there are some american companies exploring for shale gas in western ukraine. that could make a huge difference in terms of ukraine's energy dependence on russia. i think that is certainly something that should be supported. we also need to think after the situation, and i'm sure we will hear from our allies about the disappearances and -- the disposition of our forces in europe. that is something we should consider very carefully. >> let me ask both of you, the foreign minister of sweden tweeted this morning that the helsinki monitor's tried to get into crimea and they were not able to cross in to actually verify the allegations going on. those statements may that the russians and russian speaking ukrainians, that their lives are in jeopardy. they sent monitors but they could not get in. the first question is that he tweeted that and said that there is a movement of russian troops in the area. what does that portend? no monitors, troop movements, where is this going? >> let's first understand that it is more than a violation of international norms. when you sen

it was happening all over in eastern and western ukraine. perhaps to a different extent but in principle it was the same everywhere. the public's resentment towards the regime, the police and state fficials is still evident. this precinct was sacked by an angry mob. the police who worked here have long fled. the self-defense force is now guarding the building. he is on the night watch. for months the opposition activists protested on kiev's independent square against the government of the ousted president. he says it's his duty to bring about a new ukraine. he says if we don't do it, who will? who will change the ukrainian state? he respects europe and the u.s. but ukrainians have to establish order themselves. the time has come, he says. we've waited long enough for political change. the country has been continually pushed in the wrong direction since independence. the next morning, in his old town at first glance the city's historic center has changed little from my previous visits. but the recent upheavel in the country has left deep scar

has just informed the local agencies that their white sector in western ukraine will retaliate to interior minister block of personally folded out of ice on the message to the all but declared war on the chair in history one with the interior ministry have reason to offer him a nice way. just a good idea what kind of metaphysical was on tv a cold from the nineties when he was hiking on the side of chechen militants in chechnya against russians back then she sat on camera that he would die until he got to blood runs to his brains to work you russians she was then called leaders he said he was a violent man but even if we take the last several months because many lines with the ukraine. i see storms sessions of local administrations he threaten people with guns he would make direct threats to the tyranny that the console let's listen to one of his most popular videos online what's with the bride muslim no one tells us when to bear arms and were known to you to get into its new home take them away. sequim icon that he wanted to claim a rifle twenty gleaming nice to come here and t

has just informed the local agencies that their white sector in western ukraine will retaliate to interior minister personally for the death of ice on the message they all but declared war on the cherry ministry one with the interior ministry have reason to offer him a nice way to get an idea what mattered was the school was out he recalled the nineties when he was appointed on the side of chechen militants in chechnya i get instructions back then she sat on camera that he would until the cuticle blood drawn to these green tea with few russians she was then called leaders he said he was a violent man but even if we take the last several months across many lines with the ukraine. he's going to the assistance of local administrations he threaten people with guns he would make direct threats to lead two minutes to himself. let's listen to one of his most popular videos online. with the bride muslim no one tells us when to bear arms and went on to youtube given to us you will take them away. sequim icon that he wanted to quit my rifle. take away my nice to come here and take it the

[ inaudible ] buildings in western ukraine -- >> can i please jump in -- >> let's let olli jump olli go ahead. >> let me finish my -- >> typical. typical. >> i'm going to put both of you on pause, take a break and come back in a moment. we'll talk about more angles, but first you can get more of us during the show. >> tv is no longer one way with "the stream" second stream app. share your thoughts during the life show. disagree with one of our guests? great, tell us. receive grabs, quizzes, and guest information. interact with other web users in real time. you can be our third co-host. use the app and drive our communities discussion on live tv. download it now at aljazeera.com/ajam stream app. >> no doubt about it, innovation changes our lives. opening doors ... opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america ♪ [ shouting ] [ gunfire ] >> welcome back. we're talking about the crisis in

has just informed the local agencies that the right sector in western ukraine will retaliate to the interior ministry of arc of personally for the death of alexander was it because they all but to declared war on the ministry why would the interior ministry have reason to go after him in this way just to give an idea what kind of man was it was i'll give you a quote from the ninety's when he was fighting on the side of chechen militants in chechnya against russians back then he said on camera that he would until he blood runs through his veins he would kill russians jews and communists he certainly was a violent man but even if we take the past several months he crossed many lines within ukraine he stormed sessions of local administration as he threatened people with guns he even made direct threats to the interior ministry himself let's listen to one of his most popular videos online. no one tells us one to bear arms and we're not to you didn't give them to us and you won't take them away you want to take away my gun you want to take away my rifle you want to take away my kn

