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we have disorder in southern ukraine, odessa, and there is quite visible part of russia to prevent thelections from consolidating the russian state. >>> we'll take a break, when we come back we'll talk with george about how the west and the united states played its hand. this is "inside story." stay with us. >>> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. rising tensions and violence in the cities of eastern ukraine pulled the united nations security council back into emergency session. the russian ambassador to the united nations called for a swift halt to all violence and drew a skeptical reaction from the other permanent five members, like france, whose ambassador accused moscow of releasing bands of thugs on ukraine. there was more criticism from the white house. george, with the german chancellor and the american president gave a news conference much how have the powers in the west been doing in countering the moves from moscow? >> the west has been doing too little, too late. most with criticisms and tiny sanctions. we need more than words and tiny sanctions. we need substant

enough, though, to prevent russia from taking action to intervene inside eastern ukraine and southern ukraine is still very much a moot point. certainly there's been outrage expressed here in russia from all sorts of quarters, from the president down at the deteriorating security situation inside eastern ukraine. the kremlin saying they've received thousands of requests from people in the south and east of the country for assistance. pleas for assistance, they say. within the past 24 hours the sta state duma, lower house of the russian parliament, say those responsible for the violence in the ukraine, they're talking about the deaths of pro-russian supporters there, of course, should be held accountable by war crimes tribunal. so very, very strong language, indeed. so so so to some ears sounds like the kremlin is preparing the ground to justify some kind of military intervention in eastern and southern ukraine. that hasn't happened yet. nick peyton walsh referred to the troops. that's certainly the case. no order has been given at this stage to undertake a military intervention, further milit

i do not think he has a master plan to annex eastern and southern ukraine. if he did, he's kept it very secret for a long, long time. i do think he is responding tactically, improvising, and if he can find a way to not do a full-scale invasion, i think he would settle for that because he knows the price of that. he knows it's not going to be an easy operation. it may be ease easy in the first days or weeks but in the months and years, it will not. i hope other around him will remind him the economic costs as well. >> charlie: we continue with mark halperin and john heilemann, looking at the politics of 2014 and their new association with bloomberg. >> so there is a lot of demand for digital video, a lot of experiments that haven't worked well and largely because as good as the news organizations are that tried to do it, they don't have television studios, experienced producers or people who make tv all the time. the great thing about this opportunity is we take the assets bloomberg has an apply them in a different way. >> charlie: keifer sutherland's 24, liv

he or she will not be recognized by eastern and southern ukraine.and that has absolutely nothing to do with putin. so that will be a step toward partition. if you really want to solve the problem, you go back to the european union proposal in february and have elections in december, give everybody six or seven months chance to organize, and you parliamentary elections as well. because the united states is right. the democratic theory is right. the essence of the democratic society is not a government, but parliament. they need a new parliament and new constitution. a president cannot enact a new a situation in ukraine. why are they rushing to may? the united states wants to get some legitimacy to this government of kiev. i think any political scientist were constitutional lawyer would tell you, you have to wait and do it right. >> this is president obama speaking when angela merkel, the german chancellor, came to washington, d c >> the russian leadership must know if it continues to destabilize eastern ukraine and disrupt this month's presidential e

ukraine and by the kremlin here as well. also the kremlin saying they're receiving thousands of requests for help from southern and eastern ukraine. that's interesting and important. the russians have said all along, they reserve the right to intervene militarily, if they believe russian interests speakers are at risk. so there is a growing concern that russia could use the army. it's got position to cross the border from you kra into intervene and take areas, further areas of ukraine if it chooses to do so. at the moment, no such order has been given, there has been a telephone conversation between the russian foreman and u.s. secretary of state john kerry in which they called on mr. kerry to use all his flurngs all the influence that the united states to get them to end their military operations inside eastern ukraine. so, yes, a lot of tension between the two sides, the various sites here and the part of the kremlin in regards to what's happening in ukraine. >> matthew, there continue to be discussions about sanctions, mo more sanctions, does that seem to be much of a deterrent for putin? >> well, it could be, i mean, certainl

