling it is historic areas here the symbols of military greatness, pointing out the border city with russia, saying that crimea is really has always been a part of russia, that the transfer was a mistake in 1954 and that mistake has been rectified. >> jennifer, please stand by. >> you are watching live coverage o

paul is in sevastopol and is live.itudes do seem to be hardening more than deescalating at the moment. >> it is and although the international community pronouncements made in brussels yesterday and indeed by president barack obama overnight too, they just simply don't appear to be altering the sentiment and hardening of sentiment in crimea itself. it's almost as if the proseparatist elements and pro-russian people here in the peninsula simply don't care what the international community think. and i think that the fans of that are flamed by the uncertainty that still persists exactly what russia's intentions are in this. i'm hearing 30 more trucks and buses came across on the ferry and into eastern crimea from the russian mainland in the last 24 hours. and my colleague has been looking at the uncertainty regarding russia's involvement in all of this and what the end game might be. >> russian soldiers come and go in crimea leaving everyone to guess their next move. few imagine they would abandon some positions. >> trans

and much of it falls on officials like nina prudnikova a member of sevastopol legislation.ot one person who wants to stay will be thrown off of the peninsula or called an outcast, everyone belongs here. >> translator: i thanked them for the sanctions she says. you know why? because it will force us to take care of ourselves faster. >> reporter: ivan kamilov is also working to make the transition smother. >> translator: we are being sab toujed by the ukrainian government, because they won't give us access to registries. they just won't give them to us. >> reporter: he says ukraine is also withholding health and court records, proof, he claims, ukraine doesn't care about the people of crimea. as officials here work to bring sevastopol in line with russia, a new generation is practicing old traditions. >>> north korea has launched missiles without warning in the sea of japan. they fired earlier this morning. the state media not commenting on the launch. the state department has this to say . . . >>> and egyptian state newspaper reporting that egypt's army chief will resign as

the sevastopol council need the decision. in an extraordinary session of the council, the vote, they say, is in compliance with ukrainian laugh and ukrainian constitution. it seems the parliament and the sevastopol city council are trying to kind of prelode opinion before the referendum on march 16th. it was supposed to be on march 30th. they are trying to speed things up. create facts on the ground. there'll be some opposition to that here. there is ethnic - an ethnic tat tar population, as well as ethnic ukrainians that want to stay within ukraine. that is a big divide. they make up 60% wanting to remain in ukraine. it's not sure how it will be administered or how it will change your. things are up in the air. >> are people afraid that the stalemate between russia and ukraine will lead the violence, what kind of tensions are you seeing. >> there's a lot of tension. this is close to many people's hearts, where they live, their life and heritage, and people say they are russian, ethnic russian, my children speak russian, we a

jennifer glasse is in sevastopol which has just declared itself part of russia. jennifer, major news here, a city switching nationalities. here. >> not just any city, this city is home to russia's black sea fleet and ukraine's black sea fleet. those two navies are at a standoff. russian war ships are blockading the bay, the sevastopol city council made this surprise declaration this evening. it cited a number of haws and covenants that -- laws and covenants that try to make it legal. the ukrainian law and constitution on local governance, i think trying to ward off any questions about the legality of this. we heard president obama say today, the legality of the referendum isn't legal, against the constitution and isn't recognizable. things moving very fast here, the same day the crimean parliament voted to move up the referendum on secession to march 16th and also declaring itself part of russia. so crimea trying to make facts happen by default if you will and once that referendum happens on march 16th if the crimeans volt to be part of russia it is going to be v

maybe it's outside of sevastopol. what do you know about that?nd is there a concern that the russian army presence could actually spread beyond crimea? >> reporter: it is a real concern. we heard that there is a clash between protesters and donets, appear city on the eastern part of ukraine. russian forces are massed on the border of ukraine ne. near there, there is a more than 1,000 mile border there. a lot of concern this is the next place this conflict could spread and already warning signs from the international community to russia that they shouldn't head into eastern ukraine. crimea is as far as they should go. >> jennifer glasse for us in sevastopol. thank you. >>> russia has seized on the uncertainty in crimea stoking people's fears of a takeover by right-wing extremists. phil itner joins us live from kiev. phil? >> well, tony, you know, these accusations, mostly fueled by moscow that the government here in kiev has been taken over by right-wing extremists and farbists is really stoking passes around this region. of course, you heard ther