a lot of talk about world war ii, and which side the soviet union was on, and a feeling that western ukraine was on the long side, the nazi side. there's a lot of accusations about that. the minorities are fearful of the majority coming in and marginalizing them. the tar tars were departed by the soviet union leadership. some of them fear that history could defeat themselves. they will be deported if nothing left, that they'll be marginalised. that will be determined in the next couple of weeks. the first thing that everyone here is waiting for is what russia will do, expecting it to be annexed, and that will close the chapter of history that is 60 years old. writing a wrong, according to most of the people. >> closing a chapter between russia, crimea and ukraine, but open another diplomatically. nick schifrin in simferepol. thank you for joining us. >> for more on the crisis in ukraine we are joined from washington d.c. by ambassador william taylor, serving ag ambassador for ukraine from 2006 to 2009 and coordinated assistance. he is vice president for the middle east and africa for the uni

that is somehow independent, that western ukraine will act with kind of impunity toward russiang-term interests, and so it is going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy if putin moves against eastern ukraine, then western ukraine will move more quickly into a western orbit. right now, ukraine has always been a kind of delicate balance of east and west, and obviously, that delicate balance has been affected in the last couple of months, but a lot of the problems has been yanukovych's very, very poor handling of the economy that has tipped the balance toward those who want to see a closer relationship with western europe. so i think that it is that we are in a very sobering moment. i do not agree with the notion that we should not have enlarged nato, and should not have brought poland in and these others burk i do believe that we have to understand that when you get right up gaiagainst the rusn border in places like georgia and ukraine, you have to really think very carefully about those kinds of moves. >> well, it is a sobering assessment from both of you and that what is happening i

moscow orbit, rather than what the majority feels is the kiev centric western-looking orbit of western ukraine, which they don't associate with physically but culturally. >> the vote of 97%, given that the crimean tatars boycotted, what are the percentages of people that support russia, ukraine. >> if you look at the demographics and the polls over the last few years, there are no fewer than 60% of people that identify themselves as eastern leaning or moscow leaning or russian speaking or perhaps most specifically ethnic russians. so the other 30 to 40%, 15% are muslims, they are the largest minority, ethnic ukrainians. the majority of this peninsula is deciding or feeling that they are leaning towards russia, that they associate with russia than western ukraine, not only because they speak russian, but their history, they feel an association with the soviet history, there's a lot of talk about world war ii, and which side the soviet union was on, and a feeling that western ukraine was on the long side, the nazi side. there's a lot of accusations about that. the minorities are fearful of the m

but the western ukraine and noodles. i know that when the last thing comes from a military a grand houses. and nobody punish them for them. and the rest of our words. but in all its advantages and then cleared the way. there are lies. in a new video olympics. when the bar. i understand that ultra nationalists extremists were present at his rallies at the ready that you indeed all the noise of what they say q how did they respond to you all protests of the matter is that in our city. we can divide them into two groups of the rio ultimately we are all really humorous hundred of them together. as justin me or anything. when you just aren't that interested people the day and did it we do know that we were hoping for them because they were a few words. a solid dependable and yes the divine will that last bit more humorous when choosing just one democracy this milestone for us to live the way to them. we are one of these groups. and these are rumors that liberals don't go there with my first week back to me that every holiday

>> you ask anybody here in western ukraine, eastern ukraine, and everybody has a story from world war ii. without getting too much into history, basically, you have people here that say the soviets saved not only the ukraine, but the world from hitler and germany, and the people in western ukraine opposed that effort. and that's why they call them nashists. they're trying to call them nazis who shot the soldiers in the back. it's incredibly common. every time i asked them in they support russia, they call everyone in kiev fascists, and they use a historical term where soldiers were shot in the back. this is not something 70 years old in history. but they think its repeating itself again and again, and that's why you get so many passionate responses, so many people coming out and waving the russian nag, saying we don't want to look west, we don't want this new government in kiev, we want russian soldiers here. we spoke to a lot of people today and they said they're protecting us from those fascists in kiev, and a lot of people would say there's nothing to protect them from, and the onl

