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look up to what will be an exciting day of market makers. >> i'm matt miller happily in for erik schatzker today. are you ready? -- >> are you ready? >> i'm looking forward to it. >> let's go to the top global business stories of the morning. it has been a wild ride for the ruble today. the russian currency fell to nearly $.80 per dollar for the first time ever. plunge and that came after russia's central bank raised interest rates by the most in 16 years. here is richard haas. >> you might have thought that raising interest rate by more than 6% would be a strong signal to reassure the markets. that has got to be a scary moment when you do something that dramatic and it doesn't gain traction. >> russia's central bank may take more steps to shore up the ruble. there is speculation russia will announce controls on capital. meanwhile, will resumed -- oil resumed its plunge. it fell below $54 per barrel, and brent crude traded for less than 60 dollars. administrator for energy said opec should not be expected to cut production if no one else does. and according to a person familiar with the matter, the hackers at sony began sifting through information to cover their tracks. all of that in a recent attack that uncovered a lot of dirty laundry at some pictures. cbs has a new prescription for investors. the drugstore chain has a plan to buy back as much as $10 billion worth of stock. raising his senate -- if dividend by 20%. watching the real-time class of currency this morning. you see here what we are looking at, right now, $72 -- 72 ruble is what it costs to buy a dollar, but over the line -- but earlier it was over 80. when you see the line going up, that means the ruble is weakening. it is confusing. of see it with a lot currencies like this, again as well. if it is getting stronger, is actually weaker because it takes more than to buy a dollar. ryan chilcote is with us from london. it is incredible to watch this drop. there has been a slight recovery, but not much. what can we say about russia's move in the central bank? >> the central bank will did not do a lot. the idea was to release -- to at least claw back some of the losses we saw yesterday. the ruble fell 10%. people were talking about it being the biggest single they drop since 1988. and if -- 1998. anyways saw it claw and many gave up its games and then down an additional 23%. it is hard for people to get their heads around this. what does the central bank do now? they could raise rates further, i guess. they could use the $416 billion they have in reserves. --re is talk that they have that we could see capital controls. that the bank of russia has limited options. >>ck the prime minister -- the prime minister is in a me -- an emergency meeting with top officials. what could come out of that? >> at the top of the meeting is who is to blame. i suspect part of that is being decided in that room. the russian president is still very popular in his country, in part as a result of the annexation of crimea. surprisingly, he got even more popular as a result. he will not sacrifice his popularity. he might sacrifice some of his inner circle. it might be a bit of a dog fight in that room as fries who will be sacrificed. but beyond that, one of the things that the former -- in that room as far as who will be sacrificed. but beyond that, one of the things that the former finance minister has been saying is that the government needs to step in and take measures to raise in ther confidence economy. what we have seen last few days and weeks with the ruble is not oft depreciating on the back oil or sanctions. this is a crisis of confidence, and only the government can address it. but hang on. -- >> hang on. the question of who done it, at least from our perspective is clear, right? vladimir putin is responsible himself for all of this. from our perspective, and i want to point out it's only from our perspective. he is the one who could turn all of this around. what is he thinking? because surely, he knows our perspective. got to be concerned about it, because if you think about it, before we have the mobile down over 40% come and now it's well over 50% on the year. andhe ruble out over 40%, now it is well over 50% on the year. at the beginning of next year, he would have to worry about inflation for all russians, because they import so many goods. this is an astounding drop in the currency. this has caused shock and now he has a real problem on his hand, because this will create even more inflation next year and could create -- i don't want to say these words, but a run on the banks. >> you said them. if you raise your interest rate still not investors want to make that money, that means they do not trust you. they think you will just steal it, like you did last time. here's the problem. i was in russia on august 17, 1998 when russia had its last currency crisis and that is when it defaulted on its debt. i watched people fight in line to get the ruble's out at the banks. many were unable. the ghost of 1998 is not too far in the past. russians remember that. last night when the central bank decided to hike rates by 50 basis points, they knew they were sacrificing the economy next year. they already saw a drop by about 4% -- 4.5%. but they are hoping they can avoid a financial crisis. 18 hours later, they cannot be sure of that yet. >> i'm not sure what i was doing on august 17 in 1998, but i can assure you i was not thinking about a crisis in russia. thank you for the latest, ryan chilcote. >> i want to talk more about what is going on overseas, the currency there, the interest rate aspect of it, which i find fascinating. let's bring in howard, our cohost for the hour. he's the cochair and -- the cochairman of lending tree. energy prices to buy up debt, that could be the most interesting thing we are talking about today. what does it they to you that you could make 17% on your money right now? are you sending it all to moscow? >> i think in order to make investments, you have to believe you'll benefit from the rule of unlawful to and the underlying question about russia is whether you will. you used the expression a minute ago "he will feel it -- "he will stealt pick up -- he will it. make moves that will have an outcome in a range of your to hear russia, it is here to hear. >> is that because you cannot trust the rule of law? >> it is one of the most important reasons, yes. according toperate international norms? thatu have to assume vladimir putin knows this, even if he's unpredictable. he is an intelligent, educated, thinking man. and us, he would never invade another country -- >> ding, ding, ding. >> unless he thinks he has the right to do it by burress of his country. of his country. and he might think that he can throw people in jail for a decade and do these kinds of things without repercussions. will this change his mind? your correspondent just said is that he remained extremely popular. the popular masses in many countries like to see the leader behaving powerfully, especially when the country has been suffering economically. it is a great distraction from economic suffering to operate strongly nationalistic leave. >> if not in russia, let's talk about where you do see opportunity right now. with these falling energy prices, oil? >> you know, it may not surprise you, stephanie, to know that i'm working on a memo. not about oil, but it will be about the lessons of oil. we are of the lessons living again now is how fast things can change. in the investment world. there was an economic philosopher riddick or dornbusch rudiker dornbusch who said that it takes a lot longer for things to happen when they can, but then they happen a lot faster than you think they would. for a couple of years now, we been talking about a high level of confidence and complacency. now suddenly a few months into this oil slide, that has evaporated and in some corners we are seeing panic. week deals that could get done because the markets were complacent and generous are now being exposed as having been overleveraged, etc. wecourse, when that happens go from being extremely reticent to being aggressive. see -- i mean, for the ruble, for example, there may be no floor. but for oil, there is definitely a floor. >> and that is, matt? >> zero. i'm just saying, do you see a slightly higher level than something of $50, that you are feeling fairly confident that will will not get cheaper than that? >> you cannot say -- i mean, you can say that, but then you would quickly have to retract it. i'm sure many people said it could not go below $70. now people are saying he cannot go below $50. we've talked about gold. it is similar to oil in many ways. it's hard to put a price on gold , or oil, or any other asset that is not income producing. we can say what a bond is worth, because we stayed in terms of its income. ratiofor a stock, ap/he -- a p/e ratio. but it's hard to say on a stock that cannot be seen from the downsides of >> wins -- >> when people see prices falling, how should they do it? >> there is some point at which you have to say, it's probably not going to go lower. and if you can buy the bonds of a country -- company that became overleveraged because capital ,arkets were to accommodative at a price in which will goes to $45, you should probably step up and do it. especially when other people are selling. my favorite cartoon, i think it was from the 1960's. it has the stephanie ruhle of the day in front of the tv reading the script and it says, everything that was good yesterday is bad today. and that's the way the market goes. there is analytical, and emotional. and when panic takes over and markets stop eating discerning -- being discerning, that is the time for the bargain hunter to get after it. what are we reaching that plays? -- >> are we reaching that place? everybody loves junk and yields. is it time to get out of that asset class? >> i would turn that around and say we should start getting interested in the asset class. declines are not a reason to get worried. it's a reason to get excited. likesvesting public things better at high prices than low point -- low prices. the professionals like things better at low prices than five. >> say that one more time, because it such a good point. >> the public, people who don't understand how investing works, feel better when things are at high prices and lose confidence as the prices falls. warren buffett says, i like hamburgers, and i.e. more of them when they go on ales. the invest professional -- and i eat more them -- of them when they go on sale. the investment professional likes things when they go below intrinsic value. quick a little bit of blood -- >> a little bit of blood on the street. let me ask you about the ceo of and he came from an and said that less than now they want to attract more capital. how do they do that? >> oaktree has wanted to attract investment capital for many years. it is not one of his principal mandates to do that. his mandate is to apply professional management. oaktree has been stuck with me. >> stuck. marsh,my partner, bruce neither of us are professional managers. then we had john frank, who was very good at minding the store, but he's not a professional manager. he is a lawyer. now we have brought in somebody we've known for over 30 years who is a bona fide professional manager. people with to 1000 20 businesses and almost $100 million under management, it's time to have professional management. >> have you learned something different? you are offering retail products for -- you are offering different products for retail investors. have you learned anything different about how we tell investors like to invest? well, what i believe i've learned over my years in this business is that the best service we can provide the retail investor is education. it is to make them understand what we are doing and why and what he should do about it. convincing -- convince him not to make investments emotionally. >> in 2015, if there is one lesson you can teach, what do you want it to be in terms of investing? >> i cannot say one. to have reasonable expectations, and to like things better as the prices fall. >> oil, stop crying about oil. listen to howard. >> very interesting. can we keep him for the hour? >> i would love it if you would stay. >> howard marks, always a pleasure. thank you for spending time with us. back, breaking news in presidential politics. just bush is one step closer to running for the white house. we will talk about w's brother. ♪ >> very interesting breaking news on 2016 presidential race, but less than 140 characters of it. in a twitter post, jeb bush says "i'm excited to announce i will actively explore the possibly running for president of the united states." frommattingly joins us washington. i'm assuming you are not surprised at this kind of lukewarm and middle that he is running for president. ttal that he is running for president. i've just bush has new flooring the possibility for a long time, bush hasrly -- >> jeb been exploring the possibility for a long time, particularly in the last couple of months. but he is establishing a political action committee in january, and that is important. he will have a financing mechanism to start campaigning around the country without officially declaring. it looks pretty lukewarm off the top, but there are two different primary dynamics. one is that he will start this pac and start moving into campaign mode. the second is the most important. this will speed up a lot of other people's decision-making process. the first one in forces other people to jump stop the reason we have seen -- to jump. nowreason we have seen him make it official is that he's been hearing from his donor network that he needs to make a decision. if we are going to commit to somebody, it's the donors who will be the most interesting to watch after this announcement. it does not like anything major, but there are a lot of behind-the-scenes mechanisms that officially kick into gear. >> what will this do to mitt romney? >> pushing to the right. >> to be honest, i've never been totally sold just talking to people in his orbit that he was going to reconsider. but whether it is just bush or chris christie, it makes it less likely that mitt romney is going to get in. just bush's donor base is mitt romney's donors base. that makes it less likely he will jump in. >> and on twitter today -- >> and why would he's a this via twitter? >> i think if you're going to say so little, it's the way to go. i think he has been explore in a presidential run for 30 years. phil mattingly in washington. a little bit of breaking news on jeb bush. they with us. ♪ -- stay with us. ♪ on asing up, why bitcoin an investment this year. it has done even worse than oil. can you believe it? worse than the ruble. >> do you remember the 12 days of the coin? i do. ♪ bloombergom headquarters in new york, this is "market makers" with eric chest or an. chester and stephanie ruhle. >> welcome back. erik matt miller in for schatzker today. here is a question that it pains me to ask -- what was one of the worst investments you could make this year? plungedompanies have along with crude oil. look at bitcoin. it has fallen 50% since jamie ray first, pretty much the day i bought it. it hit more than $1100 just last year. i did a piece on bitcoin. pieces.2 bitcoin -- my my first bitcoin and then about three or four more. now it is worth about $350. now quoted as a currency, a digital one, but nonetheless a currency. what does this mean? our guest is with us via skype from austin. david, thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> a lot of people, including the producers of the show are constantly making one of me biause i was and am such a tcoin believer. tohas come down from $1100 $350. does that bum you out? >> if you look at december of 2012, bitcoin was $13. if you have been a long-term holder of this asset, that's a pretty good return. and more important than the short-term