. >> reporter: i wouldn't say spinning out of control, but things are very uncertain here.resident vladimir putin made very clear inbre yesterday thata is part of russia. >> reporter: ukrainian sailors leaving their base. go home, say the people, this is now russia. this naval headquarters now belongs to moscow. pro russian arms started the charge tearing down the gate and the ukrainian flag. they took down anything associated with ukraine. >> we had to go in, arseniy tivosov told me we had to go in and take the guns before they started shooting. they had been given an order to shoot. ukrainian forces were given permission to fire in self defense after ukrainian officer was killed on tuesday. but most of these men were unarmed when the base was stormed. pavel shevchenko said they just ran out of patience. >> they came in and said, it's over. putin has declared this russian territory, and that's it. go away. i say we shouldn't do it like this. we should do it like civilized people the commanders should decide. the way military were withdrawn from afghanistan, for example. >>

now a new survey says that more larger businesses are uncertain whether they'll even offer their workers health insurance plans a decade from now. bertha coombs joins us now with more. better that, w bertha, who conducted the survey and what does it tell us? >> reporter: it talks a lot about the uncertainty in the health care landscape right now. it's palace watson a benefit consultant in conjunction with the national business groups on health. they surveyed all large employers. the 19th year they've done this. 95% of them say they're very committed to providing benefits because they think this is an important recruitment tool particularly in some of the higher-paying industries. and most of them say they think that's going to continue of the next few years. but when they asked them what about ten years from now, only about a quarter of them said they thought they would still be committed to that. and that's the lowest reading they've gotten in 19 years. >> but does the affordable care act tell these large companies that they must provide insurance options or pay a penalty? >> reporter:

now, today you heard secretary kerry tell in no uncertain terms, and also the president, putin to send all those russian forces in crimea back to barracks. >> russian forces? >> same forces back to barracks. and then you also heard a very, very strong statement, and a speech, basically, by john kerry, systematically neglecting and refuting every single point the russians had made in their attempt to ledge myself what they have done. he said the russians have chosen falsehoods, to hide behind falsehoo falsehoods, intimidation andgression. he praised what he called the admiral restraint of the ukrainian authorities, who told their own forces not to engage at all off any further pretext for any further military intervention by the russians. he said that while they -- they want to deescalate this, if russia does not deescalate, the united states will have no choice but to continue its process of isolating russia economically, diplomatly and politically. and he also said he wants, you know, to be able to arrange a massive in flux of international observers and mediators, whether osce, or ot

they're already uncertain. you're making them more uncertain. most of the people i know at the federal reserve say, we should have bailed out lehman brothers, obviously. i go the opposite say, i say no they should have been allowed to fail. how about t.a.r.p. -- i only have one minute. he two -- i had two minutes. okay. professor minutes. i'm not a central banker anymore. i'll quit. there were a bunch of liquidity programs. the federal reserve intervened to provide credit to money market funds for example. it provided commercial -- funded commercial paper funding. because you had this big spike in commercial paper rates. people are streaming into government securities so the federal reserve provided an alternative source to doing that and provided more government securities for people. it was temporary by the way. t.a.r.p., i think was a terrible idea. quantitative easing, purchases of mortgage backed securities. i think the issue there, you have to think about, do you want the fed to be a credit allocatetor or not. this is a great deal. if you

all they fea feel is fear and uncertain glit we're afraid welfare be able to go back. we're afraid that our house is destroyed and things will be so much worse than they are. we'll never be able to go back. >> reporter: the catastrophe continues to grow. and if the world does not act refugees say they will feel abandoned and deprived of a future. >> the u.n.'s high commissioner for refugees joins me live from beirut. good to have you with us. when you think back three years when the war started a few people would think that we would get to this stage, three years on and the war still continuing. it's a desperate situation, isn't it. >> reporter: it is, indeed, a desperate situation and is situation that the syrian people have not deserved. they have always been very genius for refugeesgenerous to o see these people suffering, the largest displaced population in the world today, and soon the largest refugee population in the world, this is something that really breaks my heart. i think international community has a responsibility to overcome divisions, overcome problems