but the conflict has spread to southern ukraine. a country increasingly divided against itself, coming closer to the brink. we get more from our british partner itn. >> the term civil war should not be used lightly, but tonight, ukraine appears to be perilously close. >> the southern port city of odes odessa, a city split between those loyal to russia and those to ukraine. the two sides fought in the city center and the result was a bloodbath. more than 30 known to have died, and it is likely to have been more. unlike the east of ukraine, pro russians cannot dominate here. normal ukrainians, young women, middle aged mothers, joined in on the fight. the police were nowhere to be seen and there was little they could have done. it is when the pro ukrainians got on top that it became really deadly. driving their opponents into a trade union building that they had been occupying. eight occupants are believed to have died jumping from windows. the smoke killed dozens more. as many as ten are thought to have died elsewhere with evidence of

ukraine. and, they called for more. >> we express solidarity with our brothers in southern and eastern ukraine work those that don't want to live under the orders of kiev suddeno authorities who don't want to live under

regional aggression that goes unchecked, whether in southern ukraine, or the south china sea or anywhere else, will ultimately impact our allies and could draw in our military. there are very real fears that if intentions there boil over, the effects will be felt worldwide. patricia has more. >> stretching from the strait, the south china seas reefs and even rocks are contested by six nations. vietnam, the philippines, malaysia, brunia, and china. >> one of the world's busiest international sea lanes as much as half of the shipping and oil tanker traffic passes through this patch. each country laying claim has the approved exclusive economic zone, giving them rights to national resources extending 200 gnawed 8:00-miles from their coastlines. the most controversial boundary, show, is china's nine dash line. they have never really explained what the nine dash line stands for. they say they don't claim every drop of water in it, but they haven't say what they do claim. >> that am big utety is a major source of tension, given the south china sea potential energy reserves. the government esti

that dramatic u-turn, saying that he wanted these pro-russian separatist groups in eastern and southern ukraine to abandon or postpone, as he said, their series of referendum on independence for that region. it's even more of a surprise, perhaps, that they have not heeded his words. they've said, no, look, we're going to go ahead with it, no matter what the russian president thinks. so, i think it's sort of on the face of it, it's underimmune mining those claims, that it's the russian president that's really pulling the strings in eastern southern ukraine. that may have indeed been the intention of that call in the first place, to distance vladimir putin from the events on the ground in crimea. >> thanks so much, matthew chance in red square this morning. a very big day there as all eyes remain on ukraine this morning. >>> meanwhile, president obama's choice to head up the department of health and human services may be a step closer to confirmation. sylvia matthews burwell went before a senate committee where she received mostly good feelings, even from republicans who are against obamacare. se

remained calm, we have seen a further severe deterioration of the situation in parts of eastern and southern ukraine recent developments in those areas threaten the further destabilization of the country and the region as well as well as the unity of ukraine itself. cities, ann a dozen increasing number of holdings are being held by armed groups. of most immediate concern is the situation in the eastern city of -- of 125,000 people has been occupied by armed insurgents since april 12. during the ongoing operations by the authorities, according to the ukraine ministry of defense, two helicopters were shot down overnight with at least one pilot killed. a number of other casualties have also been reported on the ground on both sides. cannot at this stage be completely verified. the acting minister of interior has stated a number of roadblocks have an removed from around the city, but from the media we understand that tent standoffs continue -- tense standoffs continued in parts around the city. at the same time, the seven osce military monitors accompanying military staff the held remained in detention

regional aggression that goes unchecked, whether in southern ukraine or the south china sea or anywhere else in the world will ultimately impact our allies and could draw in our military. >> in an interview with "france the afghan presidential candidate abdullah abdullah talks about the need for a responsible exit strategy by the americans. >> we are stressing upon as responsiblesue of exit. that is important because nobody would like to leave behind a can have thet potential to lead to the earlier .ituations still, there is time for working together and addressing these .hallenges what is expected is a responsible exit strategy. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry has challenged whistleblower edward snowden to man up and come back to the united states. these comments come in the wake of an american television interview with snowden who described himself as a trained specializing in electronic surveillance. the 30-year-old now living in exile in russia reiterated that he had worked undercover for and national security agency. snowden handed over secret nsa documents to news outlets in