hundreds of men barricaded themselves in the building in sevastopol. no shots have been fired, but a russian flag has been raised outside the base. on tuesday a soldier was killed in an attack on an army base at simferepol. russian soldier were blamed, accusing them of a war crime arseniy yatsenyuk said the conflict had moved to a military phase. >> the shooting happened hours after russia's president signed an agreement to make crimea part of the russian operation. the u.s. and e.u. accused the russians of a land grab. in a phone call to the secretary of state john kerry, russia's foreign minister warned against sanctions, saying there'd by be consequences. jennifer glasse joins us from sevastopol, at an army base. >> this happened a little over two hours ago. the base was surrounded and overrun. the ukrainian naval officers have been barricaded for two weeks. they are leaving one by one. the crowd is applauding, not in a supporting way, but a jeering way, some saying go home, go the train station. one officer, they searched his bag. there are negotia

sevastopol. the initiative belongs to mr. khrushchev. what was his motive? wanted to shift the .lame for the repression he has left historians of all of these issues. that was done behind stages. course, there is a totalitarian state. they have free will. we will realize through the grand scheme of things that this is a mere formality. we used to belong to one big country, the soviet union. it is inconceivable that sometime in the future russia and ukraine would be divided, different states. that has happened. thoughts that were unbelievable has become a reality. it has unfolded in such a fast way. none of the nations realize the dramatic nature. and theple in ukraine former soviet republic have -- have believed that the huge commonwealth of states would become [inaudible] promised aand -- common economic space. remains just on paper. we have not seen a new country in march. crimea ended up at a different stage. insia realized that it was broad daylight. we have to admit that russia contributed b

on her side, ukrainian colors as i said alongside russian ships in sevastopol. she used to sit next to the ukrainian command ship that still flies the ukrainian flag and is locked in by russian ships. the ukrainian naval academy changed hands. there was fanfare here, an awkward official flag raising ceremony where it was taken over by decree of the russian president, citing two years of unbreakable history here. he was thrown out of naval command headquarters. he said there is no honor in russias actions. >> we have clearly seen in the past two weeks you can't believe russia. putin said his troops aren't here. i'm a military man. i can see perfectly that these are military men. >> deals made with russian forces, they have broken, including the promise not to take the base. >> in my opinion, our blockaded ships should be sunk, because it's a war now, just no one's shooting at each other. god forbid they should start shooting. >> at the naval school handover, a last show of independence, ukrainians sing their national anthem, trying to drown out the sound of the r

that's his main objective while hes in town. >> we go back to sevastopol.hat happens next to those military families that are involved? >> that is a big question here, a real big concern. the ukrainian military requested some clarification from kiev as to what they're going to do and how they get out of here. the ukrainian government had said it was making up an evacuation plan for the families of ukrainian forces here. it had amended that to say the forces were stay but with them thrown off bases across crimea, the question is where we will they go, what will they do next. i spoke to a number of ukrainian naval officials who said they need to be rebased somewhere. there's about 25,000 ethnic ukrainian service members and their families in crimea right now. ukraine has to figure how to get them out at some point. made the more difficult, because kiev is not talking to sevastopol or moscow. there's very, very little diplomatic communication there so trying to organize something from kiev is going to be difficult. >> both of you, thank you very much. before u

it is alongside almost at the dock in sevastopol. our correspondent christian frazier managed to get rare access on board this ship, which is at the moment struggling to remain independent with a lot of russian pressure around it. >>reporter: the first crew that's been allowed this ship. it is the control and command vessel. it's been under blockade for a week. it is sitting next to a ukrainian corvette, which is also under blockade. they are forced to make a choice between a new authority in crimea or new government in kiev. they are really between a rock and a hard place. you can see behind me the bridge. they are watching the russians, who are watching the ukrainians. they are out with binoculars, or they have been. the deputy commander alongside the ma reaches. check the magazines of those rifles that the marines are holding, matthew, and i can tell you there are no rounds in them, no bullets. we are on a navy warship. what they are basically trying to show the russians is that, you know, they want this to be a peaceful standoff.

