and broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is our team shawn thomas let's take a look at your top headlines western powers seek to hit syria with more economic sanctions after russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution aimed at increasing pressure on president assad this comes as the death toll rises in the city of homes as fifty more people are reportedly killed by government shelling. meanwhile ahead of his visit to damascus russia's foreign minister slams the west's reaction to the double veto as an indecent and hysterical he is scheduled to meet syrian authorities on tuesday to try and broker dialogue between the government and the opposition. also ensuring a greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin lays out his plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after masked pro and anti-government rallies sweep the country the new initiative allows people to suggest their own laws on money. and greece announces thousands of civil service job cuts amid mounting international pressure to agree on the austerity measures needed to se

uncovered a rare natural wonder an ancient lake buried thousand or thousands of feet of ice or he's shawn thomas toward the frozen continent a year ago and explains what this discovery could mean. vostok research base in antarctica it is the coldest place on earth and the deepest drilling location on the continent the main research was to drill the great your eyes as big as possible to get these tiny bubbles off they are a force preserved for about. four hundred thousand years at a certain point researchers made a new discovery lake vostok team of russian scientists have drilled more than two miles into the ice and have reached the surface of the sub lake itself excited about the possibility of discovering life while the drilling project that leg is exciting for scientists and promising in terms of finding a new life form here on earth there are some who are thought of the project should continue in fact they say it could even be bolder through humans there are some words that we will bring up some microbes that are really harmful. to the human being which is from the biological point of view it

shawn yancy. one mother says what petro is offering in their settlement doesn't even come close to what her grandkids deserve. fox 5's will thomas sat down with her. >> rhonda brown lost her daughter who had two little boys. she can't reveal exact details about the settlement offer, but it was about a million dollars apiece for each boy to be paid out over their lifetimes. we begin with her reaction made to that proposal made a few weeks ago. >> i thought it was very disrespectful and such a lowball figure for two young kids that have lost the most significant person in their life. >> reporter: she spoke with her daughter less than 10 minutes before the collision. 23-year-old nicky king left work and boarded a red line train at the ft. totten station on her way to pick up her boys. andre is now 6, emanuel is 4. this photo shows their mother on a metro train a few days early taken by andre. their grandmother who is raising them says andre feels responsible for his mother's death because he asked her to pick them up that day. >> i wish i could do something to just take that away from him because it really is sad to hear him say th