if we can reduce by thirty percent those needs in the last couple of years uncertain certainly with the hope of looird pelosi and feinstein i'm going to contempt x condominium we can get them jobs in the that economy and get them skill sets that in san francisco we're a welcoming city to our veterans we'll work very hard to get that done. i want you to know i'll be excited to be here with you and the war committee to make sure we've done everything to get this project done in honor of our veterans. congratulations and happy birthday to former mayor willie brown and our war memorial committee. i commit to work hard with you and the rest of the city joining in this effort. thank you and congratulations >> thank you, mayor thank you mayor ed lee. nova is going to recite a poem. it's titled the young dead soldiers. this particular poem will be inskrind in stone in the san francisco veterans memorial when it's completed. arching balanced wrote this poem in the middle of the last century when he was a larger than four is larger than congress. as a young man he severed in embattle in world war

. >>> coming up on sport we look at uncertain future of footballers in crimea. >> a chinese satellite has spotted another floating object close to the area where ships and planes are looking for possible debris from malaysia's 370. many have confronted officials they accuse them of ignoring them and neglecting them we have more now from beijing. >> reporter: frustrated does not begin to describe how the relatives of the missing plane's passengers are feeling here in beijing. they say they're extremely furious at what they see asthma haitian officials disrespect and show of neglect towards them. it's taken two weeks, they say, before a special envoy was sent to them by the malaysian government to discuss the situation. once the envoy was here, they say they were not allowed to ask any candid questions. >> we will not let the officials lead. the families stayed up through the night to compile a list of questions for them. they left before we had a chance to ask. if they try to run we will hunt them down. >> prepared statements were read to them, they said, and they were not allowed a fr

the people, the money, and an uncertain future. tonight, our special report, russia's crimea. >> i'm john seigenthaler in new york, and tonight we focus on a part of the world that could be the center of the next cold water. crimea was an autonomous region, located at the southern end of ukraine, and just two diagnosis, in an election, the disputes, crime of crimea voted to break from ukraine completely. today n. defines of the west, russia we would them back, and in moscow, vladimir putin is being treated like a conquering hero. today he delivered a fiery message to parliament. and we get more from peter shah. >> reporter: in the great haul of the kremlin, a standing ovation for their president. a day remembered in history as members of parliament marked the very moment that crimea returned to the mother land. it's undoubtedly the highlight of vladimir putin's presidency. he restored crimea to the russian federation with bewildering speed, in a matter of weeks. >> what happened, it's still happening in kiev, and other ukrainian ci

alex savidge is live in san francisco with more on the uncertain political future of leland yee. alex. >> reporter: good morning. the veteran politician was considered a front-runner for the race for secretary of state. now many of his colleagues at the capitol are calling for his immediate resignation following those fbi raids yesterday, including one here at senator yee's office in san francisco. >> i want to on behalf of my colleagues today call on senator yee to resign. leave. don't burden your colleagues and this great institution with your ubl interests. leave. >> reporter: that's darrell steinberg appalled by yee's arrest yesterday and the accusations of public corruption and gun trafficking. senator stein berg said if yee doesn't resign by tomorrow, his fellow lawmakers will vote to suspend him. yee represents district 8 here in california which covers much of san francisco and parts of san mateo county. he's had a political ka dreer that's spanned three decades. his friends and colleagues at the capitol were stunned by his arrest and had trouble making sense of these ver

progress was slow and uncertain.time will tell how successful they would be in providing security to and relieving the suffering of the beleaguered iraqis. our short visit overcome we returned to camp liberty to prepare for our next patrol their to their we boarded ua 60 black hawk helicopters that ferried us to forward opportunity spoken in the southern part of baghdad. after touring the joint u.s.-iraqi base in receiving a patrol briefing we mounted a number of u.s. army's new stryker combat vehicles, instead of for the religiously mixed neighborhood of dora. riding in the back of one of the strikers, and i'm for this journey, i scanned the rooftops and alleyways for snipers. after a short drive we entered the market. here, too, the evidence of the bloodletting in 2006 was unmistakable. by december of that year door of which was in one-third of all killings in the iraqi capital. we drove past a former police station that had been blown up by a suicide car bomb. in the market area, building evidence of rocket and mo