price movements, you've seen these incredible announcements in the last few days. take microsoft -- you know, it does not get much larger than microsoft as far as companies that could be accepting bitcoin. and more importantly, we see a huge user growth in people creating bitcoin wallets. >> if you are having these great announcements and support, why is a trading like you know what? >> i think it is a long-term valuation creation. in the short-term, people are voting their opinions. but in the lot -- long-term market, it is weighing in. we are talking about tens of millions of users by next year. ultimately, i think the value will be reflected in the price over time. >> is warren buffett referring to investing in bitcoin? is he a bitcoin buyer? >> no, bill gates is a bigger fan. he called it a technological tour de force. theit also has picked up likes of mark andreessen and other technological leaders. you can use the underlying bitcoin technology regardless of what the price is today. >> tim draper and barry silver as well. when i first started getting really into bitcoin, i was more excited not about it as a currency that wealthy westerners could use, but as a currency that people in troubled economies, for example, like venezuela or argentina could use. toever, it's not very useful them if it falls so steeply in value. when does this turnaround? >> there are a couple of technological solutions. people, like the folks out of panama or the folks out of kenya, they have created negative that can standardize ad take -- they have created mechanism that can standardize and take the volatility out. you see people creating ways to take the volatility out of using bitcoin. more and more of those types of solutions will start to emerge, and that gives you confidence. >> is that the floor of the price? >> it does not really have a floor. >> will that with the resistance under the price? >> ultimately, there is a limited number of bitcoins that will ever exist, 21 million. as people use it and demand more of it for payments or merchants, that will increase organic demand. last year, people were very excited. in the early days of the internet, if you showed up at night and into and everybody was talking about the wonders of what would come, and in you come back later in 1993, you still would not have seen social media. >> i did not even know what it was then. >> one of the things i was most excited about was this anonymity, which is really pseudonymity, but the fact that i could use it in his libertarian way. and now that is an big corporations are getting involved, people are talking about regulating it. seem toty does not understand is, but nonetheless lawsky does ben not seem to understand it, but nonetheless attacks it was regulation. >> the technology itself is completely transparent, so it's a very bad mechanism for any sort of crime, because there is a permanent record of the transactions. but the actual ability to maintain financial privacy is very valuable in this day and age when we have seen all of customer information. ultimately, we need to move away from that model where we are storing all this information in one place, and decentralized the storage of that information to users who own it. >> where our regulators today on bitcoin? a year ago, things are moving so quickly they were not even on the map will stop fast forward. tell us where they stand today. >> in 2020, the conference where sky wasty -- ben law talking about the licensing. i think will only they will need to come up with an environment where it is as friendly as the days of the internet. has gone tobitcoin canada, germany, switzerland, friendly jurisdictions that have said it is perfectly legal and we will give a lot of clarity about how we will categorize it. we've come a long way. and the has weighed in folks involved in a lot of states. i'm happy to brag that texas is the friendliest bitcoin state with banking. >> let's say, everyone watching is saying, i like it, i love it, i want more of it, how do they invest today? person, i average would recommend using something coingoing based on call -- base.com. and can go on there and by have it in their wallet. but i would recommend going to a meetup -- >> i would recommend going to a media. -- rinking craft beer >> working on things in your garage. start this way. thank you so much. lucky for him, he is in austin, texas. >> lucky format, he is sitting next to me in nyc. when we come back, mcdonald's can learn something from wendy's . they could if they ever tried one of those processes, delicious. i'm talking about the boost in sales. ♪ >> darden restaurants is set to report earnings after the close. we could learn if the owner of all of garden, which is lovely, has appointed a new ceo. julie hyman has the details. >> is a lovely ecco have you been to and all of garden lately? >> do you go to all of garden? >> i don't actively go to all of garden, but i believe i have been to one, probably 20 years ago. >> would you take a date they are? -- there? >> no. if we are going to share our honest opinions, i don't like the new design. but so you have been there. -- >> so you have been there. but -- >> i've seen your coverage. in any case, an activist hedge fund, starboard value has been getting involved in a number of industries and basically had a new board appointed at darden restaurants. stephen anderson over at military back, he thinks brad blum, who was a member of that board, will be appointed ceo. it could happen today. i have not heard that from many others, but he thinks it could happen today. charge of thein all of garden from 1994-2002. what the good years. -- >> the good years. exactly come and he was also in charge of burger king and macaroni grill. now he is in charge of this partnership in u.k. that is healthier fast food. a former walmart executive is also now on the board at darden restaurants. this -- there are some potential ways this could go, but the analyst i talked to say will be important who the new company leader is. >> what will that person need to do? >> there are some changes that darden has already pushed through. they sold some corporate jet to save money. cut a bunch of jobs to remove a layer. >> cost-cutting is not going to do it. what are you going to do to make the product better and have consumers want to go? as long as people are lining up to go to all of garden, they can have corporate jets. >> the company also owns bahama breeze. >> that's the one with the progress shells. just so you know. shells, just so you know. >> and they also own and tvs. e --ddie v's. the month of november, all-important -- all his garden reported a rebound -- olive garden reported a rebound in sales. >> and hoping they focus more on that than cost-cutting, because next of his interest rate hikes and capital controls. >> going from pasta to burgers, you know there is a battle going on. wendy's seems to be doing something right. on fresh beef and ingredient is keeping them a cut above the rest. it is a sweet spot that earned wendy's seven quarters of the consecutive sales gain, while ising these -- mcdonald's reporting is worst slump in decades. our own betty liu, she stepped down. >> i can like with all of his pasta and berger talk i've already gained three pounds. -- i feel like with all of this burger talk, i've already gained three pounds. great things come from the state of ohio. taken over has wendy's and he said, don't call wendy's the walmart of fast food. they will compete not on price, but on frets -- fresh ingredients. remember the "where's the beef?" campaign in the 1980's? i had a chance to try their cheeseburger. and i ate the whole thing, by the way. >> do you believe it? >> i do. >> matt has seen me. in any case, this is about how they are competing with this high-low strategy. but if you think about a walmart strategy, i don't think there is a walmart strategy that applies to quick serve restaurant businesses. >> what do you mean? >> walmart is an ugly little organization and they built a massive very successful business at theirg products lowest price out there. they done a phenomenal job of doing that. but we are a brand. and we are about high-quality products. you have to be able to have a range of price points, but we are also massive. we have 6500 high-volume restaurants in the u.s. you have to be able to come -- appeal to a wide range of consumers. >> they have already started to revamp their 6000 plus stores. they are putting televisions in their restaurants. >> there is one with a fireplace. >> exactly, and new flooring. it looks like a restaurant and not a fast food joint. >> i tell you what, all of that stuff is fine. but bottom line is, they serve good meet with good, fresh vegetables, and it's a decent product. when i was a kid, that was wendy's philosophy and it was always a cut above the -- the other fast food places. >> better quality at a mcdonald's price? >> a little bit higher than mcdonald's, but about 45% cheaper than to fully -- chipotle. and the other thing is they don't want to practice -- focus on breakfast. >> they don't need to. i asked him about not getting into the breakfast wars. >> we have tested breakfast several times over the years. as the onlythat large national chain that has not gotten into breakfast, it's very difficult to enter that space. and commit the, kind of marketing resources that we feel would be necessary to really entrench ourselves successfully. and also, by the way, do it in a way that we cannot just break even, but make a good amount of money. if we're going to ask our teams and restaurants to work hard and spend extra time there, we want to do that in a highly profitable way. on our laughter and that we were not quite there. -- on our last learning that we were not quite there. >> you would not ruling out, though? -- rule it out though? >> oh, no, maybe sometime in the future we could differentiate it will stop but if you look at the growth, breakfast continues to be one of this -- the strongest growth areas. >> you have tried them all. who is the best? >> are you going to put me on the spot they are? i can choose. >> they are a little bit different, but you know what bums me out? the first or ever on broad street in columbus, ohio. >> i'm offended. latestiu, giving us the out of wendy's. what we come back, it is time to drink with jay-z. we will be's aching to the man hip-hophe pop -- the champagne brand. ♪ >> welcome back to "market makers" and i'm stephanie ruhle. butz got 99 problems, champagne isn't one. he didn't just buy the bottle, but the entire brand. for a look at what direction the rapper ceo is taking into the bubbly unknown, we are joined by sebastian. in the last eight years, we have seen tons of artists and celebrities and musicians attach themselves to brands, but what jay-z has and is more than endorse this product. he has really put his money behind it. talk to us about it. >> the intent here, he was in love with the brand. he considered it to be one of his babies. and he wanted to really take it to the next stage. i think it was an interesting timing for the acquisition. seller, ace for the great price for the buyer. because we will take it to the next stage together. i think it is fabulous for the brand. >> why does it work? i don't think of jay-z as someone who knows champagne, but what he does better than anyone is branding. is that the key to this product, branding? brandingk he does best, but it's also where the consumer is going. looking at their needs and wants in the future. this is a product that is very authentic. 250 years history in winemaking in france. and it's really about true , owned by someone who understands talent. >> have you heard of it? >> i have heard of it. let me ask, was this a reaction to the lvmh club where the guy say, we can't stop them from ranking it, kind of referring to rappers? -- from drinking it, kind of referring to rappers? was a positive feeling behind it, which was about building something that would be exceptional and unique. it takes the champagne category to a new stage, and also to a new consumer. >> you see the ace of spades. i love it, but only because i'm a motorhead fan. using this kind of thing in vegas. thing ine this kind of vegas. it doesn't seem to be the class that is in the nation market. -- the niche market. >> in india, they use champagne for large weddings. veryia, is considered a high luxury product. in europe, it is appreciated for its winemaking. for the fabulous reviews we've had. in the u.s., it's a party element, celebration, champions. >> there are bad reviews out there. i'm looking at new york wine buyer saying "the biggest ripoff wine." history of min does it matter what it tastes like because you are selling cool? >> for me, i want to the feedback from the marketplace. theis income, i love passion it generates. 99% of the passion was positive for it. i want to manage it properly. but i know that from all of the important critics, it has been an amazing -- >> you can disagree and sometimes a bad review will pop up and you don't know where that came from. >> yes. >> you do have it wrapped in pink and gold foil. it is loud and gotti. it does not look like something we the 14th would have had. >> maybe he would, i think. >> you don't think louis the 14th light to party? -- roman 14 like to party? >> my point is, it looks like something that would not be at club."b, but at "the do you know what i mean? we have actually taken that exactly where it is. >> can you drink that on my television? >> i'm enjoying it. love it so much. ♪ >> live, from bloomberg headquarters in new york, this is "market makers." >> the russian currency crisis goes from bad to worse as the ruble plunges to an all-time low. >> a third bush in the white house? jeb bush says he is exploring the possibility of running for president. when of paltrow, from luxury retail shoppers. -- gwen if paltrow, for luxury paltrow, gweneth for luxury retail shoppers. >> inrush of the ruble went into freefall today. -- in russia the ruble went into freefall today. the russian central bank tried to shore it up last night with the biggest rate hike in 16 years. after a spike, it plunged to a new record low for all of history. europe's highest rated government bonds climbed into record lows, the jet -- german 10 year rose for the second day in a row, little more than one half of 1% and falling oil prices dimming the outlook for inflation. arercontinental hotels going boutique. the owner of the holiday inn has agreed to buy timken hotels and restaurants. largest ki --mp -- kimpton is the largest in the u.s.. jeb bush is actively exploring running for president and establishing a political action committee that will allow him to raise money and engaging campaign style travel. steve cohen spent years fending off prosecutors and fbi agents, now he wants to hire some of them, according to "the new york times." he is looking for a former prosecutor and several federal agents to join his fund. he was once investigated for insider trading, but never accused of wrongdoing, important to point out, so i didn't say it. theow moving onto incredibly sinking ruble. traders around the world -- around the world watched this chart all morning. we saw the russian currency all but collapsed. the line going up means that the value of the ruble is going down . let's dive deeper into this with joe wiesenthal, the executive editor of bloomberg markets. if you have not seen him on area this morning, i hope that you follow him on twitter, his head has been exploding about this over the last four hours. i do follow you on twitter. >> crazy morning. >> i spoke to a lot of professional traders who have been trading bonds and emerging markets for a long time and they said they have never seen anything like this. >> since 1998. >> an incredible move. the crazy thing is if you look at the beginning there is a tiny upturn after they announced a huge interest-rate hike. at the veryblip beginning shows some strength. that was all