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Heavy fighting in donetsk and in the luhansk regions of ukraine is keeping people would have been trapped there for weeks now from getting out. cnns bed wedeman traveling to the front lines to talk to people hieding in basements to survive. >> russian forces continue to try to seize control of the town about an hour and a half drive from -- to the east of here. but they are running into stiff resistance from the ukrainian defenders. we were able to get to a vantage point overlooking the town and...

After the president revised the travel ban and removed iraq from the list. you remember of course that the presidents original executive order was rolled out into chaos and confusion at airports across the nation protests endue sued and eventually a federal court blocked it but the new softer order makes clear that lawful permanent residents otherwise known as green card holders or those with a visa are excluded from the ban. we have a lot of angles to talk about on the story. we have them cover...

Lets go to the middle east where the israeli prime minister netanyahu is vowing to intensify attacks against militants in gaza. israels president shimon peres says a ground offensive could start soon. in just the past day, israels military says it targeted around 160 suspected terror sites in gaza, while 130 rockets were fired into israel by militants inside gaza. take a look at this. [ sirens ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ explosions ] >> this video shows an israeli wedding being interrupted...

Jim was saying its easy to frame somebody as crazy or out of touch but how much of vladimir putins actions make sense from his perspective, not to say theyre appropriate in any way but what about them from his perspective may make sense and talking about that later on in the program. i want to check in with our bed wedeman on the ground in crimea and also with me throughout the hour tonight, former long-time cnn correspondent jill dougherty. she is at harvard kennedy school of government. lets s...

His interest, anderson. >> jim, i appreciate the update on both those phone conversations. well take a closer look at vladimir putin and what the strategy may be. jim was saying its easy to frame somebody as crazy or out of touch but how much of vladimir putins actions make sense from his perspective, not to say theyre appropriate in any way but what about them from his perspective may make sense and talking about that later on in the program. i want to check in with our bed wedeman on the groun...

immediate negotiations and a halt to the rebel assault. [ chanting ] >> this is video from our colleagues at sky news in trip l. people on the streets chanting "libya is free. gadhafi needs to go." rebel forces say theyre now in control of most parts of the capital and the government itself is conceding that parts of the city are no longer under its control. it says also that 1,300 people have been killed over the past 12 hours. what about moammar gadhafi and all of this? there is so m...

>> in libya, were seeing subtle but significant changes among rebel forces. theyre now receiving new equipment but still hampered by old problems. here is cnns senior international correspondent, bed wedeman. >> reporter: you are now one group, we now work as one division, a rebel commander explains to his men. this is the last word before they move out. theyre preparing to push from ash dab by to the outskirts of brega, hoping to regain the strategic oil town theyve lost three times already. th...