i'm saving my done of sevastopol. i want them to stay away from their power in the country has been seized by force and we slaves. that's why we have to serve at sevastopol says this law. and as ours we have nowhere to run a country is russia. and we want to say mother russia look at your children was i'm saying sevastopol has never surrendered no one will force us to kneel. so i'm asking you to support the candidacy of alexei charlie for the position of town map he's russian be thank god we're russians be. put in then look at the peaceful demonstrations that was dope on you no one has bats we don't cover our faces with mass cycling you do i'm pushing for some reason the peaceful demonstrators of western ukraine all wear masks you can't see the faces of these people you don't know who says what i wish and what to my face is open a story all the faces of men and women all around me all these people who are here now and who come here every day where no masks should be that proves we're telling the truth speaking from ou

michael works to bring investors to sevastopol. he says the crimean people are not in control. >> this is the game between russia and the united states. they have are the major players of this game. if they come to good agreement, then differently -- definitely everyone will be happy. >> here there's no agreement in sight. and the longer the military standoff turnings the harder the diplomatic solution becomes. >> reports of excessive force against anti-government protesters and journalists in venezuela is raising concern at the u.n., the international agency is demanding them provide information on alleged cases of torr tur. two were killed this week in violence, raising the death toll to 21. high inflation and violent crime fuelled anti-government protests which began last month. >> a man locked up for 18 years, 12 on death row is taking on the texas prosecutor who tried his case. anthony graves has been convicted for the murder of a grandmother. he was exonerated and said the prosecutor withheld evidence that could have cleared

. >> sevastopol is an important city in crimea.he city council has decided to immediately join russia and sever all ties with kiev. jennifer glasse reports now. >> the abandoned building across from the navy base are abandoned again. yesterday the russians were here. they are overlooking the bay. >> where are they? >> maybe they are just tired, i don't know. >> lieutenant commander yessen says he has no idea what the russians are up to, maybe they'll be back. he doesn't blame the men on the ground. >> they just follow orders. i understand them. i don't feel that this is enemy for me. >> as they have done in some places across crimea the russians left in the middle of the night leaving garbage in their wake. the ukrainian flag is flying on the base across the streets and the russians left their positions here. they left behind medicine and ration packs made in moscow. some russian troops were down the road, as elusive as ever. >> where are you from? where is your commander? >> no answer. >> even as some of the russian ground forces

jennifer glasse reporting from sevastopol. thank you. >> russia is facing the threat of sanctions this morning as the u.s. and union push for international monitors in southern and eastern ukraine. vladimir putin announced that crimea was part of russia, but they are not seeking more territory to annex. let's go to phil ittner. ukraine's prime minister has been meeting with his cabinet. what is the government saying about losing crimea? >> clorl they are angry about losing crimea, but we attended the cabinet meeting. it was a moving event because it began with a moment of silence for the ukrainian officer, who was shot yesterday. we heard jennifer glasse reporting. they are concerned about the incident in kiev. allegedly it was committed by a 17-year-old with far right tendencies, and that - those elements, pro-right elements have been used by moscow as a pretext for actions in crimea and eastern ukraine. they are concerned about that. they are putting out after the cabinet meeting a vice prime minister and the 2010s americans

