unrest in the ukraine has that new government worried. clashes growing, russia says it's considering requests to intervene there as well. . >> we heard inflammatory remarks from russia saying they had a request to intervene. clashes with pro-russian demonstrators, they went into the intelligence building. they took down the ukrainian flag and put up the russian flag. they are the acts we saw here a few weeks ago before this became a pro-russian area, before the referendum tomorrow. i think people are very, very worried that russia has their eyes on eastern ukraine. the russian foreign ministry saying it has the right to protect ethnic russians, it has mass troops on the border of eastern ukraine, and it says, worryingly, that this kind of unrest in places like donetsk shows that kiev is not in control. bella cos words from moscow, and aggressive action by russian military on the eve of the referendum. >> president obama is weighing his options for ukraine. his national security team is watching the situation closely and updating him regul

unrest overseas. to our viewers here in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world, welcome. full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines today. latesterga has the report. foreign policy reporter about the situation in ukraine. we begin with megan hughes and the growing mystery surrounding the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. good afternoon. indeed.ry more than 60 hours since flight 370 disappeared. still no one seems to know where or how the plane went down. malaysia did send ships to check for debris near hong kong after investigators worked to solve the mystery. investigators expanded the search area today, pushing the hunt into the south china sea. so far no success finding evidence. oil slick's investigators were looking at turned out to have come from a boat, not a crash. here is what we do know, the jet we are talking about was in route to beijing from kuala .umpur most of those on board were chinese travelers. there were three u.s. citizens. a

also the turmoil in turkey and the economic factors feeding the unrest there.lus zombies and vampires in your neighborhood. how these real estate monsters could effect your ability to sell your home. i'm ali velshi. this is "real money." ♪ >> this is israel you are the most important part of the show, so join our live conversation for the next half on twitter, if you like facebook, i real all of your comments. america's economy may be the world's largest, but second place china is growing at a much faster rate, that boosts growth in the rest of the globe. that's why a slowdown in china is already being felt here america and around the world. today we learned that china's growth in investment, retail sales and factory output slumped to multi-year lows snachl news out of china helped fuel a big drop in stocks today with the dow shedding 231 points in trading. the broader s&p 500 fell 1.2%. some markets in europe and asia witnessed even bigger losses. this comes out of a string of news in china. investors reacted specifically to some unusually frank comments by ch

we have seen unrest in part to the ukraine, some deadly clashes. we have seen accusations from the government in kiev that the kremlin is fomenting unrest to whip up the local population into a frenzy and create a pretext for intervention. i think putin will want to strike a deal with ukraine. don't join europe, the russians greater rights. >> thank you so much for that. two other news -- australia has joined some 24 other countries as the search continues for the missing malaysian airlines plane. malaysian officials say the boeing 777 was intentionally diverted. it could have flown on a northern or southern arc. the corona has more. day 10 of the multinational search operation is still no sign of the malaysian airlines jet. it now lies on the people on board. sabotaged.wo is it includes all of the ground staff. >> authorities are interested on the last words from the plane cockpit before it went missing. according to aviation experts, the casual handoff abandoned radio protocol. a pilot should have read back instructions to traffic control. malays

there have been unrest and parts of ukraine. how concerned are they that they could try to promote a referendum in other parts of ukraine? >> very concerned. the situation is becoming very dangerous. at the moment we're seeing hundreds, maybe thousands of people. we are watching for russia. we are not actually calling the moment of ukraine. morere calling for authority. they are for federalization of the country. ukraine is a united country. this could spin out of control. stated it is hearing voices asking for help. they will consider such help. they fear this might mean a russian intervention with the armed forces. at the moment, a lot of people are looking at the region for the blood. man in theichest ukraine. he is also from the party. why people asked themselves is he doing nothing to stop the violence? it has the power and authority to do so. >> what has been the reaction to the referendum there today? >> there is no position in the ukrainian government. it is legal. --re are those whose the those who support it. >> thank