ukraine continues to teach that. rock the east of the country has spread to the southern port city of odessa hat for russian separatists there have stormed a police station and fried it dozens of fellow activists. ukraine's the interim prime minister our city gets a new one in odessa. earlier on sunday he's blaming russia for orchestrating violent clashes that led to a deadly fire on friday when forty people were killed on the ground it's no longer clear who's in control the new district about two thousand truman should demonstrate his defeats the police station. some fools the way inside and demanded the release of the activists being held in a short time later police lt almost seventy of the prisoners goes. not that into listed on suspicion of provoking friday's violence that resulted in street battles and the fire in which more than forty people were killed. in eastern ukraine reports say at least one separatists was killed in finding new homes and government forces stormed a building and many of hope that this is the evidence of strong ukrainian operations in the ccs. fresh to strong hold of some the of this being

us city leaders have also had the kremlin to stop supporting armed insurgents in eastern and southern ukraine a charge kremlin leaders did not despite evidence to the contrary provided by different state security service a kremlin backed rebellion in eastern ukraine has raised the prospect that ukraine could be carved up for even descended into civil war pitting russian speaking east and are against pro european ukrainian speakers in the west the un. i did. and one. since things. which is to put it. so when i was due to the bone connected to the truth. you know according to champion them into ukraine propaganda is back in the spotlight after claims of atrocities and anti semitism fall into deadly violence the council last week looked as though they were fabricated. peaceful group of ukrainians march to the dentist in support of ukraine in unity. they were attacked by a group of pro russian demonstrators and the ensuing violence and massive player in this that these trades union building led to the deaths of over forty people. it's a local doctor claimed she was trying to save a dying man's li

resulting infection takes the next step to re enact it illegal for any annexation in eastern or southern ukraine and phantom our forces over the border car seat the us and eu sanctions will follow. hunter want to underscore what has been our position all along the future of ukraine is that the ukrainians to decide the upcoming the twenty ten elections are an important moment. and russian effort to make peace to destabilize the situation ran contrary to the ukrainian people's aspirations for an election in which they can choose the direction of their country. i should try to disrupt the elections in ukraine said you're coming to a defense against a threat to my new sanctions against moscow. and it's in the united states and european again insisting that something ukrainian easter diplomatically to it. and the nato is racist times an easy position to meet and do not need to set the stage at all but declined to discuss the crisis in ukraine and the spark rasmussen called the current tension at aig's invited us to jason says the car door and says that the darius is ready to defend its nl east. now w

expect even partial implementation of the event the conflict is spreading from the east into southern ukraine. as well as the wii on skin donetsk there were violent clashes in odessa. the city is mainly russian speaking. it's been relatively peaceful until now at least three people were killed there as pro kiev and progress and demonstrators clashed during a march in support of ukrainian unity several other people were injured. still i've got to our reporter katie logan she's on the ground for us in eastern ukraine and netscape first up. what's the situation on the roads into the sold out right now our ukrainian troops prepare to move into that city. but the risks that there could be a high level of civilian casualties. i think is going to be very difficult fold of the commandments of ants it's pretty much sealed off but that all ukrainian manage the checkpoint this was as separatists checkpoints the ukraine domenici has caught the beans on one of the population to the barricades in the reds had to sit in front of the aisle but as the pegasus will be going in other posts if they carry into th

the polling indicates that the separatists do not speak for the populations of eastern and southern ukraine. more than two thirds of ukrainians in the east report they plan to vote in the may 25th election. they don't want little green men or separatists or moscow deciding for them. with more than 20 candidates running, representing every viewpoint and every region in ukraine, these elections offer ukrainians a real democratic choice. that's why the united states and europe and international community are working so hard with the government of ukraine to help them ensure free and fair elections do take place across ukraine. all toll the, the osce office of democratic institutions and hul an rights, deploying 1,000 observers to monitor elections and united states will provide 1/10th of these and other states are contributing. the united states is also supporting 255 long-term observers and over 3,000 short-term observers, some of whom will provide a parallel vote tab lags. three fair elections on may 25th are the best route to economic stability in ukraine. to o decembdessa to donetsk, th th

the west needs to rethink its position vis-a-vis ukraine and the area disputed in eastern and southern ukraine, and talked about how ukraine itself is not abiding by the april geneva agreement regarding the whole situation. now, that seems to be the way the russians handled the whole thing at the united nations. you might say attack is the level form of defense, because they constantly go on the attack as they did today. in response we heard from the uk ambassador talking about the proportional unmeasured response by kiev and the hypocrisy coming from moscow, that he called breath taking. samantha power is the u.s. ambassador the united nations and responded to what the russian ambassador had to say, and talked about 26,000 square kilometres of land being fought over and how in the course of this 63 day conflict ukraine drove to resolve the issue and russia continues to go after a territory grab. here is more of what samantha power had to say. >> as its country has been carved up. foreign operatives moved into the homeland, troops assembled along the border and moscow threatened integrity and