approval is likely in the democratic-led senate but its fate is uncertain in the republican-led house in ukraine and a weak chinese economy caused asian stocks to tumble this th market in six weeks and it's the fourth loss in a row. the dmakz was down 62 points. >>> bp can once again bid for federal contracts to drill for oil and gas in the gulf of mexico. the company reached an agreement with the epa yesterday. in november 2012 bp pled guilty to charges surrounding the deadly oil spill. part of the deal calls for an independent monitor to monitor bp for the next five years. >>> amazon is raising the price of prime. starting next month, the free shipping and video streaming service will jump 20 bucks to $99 a year. it's the first price increase since amazon rolled out the service nine years ago. >>> and spending on pets is at an all-time high. an industry trade group estimates americans will spend about $59 billion this kwayear their pets. that includes $20 billion on food and an estimated $650 million on pet insurance. other expenses are for groomers, training, boarding, and pet sitt

at least 35 people's stance is uncertain. allen schauffler is in the west with the latest. >> another day, day five for search and rescue cruise doing the dirtiest kind of work. 200 people are at the site today - professional searchers from local and federal agencies, helped by volunteers, neighbours who clamored to be involved. >> it is humbling. >> the stress of the gruesome work is showing. the derrington firefighters get their first break since saturday. they have lost friends and had hard moments. >> the baby's nursy is all crushed. the crib was there, the pieces. i picked up a little picture book, and rubbed the front of it to get the mud off it. it said "20 big things for little hands to do", it took my breath away. you know - and then you just got to start again. we'll be out on the piles tomorrow, looking. >> the moments are balanced by high points, like the release of video showing 4-year-old jacob spilers being rescued hours after the mud hit. >> that flickering image keeps kevin rice going and brought him across c

. >> for those waiting for, uncertain how long the search could take. >>> when we come back, 21 witnesses, 15 days of testimony. >> did the prosecution makes it case in the murder trial of oscar pesthetorres. >> an a-list couple is uncoupling. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99 a month. with limited availability in select markets. ♪ oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ >> the murder trial of oscar pistoruous. he admits he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. mistook her for an intruder. >> a closer look at whether the prosecution has made a convincing case. >> after three and a half weeks, here at the high court, the state rested its case. with us, cnn's legal analyst. how successful were they? >> not successful at all until the final few days, they have not strongly refuted pistoruous's turn of events. without discrediting his version of events,

. >> uncertain. >> i think the united states government is going to have to come out and run roughshod over the malaysians if they can't provide more confidence than they are now. >> is anyone else concerned a flight like this could be completely under the radar for our intelligence community? look, at any given time, there's somewhere around 80,000 flights in the air. that's a lot, but not too much, and not too many to track something as simple as a 30 ton airplane in the ocean. >> if it's over the indian ocean, there's a lot to the north, not much to the south. it scares flyers. people who have a little concern about flying, look at this, a plane takes off from florida, a delta plain, and have to make an emergency landing in atlanta because they lost part of their wing. that got to be a big story. i suppose it is a story, but i mean, it got bigger as a result of this flight, i think. >> i think we're going to leave it right there. thank you, bob. so far, so good. >>> ahead on "the five," why is lebron james fishing obamacare during march madness. we'll show you the new health care ad

. >> the uncertain future for ukrainian soldiers and their families who have been ordered to leave crimea. >> now hope in the search

this future is very uncertain for them. >> in the crimea and regional ofital, there are statements mass celebrations on the streets. but in the ukrainian capital of very differenta mood. residentsoomy seen as watch the crimean referendum results with disbelief. >> my brother is living in russia. my nephews are working in moscow. , it is going on here unbelievable. who could imagine something like this. it is not a referendum, it is a theatrical performance, russia written -- russia legalizing the takeover of crime era. >> an emergency session was held. the prime minister said to bring to justice those encouraging separatism in crimea and said the government had agreed to 500 million euro on extra defense. >> considering the current threats on ukrainian borders and the military aggression by the russian federation, we must make a decision today and immediately set up a reserve fund designating it to finance mobilization from idolization -- for modernization. >> tensions at the border after russian troops centered in a village outside the border saturday and took control of it local gaste