that they got. they massively hiked rates last night to try to induce people to hold rubles. >> who was that, by the way? >> and then the market totally demolished the central banks plan. >> the meetings happening right now, do we believe that anything productive will come out of this? the fact that no one has faith in the ruble, it does not make me feel like anyone will turn around anytime soon. >> psychology turns for reasons that are unexpected and that surprising times, but clearly the sentiment towards russia is panic. everyone wants out. that is exactly what we saw this morning. >> i don't want to make you feel bad, but doesn't joe's hair look so good? >> he looks great in general. i love the sweater, bubble thing. what i was thinking was if you are going to offer me 17% and i don't like, what is next? the only move left is to take my money from me. >> this could be some sort of capital control or they just make it illegal to move capital out of the country. maybe they could try another interest-rate hike tom a but they are slamming the economy 17% interest rate hikes. not good for growth. they are already looking at a recession. this will make it worse. sawe was another person i this morning talking about how it could get as bad as 2008 there. possible thatw, they will introduce laws making it illegal. >> stay here, i want to bring in another voice on the struggle. tim ash joins us now by phone from london. you and a lot of others predicted early this morning that the central bank's rate hike would stabilize the ruble, but guess what, it didn't turn out that way. what do you think happened? >> some have been arguing all year that the ruble is overvalued. view we have been correct. in terms of the 650 move for rates, that was huge. most people assume that that would do the trick. the fact that it didn't i think reflects the fact that for the past month the central bank has been out for lunch. they have done very, very little to defend the currency. it has been remarkable. one month ago they announced that they were free-floating the ruble and said that they have got a bazooka with reserves, don't take us on. much, exactly, has russia got in reserves? now?hey busting it out or still holding it in a tightly locked warchest? >> they have got plenty. no doubt about it. $420 billion, about 18 months of coverage in the exchange rate. what has changed in the last month or so, i think the central bank has been told by the kremlin not to use those because of the geopolitics. the messaging is that the battle with the u.s. over the ukraine were generally is that it is in for the long haul. ethics reserves are not geopolitically strategic, so we don't want to use them. into anntral bank going exchange rate battle, it has had one hand tied behind its back. toy were very reluctant raise rates. until yesterday they had both hands tied behind their back. and almost impossible position for the central bank, laying sanctions over that with oil prices, along with policy paralysis. for a currency to move 10% in a day when you have plenty of reserves, i think that that shows that that is not correctable and it shows policy correction. russia should not be experiencing this level of exchange rate movement. massive? need to be asked about central bank management. just the central bank problem? is it not a ukrainian issue as well? aren't there other things shaking confidence in russia? >> absolutely. there is a lack of confidence in the central bank. obviously all the geopolitics. there any more bullets that the central bank can fire at the problem? is it possible we will see another massive interest-rate hike soon? >> going back, you are absolutely right. people say the ruble is undervalued? it's not. in reality it was massively overvalued when we came into the crisis. the fact that when oil was very high the russian economy was not growing reflected structural problems. there are good reasons why the ruble would be weak. but even inflation inflow should manage the currency, smoothing or preventing a crash that creates systemic problems. bank pullhe central russian troops out of ukraine and stop flyovers? isn't the real issue something completely different than what their interest rates are? >> i'm not sure that the central bank could pull the troops out of ukraine, that goes beyond traditional monetary policy and probably very unorthodox in terms of policy, but still, look , this is about geopolitics, right? russia has changed this year significantly. changed, this has is about the bigger picture, greater russian union. stopping what he sees as encroachment to the west. i don't see much evidence that that more offensive strategy will change. maybe, though, buying time in the ukraine on the agenda of the ukraine, bringing them back into the russian geopolitical strategic umbrella, biding time fell they address problems at home. as you mentioned, underlying this is this geopolitical battle with the west. sanctions, underlying deep-seated problems in the russian economy. commodities, problems with weak growth, and obviously oil prices are killing them. , this final now blow is the real policy paralysis by the central bank more generally in russia. asked me in terms of what they could do. frankly, i think that they need changes in their policy. we need to see new faces in the government and the central bank. >> you can kind of test this against other countries issues who are dependent on commodities . is anyone else's currency and a complete freefall who depends on oil? >> absolutely. other commodity currencies had a rough year, obviously, but the ruble is the worst. >> is that not because you are adding the geopolitical? >> that is exactly right. look at the nigerian currency, that is having a rough time, but it is not at the same level as russia. clearly that is because you have the geopolitics. and look at the sheer panic wrapping it together. >> when you increase interest rates 6.5%? especially if no one bites. >> tim ash, pleasure having you. stephanie? we are going to continue on this, i guess. ruble, bitcoin, there's a lesson. what do these things have to do with each other? just saw the headline cross. russia is not considering currency control, so there you go. >> sure. why wouldn't they? >> they say the first rule of capital control is you never talk about capital control, you do it by surprise. if they do it, they're certainly not going to broadcast appear -- broadcast it. >> they might kidnap your babies, you know? >> russia's out? get it? >> very funny. >> caviar. >> honestly, i think you are really good looking. is just amazing today. when we come back, challenging the king of tv ratings. they say they have a better way to measure audiences then nielsen. has a nielsen box? 38 years, i've yet to meet someone. >> taking goop to the next level, who is running quiet paltrow's luxury retail site? ♪ >> media measurement firm, on mccain ofking television ratings, nielsen. they have just announce a new patent that lets the measure how engaged in audiences is with a television show. their ceo is here with us. bill, how engaged are people? people out of the media world, explain who rentrak is, how you work, who you are. >> we precisely measure movies and tv anywhere. you know about us because you read about us on sunday and bloomberg about who went to the movies. you know that internationally the top movie that did not even open here was "the hobbit. what was the largest movie around the world? opening here? .ou know that from rentrak every time someone buys a ticket, whether it is on their mobile device or the theater. in television we measure every set top box to measure movies and tv shows. for all tv shows, whether it is live or you are watching it from usingvr, then we are about 60 million. >> compare that to how much -- how many nielsen boxes are out there. as stephanie points out, she's never met anyone with a box. >> in my whole life. i have been asked. >> i feel like i know someone who knew someone. boxes does, how many your competitor have out there? >> they have a sample into the tens of thousands, they are measuring who is clicking and what their age is. doing, with as massively passive approach, we integrate what we own and how we vote politically, in what election do we vote for this candidate or that candidate? and the precise tv show that they watch. rentrak is essentially big data merging with other big data sets. >> so, just walk me through who is using it right now. who is your customer base? agencyof the large holding companies. >> what is that mean? >> wpp, ipg. wpp just recently became a shareholder. >> the advertising firm? firm. advertising >> acting normally people think -- who cares about nielsen, but tv networks do. the truth is that your customer base are advertising firms who need to figure out who is watching what, when. >> exactly. we live in a hyper fragmented, hypercompetitive world. these ad agencies are the stewards of advertisers dollars. when car campaigns get placed on television, with hundreds of millions of dollars they get spent, they need to make sure that they are in the correct tv show. >> they want to get the best bang for their buck. >> right. television networks by us to conduct business. local tv stations by us to conduct business with local and national politicians. >> are you able to measure viewing engagement? sure, there are tons of airports, dentists office, and lobbies with tv networks all day long. some trading floors. but i would not say that those are people who are engaged or watching. if i was an advertiser, i would not care about those eyeballs. >> that's correct, you essentially get those as a bonus. advertisers care about someone sitting in their home, lounging on their big couch, watching their big-screen television. it is a percentage of their disposable income. how long are they watching that show without licking the remote control? >> is that changing? are there not less and less people watching their big-screen ? >> no. >> i am doing it a lot. i spend hours per day doing it. i live tweet what i'm watching. i'm pretty engaged. >> we are seeing the great content moving. people are not necessarily watching it live, but watching it over the course of a month when they want to, ok? unless it is a big story, like today with currency fluctuations in russia, big story. you are watching shows when you want to. is a great example. football usually runs long. if you are watching the great shows on cbs, your dvr is probably going to catch it 20 minutes, 30 minutes late, you dvr, you havet on to use video on demand or watch it live if you're watching continuously. what has happened is all of these new appliances have actually created more opportunity for the advertiser and the network. their best kept secret is that many people today are watching network tv as they did a couple of years ago. >> really? >> just on other devices and over the course of 28 days. tv,ou don't watch a lot of do you? >> some. >> i spend a lot of time watching a lot of television, but i never watch anything on the cable box that i pay $180 for. everything i watch is on netflix, apple tv, xbox, my tablet, the laptop. abn amro millenial. >> not. immaturity. back, bill.come if you could not hear, his microphone just went out and what he just told us was that rentrak finding that everyone is watching louvered television. sorry about that. >> i did not hear his microphone go out. [laughter] "market makers" will be right back. ♪ >> we are approaching 26 minutes -- 25 minutes past the hour, but one minute after that it will be 26 minutes past the hour. >> what does that mean? likes it is time for bloomberg's "on the markets." scarlet fu has the latest early. >> same difference, either way we are looking at u.s. stocks hitting session highs right now. it raising their earlier losses, now of 9/10 of 1% as the federal reserve policymakers meet for their two-day meeting. energy stocks climbing the most, keep in mind they lost 20% in the past three months. they have turned around and oil prices recovered. they collapsed earlier, since stabilizing. even though crude has stabilized this morning we are still off 42% since the end of last year. the russian ruble is certainly an focus. the biggest rate increase since 1998 failed to heart -- failed to halt the devaluation of the russian currency, but we seem to have found a fourth year at 72. starting the morning off at 5657. it has been a long, sharp fall for the ruble. some headlines out of russia as well, economic ministers called the situation very difficult and they do not plan to consider currency controls. no currency controls, but in the meantime we see investors potting safe havens, like u.s. treasuries and yields in securities coming down. the yen often stronger as well. that is the dollar versus the yen. we will continue to monitor all the market action now after the session highs. >> thank you. when we come back, how do you spell celebrity? the ceobe speaking with of group. .- goop >> jeb bush, what does his latest move mean? moves, really. i think that there were two. we will bring on a special guest for this. ♪ ♪ make the best entertainment part of your holidays. catch all the hottest handpicked titles on the winter watchlist, only with xfinity from comcast. bloombergrom headquarters in new york, this is "market makers." "marketme back to makers." >> i am matt miller, in for erik schatzker on this and fabulous tuesday. >> with christmas here we are talking about retail in big brands. goop is getting ready to grow. 's media maven is setting lisa to take it to the next level. she recently served as the ceo of martha stewart living omnimedia. she joins us now along with the managing editor of bloomberg luxury. anyone in this house knows luxury, it is this guy. lisa, welcome. us understand, why is it that lifestyle branding is more than just luxury? why is it that attaching your aand to a lifestyle, to celebrity does more? >> it is the whole theory of contextualnk of as commerce. people, women in particular, buy into the context of what they are buying. they want to understand the story. sometimes they might understand it from their best friend, but if there is a brand that they feel related to, they will buy from the brand because they understand what it is about. so, we pick up a product, we write about it, why we think it is the best one we have found. we have done all the homework around it. you should buy it. right?do that, too, if you buy a ferrari you are buying formula one wins, and so, italy, you are buying the whole story behind that 12 cylinder dream, you know? >> but this is different, a trust and critics as opposed to trust -- opposed to someone who lives the lifestyle. >> you lost, you win, you want to buy them. >> it's difficult to do that with a luxury brand, though, right? everyone can aspire to luxury, but they cannot afford it. >> we don't always put ourselves in the category of luxury. yes, we do have some aspirational products on the site, but we also have some very attainable products as well. that high low mixture that everyone loves the by fits into the lifestyle that we have created. >> what does goop sell? reminds me of slime, but i guess it is something different. >> you obviously grew up during the nickelodeon era. >> clearly. >> group, i love the name -- goop, i love the name, it is about the brand, not the person. i think that that is important, when you are thinking about a lifestyle brand. yes, we have an incredible brand , but our job is to take the brand and create the lifestyle for everyone. >> why would you not wanted to be like the brand? i want to be like her, i want to act like her, i want all those things. >> i think that that is why people are attracted to her style. that is very much the aesthetic of the business. now our job is to take that, scale it, and create employees who understand the site and can build it. what do we sell? we have permission and is brand to go into a lot of different categories. travel, food, home, apparel, beauty. whatever