russia is to blame russia for the tragedy in a desa at the southern ukraine and city warns dozens of anti-government activists killed in a deadly inferno and clashes with radical extremists. tortured to death by the state an american prisoner suffers a slow painful execution as untested drugs are used for the lethal injection it's really not a calls for a moratorium on capital punishment. the report from iraq where bloodshed and civilian deaths blight the country's first general election since u.s. combat troops moved out a poll that shows no clear winner yet. five pm last you're watching international with me marina joshing well we start in eastern ukraine where a military crackdown on anti-government activists has been gathering pace this week at least seven people are now confirmed dead in a day of fighting for control of the city of kramatorsk one of the hotbeds of and to keep residents violence is also ruptured across other cities in the rest of region or is there for us. dramatic developments here in southeastern ukraine where the news is unfolding fost and furious if we start

eastern andeen in southern ukraine, it can be very confusing, conflicting reports from the two sides. fighting in a city not too far from there. and this is the important thing, edessa in the south of the country. we had that tragic fire where more than 40 people were killed in the fire and the clashes around the fire. yesterday, we had pro russian activists storming a police headquarters, freeing safety seven of their colleagues. they could have taken the police headquarters, but the head of police said they would release these. they were able to avoid -- the police were able to avoid the seizure of their headquarters. clearly, this conflict is now the east, not just in and west, but the south as well. >> let's bring in henry from moscow. a significant escalation. any sense of what the kremlin's view of this is? issued a strongly-worded statement over the weekend. described what happened in odessa, where more than 40 , as a died in the fire crime. he said the authorities in kiev had blood on their hands and also pointed the finger at western countries, the united states and european

that's southern ukraine. this is eastern ukraine. there are parts under the control of militia.re is a nearby town the surrounded by ukrainian military. inside we have seen pictures of the militia driving through the streets in tanks. remember, this is a country that's proposing to have are an election this month. it's hard to understand how that could even be possible given what's happening on the ground here. >> kier in other parts of the country, how are things going with the ukrainian security forces trying to take back parts of region? how are their efforts going? >> that's near here. the town is under the control of the militia. as i said, it is surrounded by the ukrainian military. you remember before the weekend two of the military's helicopters were shot down. as much as the government in kiev tries to say that they have not completely lost control of this country, they appear to be pretty impotent. it appearses to get increasingly difficult every day to describe this as one country. >> nbc's kier simmons in ukraine. thank you so much. >>> we turn back to washington wit

. >>> chaos and violence erupting in eastern and southern ukraine in what became the country's blood yesterday in three months. the worst standoff occurring in odessa, where officials say violence clashes broke out between pro-russian and ukranian supporters. it turned into a deadly fire where 31 were killed. ukraine launched an offensive further north. five rebels, two civilians and two ukranian soldiers were all killed. kiev's assault expanded 10 miles south to the town of kramatorsk. troops regained control of several areas. lawmakers vowed not to stop before eastern ukraine is under control. we go to donetsk for the latest. >> reporter: information comes out in an irregular way. the interior minister announced on his facebook page, not an official channel, that the ukranian military retook a television tower some 10 miles, 15km or so south of slovyansk. that was a tour which had been tape by pro -- taken by pro-russian separatists. what the separatist did was take off ukranian tv channels, stop them broadcasting. the ukranian army retook the tower. you can see perhaps obviously w

that war is just to file and square here at a town in southern ukraine. we've had reaction pouring in worldwide but not all that much explanation from kiffin i discuss this with anderson geo political analyst and author of the grateful underage revolution in fifty countries who says what happened in odessa traces its roots in the very top. this government has no legitimacy or predicted. it would just like to do with the order of diminishing through the sea through this over in the east but what he wants to do is that it's over resources goes all the way up to the argument of the gershon director to whom they said your lectures are to. foreigners and shizuka medical care for the people and actually those employees are being implemented as we speak so they grow she goes over to the. euro and it was in the euro zone. russia already branded what happened in odessa as a nazi like war crime in a few minutes we'll be bringing you international reaction to the tragedy and. you know ukrainian authorities have vowed to continue the ministry operation against activi