unrest ascause social we have seen in greece, a far more stable country and is ukraine. which kind of government in ukraine will be able to regulate these kinds of unrest that are foreseeable and that will determine the future of ukraine? so, i can take two of these kind of parallel -- why won't they intervened and what further steps if they do intervene. obviously, there is no certainty here, right? it seems that the main difference is that crimea is -- there are three. one is the presence of a base. two, crimea is self-contained. there is an obvious stopping place. into luhansk, maybe you should also go into donetsk. why you're added maybe you should take kiev. that doesn't mean that they won't do it, but ukraine will have no choice but to defend using arms, i mean. that is a big difference. it is not that russia can't defeat the ukrainian military. seen in u.s.e interventions in various places in the world over the last few decades, it is easy to invade, it is hard to hold. there will be a lot of there would be a lot of pain to occupying troops, i think, so i think th

rejected the concessions offered by the old administration when i was trying in vain to calm the unrest and now the right sector has become arguably one of the most influential groups and ukraine well in a recent disturbing sign of new non-theism gaining momentum the leader of local jewish movement was beaten up in kiev the assailants were shouting anti-semitic slogans just months ago the rabbi was seen addressing the crowd on my don. jews have a tradition not to get involved in conflicts not to meddle with power we must stand aside and pray for the ministers for the government and for peace within the country. now where the lack of peace and stability on the rise of neo nazi hardliners many jews are considering leaving the country and this is what was painted on the doors of a synagogue last month so with places of worship and cemeteries being vandalized it's perhaps unsurprisingly that jews now fear for their safety one rabbi told r.t. supposedly or why he decided to leave his home the synagogue is empty the rabbi is packing his office up i don't want to you. because of my children to

know how far they'll get with the investigation. >> thank you, intoed eem reporting to kiev. >> more unrest in the eastern city of kharkiv. hundreds of demonstrators taking control of buildings. >> ukrainian police surround a building in donetsk. a man calling himself the people's governor. he is for closer ties with russia, against the leaders of ukraine. he broke his hand during a fight with a political rival. >> i would like to be as independent as possible. from the rest of ukraine. we call upon vladimir putin to restore justice. >> it's a story of the two you cranes. people that we met in the east speak about a take over. it's a mirror image of what is happening in the capital, where people are afraid of growing russian influence in the east. >> we tracked down the people's governor to his headquarters. he said he has six people working for him, but he wouldn't let us come inside. >> you describe yourself as governor of donetsk. who appointed you governor. >> i don't call myself governor, the people appointed me, 50,000 of me. >> he was virtually unknown a week ago. now he's enjoying l

. >> very briefly, you mentioned unrest. i wondered if there were any obvious signs that unrest against the new interim government in kiev is spreading from the crimea to eastern ukraine. both areas, of course, dominated by ethnic russians. >> indeed, and we have seen violence in donets and kharkiv where pro-russian sympathizers went into a building where pro-european supporters demonstrated for some days. they dragged them out. people were beaten. there were more than 50 injured. this is a very real fear if kiev that the people in the east will be emboldened by events in crimea and take events in that part of ukraine into their own hands. >> now, let's go to moscow. presiden presidents putin and obama talked for what we were told was 90 minutes. it was obviously about ukraine. do we know if that conversation has changed anything on the ground. >> i think it's difficult to see if western powers, including the united states had anything in their diplomatic lockers, anything other than words. the 90 minute conversation that pu

and the worry is social unrest that would come with such high unemployment rates in the urban areas ofhina. >> which we're seeing play out in other parts of the world. it plays out in so many different countries. let's talk about why this matters. draw the connection to the rest of the world. so china slows down a little bit where are the rest of us concerned >> china is the second largest economy in the world has been growing very rapidly for some years now. and in that process, it has had a voracious appetite primarily for raw materials. one of the first things to react to slower chinese growth is of course copper prices and oil prices as well. so the biggest impact right off of the bat, we have already seen this is in commodity prices, because as chinese demand slows down, as you would expect the price of the come -- commodities is going to slow down. so all of this would get hit. >> if i'm the average american watching this, tell me what i kneeled to watch for. obviously if i work for a commodity exporting company or an oil company, i can see how that might relate to me. in terms o