just because india has the world's second largest population, uncertain about what narendra modi and india will be like. in terms of pakistan, i think sadanand might be better at answering that question. but i know living in gujarat, there is this very -- modi has oftentimes conflated the issue of india muslims and pakistan. i wanted to add one thing. when du ha suhag mentioned, even though conditions might be bad, where are people going ogo. leaving your state. >> you know but -- >> we're going to bring it up in the next-- we're going to bring the.after commercial. should the united states forget the past and turn a new page with modi or should that relationship come with conditions and certain expectations? being tweet julio your are thoughts. credit. thoughts. only on al jazeera america >> welcome back. we're talking about u.s.-indian relations. talking about a hot show our community is jumping. >> just before we close. afshanstans, there's a trending hashtag, aren't we forgetting that modi was behind the gujarat carnage? he doesn't resonate with me in any way. and then arinat say

. >> the young nation's political future is uncertain.sia falls into a much less coveted spotlight. crimea is a peninsula of ukraine. you can see that it is quite the strategic location for the two countries, and home to one of russia's largest naval fleets. vladimir putin made the call to second troops there last week. this comes after months of protests by opposition activists who say they are fed up with corruption and a leader that they believe is inching away from the european union. the protesters now worry that their country's fate could be decided by foreign hands. more issues emerge ever day. so what lies heyed? joining us via skype is the director of institute for democracy and cooperation, an assistant professor of political signs at baylor university, a blogger out of moscow who just came back at the end of last year, and the vice president of the ukrainian association of north carolina. his organization is proukraine. welcome to all of you. olli, you have friends and family in ukraine. i know you get reports that never make i

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. >> a state senator waking up to a very uncertain future, and charges that could carry 100-year sentence. continuing coverage of the leland yee arrest next. >> meanwhile, we still have showers on the radar, nothing organized, between now and next wednesday we could accumulate an additional six inches in the north bay, two inches in san jose, two on the east shore. your full forecast tells you when they will arrive. >> as the roads dry out we have the backup kicking in early here. and a new issue for the santa cruz mountains coming up. >> a live look outside at san jose as everyone begins to wake up, including you, it's thursday, march 27th, this is "today in the bay." >>> a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. new this morning, an historic meeting at the vatican, president obama visited pope francis hours ago. the president bowed as he shook hands with the pontiff. the two sat down at a wooden table in the library. the president called himself a great admirer of the pope. the two could talk privately. it's unclear what that en

>> for baby elephants like this, the future remains uncertain. if deforestation continues, it is unlikely the sumatran elephants will survive. but people can make a difference before it's too late and the elephants disappear forever. while elephants in sumatra face habitat loss from palm oil, elephants in thailand face a completely different set of problems. here, tourism is fueling the illegal trade of baby elephants. >> [speaking thai] >> elephant rides, festivals, and camps are a must for thousands of tourists who flock to thailand each year. but beyond the happy smiles, there is a dark reality behind the origin of these elephants. a brutal trade that experts claim threatens the survival of some of the world's last remaining populations of asian elephants. >> we traveled to the region of chiang mai in northern thailand, home to many of the elephant camps enjoyed by tourists. >> there have been recent sites based in africa watching elephants, among other things, for a very, very long time, whereas in asia there's very little research has been d

just because india has the world's second largest population, uncertain about what narendra modi and india will be like. in terms of pakistan, i think sadanand might be better at answering that question. but i know living in gujarat, there is this very -- modi has oftentimes conflated the issue of india muslims and pakistan. i wanted to add one thing. when du hag suhag mentioned, even though conditions might be bad, where are people going ogo. leaving your state. >> you know but -- >> we're going to bring it up in the next-- we're going to bring the.after commercial. should the united states forget the past and turn a new page with modi or should that relationship come with conditions and certain expectations? being tweet julio your are >> al jazeera america presents a global finacial powerhouse >> the roman catholic church, they have an enormous amount of power >> accusations of corruption... >> there is a portion of the budget that takes care of all the clerical abuse issues. >> now we follow the money and take you inside the vatican's financial empire. >> when it comes to money, t