is part of that vision, that is the product. >> are there too many lifestyle brands at this point? it feels like every celebrity wants to be a brand. >> they are looking at what is happening in the movie industry now, more and more big action, more and more pixar, you have to find a way to broaden what you are doing. people see what martha stewart has done, what when it has done, it probably seems a lot easier -- what rentrak -- what gwyneth it probablydone, seems easier than it is. >> building business is hard work. you have to build a team. you have to serve the audience. you have to be true to the brand. but it is enormous fun to. >> did this start with jay-z? with that kind of sean combs kind of thing? >> but there is a difference between endorsing a product and saying i use it -- you know this better than i do -- living the brand, becoming a lifestyle brand. >> which is why i am interested in how you guys scale. what have you learned in growing a company big? you are not doing the stuff that martha did, to get it to jcpenney, qvc. >> we are obviously different versions. martha created the first ever really diffusion brand that went to scale. the first one to go to kmart. now there are a lot of celebrities that have brands that are much more math. today the retail environment is being so dictated by direct to consumer and what i love about goop is that we know exactly what our consumer is responding to immediately. we put something on the site, we can tell who like that and how quickly they buy it. our job is to figure those things out. >> how challenging is it for you? mickey drexler said to me a few weeks ago that in terms of consumers it is alert -- it is a race to the bottom and everyone wants discounts and sales. you are asking for a long-term relationship. how long before you can convert the buyer? >> we are seeing it now. mickey is in the retail brick-and-mortar rate. look at companies like warby parker, harry's, they are going right to the consumer, cutting out the middleman, building real businesses around digital brands and content. >> and making money. are you guys making money? >> we just started. we will be making money. i mean, it is lovely -- >> is that your directive? >> our directive is to be -- to build a huge brand, which means making money. >> you guys are doing clothes next year for the first time. can you tell us more about what they will be like? >> i heard that there were already loads. always athere is process around it. you have to try them on. yes, we are working on some basic apparel pieces for the spring. we will look at the verticals. i think there is an opportunity in the home and beauty space and in the travel market. people love our city guide. we hear that all a time. the great thing about building a digital brand is that you can -- you hear from your consumers all the time. >> who is she? >> we think about this. obviously the demographic is largely female, but we think about the psychographic, someone who wants a curated lifestyle who really values their time along with their money. so, they want to understand -- i am looking for this and someone here figured it out? this is what i want. luxuryt fair, storytellers right now are given a hard time for not being mass-market. have at ok to say i specific demographic and i know who my customer is? it >> companies like gucci have muchperceived as being too mass, now they are trying to move back to the exclusive part of the market. >> i don't think they can come back, do you? >> i think they can. >> people used to desire gucci. whenever it hits the shopping mall, it hits -- loses that desire factor. >> they just integrate creative director. .> everywhere on the street >> you need to sell and make money, but you need to eat that exclusivity factor. >> you need to keep secure ration. you need to be true and authentic, your customer will know that. that is the trick to scaling. that is why we are building that team in. >> i need to be five feet nine inches, have long blond hair, and be really skinny. that will not work for me. [laughter] redheads,love them you know? you are doing ok, stephanie ruhle. >> we are not just about the apparel. people love the aesthetic of the home product that we bring in. >> she told us that she just did a fat joke. we are getting into food. >> it sounds like fun. it sounds like you are living an awesome life and just putting it out there. >> so well said. exactly. >> a thinly veiled insult. you might not be tolerated and skinny, but those products are for you. >> i was just commenting on the red versus blonde. [laughter] we will let matt's day. >> at least you all have hair. >> true. >> be thankful. coming up, he did not exactly throw his hat in the ring, but still jeb bush has made it clear that he is running for president . if you did not know that already , one really important piece of news is the pack that he is starting. -- pac that he is starting. ♪ bush's 2015 -- 2016 ambitions are that clearer today. he wrote -- >> big news to political junkies everywhere, though they probably already suspected it, because they watch, with all due respect, market -- mark halperin, who basically said the same thing last night. >> well, john is not here. >> not here. >> not hear, so he doesn't exist? price absence makes the heart grow less memorable. >> last night basically were saying that you thought he was then run, he was definitely making moves for this because he is going to need the money before everyone else. >> this is a huge play for him, getting an early means that all of these other people, he doesn't have to start running now, now people will commit to him. if you are a chris christie or cruz or a randed paul, anyone else now, you might feel pressure to get into start asking people. than anything else? donors. >> that is why he has was i announced so early? it, think that is part of but he is also trying to be a different kind of candidate. i am not saying that he will be the nominee, but i have thought or a while he would the strongest candidate the republicans could put forward. >> she sure is building a lot of momentum right now. i have heard nothing but more and more about jeb bush over the last week. overe thing that he said the weekend, he does not want this race to be about being another bush or a business guy who made a lot of money, he wants this to be about being the governor of a mega-state for eight years and did well. >> who does this hurt? >> chris christie, scott walker, almost everybody. i am telling you, republicans looking at their history has -- have had nominees back to ronald reagan. potential, as these other candidates are caught flat-footed, to be the front runner by april. >> could it hurt hillary clinton? >> in some ways he is the best person for her to run against. it takes away the dynasty thing. i think a lot of people think what i think, that jeb bush is now the strongest candidate against her. this is someone who could win votes away from her. >> let's check out these numbers right now. >> a poll that showed hillary sort of edging out jeb bush a little bit. is that just a knee-jerk reaction for democrats? since they have been saying it for like 12 years? >> a little bit. one of his greatest strengths, people don't know him well despite his last name, he has the potential to get democratic votes the way that most republicans don't. we are a polarized country. as a guy who has traveled the country talking about issues for a long time, he touches democrats. >> it's so weird to hear that any bush could do. >> there. >> the last bush was the most polarizing president we have had since i don't know who. >> the toxicity around the name, has it subsided since w left the white house? >> his numbers are better than they have been since i left the white house. for jeb bush to win, he has got to not run as a bush. he's got to run as the guy who was governor of florida for eight years and was extremely smart about policy. people should watch this interview, he is a better, more fluid speaker about the challenges than anyone i know. >> maybe he should just go like cher or madonna. >> people would figure it out. someone likepush mitt romney further to the right? jeb bush has said that he would be more of a centrist candidate. >> if he does this thing and gets an early and reaches out, it may cause mitt romney not to run. jeb bush would take up a lot of the space that mitt romney would like to take up. think aboutople to how they want to run against him. a lot of talk about people attacking his positions on immigration and education. those are hugely popular positions with the donor class. while the grassroots gets a lot of attention, rightfully so, earlier in the year the donor class matters. the donor class is for the kind of higher education standards that he has fought for. he is a formidable candidate with a lot of the republican party and people will have to decide if they want to mimic him or run to his right. >> the donors here in new york, republican donors do not care about being against gay marriage. they are not super supporters of the second amendment or the right to bear arms. they are much more moderate, middle-of-the-road. >> in the last hour and a half i have been bloomberg in with -- with big-time business guys were pumped about this. >> they are excited. his support is not as big in the leads, but he has been working on a secret strategy to take his popular brand and try to bring it wider, make it more of a populist or at least broad-based candidacy, but there is no doubt that insiders and education reformers, they heart jeb bush. i tell you, these other candidates watching the reaction , their advisors will say that they have to get in this soon. >> i have to cut you off here, but if you want to see more on this, mark halperin is on with "all due respect." he is a tall, bald, good-looking guy there. if you cannot catch them on television, check it out on the radio. i listened every day. ♪ >> we are looking at a 200 point gain on the dow after it fell to the lowest level since october yesterday. this would be, could be, what some refer to as a dead cat bounce. >> separating the men from the boys. we will be back here -- we will be back. ♪ >> thank you for joining us. >> have fun with eric tomorrow. >> eric will be back with us tomorrow and we will have the former fed vice chair, alan binder, now a princeton professor, one of my favorites. >> very big deal. with neil donna, one of my favorites. >> my husband, the tiger dog. i like anyone who lives in the garden state. it will be a big day. >> all right, i don't know what i will be doing. no, eric is taking the to a blackberry event. >> he loves the blackberry. >> i love the black area. >> and i will be talking to john chen. ceo a blackberry. >> minus old, it barely works. but guess what? 56 minutes past the hour. >> who is out there doing it on the market -- over his back on the markets. who is out there doing it? >> rebounding from earlier losses indexes went to the lowest level since october, the dow jones and the s&p gaining 1% , oil obviously in focus, initially falling 4% to a new five-year low. off-base, nicely, joining me for the options from reconvin kelly capital partners. what asset class security do you look at now as a leading indicator? >> there has been a lot of turmoil and energy has been the forefront for the last month or so, impacting 2015 earnings, it is about 15% of 18% of the 18 -- of the s&p 500 but one thing that is interesting is that the volatility index is even more elevated than it was in october. so, we saw volatility spike for 30 days going out, but it is still underneath those levels. yesterday now coming into this afternoon, it really is going .etween up and down 15% to 20% >> what does that say for the rest of the year? it usually is a quiet end of the year trading pattern, but it is about to be disrupted, isn't it? >> you are seeing companies coming into the forefront to get ahead of 2015. a $10 billionting buyback plan. one of the things the market is trying to digest is -- is it 23th it to own that stock at times forward earnings? is that the best use of capital for cvs? a bunch of companies are doing it. tryingng the market is to digest is -- is that good for stocks? >> quick headline, jason berman speaking to reporters, saying that the russian economy is on the brink of crisis. once again, jason furman saying that the russian economy is on the brink of crisis. we certainly see the volatility generated over concerns in russia, oil prices on the catalyst. you are looking at general motors, downgraded, they were talking about the weaker yen leading to more competition from japanese automakers. but certainly there is an element here of oil prices factoring in as well. >> that is exactly right. as you said, russia impacted as well, it impacts continental europe. they are big trading partner. as you can see, rbc downgraded general motors and were down 12% in auto sales in europe alone last month and you can see competitors like daimler and bmw in the dax, the next day up 8% 12%, pulling other chevrolet brand of europe. there is a lot of uncertainty on how u.s. automakers are doing. >> you are also keeping an eye on shares for mcdonald's. you had a strategy here that was fairly bearish? >> we are not really fans of mcdonald's at this current juncture. as you can see, over the last trying tohave been increase same-store sales but they just keep going down. what is really telling about mcdonald's is that there implied volatility is at a 52-week high. so, the traders to buy the $85 to position yourself on same-store sales declining against a dollar that is getting stronger. >> ok, you don't see a recovery for mcdonald's anytime soon. thank you so much, kevin kelly, joining us this morning from recon capital. we will be back on the markets once again. money clip is next. ♪ clip."ome to "money with our together the best stories, interviews, and videos in business news. i am pimm fox. russian moves to say the ruble. it does not quite work, not yet. the chief executive of wendy's has a full menu. .etty liu sharpens her knives some new bedfellows, intercontinental and