it seems that sometimes the current unrest will topple governments of nicholas mood to him. but the demonstrators have increasingly defined o position he just calls to end the final weeks. former french president nicholas busy on his wife for taking legal action over the good of all the recordings made of them. one of sarkozy's in a circle . we saw recorded hours of talks with a conservative leader of his aunts rise during the twenty twelve election campaign an egyptian court has suspended the trial of deposed president muhammad more safe lawyers for one of the defendants accused the judge of biased but he gave his opinion on the charges during a television appearance. moore says she is open sourcing the killing of protesters during all the grass in twenty twelve. police made several arrests in algiers during demonstrations against the president's decision to stop for a fourth term in april. protesters and opposition leaders believe president abdel aziz but if the cap is too weak to run for election. the seventy seven year old suffered a stroke last year. a controversial mot

destruction of families, homes, businesses hunger increasing terrorism, bombings increasing ethnic are unrest. lost of hundreds of faultless lives. raisa tweeted in, how do iraqis cope with the trauma? especially those were young during the invasion of h-adija. you're sunni and kurdish and young iraqi. talk to us again how are young iraqis really coping with this trauma? >> thank you first of all thank you for having me on this show and for giving me the opportunity to express myself. from inside iraq. and to you guys, to the world, through al jazeera. are so my situation is, very unique. because i lived in baghdad, i'm from baghdad, i'm a sunni arab,fully covered from a conservative background and moved to up to the north and by the end of 2007. and there, i finished high school, it was an arabic high school. and then i joined the american university of iraq, which is another place, i left my family and went to that university. i still today, like i have the memories of dead bodies lying on the streets in baghdad. and i had to go by these dead bodies when i went to school there. i do remembe

now in ukraine i further to you people have been killed in unrest that's now spread to the east of the country. you've just seen what appears to be molotov cocktails being thrown from a building in part because that's where according to authorities dozens of radicals barricaded themselves in on friday night taking hostages witnesses say that they shot pro russian activists outside the building and even opened fire at the city's mayor who arrived at the scene for negotiations after an overnight standoff police eventually led the gunmen and and seized their weapons the spokesman of a local self-defense group witnessed the situation developed. would you believe that there were a lot of wounded among both activists and police there was this blue minivan that appeared in the central square and pepper sprayed or react to this and then tried to skip the started chasing is but ended up being shot at from a building the building on the remarks goes through it is a base for a gunman from the right sector they started shooting at throwing molotov cocktails and gas grenades at the local news strai

in other news washington in caracas dive into the blame game and government unrest has left twenty eight people dead in venezuela and. bolivia desperate yeah it's. really good news for some people like me because it feels like they. know that. the british prime minister is accused of paying for facebook likes to his popularity among voters we report on david cameron's unfortunate relationship with social network. you're watching international with me. now russia has violated no laws and poses no threat to kiev this statement coming from moscow's envoy to the u.n. told. to security council meeting after a wave of condemnation from western nations. followed the session in new york. the u.s. and many european envoys use their platform within the council chambers to accuse russia of building up its military aggression within ukraine president putin asked for and received authorization from the federation council to use military force in crimea and today there are reportedly more than twenty thousand russian troops in the region against the express wishes of the ukrainian government russian m

there's not going to be unrest there. he has to worry about unrest in eastern ukraine. goes to moldova, he has to cross through 300 miles of ukraine. he has supply lines that are going to go through essentially a hostile country. there's nothing that is going to come out of nato with the leadership, the nonleadership of the united states. we should also be resurrecting the missile defense treaty with the poles and czechs because russia depends on its status as a great power almost entirely that it's a nuclear arsenal. that's rendered useless. that's why the russians have tried to stop missile defense for 35 years. that's why we ought to accelerate it. >> jason, a quick thought, then we have to run. >> there are also things we could do domestically, such as exporting our natural gas, letting the countries that depend on russia know -- >> that would take years. >> it would move us in the direction. putin would take notice. >> thanks very much. we'll take a quick break. >>> up next, new information on flight 370. is malaysia to be trusted? ♪ ♪ ♪ how much money do you think

unrest ino you have the ukraine, chinese manufacturing dropping to its lowest level in months.shares of the actually recovering after the company said that jcpenney will not report monthly sales anytime soon. the spokesperson said the retailer would try to provide updates throughout the rest of the year. more "lunch money," up next. ♪ ♪ >> this is "lunch money," on bloomberg television, streaming live on bloomberg.com, your tablet, and your smart phone, i am matt miller in for adam johnson. moving pictures, the video is the story. china vowing to crack down on terrorism after a deadly knife attack over the weekend. the chinese president ordered the offensive after a band of knife wielding attackers killed 20 people at the train station in southeast china. for the attackers were also killed. no group has claimed responsibility so far. the murder trial of oscar , underway in south africa. the paralympic and known as the , accused of killing his girlfriend on valentine's day. he said that he shot her thinking she was an intruder blowing holes in his own bathroom door. he has fled