what the united nations can do here on the ground in crimea is uncertain.ussia forces have the ukrainian navy and ukrainian forces blockaded in the ports and across the crimean peninsula. there are already posters up, saying choose fascism or choose russia, and the majority of the population is ethnic russian here. a lot of people are flying the russian flag already over official buildings including the intel defense headquarters here. a lot of people feel that it is already done. that they think this vote on sunday is going to correct a mistake made six years ago, but many here have always felt closer to moscow than anywhere else. >> and jennifer the international community already refusing to accept crimea if it decides to join russia, but non-russian supporters are already leaving. >> that's right. the crimea tatars are ethnic ukrainians. one man said he believes this vote is a farce. the decision has already been made. he is looking to leave. but he has to sell his apartment and car, and he didn't do that right now, because the databases that have the l

just because india has the world's second largest population, uncertain about what narendra modi and india will be like. in terms of pakistan, i think sadanand might be better at answering that question. but i know living in gujarat, there is this very -- modi has oftentimes conflated the issue of india muslims and pakistan. i wanted to add one thing. when du hag suhag mentioned, even though conditions might be bad, where are people going ogo. leaving your state. >> you know but -- >> we're going to bring it up in the next-- we're going to bring the.after commercial. should the united states forget the past and turn a new page with modi or should that relationship come with conditions and certain expectations? being tweet julio your are real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on

that is an uncertain situation that all of us are uncomfortable with.his is new york city, the city that is expert at responding to disasters. that is what is going on right now. >> we will keep you updated on that. let's take you back tod.c. more americans will be eligible to get overtime pay. white house will issue an executive order that is requiring companies to pay more of their employees time and a half for working more than 40 hours per week. republicans in the business community re: crying foul. let's bring in phil mattingly. what exactly does this mean if you work more than 40 hours per week? the government could say you need to pay more employees overtime? ofwhat you will see out president obama tomorrow is he will ask the labor department to draft regulations that increase the threshold under which employees have to be paid overtime if they work over 40 hours. 450 fiveshold is about dollars but administration officials will not say what they will recommend. they say it will apply to millions of people. is the issue right now business communit

. >> while his legal future is still uncertain, his time in segregation is drawing to a close. he's about to be transferred to general population. >> tomorrow i get out. thank god. get to play in the big box again. out of the little box, into the big box. hate the little box. >> like espinoza, daniel also aspires to be placed on the general population unit. >> got to mingle with the crowd. you get to get out. be with everybody else. i never been to pop. only time i was in pop was in newman. i've never really seen pop. i was only in there for like two weeks. >> what happened? >> a fight. everybody fights. right? that's the only way you can handle situations in here, you have to fight. someone says something to you or you got problems and you got to act on it. if you don't, they will. it's a jail thing. >> 16 months ago, esdale was convicted of possession of a firearm and sentenced to two years at the house of correction, a separate jail facility for convicted inmates serving 2 1/2 years or less. due to multiple fights, he spent the first 13 months in segregation, but even under

>> well, first, let me say it remains an uncertain world out there. adversaries or potential adversaries get a vote in terms of where to engage, when, and under certain conditions, of course, so we need to maintain readiness. what i would advocate for is that we make sure that we still are able to send our sons and daughters of our volunteers, as you said at the top of the comments, that they go into any fight, not be a fair fight, but a fight where they go in knowing they're going to be ready to win 9-0, so the outcome is shaped before we engage. one more thing, if i may add, by reduced defense budget, it does incur increased risk. it does incur less deterrence abroad, specifically. and in my view, and i think the view of the joint chiefs as well, is that also will increase, you know, or lessen the margin of error you want to incur in combat. >> i want to get all of you to stay put because when we come back, i want to get into, is america still a super power? if we are, are we losing that? if we are not a superpower, what does it take to get back to

the decision was made by the jonet force buzz of the uncertain -- the capabilities of the system and the uncertainty of other regions of the world, to keep one in reserve just in case we need it system of i don't -- i don't fault their decision. i think that it probably was given the fact that we only have two of the systems and the fact that the world is pretty dynamic, keeping one in reseven may be the best solution for now. >> thank you very much, both of you, appreciate it. >> thank you very much, senator ayott. senator? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to first associate myself with the comments of senators king and ayott in recognizing the comp tegs tense and dedication of the men and women who serve. admerle locklear, it is always good to see you. i want to commend you reason releasing paycomm's energy strategy tarks precise, clear-eyed assessment of the challenges and opportunities the u.s. faces with regard to energy matters in this region and clearly access to affordable, sustainable forces is a key part of security and stability in the region. to my question, admir