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one of the great things about the political process, there are things today that may not be realistic that tomorrow would become realistic. i would note, if we got in the michael j fox the lori and and and set of october 2014, we went back to october 1980, when ronald reagan was running for president -- if i told you then that if reagan gets elected, he will pass fundamental tax reform which -- with the democrats and tip o'neill, he will cut the top marginal rates from 77% to 28%. the economy will grow from what had been four years of stagnation averaging less than 1% growth to my 19 84 and the economy will grow 7.24% per year booming growth lifting millions out of poverty. if i would've said that been the answer would be that is not realistic at all. if i would've said in october 1980, when the learned observers were saying the soviet union is unstoppable, when the president was saying we need to accept malaise, if i would've told you that president reagan would rebuild the military and put so much pressure on the soviet union that it would collapse and the berlin wall would be torn to the ground -- in october 1980 the answer would be, that is not realistic at all, how can you say such a thing. i agree, abolishing the irs is major reform but i don't agree that it is anywhere near as difficult as what we were able to accomplish in the 1980's and if the american people say enough is enough, we can fund our federal government but we don't have to empower bureaucrats that the impossible becomes possible. >> time for one more question. sorry, right here. >> with the current administration releasing u.s. enemies from gitmo and trying to with general petraeus in jail, is it too provocative to ask which side we are on? >> i would frame it differently this administration has a very difficult time, differentiating good guys from that guys. one of the striking things is you travel the world. our friends and allies quite consistently will pull you aside , defense ministers, heads of state and foreign ministers and say, where is america? what has happened? we saw this just yesterday in paris. quite literally, where is america? ? for six years, we have abandoned our friends and allies. at the same time -- that has been true across the globe whether it is france, whether it is canada our largest trading partner with this administration has for example locked the keystone pipeline for years despite the thousands of jobs that would generate both in canada and the united states, whether it is the united kingdom exemplified by the opening weeks of united states administration sending churchill's bust back. or whether the shameful treatment of the nation of israel. the obama administration has been the most antagonistic ministration to the nation of israel in history. consistently, this administration has refused to stand by our friends and allies. at the same time when it comes to our enemies and bad guys whether it is violence like putin, who you will recall, the administration began by canceling the antiballistic missile batteries to appease, we all recall the president's words , tell to and i will have more flexibility after the election. how has that worked out? whether it is the treatment of iran, we are allowing billions of dollars to flow into iran while they continue to build centrifuges and enrich uranium. or whether it is the nation of cuba where the president suddenly embraced the castro communist regime which has murdered and tortured its citizens, doing so in a way that caused the castro's to celebrate their embrace from the president . or whether it is when it comes to radical islamic terrorism former secretary of state hillary clinton saying we just need a little bit more empathy. no, we don't need empathy for radical islamic terrorists. we need to resolve to stop them. the consistent pattern is this administration is unable or unwilling to distinguish between friend and foe. our friends do not trust us. our enemies do not fear us. that is a dangerous state of affairs or the united states and a dangerous state of affairs for the world and it needs to change. thank you. >> senator, thank you. [applause] >> the heritage foundation is holding its policy summit this week with republican members of the house and senate. we will have live coverage starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> dr. anthony felt she, our guest -- anthony fauci is on the frontline battling against infectious diseases. >> we have drugs right now that it people who are hiv infected and i could show you the dark comedy, in the early 80's if someone came into my clinic with aids, their median survival would be six months which means half of them would be get in eight months. now if i go back to rounds on friday and someone comes into a clinic who is 20 years old and relatively recently infected and i put them on the combination of three drugs, a cocktail of antiretroviral therapy, i can look them and the i and say we could do mathematical modeling to say if you take your medicine regularly you could live an additional 55 years. to go from knowing that 50% will die in eight months and knowing if you take your medicine you can live essentially a normal lifespan, just a few years less, that is a huge advance. >> director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, dr. anthony fauci on c-span's "q&a." >> mitch mcconnell and richard durbin spoke on the senate floor about last week hospitality in paris. cue. before proceeding to my remarks i would like to say a word about what's been happening in paris. we've seen some remarkable displace of support -- displays of support for the french people. we've seen defiant recommitments to the ideals of free expression and the french people should know that the u.s. senate stands in solidarity with them, as they work to recover from such awful terrorist atafntle attacks. they should also be assured that we are prepared to cooperate i the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: mr. president later today members of the senate family will have an opportunity to -- two opportunities to express our solidarity with the people of france in their hour of grief in a short while the senate will consider a resolution condemning the series of terrorist attacks that have shaken france, starting with the attack on the offices of the satirical newspaper sahara lee hebdo and leading with an tac on a grocery market in pairs. our condolences to the families and victims of the people of france. it also expresses our deep commitment to the universal right of freedom of expression, a freedom for which the writers and artists of sahara lee hebdo gave their lives. later this afternoon senators and their staffs will have an opportunity to sign a condolence book. the book will be outside the senate foreign relations committee room on the first floor of the capitol. in memory of the victims we'll welcome the french ambassador to the united states, ambassador gerrard areaux. if the terrorists who committed the attack meant to frighten freedom-loving people in frons and around the world they have failed utterly. yesterday 4 million people marched in demonstrations in cities across the nation of france. 1.5 million people marched in paris alone. authorities said it was the largest gathering in paris since the end of world war ii and the largest demonstration in the history of the nation of frangs. -- of france. they marched to declare their solidarity with the victims of the sahara lee hebdo massacre and the supermarket massacres and to democrat demonstrate their unity. the marchers included many religious faiths and nonbelievers. the president of france led the marchings joined by the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu, the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas and america's ambassador to france and our assistant secretary of state. marchers were also held -- marches were also held in other cities around the world. tens of thousands of people showed their solidarity with the victims of the terrorist afaction in france. in chicago hundreds of people turned out in the cold yesterday to rally at daily plaza. one of the organizers of the chicago rally was a young woman named eve zuckerman who has lived in chicago for about four years. she said the spasm of violence that has shaken france is not simply an attack on france. in her words "what it real lay means is that anyone who is for freedom and for tolerance is also under attack." in our own country in the days after 9/11, our grief was made bearable by the countless acts of courage and kindness and solidarity we witnessed mongt the corn carnage. so it is in france today. one story concerns a young man who worked at the kosher supermarket in paris that was attacked on friday. the young man risked his life to hide seven jewish customers in the freezer in the supermarket's basement. he then risked his life again to slip out of the basement and tell the police there were people hidden out-stairs. this young man described the layout of the supermarket and the location of the hostages, crucial details that enabled the police to save so many lives and end the standoff. this young man has been hailed as a here reby citizens of france and by israeli president netanyahu. one more thing: he is a muslim immigrant born in mali. martin luther king jr. told us, we're bound together in a single garment of destiny. the millions of people in france and around the world who marched yesterday and freedom-loving people throughout the world understand this. together in our unity and resolve, we will overcome this latest assault on our shared values. mr. president, over the weekend as i mentioned as millions of people were marching on the streets of france and around the world to demonstrate the world's unity in the aftermath of the horrible terrorist attack in france the president announced that he would hold a summit at the white house next month to discuss what can be >> the house rules committee worked on many bills, one that would delay the -- the others on homeland security spending. representative chris van hollen talks about workers, wages and the economy. >> on our next "washington journal," congressman bill florez talks about the gop agenda and president obama's upcoming state of the union speech. then peter wells discusses his party's legislative priorities and u.s. security concerns. later kathy connelly on the effectiveness of current lobbying restrictions. "washington journal" as live every morning at 7:00 a.m. on c-span are in -- c-span. next the house rules committee works on a number of pieces of legislation, one of the measures would scale back measures put in place with the dodd frank bill. the committee took up a homeland security funding bill that the white house said it would veto because of ties to immigration policy changes. pete sessions of texas. will the committee come to order i know we have a lot of business before the rules committee and i note that at least one person does not appear to be forthright in their support of ohio state -- [laughter] we will assume the gentle man is welcome to do. judge hastings wants to make sure he gets whatever you are handing out. the rules committee will consider three important bills and i would like to begin by addressing the last, hr 240, the department of homeland security's appropriations act. it will provide $39.7 billion in discretionary funding in the current fiscal year for the department of homeland security. the bill reflects a commitment to defeating terrorism and putting our homeland in better position, protecting it and the men and women who do that every day for the united states of america, responding to national disasters and perhaps more importantly making sure we take care of the salaries of the men and women whose lives are dedicated to keeping our nations safe and to every day are living in cold, lonely and probably dangerous places across the ports and borders. in addition to the amendments, to address the president's executive amnesty and to hold him accountable for his actions. in december i worked closely with my republican colleagues to make sure the united states house of representatives would position itself to fight strategically against the president's executive actions. that time has now come, just as we promised in december. the house of representatives will not stand idly by if any president ignores the requirements of the constitution. it is the role of congress to write the laws and the president's job to safely execute those laws, not to make them up as we go along. it is both inappropriate and unconstitutional for the president to ignore this requirement. for this president's executive actions are unlawful, unwise and unconstitutional and through these amendments the house will demonstrate that it takes its role very seriously. immigration policy must uphold the rule of law and our nation's sovereignty and the work being done by members who brought their ideas to the committee. i appreciate so much work that has been put in on this issue. next, the common sense package of bills that reduces unnecessary regulations and makes it easier for business to create better paying jobs. finally, hr 185 provides regulatory reform to businesses and innovators so they can spend less time and money on red tape and more time and money on things that matter like growing their companies, expanding their operations and hiring new workers. first we will hear from the financial services committee chairman garrett and miss waters and then will hear from congressman marino on hr 185 and then will close testimony from george -- judge carter on hr 240. i want to thank everybody for their testimony today and without objection will hear testimony from judge carter of texas and miss waters from california at the appropriate time. without objection, anything you have in writing will be entered into the record. >> thank you mr. chairman, i will be very brief on hr 37 and hr when a five, my understanding is the administration issued veto threats and we will go through this exercise and it will go where it usually goes which is usually nowhere. on the issue of the department of homeland security's appropriations act i give the chairman a lot of credit for negotiating a bipartisan agreement but given all the terror threats around the world and the instability around the world, the fact that this leadership was hell-bent -- and represents all-time recklessness and stupidity, i can't believe we are doing this. i would recommend that we bring a clean bill to the floor, approve it and have these political battles in another forum but not playing around with the funding for the department of homeland security. having said that i look forward to the testimony of those two are here. >> we appreciate the feedback from the gentleman from massachusetts and we now have two important guests today. miss waters we are delighted that you are here with us today, your testimony is very important to this community and your opportunity to be here is really something that we value very much. mr. garrett, i met with you a few minutes ago in my office and talked with you about how important this package of bills are that passed the house of representatives with vast majorities of people on a republican and democrat basis who have indicated their support. we are trying to become ambitious in getting things done that have stalled in the senate. >> let me begin by thanking the chairman or your hospitality and all members of the committee for the hard work and late nights that you all put in here. also for the extended hospitality of mr. syverson, i will take you up on that when we are done. in light of all your late nights, i will be brief. i think the chair for bringing up the bill which is hr 37 which is promoting jobs creation and reducing the small business burden effect. i will keep it even briefer now i see there is a reward at the end of my comments, the last congress, chairman and slang -- hensling decided to try prioritizing our federal security laws and identifying various we can make fairly minor changes, to free up valuable resources for nation small businesses so they can create jobs. after seven separate hearings and to drug doesn't expert witnesses the committee passed a long list of proposals that helped our businesses and business community. many of these pieces have broad bipartisan support, the legislation before today and bodies many of the most bipartisan pieces of proposal that we have developed. each title received significant if not unanimous support at the committee level. each one of these titles already passed the full house of representatives in a bipartisan way in a stand-alone bill or part of a broader package as well. i hear some revisionist history by some of our colleagues celeb you make it clear, these provisions have all been substantially vetted and enjoy bipartisan support and will reduce regulatory burdens on small businesses and community banks. as much as i wish we were here today to do otherwise, this is not a dismantling or unwinding of the job creations, don frank act. this congress spent a lot of time talking about dodd frank competition in the marketplace and the codification of too big to fail and repairing its overall ineffectiveness and constructing a common sense and balanced regulatory regime for the financial market. this bill does not attempt to address those problems at all, what it does is target a number of one off areas of financial markets that the subcommittee has identified that can be easily fixed and i can give you the numbers in a very bipartisan manner. i encourage your support and i guess i will use 10 seconds to go to mr. mcgovern's comment, i share your concern with regard to the president issuing a threat to