outcome did not send ups of speculation what you'll faint from what we've seen of what you read on this unrest going wrong was the something more sinister. the dental formula atlas shrugged and resisting arrest is a classic cliche ortiz will look when they want somebody science detractors is that this was a pizza box now. here's a peek in and out with the help of the riot act. it would look without the right to the right sector was the force was talking to a building that easy to get it out and so are the best thing is to be quiet the subordinate in your car you can get the right sector goes into government security breaches. lay down and write in candidate for the country in the meantime. in the second reason is that the aren't picking embarrassment to the state government in ukraine which speaks so one of the progressive democratic government. these associations with the riot act. and so i'm thinking it's time for them and shoulders of course me. even the us to the bbc introducing people to act against people like me go secondly does. this is what's happening. it reminded me of what the job

why it ultimately will work, what putin is worried about is the kind of unrest we saw. he's worried that that is going to happen in moscow, he's going to shut down that kind of democracy on the border in the former soviet republican as quickly as possible. if you see this economic unrest and very quickly putin may think differently about this, it's similar to yanokovich regime. >> the numbers of russian troops masked very near the border is a breathtakingly large number of troops and it's a well balanced set of troops in terms of the way they are equipped if they did want to roll across that border in large numbers. if president putin did something in short order, he's moving for quickly than sanctions can move. is there some immediate response that you think the united states should meet out at that point or do you think it's one foot in front of the other in terms of lining up sanctions that really is our best response. >> i think there's nonlethal assistance we can give the ukrainian military so they have the ability to stand. when we heard in kiev, the ukrainians in

government issues and ultimatum to anti-government rioters and accuses washington of stirring a month of unrest that's left at least twenty eight people dead. watching my dear national coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now it's crunch time for crimea as people in the autonomy's province of southern ukraine flocked to the polls for a referendum on their future status. now turnout is already proving quite high and majority in the region refuse to recognize the post-coup government in kiev and have two outcomes to choose from option one crimea remains part of ukraine but with greater autonomy including separate citizenship and an independent legal system option to the peninsula is reunited with russia which it was a part of for centuries but that would of course have to be ratified by president or artist policy or in the original capital following the developments for us well paula do tell us what's going on and how's the voting going so far. well often nearly six hours on the road to some forty five states and i understand. that it is remarkable to see two to

in other news washington in caracas dive into a blame game and government unrest.

we've seen the accusations from the covering etf that the kremlin is fomenting unrest by crossing the russians and intelligence people to whip up the local population into a frenzy create a pretext for intervention from here to an actual intervention perhaps not. i think routines and wanna try to strike a deal with ukraine. don't join year up to the russians greater rights. thank you so much for that. new south australia has joined some twenty four of the country since the search continues for the ms inhalation and einstein election officials that the pine tree to sit and listen carefully doctors that he couldn't sign on either an older models on its last nine station to pick a row at how small. the multi national operation and still is selling it to me see my mate in every step. the fracas of the investigation now nice and the people on board the four main hypotheses what i did. those other guys the city. for cyclists to go to bed. while. the board transport officials in particular need to speak in the mosque blast from the plane's cockpit before it made me sing. alright good night.

however the brotherhood condemned the vote as illegitimate and the start of this year also saw deadly unrest but the army actually has retained its grip on power and authority is an associate chuckin and now reports the country which was among the first to being gulf by the arab spring has now been abandoned by the west. uprisings abroad getting equated with the promise of a better future and hailed as true democracy the democratic message that swept across the middle east show called arab spring so determination through coups and regime change often hailed by washington as an honest way to move forward for the united states supporting democratic transitions it's not a matter of idealism it is a strategic necessity redefining the word democracy to democracy is a government that we like that she courts are ours and if it doesn't well let us not an artist and you can overthrow it in egypt swept by revolution and coup almost five hundred thirty supporters of the ousted morsi regime get sentenced to death as the military takes over the staggering numbers reminiscent of medieval times the only al