off or a war between russia and the united states, and down the road two ukraines, eastern and southern ukraine drifting towards russia as one state. western ukraine towards europe. there are other divided countries. nobody wants to talk about it, but it's on the political agenda. >> difficult solution. we'll see the outcome. >> demand on what you want. >> stein cohen, prove so emeritus of russian cities. >>> in an attempt to end deadlock the iranian president hassan rouhani made a speech on tv. >> translation: confrontation with the world will not succeed. i said from the beginning that this government is on the path of interaction with the world, constructive interaction. when we say constructive interaction some say we are after compromise. >> hassan rouhani has been criticised for histone to the nuclear programme and the signing of a nuclear deal with world powers. >>> afghanistan's president declared a day of mourning for those killed in the landslide. 2,000 are believed to be dead in the badakhshan. yesterday the search was called off due to lack of equipment. we have more. >> reporter: t

i see from my desk in southern ukraine.and this is just a couple of hours ago the latest we're hearing from there is that more than one hundred locals have gathered near the police headquarters to try to block it demanding the punishment of those responsible for yesterday's tragedy and for the release of all anti-government activists to turn during the rest. russia's holding responsible for desa tragedy president putin spalled no punches when describing the situation is not easy to use cannot explain. well the president has outlasted the current authorities in kiev holding them responsible for the violence in southeastern ukraine saying that their hands are now covered in blood commenting on the ongoing military operation and says dear friend it's a western sponsors are only provoking more violence and now not russia nor any other outside player has any influence over. those people living in those parts of ukraine they're not going to put their weapons down knowing that their lives are continuously being threatened all this

. >>> groups in eastern and southern ukraine are being blamed to what is being called abuses in humanights. tensions are high in and around donetsk where soldiers have defied a deadline to leave. >> reporter: if the soldiers were worried about a rebel deadline, they certainly want showing it. the ultimatum came and went. the soldiers just carried on, manning the check points and controlling the approaches to the town. >> translator: but this check point we are controlling vehicles and possible groups of separatists that might be trying to traffic weapons. our priority is to make sure that peaceful people do not come under attack. >> those armed separatists have shown themselves to be increasingly militarily capable. seven soldiers were killed when an army convoy was am established this week. on the separatist front line, the pro-russians believe the army is waivering. >> translator: my personal opinion is that they are not serious about carrying out an attack. >> reporter: we visited a base in donetsk itself and soldiers watching warily. there were no separatists to be seen, but they

inthought he could get away southern and eastern ukraine when he got away with in crimea. >> why hase said he will recognize the later when his whole operation is derailing the process? >> it has not carried over as he expected it would. surveys have indicated that ukrainians do not support russian invasion. do not support russian takeover. they do not want to be annexed. they do not like the central authorities in kiev but they want to stay part of the united ukraine. he has not received the kind of welcome and support anticipated. >> what about the man who is the top favorite to win? does he have the qualities, the the capabilityen politically to unify the country and bring stability? >> he will face enormous challenges. anyone would in this position. he says -- has served in the government before. he has been around for quite a while. candy which people like and owns other business interests. he is one of the richest individuals. he is going to have his hands full. no doubt about it. the key will be to make sure that he is brought to power through a legitimate process. >> what can

al jazeera's nick speicer reports now from southern ukraine on the man he thinks can solve the ukrainian crisis. probably needs something like a savior. retail politics. >> organization of the country and european association. if elected, he won't be ukraine's first billionaire president. from his home region where he made his fortunate, he will be a tough president and unite ukraine. his money comes from the chocolate candy brand. he says he will sell that company if elected but not his t.v. channel. he said his coverage of the protests in kiev last winter saved the country. demonstrators, standing between them an the police earned him the res spent of many. so does a hefty political resume. he helped lead the orange revolution, a people power fight against an attempt to steal the presidential election in that year. he served as economy minister. >> this is about the future, about ukraine. a key treat topic bring ukraine closer to europe as he told al jazeera right before all of the unrest began. i hate that he has to keep this unfair political judicial system. this is the level of the

certainly not nato and also provide autonomy overt russian-speaking provinces in eastern and southern ukrainet this intimidation campaign is about. >> so i want to be clear, did you say that at this juncture, it is okay to provide lethal weapons and also let me ask you as well, what about maybe just the u.s. training ukrainian forces? >> i think -- i didn't answer your question, i apologize for that. >> eye always get back to it. i'll always get back to it. >> good for you. the fact of the matter is that we should arm therm with lethal weapons. i think it's a disgrace that their president came here and went home empty handed and i believe we should bring trainers in with them. this feeling that we can never put boots on the ground is a terrible way to execute foreign policy and national security interests. we can put trainers in there and help them gain the skill sets they have. in and of itself it would not be decisive, but there is a psychological impact on russia knowing that the united states is militarily aiding the ukrainians and assisting them with the training. i do believe it would m