ukraine where pro-ukrainian activists were attacked by pro-russian groups in the crimean city of sevastopol. r russian troops in control of the region. john kerry warned them any moves to annex it would close the door to diplomacy. jennifer glasse is following the developments in ukraine. vladimir putin says russian ukraine won't go to war at all, but 16,000 pro-russian troops occupy the region in the west. is russia gaining ground? >> reporter: morgan, they are gaining ground. they surrounded another base today. that's a border point, a border base there. basically the coast guard. these are lightly armed very lightly trained folks. the ukrainians retreated inside the base. this is the 11th base they have taken control over since they arrived seven days ago. they've surrounded and blockaded ukrainian forces on the bases and ships at sea. basically the ukrainian military can do virtually nothing here in crimea. russian forces very much in control of anything that's going on. we've seen russian forces moving around the bases, and they're supported by these local self-defense forces. it's tho

this is sevastopol residents expressing their will see people who live in sevastopol in the neighboring villages have come here there are to cool it there's no military men there's no military equipment only ordinary people should be able to come hit any extremists which that's why we organized this checkpoint. this is are here to prevent sevastopol from turning into a second key if that's all. we don't want any demonstrations or nationalists here we don't want them we need sevastopol to be a quiet town and look at what they've done in kiev do you think that people in kiev are happy. to see it we're not turning violent if something looks suspicious we've. also questions as long as we get all in says it means everything's ok. hello what are you transporting me what chicken meat i see you have doctrines for the goods. yeah ok welcome to sevastopol go on. we have nothing to hide everyone knows our faces is this of a struggle is a small town why would we hide them if you will besides we're not doing anything illegal it's a totally peaceful act it isn't against the law. when just expressing

the fringes here in sevastopol, we scuffling between the protesters. it really reflects the high emotional attachment people have here to what's going on. this is very, very personal. this is about their identity. you have people who are ethnic russians and who look towards moscow. you have people who are ethnic ukrainians who were born in crimea and lived in crimea and their children are crimean and believe this peninsula should remain a part of ukraine. in kiev thousands of peechl people came out on sunday to demonstrate for ukraine yan immunity. everybody is coming out and shows their allegiances. so far just one scuffle, and it's been broadly peaceful, but certainly emotions running very, very high on this subject. >> jennifer, you mentioned personality identity and kiev. the interim government calls the upcoming march 16th referendum illegal. can they do anything at this point to block it? >> reporter: you know, they really don't have a lot of authority down here. the local officials are in charge. they've already started to print the ballots. the

from sevastopol. glad to have you back on the show, european observers turned away, that vote that may lead to crimea breaking away from ukraine. we have heard by a lot of crimeans, that they support breaking away to russia. is that the majority opinion? >> antonio, interestingly, until a couple of days ago they weren't really talking about secession. support. they whomed the troops when they came in here on sunday and now that they are emboldened and have that power we see a lot of political moves. here in sevastopol, the town council seems to predetermine the outcome of the vote. the crimean parliament has done the same, moving towards russia. we see crimean politicians moving towards moscow where they got a warm welcome. there are people who are not happy antonio that crimea could become part of russia and that least of all the crimean tatars i spoke to them today, they are going to boycott referendum. it shows that somehow they endorse the referendum and of course you have about 15% of ethnic ukra

jennifer glasse joining us now live from sevastopol. jennifer it dawned on me there is somewhat of a difference in the way the world views events, partially because the world doesn't see a lot of what is happening right now. in sevastopol right now, how many news outlets are there that they can monitor what is happening, and are they free? >> russia moved very quickly to shut down most of the ukrainian outlets and most international outlets you can only get those on satellite. so everything that will be seen here -- most everything that will be sheeeen here, unless yo have the money to have a satellite channel, will come through that russian filter. and what we have heard about sanctions, they say we don't care, we welcome them. we're under russia's wing now, and we'll stand alone. people feel very strongly about what they did. they think the united states is acting in a double standard. they point towards kosovo as an example. president obama saying no one in the world would take the referendum seriously. they took a vote here, and tue