however the brotherhood condemned the vote as illegitimate the start of this year also saw deadly unrest but the army has retained its grip on power in this artes and to see a choice in the reports the undemocratic nature of the case doesn't seem to worry western powers. uprisings abroad getting equated with the promise of a better future the actions of ordinary citizens spark movements for change because they speak to a longing for freedom and hailed as true democracy the democratic movement that swept across the middle east the so-called arab spring so determination through coups and regime change often hailed by washington as an honest way to move forward for the united states supporting democratic transitions it's not a matter of idealism it is a strategic necessity redefining the word democracy to democracy is a government that we like that should porch our house and if it doesn't well let us not an artist and you can overthrow it as a result uprisings are often romanticized in cairo we heard the voice of a young mother who said it's like i can finally breathe fresh air for the firs

. >> civil unrest informant streets of venezuela, where protesters say they are fighting for their future. >> the investigation into the missing malaysia airlines jumbo jet, focussing on the pilot and what's inside their home. >> the immigration of the mon a -- monarchs. few are taking flight. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, live from new york city. the next chapter of the ukraine's political crisis is unfolding. polls of opening in the black sea peninsula, crimea. they are voting whether to join russia or become more independent of ukraine. the e.u. and u.s. called the vote illegal. let's go to jennifer glasse in the crimean city of sevastopol. 1.5 million people are eligible to vo. how -- eligible to vote. how is ut turn out so far? >> this is a heavily ethnic russian city. it's its own region, and will count its own votes and announce its own results. crimea - we are up in central crimea this morning, and despite rain here, snow up in central crimea where it was freezing this morning. people were coming out in large numbers. not everyone is going to

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will discuss how some of the 2016 candidates are reacting to recent foreign policy, especially the unrest in ukraine. the reporter looks at the deadlines and extensions of the affordable care act. we will be taking your calls. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. voters in afghanistan go to the polls on friday to elect a new president. tomorrow, we will hear about the election from retired general john allen, a former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan. he will talk about the planned drawdown of u.s. troops. you can watch live coverage on c-span beginning at 10:00 eastern. also, a look at improving the management of federal government agencies at a hearing by the center -- senate governmental affairs committee. live coverage begins at 3:00 eastern on c-span. >> two weeks after the burglary, i received a large envelope at the "washington post." it had a return address of liberty publications in pennsylvania. it did not mean anything to me but was intriguing. inside was a cover letter from the citizens commission to investigate the fbi.

the unrest followed the funeral of a teenager who sustain injuries last year.erson has died after yesterday's gets explosion in new york. the blast flattened to east harlem apartment buildings. several people are still unaccounted for. vietamnam says there is no evidence of debris in an area photographed by a chinese satellite. the search for flight 370 is in its sixth day. welcome back to "countdown." i am anna edwards. >> i am mark barton. china's national people's congress concluded today. among the leading topics of discussion was pollution and what the government can do about it. many city dwellers are tired of waiting. stephen engle visited rural china to see how the fresh air is prompting many to try a slower way of life. >> beijing is on the left areali jian -- on the left. lijiang is on the right. many people are leaving the urban jungle in china. check that out. some things are more important than money. while no statistics are available on how many people province withis multiple ethnic minorities and laid-back charm is a popular choice. example this

been greater security in any region where there was the potential for this kind of power vacuum and unresten. and you saw what happened through the back door. so it is a part of the ukraine. there were demonstrations in the east as well as the west. >> let's deal with the situation on the ground. do you believe there should be a peace keeping force in crimea? >> i do. i think any country in countries canada, the united states, poland, you look around the world. all of these nations understand because of the people who live there. it is incumbent on the world community. in the way take a look at the world the world owes it to the ukraine. no place has suffered more. first with stalin and then with hitler. technically joseph stalin was our ali. it is morally right. >> you have to realize, this is within a historical context. you can't look at it within the last couple of months. thank you so much. it will be interesting to see what congress does within the coming weeks. >> stay with cnn. we are live at the white house. >>> you might imagine including a helmet. over here, i think this is the