veto, so is my hope that this congress will and should act to let our voice be heard and it has been heard in the past in a bipartisan manner and we would hope that the president would hear that and be willing after this and that he would be willing to extend and work with us on passage of all of this legislation. i yield back. >> i appreciate your testimony and as always your view of time and efficiency. i want to welcome miss waters, i'm glad you're here. i notice she did not take the bait on that state cookie yet. not tonight. well, mr. stabbers i'm sure will understand that, you have better taste. [inaudible] >> mr. chairman, and committee members for allowing me to speak. a hastily compiled package that makes nearly a dozen complex changes to the dodd frank reform act. mr. chairman, following last week's unsuccessful attempt to slip this measure through the house with no opportunity for debate, i am hopeful this episode has made claire that substantive bills should be brought up only after being given an opportunity for a debate bill. that is why i'm still disappointed that this legislation is being rushed through the house floor without a hearing or markup in the financial services committee. our committee has members who have not had the opportunity to consider this package and determine the impact. our committee has not had its first organizer meeting and we are rushing this package which will directly benefit some of the wealthy corporations in america through the house floor without the opportunity to hear expert testimony or offer amendments. ice surely -- i surely and sincerely hope there will be an open debate. it contains a number of bad provisions including some not previously considered by the house, for example, it contains a provision that restricts the amount of information that a private company must provide to an employee that receives compensation on the stocks which hurts nations workers, by denying employees rights to understand how much their compensation is worse -- worth and the risk associated with that compensation, this provision may be downright harmful to employee investors. the most alarming and substantive change is additional relief for a particular type of risky financial instruments from the volcker rule, a cornerstone of dodd frank. they pushed relief from so-called collateralized loan obligations. after that vote, the federal reserve did exactly what the republicans wanted, they grandfathered existing clo's to the bulk of the provisions would not apply until 2017, a delay which amounted to three years of relief. republicans though republicans and big banks got what he wanted, they are asking for more that will provide a year or two for banks by extending volcker regulations . mr. chairman, the volcker rules her press -- poker rules'purpose is simple. bangs can no longer engage in proprietary trading -- banks can no longer engage in proprietary trading. the effort to ramp up the appeal of the ruled by swapping it with a must pass spending vehicle and the dead of night. my colleagues are hoping they can keep delaying the implementation of wall street reform, assuming the public has forgotten how bad the financial crisis was. by continuously asking for more, they have undermined the good faith that existed to smooth the transition under john frank. if that wasn't much, it harms consumers and places administrative hurdles on our federal regulatory agencies by the consumer protection agency bureau, exchange commission, and many others. the analysis is skewed in favor of special interests like big wall street banks. not only will these limit the independence it will also tie up already insufficient resources and put them at greater risk of litigation for every action they take. this year the cfp be will issue rules on everything from payday lending to student loans to debt collection. if passed, this will jeopardize leaving -- jeopardize those. with our economy still recovering from the $14 trillion financial crisis, we cannot afford to destroy crucial reforms and hamstring our financial regulators under the guise of so-called job creation. i thank you for allowing me to speak today. i understand there are a number of members who wish to offer an amendment. i would ask all these amendments be made in order. >> thank you very much. it looks like there has been a conflict of what we are really doing today. we are trying to rush this bill to the floor. we are trying to make things better for special interest. we are trying to do a lot of things that really sound very negative, yet all these provisions have been heard him off of hearings then on the floor, and we previously passed these. can you shed some light? >> it failed on the floor. it didn't pass. that's why we are here. that doesn't mean everybody has learned to love it. >> the threshold is a little different. >> you have the votes. we know that. >> thank you very much. the gentleman is recognized. >> the ranking member raised some concerns she has. one of the issues was additional information and what information should be available. that was one of my bills on the floor. that was a bill that says going forward to try to streamline the process, you should have a summary page on the first of the documents that would make it easier to find the information. that bill passed the house. another point she raises is with regard to the volcker rule. i assume she is alluding to the bill that amend the act to provide banks with clo's and opportunities to address the issues she is raising. that was brought to the floor and it passed by a voice vote. i can run down the list. there was a total of 11 separate bills that are part of this package. one bill passed 411-12. the second bill came before the house as well. it passed by voice vote. the next one past by 417-4. the next one past 422-0. another one past the house for 20-2. -- past the -- passed the house for 20-2. -- 420-2. they pass on the most you -- they passed almost unanimously but the bills went to the senate. the senate is where all good bills go to die, even if they pass overwhelmingly in the house. we are saying, let's take these bills that passed overwhelmingly , and let's have the senate take them up again and see what they do with them. and hopefully pass them on to the white house. >> that is what i would have said in preparation for this hearing. we did understand it was a bipartisan agreement, not just to do this bills -- these bills but repeatedly on the floor. i see mr. sherman has arrived who intended to be the other person who wish to speak on the bill. i know mr. sherman has expressed to our staff to please hurry. i understand you are under some time constraint. can i have you join us at the table rather than going on a separate panel? we would like to include you. i know we have already gone to open questions, but i would like to defer to you to give your statement. >> can i ask mr. sherman to take these away from you? >> my goal is to become a heavyweight on capitol hill, and these will help. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. garrett went through the list. i have the amendment. it is a short amendment. title eight. mr. garrett went through the list and told you every one of these bills have either passed the house -- have either passed the house or passed overwhelmingly. title 11 passed only 36-23. you may want to take another look at it, but at least it was discussed at committee. never discussed that the committee. no hearing at the subcommittee. no hearing at the full committee. never marked up at the full committee. snuck in among 10 other provisions that received either house approval or committee approval. there it is. snuck in. is that the way we are supposed to do business in this house? i don't know whether title it is good national policy or bad national policy. -- title viii is good national policy or bad national policy. what does it do? it extends until 2019 an exception from the volcker rule. i don't have to tell you the volcker rule is a very important part of dodd frank. not only does it extend the deadline until 2019, but it takes some of the deadline that hasn't been extended that the regulators already extended for three years, but as to another group of collateralized loan obligations, the regulators haven't extended it at all, and this extended for five years. his is a two-year or a five-year -- this is a two-year or a five-year extension on when banks have to comply with the volcker rule with regard to collateralized loan obligations or similar instruments. it might be great policy. it might be spectacular policy. how are you supposed to know? how is the house supposed to know? the house never considered this. the committee never considered this. at least if you believe in this process, give us a chance to strike title viii on the floor and then you can come tell us this is a collection of 10 bills that have received committee attention and support, in one case not overwhelming support, in the rest overwhelming support , or have been passed by the house. otherwise, don't allow us to be forced to vote on 10 provisions that have been considered by the committee or the house and one sneaky one that hasn't. >> thank you very much. >> the gentleman from california has one of the better attendance rates of the committee, and i commend him on that. he may have forgotten or was just not there but the committee did have a hearing on clo's. to your point saying we have never had an issue, never had a hearing, never discussed it, that is incorrect. we have that discussed. before you came in the ranking member raised this issue already. i pointed out the legislation that grew out of that legislation actually passed the committee, came to the floor and passed the house by a voice vote so we have had hearings. it passed by a voice vote. that is what the record is. the problem is not in the house where we have biter -- we have a partisan support on these jobs creations bills. it provides financing for small and medium-sized is mrs.. we do not want to cut that off. we want small businesses to have availability of credit so they can grow and provide jobs. the problem is in the other chamber and the senate. if we give them the opportunity, maybe they will pass. >> the gentle man is recognized. >> we voted on a bill to extend the deadline to 2017. now we are being told that is the same as extending the deadline until 2019. two years matters. the regulators have extended most of this deadline for three years. the question is does two years matter. as to whether we had hearings, we did not discuss 2017 versus 2019. we never voted in committee. we never voted in the house, and two years on a matter of this importance certainly matters. you cannot go to the floor of the house and say, we have already considered this. you may say five years three years, what's the difference? the regulators have extended it for three years. the only question for legislation is these other two years. that is the question. we have never voted on that question. not on committee. not on the floor. as to whether we have had hearings, our hearings are wide ranging. i am sure someone mentioned this as a possibility. certainly there was no focus on july 21 , 2019 being the deadline, and that deserves committee attention. >> i think my colleagues for being here today and the effort they put into getting this bill passed. i have no question. >> i just have one question. i would like you to give me an idea of why you think the extension for two more years is appropriate and what you intend to do in that amount of time, other than kill dodd frank. >> i look forward to hearing the answer at hearings. >> at where? >> when we have a hearing and a markup. they be the date should be july 20. we have never had a chance to offer amendments in the committee as to what the deadline should the. >> do you have any information for regulators if they would like to more years beyond what they have been given already? >> yes, it wasn't a one-off. we had a hearing specifically on this topic. it wasn't just a passing comment as far as timing. the timing was specifically discuss. the two years was 2017 with a two-year extension to the regulator authority so the 219 was discussed in the hearing. whether the gentleman from california remembers that, that was part of the record. the legislation allowed for that extension. why is it important? we're talking about a 300 billion dollar avenue of financing for small businesses. when the initial proposals came out, there was the impact upon the evaluation was significant and dramatic, and that was why there was a reason and the regulators agreed you need to push back the time for them. if you say something that you own can be owned by you anymore, that you have to sell it right away, the value of the commodity will go down because the purchasers realize we are in a firesale situation. we had a hearing. it was discussed. it was debated. we have witnesses who testified about what the impact would be. >> do you have any information written by the regulators that he would request two more years? -- that they would request two more years? what's the regulators initially said we could do it in a shorter time. the witnesses we have -- >> the regulators were the ones who initially said we could do it in a shorter time. the witnesses said we could do it over a longer time. this was under the authority the bill would have done. >> my question was do you have any written material or anything to regulate. >> i don't have any material. >> you have nothing. no communication. >> we have had communication. on the two-year extension in addition to the three-year extension. >> there was a request from our republican colleagues to have a colloquium on the floor. there was an attempt to try to get one going that somehow implied while 2017 was the extension was being pushed, that 2019 from your point of view would have been more acceptable. we refused to engage in that at all. >> the gentleman from new jersey talks about the importance of giving thanks time to do best -- giving thanks -- banks time to develop. -- divest. it says issued before january. what that will mean is that a bank may purchase one of these offending instruments or instruments you are not supposed to hold under the volcker rule this year or next year, and they don't have to divest themselves of it until 2019. this is not just an extension by which you have to sell that with you happened to buy before they -- that which you happened to buy before they did the bill. this allows you to buy it now and hold it for five years. >> let me ask unanimous consent to put the administration's policy and let me read a bit from it. the dodd frank wall street reform and consumer protection act is helping prevent the kinds of excessive financial risk-taking that caused the worst recession in more than 70 years, that left millions of americans unemployment and resulted -- employed and resulted in trillions of dollars of lost well. these reforms help protect hard-working -- lost wealth. these reforms help the tech hard-working americans. hr137 unnecessarily put these working and middle-class families at risk while benefiting wall street and other special interests. no further questions. >> thank you very much. >> it's good to see my colleagues again. this is ground we have trodden ready well. i have no need for any questions. >> the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. present want to thank everyone for coming to testify. i think both sides have made their arguments. this is a process committee. what is a little disturbing is we are beginning this new session bearing on the side of closing things down and not so much an open process. i think the concerns may have been taking care of it. we began last week with two closed rules. i would like to think we would have open rules on these. i doubt it. i am sure they would be restrictive in some way, but i just said to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, i