russia has been massing troops on the border with -- it's uncertain at what their purpose is.ome kind of mixed messages, a lot of pressure here on transitional government in kiev, uncertain of what russia wants. a diplomatic move forward. the two presidents spoke for an hour, president's putin and obama. no phone call, president obama asked russia to move troops back. president putin making his concerns known about what he calls extremits. opening the door for two foreign ministers to meet. secretary kerry to meet with sergei lavrov. the two men have been in contact over the past two weeks, meeting in person, talking over the phone, and even with all of that happening, russia went forward and took over -- and took over kraim. so, it's crimea. so, i whether they could work out a deal that would lessen the tensions of having russian troops on the border. >> it seems promising. jennifer, you have been in ukraine pretty much from the beginning of this crisis. i am curious to know how you think the country has changed these last few months >> reporter: well, you just look at the li

somewhere else. >> reporter: grand expectations and a sense of promise for a future that remains uncertain. >> woodruff: i spoke to margaret a short time ago. hello, margaret, sorry you had to talk to us in the rain. people in washington are saying the vote is fraudulent. what are they saying there about the claim. >> reporter: judy, before it started raining, we talked to people on the streets who, one, hadn't heard of the charge and two dismissed it. they said, you can't believe what you read on the internet. an hour ago, i talked to the media adviser to the prime minister who was one of those hit with sanctions from the obama administration and he hadn't even heard about it and expressed total confidence that, in the coming days, president putin and the russian will vote and it will be a done deal. whatever the international community is saying, russian supporters established new facts on the ground and given putin a huge card to play here woovr woofer in your report, you show some people are not happy with the results of this referendum. is there a chance there could be violence? >> i'

in terms of outreach obviously a lot of people are uncertain and not trurgz because things have happened and i think more outreach needs to happen and i know we'll not get a decision this week but neighborhoods can talk about this. i recommend at least a month or 6 weeks in terms of how far out we would look at this >> commissioner sugaya. >> yes. one last comment i think for mainly planning staff mr. star which when this comes back to us it's strictly limited on our end to section 2, 3, 4.1 whatever of the planning code we have no jurisdiction obviously over the admin code. >> certainly we can make a recommendations in our motion. >> i'll put it next time in our packet. >> would you like all of the - i think there's 4 total. >> bull it's only paper. >> it's only paper. it's only a little bit more time to read it and i'll put the changes in there >> very good thank you. commissioner moore >> mr. rich have you ever countered doing a pilot project using the intent of what you're trying to do. >> we almost have that in the sense we once this is adapted you, you know, the legislation is adap

they're waiting for some sort of leadership from kiev, but it is a very uncertain situation. >> jennifer, i'm curious, have we heard anything from russian lawmakers concerning this referendum? >> reporter: you know, we're waiting to hear from they're going to say tomorrow. president vladimir putin is going to address both legislatures in russia tomorrow and certainly the people of crimea are hoping to recognize the referendum and recognize crimea's request to become part of russia. for right now we're waiting to see what president putin will do. the sanctions are new, but the past couple of weeks any different russia won't pay any attention and do what it wants to do. >> now to that missing malaysian flight, flight 370, it now appears the co-pilot made the plane's last transmission to air traffic control. the search for this plane has entered it's tenth day. >> reporter: as investigators in malaysia search the homes of the plane's company to captain and f the co-pilot, it refeels who spoke the last words from the cockpit. it was the man in the right seat. >> initial investigation indicat

the future looks more uncertain for these people. syrians could make up the largest refugee population in the world. the war had devastated children the most have been affected. syrians are still fleeing, choose a life of hardship over death. a family that recently fled and had been here for ten days. all they feel is fear and uncertainty. >> we're afraid we'll never be able to go back. we're afraid that our house will be destroyed and things will get so much worse than they already are. we'll never be able to go back. >> reporter: the war is causing a humanitarian catastrophe. it's one that continues to grow. if the world fails to act they will feel abandoned. >> filing a lawsuit against 16 of the world's biggest banks accused of determining interest rates on everything from home loans to corporate edit and set rates through collusion rather than competition. this has forced big banks to pay more than $5 billion in settlements, and that's all just since 2008. >>> in our top stories and the latest national forecast is right here on a