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leeds has become known for its violent guerrilla tactics through the unrest in the country and threatsagainst non ukrainians living there. would you like it would you know you would you like. no one tells us when to bear arms and when not you wasn't given to us and you will take them away these clips including the group's promotional video circulating online are right sector not the biggest faction within the former opposition but it was at the forefront of the uprising and its members stormed and set fire to government buildings and attacked police squads there also consistently rejected concessions offered by the government when it was trying to commune arrest now the right sector is having a bigger impact on ukraine streets british m.p. george galloway host of archy's sputnik says the west needs to recognize the dangers that poses they have the means and capability easily to carry it out so the west must be wondering at least if they have any sense just what kind of a frankenstein monster have the created the ukraine when they cut it down funded fifty dollars a head. the people who

killed when anti-government demonstrations for and into violent clashes with police but despite the unrest the public remains loyal to the past said by choppers. the anti-government protests in venice well have not been massive there have been some that have been significantly large but not larger than other opposition protests have been during the past few years people who have been loyal to each of us more a part of the small in support of chavez in the government now nicolas maduro i don't think that has affected. their support and their loyalty in fact i think we may have seen the contrary occur because some of the protests that have not been numerous but have been smaller scale and more widespread throughout the country have become very violent this is causing a lot of people maybe not necessarily to come out and support directly president maduro but certainly to oppose those protests taking place in the country because they're disruptive and they're not achieving any kind of significant goals and so it's really a moment now where the extremists on both sides need to come together and

international with me andrey farm in ukraine a further two people have been killed in unrest that's nice bread to the east of the country. authorities in harkov say pro russian activists were fired on by name nazi radicals who barricaded themselves in a downtown building taking hostages they even attacked the city's mayor who arrived at the scene for negotiations after an overnight standoff the gunmen were eventually led that by police the spokesman of a local self-defense group witnessed here your events. your. leave the room lot of wounded among both activists and police there was this blue minivan that appeared in the central square and pepper sprayed interactive us and then tried to ski they started chasing is but ended up being shot from a building the building on the remarks goes through this in a piece for gunmen from the right sector they started shooting it's throwing molotov cocktails and gas grenades at the local news straight to see it was our risk was that attacked this headquarters but it's not true it's the base of the right sector radicals it's war here the chief policema

. >> debate on the unrest in venezuela, who is protesting. all of that and more. to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. russian president vladimir putin is rebuffing warnings from the u.s. and european union as the crisis in ukraine threatens one of the worst east-west standoffs since the cold war. putin held a one-hour phone call with president obama on thursday but continued to reject calls to withdraw his forces from crimea. on thursday, the pro-russian crimean parliament voted to hold a referendum on splitting off from ukraine and joining russia. but the vote's legitimacy has been called into question after the installation of a pro-russian government in crimea just last week. in washington, president obama said the seperation of crimea would violate international law. >> the proposed referendum would violate the ukrainian constitution and international law. any discussion about the future of ukraine must include the legitimate government of ukraine. in 2014, we are well beyond the days when borders can be we -- we drawn

it massed troops on the border, and says that this kind of unrest at donetsk shows that kiev is not inontrol. very belacous words from moscow and aggressive action by the russian military on the eve of the referendum. >> jennifer glasse, thanking for reporting from kiev. >> russia's foreign minister fired back. . >> translation: if we were to speak of blood, it's not on our hands, but the hands of your friend. the national radicals, the blood of ukrainians shot by snipers in february, on the february days of this year. and who - who actually helped certain ideals recently and said ukrainians had not fought with the nazis, and gal there was a -- and actually there was a problem with the soviet union, violence, threatening to spread to other reasons of ukraine, violence that didn't happen to crimea because of measures taken. madam powell spoke of dreams and aspirations, but why are a abrogating the right of people in crimea to express their opinion tomorrow. we appeal to all to stop the confrontation and begin long-term settlement for the people in ukraine, for all the people, including

russia will not innovate movement or unrest. so quickly, you have to remember that this time last week we were on the eve of the referendum, and in russia's eyes, this is russian territory, the international community not recognising it, russia moving quickly, and the speed has kiev concerned, especially if they see unrest or pro-russian sentiment in ukraine's east. >> jennifer glasse live from crimea. >> ukraine's capital - leaders are nervous. there's word that ukrainian basses are in russia's hands. >> russian troops rolled in, smashing through the gates in armoured vehicles. the confrontation at the airbase, where gunshots were fired is the kind of incident that has not only ukraine, but the international community concerned about the potential for escalation in this crisis. word that the ukrainian base commander is in russian hands is another challenge. ukrainians are furious at the treatment of their men in uniform. alex knows what it's like to be detained by russian forces. a member of the cadet force, he was held for a w