and follows take overs over the weekend and took the navy command ship, the last ship here in sevastopolwas holding out, that and with the crew of 100 people and also the air base, the biggest air base in crimea fell over the weekend as well with russians sending in armored personnel carriers and firing in the air and going aggressively to the base and the base was legendary here for the resistance because the hundred or so men on that base marched on the russians a couple of weeks ago with nothing but their flags and unarmed and marched forward to russians to try to get the jobs and base back and the base was lost as well as russia consolidates its power here. >> this has got to be devastating for the military members and families who are stuck in crimea so what happens to them now? >> reporter: well, there is a new order now from kiev, from the acting president alexander saying a plan is being put together to evacuate families and evacuate the service members. the order has not come down yet here and they are aware of the order but it has not arrived in crimea yet. a lot of the people

here are the resulting crimea and sevastopol. we have a new political geography. when the most interesting results is around elections of november 21. the leader of the elections, it is very interesting. between yanukovych and the other contender, there is only zero point 38 -- 0.38% difference. annexation of crimea and sevastopol and the situation in ukraine, from an international point of view, it is the start of international relations. there is a chance for international order. from a domestic point of view, it is disintegration. it is the result of a shift in power in ukraine. local political regimes are characteristic of a different type of arrangements. thank you for your attention. [applause] >> thank you very much. now we have a professor from the university in estonia. >> thank you. my presentation will be about russia and trying to make sense of the russian position and behavior and the situation. let me start by saying that russia as i see it is also going through difficult times. i do not mean that as a justification and by no means as an attempt to s

this airfield at sevastopol is home to the fight else of the air force.ops loyal to kiev have been confined to their baker's cyst. now the commanders come face to face. the two sides shout insults as the officers try to calm the situation. ukrainian officer demands joint control. he radioed demand to his superiors. while they wait, a rocket propelled grenade are fixed on the column. it's what the international community fears most, a confrontation that spills out of control and leads to war. the deadline for ukrainian forces to surrender their bases came and went this morning. moscow said there was some such ultimatum. they have dressed the railings of their ships in mattresses to stop the russian's hooks. >> last night this crane ship was maneuvered into position in front of the harbor wall. it's not a complete block aid, but the message it sends is abundantly clear. right now we can count one, two, three four, tpaoeufl naval ships patrolling the bay. >> the russians are strengthening forces. the fairy has been taken in anticipation of more hardware bein

jennifer glasse talks to people for and against the election in sevastopol. but first the south of the nation where nick schifrin joins us live. what is the next step for crimea now? >> everyone here is not looking west, but east. you get a lot of criticism for international and domestic monitors critical of the referendum. they have a long list of irreg u latteries, and they say it was conducted do hastily. they have a voter role that was not accurate. they have militia allies, guns on the street and it boils down two questions - join russia now or later. for the majority, none of that mattered. tonight was the first chance they had to decide their own destiny. >> for the majority of crime jans, march 16th will be known as independence day. the day they voted to separate from a ukraine they never wanted to be a part of. the day they voted to join a russia they still call the mother land. >> i'm happy to be in russia. it's my choice, my voice today. i'm lucky to be in russia. >> they celebrated a lop-sided vote europe has hosted. for 12 hours, one after anoth

michael works to bring workers to sevastopol. he says the crimean people aren't in control. >> after all this is the game between russia and the united states. they are the major players of this game. if they come to good agreement, then definitely, everybody will be happy. >> here in this naval city and across crimea, there is no agreement in sight. and growing concern that the longer the military standoff continues, the harder a diplomatic solution becomes. now, john, the minorities like the tatars are hoping the international intervention might help. but ofor the second day in a row, osce military observers were turned around at the border. if there is any indication that crimea is becoming a military state, more turn towards mowrm,, not leave from the international terminal. >> now the former u.s. ambassadors to nato, robert punter, joins us from washington, d.c. ambassador, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> do you prey away you heard in this piece, that this is a game between u.s. and russia? good yes, i think it is. from