get it. you're in control of the house and the senate. especially given the fact there is a veto threat against to and potentially three of these bills, we may be going through this exercise for therapy, so if that is what it is about, i think it is good therapy for all of us if we have an open process. i would hope when the committee votes we would have open process on these rules. >> the gentleman from georgia does not seek time. the gentleman from florida is recognized. >> she pointed out very poignantly one of the reasons we should take into consideration regular order, just to the committee she and mr. garrett are shepherds the last election and appointments up until now has produced nine people on the committee that have not had an opportunity. multiply that nine by the remaining members numbering 71 who are here who have not participated, so to argue we have tread over it ignores the need for newer members to have an opportunity to come up to speed. i would like to ask you to respond to a quote attributed to mr. volcker. i am different from you with a lot of experience on this committee and mr. sherman, with the extraordinary accounting background he has, i'm not an expert. i hear about all of that kind of stuff. it is striking the world's leading investment bankers noted for their cleverness and agility in advising clients on how to restructure companies and even industries however complicated, apparently cannot manage the organizing of their own activities in five years. what is your response, if any? >> it's one thing when you have to restructure your activities in the business to market forces, whether energy prices go up. it's another thing when the restructuring comes about through government intervention. there was hearings on this. this information did come out. u.s. banks have noticed that would have to be diverted before the deadline, that even the threat of such a divest its your -- the vestige or -- such a di vestiture, issuance dropped nearly 90% from the prior year. when it is the government interceding in a manner like this, it's difficult for a company to restructure in a timely way because they have already been negatively impacted by the rule. >> can you tell me what these collateral role obligations whether in your judgment of the financial crisis and abuse was a contributing factor? >> i don't know about all the hearings we have had. i don't know that we heard any testimony pointing to clo's being the root cause of the problem. >> this bill would allow banks to hold onto billions of dollars in risky -- most of us they collateral eyes loan obligations are pretty risky. now you are going to give two more years -- collateralized loan obligations are pretty risky. now you're going to give two more years. it took us 18 months to get some measure of reforms. the rules ban banks from speculating and security markets of taxpayer funds, requiring them to dump their holdings. you just mentioned $80 billion. a volcker rule delayed would be a major boon through the nations banks. between 94 percent and 96% of the domestic clo market is held by banks with at least $60 billion in assets. according to federal regulators who value the market between 80 million and 105 billion. here is what rubs me wrong. i don't have any stock in any of these companies. i do have a responsibility to the american people to try to keep as best we can rules and regulations and policies that are not ideological or bent on certain factors that we might be mindful of, but 50% of the money that i just talked about is held by two banks. jpmorgan and citigroup. something is wrong with that picture. it's wrong for a variety of reasons. i gather you would have me say j.p. morgan and citigroup have never done anything fraudulent have never done anything in the nature of accounting fraud. i happen to be at the mercy of holding an account, but i also don't get no contributions, and somewhere along the lines, you are going to get bought right into another financial crisis if you continue down this road. in title vii it would allow over 60% of all public companies to stop reporting their financial statements in computer readable format. you would have me believe small businesses are going to, in light of the fact they would lose out on coverage and investment and hindering the ability to find and stop corporate accounting fraud, that small businesses are going to flourish. i've got news for you. i know a lot of small business owners, and everyone of them that has tried to get a loan has had difficulty in this period. i hear it all the time. it is a continuing thing in the office i am privileged to serve. i will leave it there. i echo strongly the sentiment about returning the regular order around here. not for conservatives or liberals, if we don't do this for the american people, at some point we may as well not be there. you bring stuff to the rules committee. we are becoming more important than i thought we were at some point. we are going to drill all of these things that have secret packages in them, and something is wrong with that picture. >> the gentleman from new jersey quoted testimony where he said we need more time to divest, but because of the sneaky word in title viii, this extends the time to hold clo's you invest in, so it's not just more time to sell off that which you already own. it's an invitation to buy and hold for five years that which you do not own. i don't know if the gentleman has any testimony were any bank came before us and said, we need to buy more clo's and 2013 and hold them until 2019. it's one thing to say we need more time to divest. it's another thing to have an amendment that uses the word issued rather than acquired. >> i will join your concerns and hopefully we will be able to address that this bill isn't going to go anywhere. we all know that. if that is the exercise we are required to participate in i don't need the therapy. i have been here too long. it's troubling to me that we are not doing this the right way. thank you, mr. chairman. >> the gentleman yield his time. does anyone else see time? >>. frank passed -- dodd frank passed in 2009 and passed in the full congress in 2010. arguably almost five years ago. when was the volcker amendment supposed to be in effect by the regulators? it has already been delayed. has it not? i just don't understand where the peril comes. we have already delayed it. is another two years to allow people to establish what they need to establish, is that asking too much? i am asking for general knowledge. >> you are right on the point. dodd frank was a compilation of over 400 different regulations that had to be put out through a process and eventually implemented. it was an overwhelming task and one which regulators did not meet. they were not able to meet. you were right about what the negative impact could have not been put off. it is another two years we are talking about. the gentleman from california said he has not heard any testimony to the point mr. hastings raised. perhaps the reason is because he was not here on the february 26 hearing, which we did have on this matter. at that hearing it was said from the executive vp of research. if you have a ruling or the volcker rule impedes some banks from not divesting but from investing in clo's, you will see the appetite reduced by about 80%. they will not participate in the market and will lead to our other point, where we see a significant cost and financing to u.s. companies. her point is not allowing investing and investing you would see a significant drop, and the fire sale price would go down and the harder availability of credit in the market. to the point as far as the riskiness of these entities, i was trying to reman -- remember a number. the actual default rate was not 50%, 40% 20%, or the 2% i was thinking of, but the actual default rate over the last 20 years was .41%, so these are not risky entities. they are not risky matters we were dealing with. these are not the root cause of the financial crisis. what they are is a workable product that provides credit to the markets. >> let me further ask, so there is a benefit to having these instruments available? what's i am trying to say that. -- >> i am trying to say that. >> there is a benefit. is that correct? >> that's absolutely correct. it's a benefit where main street meets wall street. small business basically benefits from the clo's. it benefits the employee who is able to be hired by a small or midsize employer who as credit availability so he can expand his business -- who has credit availability so he can expand his business. clo's allow that to occur. >> i think the gentleman from california -- the bank the gentleman -- i thank the gentleman from california. >> this deals with only those issued by january of 2014. that means it only deals with money that went to wall street by january 21, 2014. this has nothing to do with issuing new clo's, money that flows into our districts does not benefit from this issue and would not benefit from this amendment. this amendment deals only with the big banks that bought clo'ss years ago and want to sell it not to a hedge fund, not to a private investor, but they want to sell it to another big bank that shouldn't be buying it and which dodd frank and visions they will not continue to own so there is no reason to allow a bank to buy a clo issued before january 1, 2014 and dubai at this year, next year, or the year after. they are not buying it from the -- and to buy that this year next year, or the year after. they are buying it from another bank. the goal is to have the clo's not owned by repository institutions but owned by the entities that can take the risk. that's why has it been ok for regulators to postpone that for this length of time? >> they did not -- >> why has it been ok for regulators to postpone that for this length of time? >> we did not come up with a good approach to this. i think the regulators have already given banks, not three extra years, but they gave them two extra years by not getting regulations out on time, so they will have a total of five years and i wouldn't mind marking up a bill in committee where we can discuss what the date ought to be. the idea that for the first time we are going to discuss the date july 21, 2019, and now for the first time we are going to deal with not only instruments the bank spot earlier and have to invest -- eggs. earlier and have to -- banks bought earlier and have to divest. >> did you have something to say? >> who benefits from these things? there is a whole list. burlington coat factory, toys "r" us pharmaceuticals, all companies that benefit from this. we are going by the regular order. this bill came through the subcommittee and full committee. we did have a hearing. the issue of the date was discussed. the issuance was discussed and is the same language we see here. that has not changed. but the gentleman from ohio is recognized. -- >> the gentleman from ohio is recognized. >> is the only rules committee member who actually sits on financial service -- as the only rules committee member who actually sits on financial services, the gentleman reference a fire sale. i want everyone to understand how creating a date certain where everything has to sell these and no bank can buy them and you limit the number of buyers and increase the number of sellers, what that does to bank capital, and while most of the clo's have been issued by big banks, it is the only mechanism for small community banks to help mainstream businesses that might be bigger but they can buy into the loan and own part of it, and it allows them to help businesses that happen to be in our geography. i have a lot of community banks in our area. they care a lot about this issue because they are invested in collateralized loan obligations, and they would have to divest. they would have to sell at a fire sale price. could the gentleman from new jersey help everyone understand what that means for bank capital and how that could be bad for our community banks? sorry to give a leading question. >> i think the gentleman already came to conclusion on the question as well. it goes back to the testimony we heard at the hearing that it is a benefit the effect is not only by the issuance but also the divestiture, and also did the best at your of the securities already issued. -- also did the best at your -- the divestiture of the securities already issued. it drives down the price. i could go through the number of companies throughout the country that rely upon this and would be negatively impacted if we did not move forward on this. >> you don't have to lead the list -- read the list of those companies. those are mostly middle-market companies that used to be small businesses, but they became successful. they may need to do a collateralized loan obligation. they are names many of us would recognize. they include a lot of people in my district. when i got the list of companies that utilize them, i was amazed how many names i recognized of companies that employ hundreds of our constituents. >> the gentleman is recognized. but i want to talk from a different perspective. many times we understand the jargon. we talk about this. i am sitting here listening to the debate back and forth, which i think is good for the american people. it has become clear the problem is the two years. when you look at all the rest of it 57-0, 52-0. and one was along the lines of a party. the problem many of us have with dodd frank is what my friend talked about. it is what happens from the bottom line of american public who are trying to get loans, who have been impacted in my area where big banks are present but they are not everywhere. i live where there are a lot of areas. my community banks are getting killed. if you have a fire sale where you are having to do all this at one time, where they are already looking at real estate and other areas, things like this, the regulators have already put it off. the gentleman from california said it took two years to develop the regulations this body put on them. it is time this body starts doing its job and quit letting regulatory agencies run the american people. >> i want to bake all three of you -- thank all three of you for being here. you did well enough to come back. we appreciate you taking time to do this. we look forward to this debate on the floor. you are now excuse. this closes the hearing portion on reducing small business burdens act. we now have the next panel, the regulatory accountability act 2015. i see mr. johnson is here from georgia, and i also see the gentleman from pennsylvania representing the chairman. if both of you will take your place on the dais, i want to welcome both of you to this important hearing, and thank you very much for your time as you have been a part of this hearing today. >> thank you very much, both you and mr. johnson are here for an express reason. we are delighted you are here. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. if i can make sure you pull the mike close to you and the green mike is on. the gentleman is recognized. >> good evening. it's a pleasure to be with you. but i know we are joined by the young chairman of the judiciary committee, and i would ask he be a part of this. we would ask mr. marino to be able to continue with his testimony. