The southwest. Why history could be about to repeat it is. [ music ] its 8am in ukraine, where residents of crimea are making a crucial decision. You are looking live inside a polling station in the city of simferepol, where the polling booths have just opened. Welcome to al jazeera america. Live from new york city. Im morgan radford. The next chapter of ukraines political crisis is unfolding as we speak. Polless are open in crimea, where voters will determine whether to join russia or remain part of the ukraine. Western nations say they should stay as part of ukraine. The vote has been called illegal. Russia exercised veto power of an Unsecurity Council resolution. China abstained. Inside ukraine more clashes between supporters and opponents of that referendum. Russia says its been askeded to step in and protect demonstrators. Voting is getting underway with 1. 5 million of people in crimea eligible to cast a ballot. Nick schifrin is at one of those polls stations. What are you seeing
Like millions of people across the globe, my husband and i are outraged and heart broken over the kidnapping of more than 200 nigerian girls from their School Dormitory in the middle of the night. The first lady as her voice to the international cry to find the kidnapped school girls in nigeria. First, government officials on the defensive denying reports they knew in advance. Boko haram fighters were planning to snatch more than 200 girls. They say thats not true. Also today u. S. Personnel are in nigeria to help find the missing students. More from abuja. The Nigerian Military broke its silence issuing a rather detailed statement trying to exonerate soldiers from allegations that they had advanced warning hours before the attack but failed to act accordingly. Instead, the military said what they did receive were calls for reinforcements once the boko haram attack was underway, that it had to dispatch reinforcements to more than 120s kilometers away in a very rugged and difficult terr
This weekend, the white house is urging russia to stop trying to destabilize ukraine. This comes as more than a dozen gunmen seized a Police Station in the small eastern town of slobiansk. Its demonstrators have occupied a government building in donesk for nearly a week. Meanwhile negotiations are happening at another occupied building. Ukraines acting president has called an emergency meeting with the National Security council today and the United States Vice President will travel to kiev later this month. Kim vanell has the latest. This is the Police Station, usually a place for local officers, now in the hands of prorussian activists. More than a dozen gunmen, many with professionalgrade weapons go in and out of the building. Its unclear how many more may be waiting inside. Outside the building, local supporters gathers. Hundreds chanting the records referendum. They say they want the people to vote on autonomy from kiev. Many believe the interim government is i will legitimate and
Have been eradicated. Well, russia today pushed to complete its take over of crimea, focussing on ukraines military. Urban soldiers stormed the largest russian soldiers stormed the largest base. They smashed through the base. Russia seized a ukrainian warship earlier this week. In Eastern Ukraine demonstrators called for the return of Viktor Yanukovych. We are return to Jennifer Glasse in sevastopol. The take over of the belbak airbase is another example of russia tightening its grip, an aggressive move in daylight. There was an ultimatum to the ukrainian forces. They had been holed out there. The commander negotiateds twice with the russians and refused to give up. The russians moved in, with Ground Forces firing shots into the air. The ukrainians lined up and sang the national an them. Thats the defines seen. From forces that hadnt wanted to give up bases. They had been overrun by civilian militia. They are in a limbo. What will happen is unclear. Where that will be, they say, they d
Total devastation is how washingtons governor is describing a landslide. The death toll is 4. The ground is still unsteadny washington after a mountain moved, swallowing homes and lives. The mud slide hit about 60 miles north of seattle. Rescue workers made a grim discovery late tonight. Another victim in the rubble. Alan shofler has the latest from rural washington . Its not unusual to see landslides in this part of the Pacific Northwest at this time of year. What is unusual is the size of this one and, of course, the human cost. Nothing like they have ever seen. Thats what many here in this Community North of seattle are saying about the mud slide that devastated the region. It slid a couple of times in my life, but never nothing like this. Its been very surreal. The strategy is unthinkable, but the community, as stated before many times, comes together and friend helps friend and family helps family. Washington state governor jay inceley trying to comfort those who have loved ones m