our correspondent jennifer glasse is in sevastopol. jennifer glasse, how are ukrainian forces happening all this? >> that's right, richelle, everything has moved at such a fast pace this week, in the last 36 hours or so we have seen russian forces really consolidate their forces here, moving out of their bases and out of their boats and over the last 24 hours no one has been under more pressure than the ukrainian navy. >> a ship that wasn't until yesterday ukrainian. this is the chernobyl, she is now sitting among other ships in sevastopol. the ukrainian navy has also changed hands. a flag raising ceremony where russian soldiers took it over by decree of the russian president. thereto not much glory for departing ukrainian navy. the united states has described what's happening to crimea right now as a land grab. what's happening to the ukrainian navy could be the credit credit sea grab. the slivutich still flying the ukrainian flag. a passing citizen says it's not good that's the last ukrainian ship in the bay. the takeover is complete

we are joined live from sevastopol. jennifer, on tuesday, ukraine's parliament held a vote in response to the fall in crimea. what happened? >> that's right, dell, the acting defense minister was only for about a month or so, tendered his resignation because of the takeover here. the parliament accepted it. there is a new defense minister who has experience here. he last served about 70 miles from here in sevastopol. ukraine's last ships have come to the cat and mouse game it's been playing with the russian navy for the past few weeks in a back and forth overnight. it had been driving up and down the bay, tried to make a run for it, bumped back by a russian ship. the russians got onboard to take it over, the captain negotiation r. negotiate be being able to fly his flag until this morning until his crew disembarks from the last ship to come to the russian forces. >> what about life under russian rule in crimea right now? are think pro ukrainian in crimea face league prize also? >> we saw some reprise also early on. you

michael works to bring investors to sevastopol. he says the crimean people are not under control. >> after all this is a game between russia and the united states. they are the major players of this game. if they come to good agreement, then definitely, everybody will be happy. >> reporter: here in this naval city and across crimea there's no agreement in sight. and growing concern that the longer the military standoff continues the harder a diplomatic solution becomes. and john, russia continues to consolidate its political strength here putting much pressure on the ukrainian military which refuses to surrender its flag and its weapons and the political supporters of russia here also consolidate its gains. one has to wonder whether the people of crimea will really have a choice when that day comes. >> jennifer glasse, thank you very much. >>> coming up, raising the russian flag the bottom of the hour. in other news job growth was stronger than expected in the u.s. this last month. adding about 175,000 position. the job rate edged

you know, all of the ships here in sevastopol have been over run by russian forces. the last shipping to was been over the weekend, the last defiant ship sitting here with the flag. a few ships still stand barricaded in their port. the russians towed one of their ships and sank it to the port so she couldn't get their ships out. and one by one the russians are taking them over. they told the ukrainian when they came in three weeks ago. lay down your arms. leave it behind, go back to the ukraine. the ukrainian forces stayed but little by little, the russians have taken over. in the last couple of days we've seen the russian forces taking control and more of a frontal stance and taking things like that. >> armored vehicles, ammunition , artillery that's now seized a russian military property? >> anything they could get their hands on, they took a ship, for example, they took that on thursday, and then on friday we saw them unloading all the armaments and all the missiles, all of the weapons and ammunition. taking everything they could off the ship. anything that they c

. >> sevastopol is very small. it doesn't look like safeguarding their base in sevastopol.course, mr. president. what i'm suggesting is that sevastopol is where the black sea fleet is located. it's a warm water port. it's significant. it's extremely important to the russiains and this is where they can conduct influence in the region. >> the people that they brought in, they were not from sevastopol. these were russian regular like special troops brought in from russia. >> of course. >> by military transport. and the other thing we're talking about -- >> we are in agreement here. >> one thing should be known. in georgia in 2008 after the reaction was quite late, putin was stopped at the entrance of our capital by a huge unit who showed but the international community outcry. george bush sent four fleets. the initial planes were put on alert prepared for no fly zone over georgia and that's what stopped putin from a -- >> so that's what obama is going to have to do. >> there have been many different options he can consider. i'm not saying that's the situation for sure but cer