an uncertain situation. this peninsula east ward looking. the majority of its citizens are russian.hey look towards russia for guidance and protection. some of them would like to see closer ties. no one is talking succession. they are autonomous. they want to keep close ties with russia. >> ukrainian president viktor yanukovych spoke publicly for the first time since being deposed. speaking from russia and in rub jp, viktor yanukovych -- russian, viktor yanukovych says his government has not been overthrown. >> a lot has happened in russia on friday during diplomatic rounds. for moscow we heard from the foreign ministry expressing concern about the escalation of violence in the ukraine. they have concerns about the ruling party, the government in kiev, saying that they are extremists, and nationalists. that is something that was echoed during a press conference in the southern city where the ousted ukrainian president viktor yanukovych had this to say about those who are now in power. >> i repeat it over again - i am a legitimately elected pratt of ukraine, and was elected at free a

uncertain? >> it is good to consumers? it may lead to higher prices.ut natural gas exports overall i think is a good thing. >> reporter: and some say it would send an important signal to moscow. >> it would begin to put pressure on the russians to not use gas in quite the same way they have been. >> keep in mind that roughly 70% of russia's exports are in the energy sector. if moscow does taufrn the taps to ukraine it would cause russia a good deal of economic pain on its own. >>> and you just heard, western leaders are strategizing to loosen russia's energy strangle hold on europe, but the u.s. and its allies need to be prepared for a boom rang of repercussions from russia. according to former senior treasury officer. juan joins us now. take you for being with us. i guess this is important. we often impose sanctions on nations that have no real ability to do anything about them or certainly to -- to fight back in any global fashion. russia is a major, major country with a lot of influence and a ability -- a lot of levers to pull. >> absolutely, ali, a

military families having to help carry away their men's possessions off the base into an uncertain and dangerous future. scott, inspite of vladimir putin saying he had no intention of an exing more ukrainian land the russian military has been building up brigades, tanks and artillery on the russian ukrainian bored. >> pelley: liz palmer in crimea for us tonight. liz, thank you. today the new chair and federal reserve said that interest rates will remain near zero. janet yellen also revealed that the fed won't rely so much on the unemployment rate when deciding when those rates should rise again. wall street reaction, the dow was down 114 points. wyatt andrews has more. >> reporter: according to the fed, the economy is sending mixed signals. the fed says unemployment could drop this year to 6.1% but that economic growth might not exceed 3%. the new fed chair janet yellen said one reason is the severity of the winter. >> certainly winter has played an important role in weakening economic activity in q1. >> reporter: yellen says the fed's response will be to keep interest rates near zero

economic development, that is what you are about and working on, do you agree with kenneth that the uncertain future of puerto rico's status makes economic development harder, or are there really realities on the ground and no matter what their status is it makes economic difficult right now? >> i normally wouldn't touch the economic status, but economics are important. it is equality portion as well. it started with puerto ricoians on the front line in afghanistan and seeing them serve on the front lines to the greater extent then some op the mainland and not able to vote for the commander and chief. that is a tragedy. i'm not, as far as economically speaking, puerto rico were to become a state, i would be capacity of the state. is a huge percentage of welfare recipients in puerto rico and how much of the federal taxes they would have to pay. there are studies showing that hawaii and alaska benefitted greatly from becoming a state. so there are compelling arguments both ways. with that, i will leave it. >> professor, does the attempt to pull puerto rico out of the economic decline really end

. >> months into the up rising in ukrain the young nation's political future is uncertain.ussia falls into a much less coveted spotlight as it comes moving into this crimea. if you look at it there, you can see it is quite the strategic location for the two countries, and it is home to one of russia's largest naval fleets. now this comes after months of protests by opposition activists who say they are fed up with corruption and a leader that they believe is inching away from the european union. the protesters now worry that their country's fate could be decided by foreign hands. every day it seems more fuel is added to the fire with plenty of volatile potential. so what lies ahead? joining us is the director of institute for democracy and cooperation, a pro-russia group, an assist important professor of political science and baylor university, a blogger out of moscow who just came back from the region at the end of last year, and the vice president of the uranian association of north carolina. his organization is pro-ukrain. welcome to all of you. olli you and members of y