it was coming from western ukraine. we've left a large part of the story out. nd determined right-wing nationalist movement in ukraine. it's quasifascist and it is dictating terms to this parliament in kiev which is not legitimate in law or constitutional. this parliament which is a runt parliament because they banned the two that represented the east have been passing anti-russian legislation. they banned the use of russian as an official language. it isn't russia that's been spewing this ideological destabilizing message, it's been coming from the west. and here the worst part is that has been -- that hatred has been supported by washington and beris els in embracing this west ukrainian movement. that must stop. >> we're up against the clock, unfortunately, but to be concluded. professor cohen and christiane amanpour. you heard vitaly churkin saying earlier today that at fault for all of this are what he called fascists and anti-semites in ukraine uniright now. >> you have to be really careful by putting that across as a fast. >> that's what he said. >> he may

>> not sure about all, he may think that western ukraine is more trouble than its worst, i know at some points, he is going to want eastern ukraine. russian, the base and mines, and that my question is right now, or will that be that the future, we would like to have all of ukraine. right now he may think that with ukrainian nationalism rampant it may be more trouble than it worth. and he doesn't all of ukraine, he wants -- if he grabs it all, he has a border to baltic states, with poland, and hungary, and slew o slovakia, and romania, all nato states, and increase russia's territory, bred basket of western ukraine. lou: let me ask you this, russia depends on its marketing of its oil, a third largest producer behind saudi arabia and united states in the world. if the president, as he said, is to isolate russia, that would be crippling to the economy, i'm i am asking you is that manage that would be tollable for putin -- tolerable for putin or en range a person who angla merkel questions whether he is sane or not. >> yeah, i would say that watch what happens tomorrow with kery in kiev. a

second mission that began on march twenty first whack in nine regions and its aussies and their western ukraine. she had to crawl and as a cover of the nation are on and some of ukraine is in heat and all social networks making the rich and caught a young man from hiking with arrington and then played all the instruments himself the musician words in germany and teaches the guitar. but on the tenth day of their evolution became make the play. he said he couldn't beat away from the motherland in these hard times. and this cover was made to support ukrainians and to remind us about unity the site also shown to trade to support the bard barrel then director of the odessa philharmonic orchestra together with his musicians and singers and through the tree was a market and made the music help but smile the art is that from then on to enjoy the comment that since nineteen ninety three is and some of the european union. might this campaign and musicians expected protests to gains on plates and support in the unity of the country. that's why they chose the composition associated with unity and fraternit

have formed, these men ensuring no one pulls down the statue of lenin, as they've done across western ukraine. ukraine's navy chief defected to c crimea today, but his orders may now come from moscow. russian ships now guard the coast. ukraine's navy has gone. its prime minister says the russian takeover amounts to a declaration of war. ukraine's army in crimea is pinned down and humiliated. well, in the rest of ukraine, its army is in combat alert, its reserves have been mobilized. its prime minister says, we are on the brink of disaster, but there is no sign it's going to fight the russians for crimea. lester? >> bill, the big question in all of this, how far will russia go with its military intervention in ukraine? well, the crimea region may be the most strongly tied to russia, it is not the only part of ukraine where russian sympathies lie deep. ian williams is in kharkiv. >> reporter: events this weekend have been at times violent and sinister, raising fears that east ukraine could be the next region to face russian intervention. more than 100 people were injuresaturday in clashes betwe

or russia's un envoy to western criticism of russia's role in the ukraine crisis from the country's ousted president requesting moscow's help to restore law and order. under the influence of western countries and the terror and violence people are being prosecuted for the language they speak and for political i address the president of russia vladimir putin the use of military force of the russian federation restored. order stability in the protection of the people of ukraine. while the coolies ukraine's economy on its knees with. a rescue line looks at the massive wealth enjoyed by some of the country's new rulers. president. against the us government saying it's ignored the interest of his people in the long running war. international coming to you live from the heart of moscow is one pm in the russian capital. president putin has halted military exercises in western and central russia which he says were completed successfully the large scale drills caused a storm of speculation in western countries rima kosar of explains some countries actually saw these military drills as preparation f