tonight, we still have all of those ukrainian sailors on ships in sevastopol, and across crimea barricaded in with russian troops in many cases sitting right outside the gates of the base. we heard from the deputy speaker of the plairm today calling on those troops, he says ukrainian troops either have to sign on with crimeans or have to return to ukraine. who owns the ships becomes a tricky prospect, who owns the items in the bases, all of these men with all of these weapons that nobody starts shooting, that there isn't inc. aer, there -- anger, we don't know how and when it's going to be resolved, del. >> and jennifer, what if anything have we heard from lawmakers concerning sunday's referendum? >> reporter: well, we've heard nothing so far. here in crimea the legislature has made no mistake that they wanted to get something done quickly. both the legislature here in sevastopol and simferopol the crimean capitol, they both voted for independence and both voted to become part of russia. now they look at the russian duma for the request to be part of the russian federation. we expect vladi

. >> ben brown there in sevastopol. also tom burridge in madras. the focus to paris where john kerry and the ukraine foreign minister are looking to meet with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. for now, from me, tim willcox and the whole team, back to you in london. >>> thanks, tim in kiev. now to south africa, the third day of the oscar pistorius trial. the chief defense lawyer has been seeking to undermine the prosecution testimony of a couple who say they heard a woman's screams and gunfire the night the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend. a fourth witness has been testifying about a separate gun charge when oscar pistorius allegedly fired a shot under a table. he's pleaded not guilty to killing his girlfriend. let's go to my colleague karin giannone. particularly about that incident of what was said in court about that incident. >> reporter: kevin lorena who was out with a meal with oscar pistorius and other friends. one of those friends handed oscar pistorius his pistol. he apparently had a look at it. it's alleged the gun went off in hi

>> they will stay in sevastopol. as crimea will be organized entity, either the technical sovereignty of ukraine. but if you run it by democratic procedures, since the russians of the population, it should produce an outcome that everybody could live with. >> a couple of things. this is very exciting for me. >> this is not the mood at the moment. everything one reads, it is confrontation. to have an end. >> what is interesting about what you have said, one, not only the agreement, but you believe putin -- this is not going to end well for putin unless he comes to some kind of an agreement like this. and then is not a huge victory. >> not a huge victory, but it would not end well for putin. >> the agreement being overthrown, the agreement being made, and the man which room has have made an agreement disappeared. >> you said that the united states made a mistake by supporting the forces that led to the new ukrainian government. they should not have taken sides? >> the united states had to think about mass demonstration

sevastopol is in the same situation. where we go, they will do. >> these three guys say their future is with the simferepol football team. >> and just a reminder that you can keep up to date with all the news on the website - aljazeera.com. should i be worried? >> reporter: and i asked whose first tweet was this? please pray for me. i'll answer the question a little bit later. this is ali velshi, this is "real money." >> this is real money. you are the most important part of the show. join our live conversation at twitter,

just a little pawn in world politics. >> the scene is different in sevastopol. before the polls closed, the atmosphere is jooub lent. the people here say this is a day they've waited for for 30 years. they say live will be better under russia. >> crimea is and was linked to russia. it's a crowd pleaser, this song. the russian flag is the accessory of choice. today is the first time this man has voted for anything or anyone. it was never a leader or issue that mattered to him, until now. >> translation: i voted for russia, because it's our only choice, russia. >> translation: my daughter, my son, my husband. we all voted for russia. we are ukrainian, my husband is in the russian military for 36 years. we love the city and can't live without it. >> there's a deep mistrust of the west. i'm lectured how barack obama in the state department orchestrated the fall in the government of kiev. most people here don't care what the rest of the world things about the referendum or their future. they welcome the opportunity to chart their own course and say now they are going