. >>> a united nations report says there's growing lawlessness in eastern and southern ukraine with peacefulecoming violet. there's courses of murder, torture in the east of the country. >>> police have ruled out finding more survivors after a ferry capsized and sank with at least 200 on board. 100 are still missing. the ferry got caught in a storm not far from the capital of dhaka. >>> now we'd like to give you flavor of exhibition that's arrived in washington that's sharing work by the victorian painter. the international artist born in the u.s., raised in russia and resident much of his life in london. one of the narrators has been speaking to the bbc. >> he is very obsessive in his subjects. he would do a picture of a bridge again and again. we called the show an american in london. he stayed an american citizen all his life. he believed being an american. he moved to london 1958 and gravitated back and forth between middle class society and really scruffy port area of london in granite. then later in life moved to chelsea. the areas were filthy and dangerous. the river itself is flowing

they are active in two of the eight russian speaking regions of eastern and southern ukraine, so we're talking about 25 districts. there are estimates if it could be polled in the polling regio s of doneskt and luhansk. >> how likely is it thin that a mostly successful, mostly pauseful election could actually be a turning point in this crisis? well, it's a turning point in the sense that it varies in history the president who fled bacback to russia. he can no longer say that he is the legitimate elected president of ukraine. they can begin to start a new chapter. that's very important. it's important that there is going to be a high turnout. i was just on the ukrainian, one of these marathon talk shows, and they gave very high figures for the turnout that people are predicting for sunday. people have been coming out not only to vote, but also to show their support for the united ukraine. so there is a whole range of factors why this election has symbolic value. it's not just an election of leader, who will be recognizing ukraine in the west. it's also turning the chapter on the new his

that claimed the lives of at least forty people have shaking this usually leaned back seat in southern ukraine and many and healthier it has made the gap between the people and the store cheese to be at the breached while the pain will be too strong to overcome. from a desk. that was so l. was quick to condemn moscow's alleged involvement in ukraine's crisis without proving any proof providing any proof other than a few minutes we take a look at all the new sanctions against russia unveiled by the u.s. and the e.u. this week. i. if you were a state execution was dubbed a botched after a row inmate spent almost an hour convulsing in agony before dying of a heart attack now the case has further fuelled capital punishment opponents to call for a moratorium on the death penalty usually death is pronounced six minutes after a prisoner receives a lethal injection but clayton lockett rioter to gaston screamed seven times longer it's been collapsed and he died in pain forty three minutes after the drugs were ministered and as artist marina partner reports expert and tested drugs for the incident. amer

ukraine's border and thoughtment of time, we there was a risk they might cross over into eastern or southern ukraine if they head into crimea. they have not done so. in the last week or 10 days, we have seen incredible indications that those forces are redeploying to their home barracks. i cannot tell you with certainty why putin took that decision. it is notable that he did. a addition, we have now successful election in ukraine, which was certainly not assured several weeks ago. first-round winner, decisively, and all parts of the country, mr. poroshenko, who is well-known to the russians, well-known to the west. he served in more than one previous government in ukraine. >> what is the hope that he might do? what is your hope that this election will achieve? >> i will answer that, but let me say that if the russians hope you make an election that was credible in the eyes of the international community possible, they did not succeed. i do think that the collective action of the united states and our partners has had an impact. with respect to ukraine, we have had an impact. we have mobilize the res

ukraine's military appears to be stepping up its efforts to bring eastern and southern ukraine back under government control. ukrainian troops today have been finding gunbattles with the militia occupying an eastern city. four officers have been killed and 30 others wounded in the finding. the government has sent in an elite national guardlet's unit o establish control in oh deaths a. new ceos looking for a chief executive. hoffer resigned effective immediately. he held himself personally accountable for the data breach that may have affected 7 million customers. the target chief financial officer will serve as interim ceo. first-quarter earnings beat analyst estimates as it cuts costs to falling sales. they also concern all components of the 2030 and 2000 or team financial guidance. pfizer is in the process of pursuing a bit through astrazeneca. that is a look at the top stories at this hour. for the first time, the spread a polio, has been declared global health emergency. yang yang is in washington for more on the alarming comeback. how did this happen. six months ago, polio was isolat