western ukraine, eastern ukraine. before we can work this kind of thing out, let's do it again. >> i want to thank you both for being with us. we will continue to follow this issue. analystvern, former cia , daily brief president george h.w. bush and an analyst of russian policy for the first decade of his 27 year career with the cia. man i want to thank professor timothy snyder, author of, "bloodlands: europe between hitler and stalin." we will link to your latest piece called, "ukraine: the haze of propaganda." back, we go to washington, d.c., major protest against the keystone xl pipeline outside the white house with more than 400 people arrested. we will find out who, stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. 398 opponents of the keystone xl pipeline were arrested sunday in front of the white house. it could be the largest youth sit in on the environment in a generation. students from over 80 colleges rallied at georgetown university then

of course were speaking in generalities many people don't agree but people in western ukraine some of whom were in the austria-hungary an empire some of them look to the catholic church rather than the orthodox church some of whom speak ukrainian and russian take your pick care one a look more of the west but on the other hand there are many many people in ukraine particular the eastern part in the southern part in crimea who want to look much more to russia the only way to solve this in a long term way in terms of stability is to have this decentralization but that would mean the bad blood on both sides has to be tempered down and so i would urge everyone to take a deep breath so why was the new ukrainian parliament so preoccupied with the status of the russian language in a first day in power way had so many other pressing economic problems to deal with . well i mean i think that's revolutionary euphoria which is almost always stupid i mean the economist which is certainly it's a wonderfully written pro western magazine and i'm certainly pro western fellow and i agreed with

is more westernized in eastern ukraine. emotionally politically economically industrially is linked to russia so i have d.n.b. we should have a government of national union in fact trying to steer a crane into the future after all why do we had which was the real old of an orange revolution which by the way even if it goes on it's going to fail just like the first one failed when we have i.m.f. a structural adjustment add that it's not going to happen because goodness the people who are in power at the moment they aren't agonizing eastern ukraine south south and russia at the same time so obviously this is too complicated for western corporate media to explain ok martin how do you see things playing out right now because right now is when recording this program that there is talk of sanctions in london and these could have consequences here too many lines are being drawn in the sand here i said in my introduction as washington blinked because this referendum is going to happen in crimea and it will have consequences for the

>> because we've got mobilization of troops on one side and we're moving nato troops around western ukraineland, romania. that's not good. putin into ukraine, nato troops into western ukraine, you've got the cuban missile crisis. where are we at? at a situation where the russians made a proposal. whether we're taking it seriously, what obama is saying isn't relevant to the situation. here's the funny thing and where you come in. at bottom there are legal issues involved here. we say to putin, you invaded crimea. i didn't. i had a contract that i could have 25,000 troops there. you say you had an illegal referendum. he says it's not illegal, you do it all the time. then you say you annexed crimea, you said you annexed kosovo. they both went to law school, settle this like this. is have them on your show, putin and obama, they don't need lawyers, you're the judge. but unlike your opening statement, you listen to both sides. >> absolutely. here's the question. is the perception of power on putin's side and why did putin pick up the phone? >> because he thinks we are in a crisis -- the one thin

ukraine, when asked by al jazeera. >> we'll never become one nation with the western part of ukraine. we have different mentalities. their heroes are our enemies, ours are the soviet soldiers who saved us from the nazis. >> is that a popular view among the people in crimea that you talk to? >> you ask anyone, in western, eastern ukraine, southern ukraine, and everyone has a story from world war ii. without getting too much into history, basically you have people who say the soviets saved ukraine and the rest of the world from hitler and germany. the people in western ukraine opposed the effort, and that's why the western ukrainians are called fascists, nazis, who shot soviet soldiers in the back. it is common to get that story here. every time i asked anyone who supports russia, looking to east, to moscow, they call everyone in kiev traitors, fashists and use an historical term in which soviet soldiers were literally shot in the back. this is something they think is repeating again and again. that's why you have so many passionate response, so many people coming out waving the flag saying, "we don't want to look we