a naval ship in sevastopol, the last flying the ukrainian flag, that was taken by the weekend by russian forces, and the belbek air base. the russians - a few small bases left. they are flying the flag over 100 more bases. they make their control over the crimean peninsula complete. >> jennifer glasse reporting from sevastopol. >> nearly two years after upholding president obama's affordable care act, the supreme court will debate the issue again. justices will hear arguments over a mandate forcing businesses to cover contraception. libby casey takes a look. >> hobby lobby is a family-run business based on biblical principles, founded 38 years ago. >> our faith was important in starting the company. we had a sense, barbara and i, that god had a purpose in our lives. offering contraception goes against its owners prolife beliefs. >> the case is about nothing short of the right to use freedom. in order to honour god. they feel they have to run the business consistent with biblical system. the prince palate stake here is an -- principal at stake here is not to pay for drugs and devices that

, it's here at sevastopol.ps of the black sea fleet halt all traffic, draining all life from this otherwise thriving port. if the russian's intentions is to take over ukrainian military instillations, it is not over yet. ukrainian servicemen refuse to yield to the russian show of force. >> the russians take position in front of this army base. we spoke to some of the ukrainian servicemen through the gate. they said they had not received an ultimatum. they said they had no intention to vender the base because they had pledged loyalty to ukraine, and said that they hoped it would be solved peacefully. the soldiers are digging in for the long haul. relying on the support of relatives to keep them going while politicians reach a compromise. >> this story has two sides. on the one hand my son has to obey the ukrainian government that he pledged to serve. since the government changed the situation is different. the crisis is polarizing opinions in crimea. servicemen are coming under pressure to take sides in a place

nick schifrin is in sevastopol, and has more on the dramatic developments. >> for nearly an hour inside this cafe they barricaded u.n. envoy robert serry. demonstrators tried to stop us filming. whether at the cafe or airport they denied all access. the same activists blocked the door running serry out of the country. they feel empowered by the arrival of 16,000 troops. with my producer, we asked half a dozen soldiers and got the same silence. >> can i ask someone a question? he tells me to step away from the car and drive to this base. russian soldiers demanded ukrainians surrender their weapons. they are not to shoot so they block the front gates. anything they could. they successfully sent the russian troops packingment that night a pro-russian mob showed up outside the gates demanding the russian soldiers be let in. russian forcers, with the support of their radical pro-russian supporters are stepping up their aggression. scared and under siege, they hunkered down and sat in the dark, illuminated bay tv. they told us we couldn't film. so we tried to with an iphone. ukrainian soldier

swear allegiance to the people of the autonomous republic of crimea and the hero city of sevastopol i swear to strictly comply with the orders of the supreme commander of crimea and the commanders of military units approved by him as well as with the requirements of military regulations i swear to honorably perform my duty and protect the life and freedom of the residents of crimea and the city of sevastopol crimean authorities are now in the process of creating their own defense ministry and naval fleet more and more ukrainian troops based on the crimean peninsula are now joining local authorities effectively putting them in full control of the territory parties where if a national has more. for a more high ranking officials earlier on sunday they had of crimea's border control security service as well as a notice in interior ministry has pledged their allegiance to the crimean authorities earlier on sunday as well we heard that the commander of ukraine's naval forces did the same swearing to strictly comply with the orders to the supreme commander of the autonomy this region mr bere

joining me now on the phone from sevastopol, ukraine, simon ostrovsky, correspondent for vice news. the wake of the end of the referendum, announcement of the withdrawal of ukrainian forces, what is the mood like in sevastopol? >> i think people are coming to terms with the fact that this is becoming a part of russia. there are elements in the ukraine an military, in the navy who are still trying to resist, but i think the picture for them is pretty bleak because today the russians captured nearly 20 ships, and there's only 1 ship still remaining that still hasn't given up. it's the flagship of the ukrainian navy, and those sailors are still holed up inside and waiting to be stormed by the russians at any moment. >> you covered in a dispatch that we're showing some video of right now, an aftermath of a shooting in sevastopol. one was the intense tension, tension between people who live next to each other, each calling each other provocateur, each calling each other traitor. you said there was a relief you had sensed in the aftermath of the referendum that at least the kind of antici