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what options is the security council considering to ease the unrest in the region?>> the ukrainian ambassador gave specific details. i would assume that it's better him who should speak about the situation in his own country than myself. with regards to the situation, if need be i would assume the next president of the council would be holding other meetings to follow-up from this. thank you. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. the un security council has just met to discuss the situation in ukraine. in the course of this meeting, i expressed my deep concern at the recent developments in crimea and particularly reports of russian troop deployment. the united kingdom believes that any newly deployed troops that do not answer to the ukrainian government should withdraw. my prime minister and fellow -- foreign secretary have been in touch with the leaders of the new government in ukraine and russia in the course of today. they have stressed the need for every country to respect the territorial integrity, unity and sovereignty of ukraine. my foreign secretary will

two months of unrest in venezuela show no sign of letting up. france is preparing for the second round of municipal elections this weekend. candidates are spending the in between week making last-minute alliances to try to stop officials made in the first round by the national front. that strategy could see some socialist candidates out of the raced. , representatives have followed party instructions . they are instead pushing a republican front, an alternative to the national front. a collective decision that we marked over and thought long and hard about. i am pulling out of the election and i hope the vote will go well. >> turning the electorate over to the right wing department, with seconds in the southern city. in the center for the vote, serious and confident on the second round. >> i am going to make the voters pay. they are going to punish the so-called right wing. tuesday, all alliances signed and submitted for the next round of voting. strategies block the rise of the national front. advised to report any candidate against the constit

traveled to libya, as forces fought to overthrow moammar gadhafi, in the unrest that was sweeping the arab world. now, benghazi is a by-word for political scandal, after the murder of an american ambassador in 2012. >> i cannot imagine sending folks out to benghazi, after what we saw, from the security cameras and the drones. >> mistakes were made. >> and i said that what benghazi is worse than watergate. >> meanwhile on the ground, a country is unraveling, torn apardon by the militia the u.s. helps to support. fault lines is here to find out what went wrong. >> on november the 16th after friday prayers, a peaceful demonstration formed in a neighborhood, in west tripoli. local proteste protesters were met by machine gun fire. when the shooting stopped, dozens lay dead, many others were injured. the last kerr took place the day we arrived in libya. by the time we reached the scene, the men there told us the killers had left. the militiamen who took over the area were from the libya shield, the shield that was set up by the libyan government last year but largely decommissioned in june

>> the un security council held an emergency session to discuss the unrest in ukraine. to ukraine, united states, russia, and other countries spoke to reporters for about an hour and 10 minutes. >> i briefed the security council on the developments. this majority, constitutional majority which demonstrated the support not only of the new leaders in power but also the opposition. yesterday, the government was created. again, by overwhelming majority, with gives legacy and the program of the government, a program in which is bringing the vision of how to cope with the current crisis, how to cope with the root of this crisis, and how to stabilize the situation. the basic principles of this program is the further formation of a civil society based on democratic principles and a guarantee of the rights of all the nation of minorities, including language. then unfortunately, i was informed of the recent developments in the ukraine. today, the parliament issued a resolution explaining in crimea they are observing the external presence, encouraging the clashes. the group of ide

coup a year later charged with attacking a police station and killing an officer during the mass unrest that followed the overthrow of last pro democratic democracy activists made me good believe that the court's decision has been highly politicized. accusations being confirmed without any evidence provided how could five hundred twenty eight people killed two people not just that there's absolutely zero evidence and their lawyers and the lawyers of the parents were not given even a second to defend. those who are accused so there are no doing legal process and not just that only one hundred in forty seven of those who were accused were present the rest were an absentee. this whole process is shambolic and the least to see is a fiasco and another blow to the impartiality of the judiciary in egypt it puts egypt under an embarrassing condition internationally with a lot of eyes now focused on what's happening in egypt and definitely it's another blow to democracy and human rights in egypt. well last summer when the country's leader mohammed morsi was overthrown the new authorities began t