ukraine. yet while many western envoys to the security council defended ukraine's new government to add dried democratic and the kitten and investor trekking questions how would the us would react if a radical subjected a local official to a so called kangaroo courts and events that took place in ukraine and not so long ago the minister to lose. that was the one hand it means brody was gone. from coast to school in the current smoking is this democracy is this normal political process the seats in chicago for example the kind they are and how the conflict in ukraine hi if it escalates fourteen feet deep in spain. tensions continue rising. i thought we probably will see the security council me once again to disguise that discusses the people in crisis. on all the media hype surrounding events in ukraine some outlets have even a report the victory of the cottage is dad. i actually caught up with a man has him tied to the ousted president susan currently in russia and he dismissed the information as completely false. in the midst of storm of the several hours ago my telephone rang it was the sto

this goal in mie dan because all of these people starting to -- looking this armament effort in western ukraincivil power billings in western -- >> can i please jump in? >> let's let olli jump in, and we're going to hit a break here -- >> let me finish my -- and during all of these things -- typical. typical. >> okay. i'm going to put both of you on pause. what is the level of confusion on the ground? we'll talk about that and a couple of other unreported angles complicating the crisis in crimea when we come back, but first you can get us on twitter but here is our new app. >> tv is noening loer one way with "the stream" second streen app. share your thoughts during the live show. disagree with one of our guests, great tell us. interact with other app users in real time. you can be our third co-host, vote, tweet, record video comments and we'll feature them onair. use the app and drive our community's discussions on live tv. this literally puts you in the control room. download it now, and use it with every live "stream" show. opening doors ... opening possibilities. taking the impossible from

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ukrainian revolution the media here have left out a lot of what was happening in ukraine reports like this this is a governor in a western part of ukraine who tried to calm down a waging mob over rioters he was severely beaten and handcuffed to a protest stage. generally there's not much questioning about what's happening with people in the western part of ukraine who are opposed to what happened in key of. the u.s. presence the revolution there is a triumph of democracy when people have not had their say yet. on the other hand there's a media offensive to discredit the upcoming referendum in crimea we're going to see it intensify because those are the voices that they don't want to hear that proposed referendum would violate the constitution of ukraine and international law as you imagine in this chorus of russia hating western media our channel is attacked left and right for being aware voiced to offer a different perspective and this is one of the latest pinches that we received crimea is said to decide whether to become part of russia russian t.v. today should ukraine as if it was already part of the family except on

dramatic events unfold in crimea and ukraine your predictions finally where is it heading in the next twenty four hours indeed in the next few days well i think the western leaders when they begin backing this euro dying my down movement. they were attempting to recreate a a second color revolution. second orange revolution in the ukraine they hoped that while the russian president was distracted with the sochi olympics that they would be able to bring this push regime into power and that russia would be forced to accept it. feet accompli as facts on the ground. and they even had the temerity the arrogance to then demand through to requests that russia continues giving fifteen billion dollars in economic aid to keep up the economy of this puts regime which is quite politically and geo politically orientated against them so obama played a hand and i think once again as we've seen several times and recently he suffered a major diplomatic defeat because they didn't properly assess the red line that this interference within the ukraine would present to the russian federation they underestimated president putin's reaction and i think right now we've got a sit

on independence square in kiev after one of the leaders was shot dead during a police raid in western ukraine on monday. marched to parliament smashing windows and demanding the resignation of the interior minister, who they blame for his death. here to make the ukrainian parliament resign and the interior minister plead guilty of killing him and your prescient -- repression against ukrainian patriots. >> he was the leader of a hard-line nationalist group that played a major role in toppling the president. wanted for hooliganism and organized crime, officials say he fired at special forces police as he tried to escape arrest and died during the shootout. supporters say he was tied up and murdered. he was also wanted in russia for allegedly fighting with rebels in chechnya during the bloody conflict there in the 1990's. russia calls it a neo-nazi organization. president vladimir putin cited this group as one of the reasons to intervene in crimea to protect russian citizens. >> this friday, ukraine's deposed president is speaking to russian media. he has called for each of the regions to hold a

there's some american companies exploring for shale gas in western ukraine. ld make a huge difference in terms of ukraine's energy dependence on russia, and i think that's a certain something that should be supported. we also need to think out of this situation, and i'm sure we'll hear from a number of our allies about it, about the disposition of our forces in europe, and that's something we've got to consider very carefully. >> let me ask both of you, the foreign minister of sweden tweeted just this morning that the osha, helsinki mongers try to get in into crimea -- oecd, and they were not able to cross in to actually verify allegations going on. the statements made that the russians and russian speaking ukrainians, that their lives are in jeopardy. they sent monitors but they couldn't get in the first question is, he tweeted that and he said instead that there's a movement of russian troops in the area. what does that portend? no monitors, troop movement, where is this going? >> let's first understand its more than a violation of international norms. when