that others around him will remind him of the economic cost as well of going into eastern and southern ukraine. click suppose he goes in and it escalates and therefore the present government is fighting the russian military. is in that an overwhelming up -- is that not an overwhelmingly easy opportunity for the russian army or is there something i'm misunderstanding? >> in the short term you're right. a conventional war between the russian army, the conventional army in the ukrainian conventional army is an easy victory for the russians. in the short run. think about what happens over time. they are an occupying army. there are no good borders between eastern ukraine and the rest of ukraine. they have what he thousand troops allegedly still on the borders. russian military experts say it would take 150,000 150,000 soldiers to secure the border. if youans will fight. are the ukrainian nationalist you do not like the situation already. part of your country has been annexed. if the russian army comes in and occupies eastern ukraine you have guerrilla war for a very long time. >> who is coming to

nink you look at polls taken in eastern and southern ukraine and in odessa, the people there don't wanto become part of russia. these aren't movements that have broad public support. in fact, they represent a small slice of people, even those who may have a russian background or speak russian, they still want to remain part of ukraine and that's something we have to keep front and center. this is not something that appears to draw public support. it does appear to be for moscow or some selfish purpose. >> it's great to see you. >> thank you, shep. >>> going flying any time soon? let's talk airlines and frequent flyer programs. they advertise free flights to those who rake in lots of miles, right? but if you ever tried to score a free flight, it's not easy, at least most of the time. airlines reserve only a certain number of seats to give wind and some are more stingy than others. now there's a survey out that ranks the top three airlines. the fox business network gerry willis is here. there's always blackout date. it's always the middle seat. you always have to connect through ska next

. >> reporter: the spread of the violence to southern ukraine raised more alarm bells and republican senator lindsey graham called for a tougher western response. >> i would sanction the energy economy of russia, the banking system of russia and try to drive the russian economy into the ground and i would help arm the ukrainian people. no american troops on the ground so they could defend themselves. >> reporter: but ukrainian's alegion answers are unpredictable. and while european leaders are voicing unity over the sanctions, german chancellor merckle meeting with president obama last week, europe is so dependent on energy supplies, that people question how tough the sanctions could be. tomorrow the senate foreign relations committee will hold a hearing on ukraine. it will be friendlier to the president than a house hearing would be, but still likely there's going to be a call for tougher sanctions against russia. >>> an islamic extremist group is claiming responsibility for kidnapping more than 200 teenage girls from a school in northeast nigeria. the group opposes education for wo

he also called on the separatist pro-russian groups in eastern southern ukraine to postpone their plansor a series of referendums on independence over the course of the weekend. that's significant departure as well. it seems this is the first possible sign we've seen things may be deescalating. >>anctions are beginning to bite and bite personally for putin and his top aides and maybe that's one of the reasons we see this blink coming from vladimir putin right now, beginning to sound very, very different. we shall see in the coming hours what unfolds. arwa damon is in eastern ukraine for us, as she has been over these past several weeks. what are you seeing, arwa, on the ground? >>> overnight, ukrainian troops had tried to move in and they crashed are pro-russian militants on outskirts according to a spokeswoman, killing five of them. they did manage to regain control of city hall after pro-russian protesters evacuated. when we arrived this morning, it was the ukrainian flag that was flying. with no reason given to anyone whatsoever, the russian troops occupying the building evacuated it

phil black, cnn, odessa, southern ukraine. >>> police in northern ireland have released joey adams withoutharges, although prosecutors will study whether the evidence warrants any accusations. adams was questioned for four days about the murder of a woman killed back in 1972. adams was rushed out the back gate of the police station while loyalist protesters gathered at the front. at a news conference later, he insisted he was not involved in the death of a widow the ira believed was a british informant. >> let me be very clear, i am innocent of any involvement to abduct, kill, or bury her. i worked hard with others to have this injustice redressed and for the return of bodies held during the conflict and secretly buried by the ira and i will continue to do so. >> she is one of the people known as the disappeared who the ira admitted to killing during 30 years of sectarian conflict. her remains were found buried on a beach in 2003. >>> northern island's deputy minister called adams' arrest a deliberate attempt to influence upcoming elections. we're joined now with more on this. peter, jerry