we have more. >> as the unrest and political confronteddation continued unabated, an emergency meeting was held to help defuse the crisis before it spirals out of control. >> we wanted the region in peace. if there is a situation are crisis or conflict, as south american brothers, we have to help. >> the block will send a commission oh to venezuela no later than april 1 to promote a dialogue and to accompany support and advise all sides in the conflict. >> we feel totally satisfied with the resolution, the battle we have undertaken for democracy, peace and stability in our country. >> in fact, it was venezuela that proposed the emergency meeting in the first place. >> while venezuela's government may welcome the involvement, many of its opponents view the south american block with suspicion, believing that with rare exceptions, they are far more interest in defending venezuela's institutional order, rather than questioning all the way the government uses and abuses its power. >> as the meeting ended, foreign ministers did not shirk the issue. >> we propose a way to build and recover pe

if it needs to it has troops on the border of ukraine, and worryingly it says this kind of unrest showshat kiev is not in control. bella cos words from moscow and an aggressive action by russian military on the eve of the referendum. >> earlier aspoke with timothy schneider. a professor at yale university and the author of many books on russia and the soviet union. what happens if it passes? >> certain members of the russian population and leadership will begin to think of the occupation much crimea not in symbolic, but in pocket book and practical terms, and russians will think about the possibility of travel, the money they'll lose. putin will have to think about what citizens think. it will be a long time coming. meanwhile, we have tens of thousands in the streets. when people add practical and financial motivations to the moral ones, we say see more political unrest. what will happen on monday will have a lot of dim exceptions. >> the -- dimensions. >> the sun of the former soviet leader says it will be better in vladimir putin does annex crimea. >> it will be better for them to be

is quite a wear that when countries go down the road of imf loans, you can get even more unrest. another interesting thing about that energy subsidy is a lot of that money is going to end up in moscow because it's moscow who sells much of ukraine its fuel. in washington, they are quite a wear they are giving potentially a billion dollars to moscow. >> just how far is the u.s. supposed to go in supporting ukraine? at what point is it going to run up against opposition in congress? >> there is a lot of -- a lot of support for financial aid and financial loans to ukraine. however, the senate majority leader, harry reid said let's keep an idea on what europe wants. this is mainly a european issue. if europe isn't all for sanctions -- and they are not because they are scared of losing all of the valuable russian money pumping into london and germany, why should we go down the road of sanctions in some ways? it's a matter of whetherpom policy starts to weaken because republicans are using it as an opportunity though call him weak. whether he strikes -- sticks to strategic interests or

at least 31 others have died in almost two months of unrest. they're still demanding president maduro resign. but the opposition itself remains deeply divided on how to move forward. >> reporter: if there was any question about serious divisions within venezuela's opposition movement, the nationwide march called in support of imprisoned mayors and political leader damopos left no doubt. as he was scheduled to speak, the man who nearly won the laeksz elections last year abandoned the rally. >> translator: maduro, if you resign, you'll open a path to peace for venezuelans. >> reporter: a letter written from prison by him calling for president nicolas maduro's immediate resignation and threatening to brill millions out on the street if he refuses seems to signal the breaking point. the moderates want to change the government and hard liners who argue change can't change. >> translator: it is our right to demand the president's resignation, and we'll keep fighting because this can't continue. >> reporter: not to be outdone, students supporting the

because his life was threatened and that russia should use all means at its disposal to stop the unrest in the ukraine. it can get out of control so fast. tomorrow at this time, there could be war. >> he believes that yanukovych is playing to russian citizens, painting a picture that ukraine was not painting by disenchanted ukrainians but organized militants staging a coup. >> it would be a violation of russia's commitment to respect the sovereignty of the ukraine. >> u.s. officials go on to warn moscow that any intervention would be a grave mistake, but moscow says the ship and helicopters and tanks are not an active invasion. instead, they say, it is a military exercise. that is the latest live from silver spring. robert lyles, abc 7 news. >> an inside look at the clinton white house at the national archives as the diminished ration released houses of confidential papers and memos, covering topics like then-first lady hillary clinton's failed overhaul of the health care system and president clinton's response to al qaeda. with the possibility of the 2016 run by hillary clinton, herbs