western ukraine including the capitol kiev is mostly ukrainian-speaking. and oriented towards the west. eastern ukraine is largely russian-speaking and historically has looked towards moscow. charlie d'agata is in the russian speaking city of donetsk tonight. >> reporter: pro russian demonstrators in donetsk want on the march. then went on the attack storming one government building in the most aggressive protest yet. protestors have managed to get past a line of riot police and break into the courthouse here. they not only support the referendum in crimea, they want one here too. breaking through one entrance wasn't enough. they went for every entry point. police didn't put up much of a fight. their own security headquarters came next. crimea's referendum to side with russia has only stoked the separatist movement here. these people want out of ukraine. >> when everybody here votes russia, not everybody feels that way. but pro ukrainian supporters have been told by a local pro kiev government to stay at home to avoid all confrontation. not a concern for th

on sunday morning russian forces took another base like it in western ukraine. life in this resort town is largely uninterrupted. this man lives here and says he will stay, no matter how the vote goes next week. >> translation: i like it here. i love the sea, the nature, i want to live here. if the majority want to be with russia, we'll be with russia. the blockade makes chores like taking out the trash arduous. no one knows what will happen to the black sea fleet and its sailors. >> the polls have closed in columbia's election. sunday's vote is viewed as an election on peace talks. the president contained control and will run for re-election. he's an advocate for a peace deal with f.a.r.c. rev else. his rival won is seat in the senate. >> el salvador's election is too close to call - both sides claimed fict -- victory. polls show sanchez ceren has a slight edge never norman quijano, by less than 7,000 votes. >> north koreans went to the poll to elect a new parliament. this is the first vote since kim jong un took power. the elections, held every five years, is

ukraine. now while many western envoys within the security council defended ukraine's new government democratic and legitimate ambassador churkin questioned how the us would react if the radicals subjected a local official to a so-called kangaroo court an event that took place in ukraine not so long ago. when administrative buildings were hit when the head of the municipality was drugged from kind of to kill or in the crowd was mocking them is this a democracy is this a normal political process in chicago for example. you know depending on how the conflict in ukraine. or if it deepens if tensions continue rising we probably will see the security council meet once again to displace to discuss this ongoing crisis while russia's lease of naval facilities in crimea allows the presence of up to twenty five thousand military personnel however moscow's maintained a relatively low profile with only fourteen thousand troops there at present at its bases despite speculation from western politicians no additional troops have been sentenced so far. and on the front line of the deepening diplomatic row over

as for western ukraine, with fascist slogans, it's not a little, it's criminal. >> across the region, like here in the port city, protest groups gather in support of federalism. they want autonomy from what they see a pro-european fascists and thugs. it's an image portrayed by russian state news channels, watched before the government switched them off. >> translation: we are patriots. we want to preserve our ties with russia. in place of russian new, a sense of siege captured on mobile phones. a man told me barely reports on the prot ests. these tanks appeared in the village near the border. sent to encircle them, rather than to defend against an envision. >> in the midst of the misinformation there's a reality of political upheaval and ukraine's borders across the sea. of coast guard vessels to ports and families separated like the family that i met earlier. >> cartia and her 2-year-old daughter made a home after leaving crimea a week ago. her nine-year-old daughter stayed behind with grandparents. >> i feel sadness. it's a pity to live life in crimea, moving here, it's sad. >> cart

happen, it's conceivable that we could see this widen into a civil war between a europe-oriented western ukrainend a russia- russia-oriented eastern ukraine. >> thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >>> in beijing, china, today new regulations went into effect designed to limit air pollution caused by coal burning factories and plants. first time violators would face fines of 100,000, or approximately $16,000. fines would double for each subsequent offense. beijing suffers from severe air pollution. in southwestern china at least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in a knife attack at a train station. authorities say uniform men brandishing knives attacked passengers before several were shot by police. state television called it a terror attack. >>> back in the u.s., a major rainstorm continued to pound much of california which has been suffering through its worst drought in more than a century. more than 1,200 homes were evacuated yesterday following heavy rain. rainfall of three inches or more is expected throughout the weekend. mostly in southern california. the same storm producing al