meanwhile in southern ukraine the kiev government struggles to re-establish control of owe dessachs a key port city on the black sea. leland vittert streaming live from ukraine with the latest. leland? >> reporter: jon, certainly the battle did not stop for both side to bury their dead which now numbers in the dozens. the pro-russian separatists still control their strong hold of shroff very ounce. there are about 800 well-armed. they used in the lull in the battle to harden the position. they hold the main strain station and all of the town. they are being surrounded and contained bit ukrainian army. there are heavy weapons on both sides. we know for a fact that these pro-russian separatists have rocket propelled grenades and other sophisticated weapons, ak-47s, that kind of thing. the ukrainian military came up with armored person until carriers and helicopter gunships although a couple of them have been shot down. the ukrainian army is moving slowly. we don't know whether the order is to contain the separatists or wipe them out. this entire region is truly on the brink of war. you

that claimed the lives of at least forty people had shaking this usually lived back seater in southern ukraine and many unhealthy air it has made the gap between the people and the sorties to be at the breached while the pain will be too strong to overcome. from my desk. a little earlier the city in a dress or run afoul of people gathered near the police headquarters demanding the release of those who were detained after surviving friday's fire authorities really like dozens of the anti go let it go this after the crowd of ten to storm the building which will get more updates twenty four seventh's from a dancer via twitter feeds itself to underscore. now moscow's pay the price of care fails to take control of eastern ukraine ahead of a presidential election at the end of this month washington and berlin say the unrest is russia's fault and they warn the next round of sanctions will hurt we cover that later in the program. i. next though a state execution went horribly long wrong this last week in the us a prisoner spent almost an hour injuring a slow agonizing death being given a lethal inject

that claimed the lives of at least forty people have shaking this usually laid back seat in southern ukraine and many here now fear that it has made the gap between the people and authorities to be to ever be breached while the pain will be too strong to overcome. from a desk. despite a video witness so reports and radical nationalists abase about being behind the blaze the west and mainstream media has been careful to stay ambiguous and as art is going to judge again reporters some new out outlets say that they still don't know how the deadly fire started. in the u.s. and european media we've seen and heard some very carefully worded commentary on the tragedy that happened in on this carefully as to avoid assigning blame to go to actually set the building on fire and torch and all these people inside watching their material you may get a sense that the building just one hundred fires just like that and the end of the protest camp that had been set up in front of the building happened to have been destroyed or it all just happened clashes between the pro ukrainian camp and the pro russian ca

events that's claimed the lives of at least forty people have shaking these lived about sixteen southern ukraine and many healthier lives has made the gap between the people and the store cheese. to the breached while the pain will be too strong to overcome. me. from my desk. and happening now in a desk iraq a thousand people have gathered near the police headquarters demanding the release of those who were detained after surviving friday's fire the authorities are letting some of the anti-government activists go that's after the crowd attempted to storm the building the people outside those numbers growing larger despite the rain are greeting their release activist with applause you can always get more updates from of this of via our twitter feed that's our team score com. now moscow could pay the price if give fails to take control is from ukraine i have the presidential election and the enemy washington amber when say the unrest is russia's all out war in the or next round of sanctions or hurt that's later in the program here i hear a national. a state execution went horribly wrong this week

it's vladimir putin who's pulling the strings of the separatists on the ground in eastern and southern ukraine intention of vladimir putin's remarks in the first place, errol. >> yes. we'll see how things unfold this weekend. matthew chance live in moscow. >>> you are watching "cnn newsroom." coming up it's cheap and apparently effective. what appears to be north korea's latest threat against south korea. >>> also, with us or against us? mexico's anti-drug vigilantes told to stop the fight and join the police. we'll bring that to you, after this. >>> welcome back. all right. i'm going to be brutally honest here. they looked more like a weekend project than the cutting edge of espionage. still, three drone-like unmanned aircraft have been found inside south korea, leads sense from the north. while they pose very little danger to the seoul government, they made it through air defenses. we have a report. >> reporter: this is the latest north korean tool in its war on the west. drones. not technically sophisticated but programmed to slip into south korean airspace, fly over military installations