each gogh was killed in a shoot out according to the interior minister in kiev interest in a western ukraine the ministry said he resisted arrest in a police operation connected with organized crime investigation the key is posted on youtube show music of brandishing a kalashnikov rifle that a meeting with municipal council has handed him a hit in a state prosecutor. he was also a mosque as most wanted criminal mr actions with chechen war most against russian servicemen in the mid nineteen nineties. far right groups were key participants in organized violence and abide an anti government protests that the abc a message that was head of the paramedics the far right movement in ukraine profit sector the judge will deliver hundreds of kilograms of sensitive due to material to the united states. the us with that grade and dispose of the material which could be used to make up to fifteen uk weapons. the decibels latest japanese private assertions are out they arrived in the netherlands but knew their summits. it supports the president's call for. securing said to be the materials and for building

ukraine. and i do think it is the right tack for the president, secretary kerry, other western allies to try toiffuse and deescalate this crisis now because the consequences of a military conflict in ukraine between russians and ukrainians, that is dire. that is not good for ukraine, russia, or the west. >> well, our thanks tonight to both professor and former ambassador michael mcfaul for joining us tonight from the campus of stanford university. thank you very much. >>> and now to matters of this seemingly endless winter, although spring begins 17 days from now, they're not catching up any time soon. the midatlantic was hit hard again today. this is how it looked in d.c. at the height of it, where they got about 5 inches of snow, enough to shut down most of the government, school, and many businesses. more snow and ice as well in parts of the south. that's what has made this such a strange winter, leading to big traffic problems, cutting power to tens of thousands in arkansas, texas, tennessee. about 2,000 flights had to be canceled just today. it has been so cold out for so long, even jim ca

here's the drop in the west of trauma tentative line under the ukraine crafts as improbable as that boy obama backed by his western allies has agreed to hold off on any more economic sanctions against moscow that is provided for us it is not an ex anymore territory in eastern ukraine of a new position was laid out at an international summit on nuclear security in the hay president barack obama takes the baton for nuclear security. the us coast. the next summit on the issue. i didn't think reading and have overshadowed the meeting in the hammock on its final day. obama again warned russia against taking more ukrainian lands he said moscow was now internationally isolated russia is. the regional power. that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. not a strength not a word. moscow was signaled a desire to maintain ties with the west. russia's foreign minister says he's not concerned by the country's exclusion from the g eight use your words. it was club has lived its usefulness as some steaks and will change we will discuss economic and financial issues at the g twenty. it's unworkable system. the remaining g

either a complete -- you know, puppet state or to grab enough of it that whatever is left in the western ukrainethe anti-russian, the ukrainian-speaking people, are going to be kowed by moscow's behavior. >> we asked you from questions and we ask this on facebook, is ukraine syria deja vu. nothing good came out of syria with obama red line and executive orders. one, how do you answer, robert? and a general question, couldn't barack obama have found a way to handle this better? >> well, i think robert's on to something here because it's very much like syria. but i think the sense to me is that it's like syria in that there are no good options, robert. you know, it's very hard to see where we go or how we form this policy in such a way as to stop the russian incursion. you don't start fights that you don't think you can't win. and in this case, the united states has no interest in any kind of military intervention. so, karl and others, the critics have said, in terms of president obama, you know what, you should send in advisers, you should send in weapons, if necessary. but you know, if you start

ukraine and the crimea. here is the russian ambassador to the u.n, vitaly cherkin. >> the position remains consistent and open. while some western politicians ukraine is only a geopolitical playground for us it is a fraternal country and we are bound to it by many centuries of common history. russia is interested in a stable ukraine where we see interests of ukrainians of our compatriots and of all citizens. in this extraordinary situation, not of our making, residents of crimea are being subjected to a real threat due to the irresponsible and provocative actions of gangs and other ultranationalist elements we would like to once again emphasize that the actions of russia are fully appropriate and legitimate. thank you very much, madam president. >> translator: i thank the representative of the russian federation for their statement. i give the floor to the representative of the united states of america. >> thank you, madam president. listening to the representative of russia one might think that moscow had just become the rapid response arm of the high commissioner for human rights. so many of the assertions made by the represen