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify on the regulatory accountability act. the chairman introduced this. the bill response has to do with numerous regulatory issues. and the subcommittee in the 112th congress. the house passed prior versions of this legislation as hr3010 and as titles 204. the text is identical to the text passed in the house in 2014 as part of hr4. the american people are more than six years into the worst period of economic crisis since the great depression. jobs have not truly recovered. wages have not recovered. instead, permanent exit from the labor force -- exits from the labor force are at low levels. people have been giving it up because they cannot find the confident path forward. we are not recovery. we are losing something precious. -- we are not recovery. all it -- not recovering. people have been struggling. people have been leaving the labor pool for the dependency pool. people see no way to start a business and feel in their bones the american dream is slipping away. what is killing the american dream? more than anything else it is the endless drain of resources that takes working people's hard-earned wages to washington and washington regulatory roadblocks in the path of opportunity and growth. today the combined economic burden of taxation and regulation is over $3 trillion almost 20% of our economy. a large part is the burden of regulation, now estimated to reach about $1.86 trillion. the federal regulatory burden is larger than the 2013 gross domestic product of all but the top 10 countries in the world. it is half the size of germany's entire gdp. it is more than one third the size of japan's. most important the burden is $15,000 per american household. nearly 30% of every child's -- every household income in 2013. no one says we need no regulation, but who can credibly say we need regulations that cost this much? hr185 addresses the cost of regulatory cost based on bipartisan practices of presidents from both parties since ronald reagan. what are those principles? here are some of the most important. require agencies to choose the lowest cost of rulemaking alternative that meets statutory objectives. if needed to protect public health safety, or welfare, allow flexibility to choose costlier rules but make sure the added benefits justify the added cost. improved public outreach and agency -- improved public outrage and agency fact-finding to suggest better alternatives. provide streamlined administrative hearings. those that impose $1 million or more in annual costs so interested parties can suggest critical evidence, require advance notice of proposed rulemaking before costly agencies positions are imposed. this bill says to every agency fulfill the statutory goals the congress has sent to you. protect health. protect safety. protect consumers. protect the vulnerable. you are free to do that, and you should do that whenever congress gives you those orders. as you achieve those goals make sure you do it with better public input. test the information in the least costly way. hr-185 brings regulatory reform to hard-working americans. i request they grant an appropriate rule that allows consideration of hr-185. >> mr. johnson, you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to speak in opposition of the regulatory accountability act of 2014. i asked the committee to take an order of my amendment. this is a sweeping revision of the administrative procedure act that consulates the agency rulemaking process through numerous analytical requirements. despite the mantra from the majority party that we want to get the government off the backs of people or we want to remove burdensome regulations, what this regulatory accountability act does is it doesn't streamlined the rulemaking process. it actually proposes new requirements on agencies with the effect of deregulating industries by halting the rulemaking process so these requirements are largely opposed by the leading law experts and they would cause years of delays in rulemaking or deregulate entire industries through rulemaking avoidance by agencies. as a result of this deregulation, it would seriously undermine the critical role of agencies in protecting public health and safety, undermining protections across every regulated industries from consumers health and safety, environmental regulations and workplace safety to consumer protections. this is part of an of attack -- an orgy of attack. the only basis is the unsupported claims that regulations the road employment and economic growth. contrary to my republican colleagues assertions that regulations kill jobs, a wealth of unimpeachable bipartisan evidence has repeatedly and effectively debunked this claim. the omb estimated over the last decade that major regulations benefiting the economy between 217 billion and $863 billion a year had a mere cost of 57 billion to $84 billion, so the net result was positive. in fact, in a 2013 study from the san francisco federal reserve, it sounds since the recession there is zero correlation between job growth and regulations. moreover, the san francisco federal reserve also found there is no evidence showing increased regulations and taxes have any affect on the unemployment rate. if anything, we growth was due to weak consumer demand. earlier studies -- weajk growth was due to weak consumer demand. a study from a conservative think tank testified that focusing on jobs in regulatory debates 10 lead to confusion while the -- can lead to confusion, while the fx are indeterminate. -- effects are indeterminate. a senior adviser in the bush administration wrote in the new york times the nexus between deregulation and job growth is made up and nonsense, whereas the tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations have no stimulative effect on the economy during the george w. bush administration. the evidence regulations harm the economy the only evidence the study relied on were the absurd figures repeated by the proponents of this bill derived from a study from the research study that found the cost figures were cherry picked, inaccurate based on evidence from decades ago, and without contemporary value. the authors of the study have repudiated its use in policy debates. even if we were to rely on this analysis that only used economic data from years prior to the obama administration, the only conclusion we can draw from it is the bush administration did little to reduce the suppose regulatory burdens the republicans argue undermined jobs and economic growth. i asked that my amendment be made in order that they exempt all rules the office of management and budget would result in net job creation. under president obama, this economy has roared back to life for the top 1%. unemployment is falling at the fastest rate in decades, and consumer and business spending have catalyzed the most growth in over a decade. our nations growth -- gross domestic product grew at 5% between july and september of last year, and will continue to grow throughout this year. sadly, the benefits of the economic uptick have yet to trickle down to the 99% of working americans, and this majority ruled legislature should do more to help level the playing field for those workers. this does not do so. it is clear our economy is growing at the fastest pace in years while unemployment is dropping drastically and wage stagnation is entrenched. my amendment would ensure this progress continues. this amendment is designed to confront the assertion hr185 is necessary because regulations hamper job growth. i ask if the amendment is not made, that the committee pursue an amendment to raise the minimum wage, along with cutting regulations, but in all seriousness, i asked this amendment be made in order, and i ask my colleagues to oppose this >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, if i could have you wrapped the mic -- grab the mic. >> i think the chairman of the subcommittee has very well explained the purpose of this legislation, so i will only add common sense legislation. each one of us as members of congress are held accountable directly to the voters. who are the people who have the jobs and running the businesses and so on that are impacted by government regulation. regulators, people writing the letters way should do not have as much accountability. this legislation requires that regulators use the lowest cost effective way to implement the law passed by congress. it is common sense and provides more accountability to an executive branch that a lot of people think that has far exceeded its authority. i yield back. >> i want to thank all three of you for your testimony today. excuse me. thank you very much. if you would do me a favor and grab one of these chairs probably one to your right. you are exactly right. thank you very much. my staff said that to me a couple of minutes ago and i realize you are getting here being here for this purpose is important. before will continue on with these questions, you are now recognized. >> thank you, chairman sessions for affording me the ability to provide testimony on my proposed amendment to the regulatory accountability act. the fda is one the most important. ensure the products that america use everyday which is food and other products and medicines and vaccines and devices used to treat and cure disease are safe and effective. the fda is instrumental is ensuring consumer goods are safe before their place on the market and the remain safe area in an increasingly globalized economy food and drugs must remain a top priority. we would unnecessarily complicate the fda rulemaking process and increase the risk of unsafe products in the hands of consumers. it creates potential real harm to consumers and will place greater pressure on our economy by increasing the frequency of expensive product recalls and other disruptions. today, i offer a commonsense amendment which would exempt the rulemaking responsibilities. it would ensure the fda can react quickly when food safety is at stake. under the terms of regulatory act come it must go through 74 new procedural and analytical requirements. as a result, it could take as much as three years or more for these agency rules to become finalized. three years longer than anyone should have to wait for safe full or safe medicine. i urge the committee to make this amendment in order to ensure we can but interpret the health and well-being of the american people. i yield back. >> thank you very much. we appreciate your testimony and i apologize. i saw you walking a few minutes ago during the middle of testimony. dr. borges? >> i thank the gentleman for bringing this important bill to us. it should be justified and that should justify the cost. it seems pretty simple. i will yield back. >> mr. slaughter? >> thank you and i just want to quote the bureau of labor statistics. january 2009 when obama took office, the unemployment rate was 7.8%. i october of the year it climbed to 10% because of the recession. last month 5.6% was the unemployment rate, a considerable drop. 2014 was the best year of job growth since 1999. nearly 11 million private sector jobs had been created. i really hate to see this congress try to mess with a good thing. oil prices are down. if only the people who created all of the jobs and a good economy would enjoy and get a raise, things will be a heck of a lot better. i have got 84 changes, most of reporting, things that regulators would have to do. and so -- put that in the record. >> without objection. thank you very much. i appreciate the gentle woman. >> just -- thank you mr. chairman. it sure looks like this bill is going to make it better for people who want to create jobs in this country and certainly there may be amendment that might be in order to make sure we do things right and look at alternatives. the bill already allowed costlier rules for safety and welfare. i think it is a great start and i hope that i appreciate the debates and all the members coming and looking forward to getting this bill moving. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> vegans -- -- the gentleman >> [indiscernible] >> without objection. >> and consent to insert the policy into record which would basically says -- i am not going to read it. if the prison were presented with the bill, the senior advisers would recommend a veto. i would say what type rules and accountability and we are the rules committee and again, this is a new congress. we ought to open this thing up and make sure every member has the ability to offer what he or she may want to offer on the floor. i yield back. >> thank you. recognition. the gentleman does not seek recognition. mr. collins? >> from the judiciary committee and being a part of this last year and hearing some things that need to be pointed out that was pointed out by the subcommittee chairman and chairman as well. the administrative procedures act, there are things people need to understand. i am one that believes government should have a regulatory role but proper. when it was developed, i do not think it was the expense of what is now happening. when the apa, it does not require an agency to identify the cost put before them and require to be considered reasonable. i want to remind our colleagues it does not require the best and most reasonable evidence. for consideration, it must be brought up to date. there are 4 provisions and they hit the right balance that require agencies to assess costs and benefits alternatives. some that -- something that is done every day. that is what this bill does. let's have a conversation not only the business but at the kitchen table where moms and dads and families and husbands, single moms they do these kinds of things. from my understanding, it is an interesting point. it is based on what the president has issued over the years. they are not permanent or enforceable nor do they find the nation. even president obama's executive board voted and acknowledges that new regulations must take into account benefits. that's precisely what this bill does. it is amazing that my friends across the aisle, i guess they will not stand up to their president. at this point, our president has said it needs to be a part of it. that is what this bill does and i agree with our president. we need to look at it. mr. chairman, looking at this in a way and there are certain things and my friends said need to be made and i believe the threshold is something we can look at as well. overall, it is a good bill and needs to go before the american people and they want and we are doing our job and looking at legislation and procedures act so we can put together a proper rule. i yield back. >> mr. chairman, i indicated i did not seek recognition but i would ask for unanimous consent if the chair would allow to include the statement a representative sheila joe jackson and support of the regulatory. >> without objection. the gentleman does not seek regulation. i want to thank this panel. the gentleman is recognized. [indiscernible] >> yes? >> i would like to ask consents to put into the record the united states house of representatives judiciary committee under the white paper submitted by chairman goodlatte that outlined the improvements. >> without objection. >> start with the cost, more public input, and less litigation referred to as the regulatory accountability act of 2015 rule-making requirements and timeline compared to the status quo. >> i want to thank all 4 of you. thank you very much. i want to thank all 4 of you for being here. this panel is now excuse. hr 185. we now get to the main play of the day and i would like to as the gentleman from texas, good to see you and hope you are feeling better. i know that mrs. lowie is here and you would be the panel that would be prepared to speak to us obviously as a follow-up to the meeting we had last month where the decision was made that we would defer the funding for homeland security away from the rest of the year to march the first. it has been a lot written and a lot said and a lot of activity on this important measure. i believe it has allowed both of you to not only effectively prepare yourself for the day but the rest of the congress to do. judge carter, i am delighted welcome to the committee. judge, you are looking fit and sound. >> i feel fit and sound. i thank you for allowing me to be here at this time and your leadership in this committee. it is expected that the bill to address the president's executive action on immigration that i wholeheartedly support, resources provided in the underlying bill are under -- are urgently needed by the many women support our homeland in for our national security. last week, we watched a terrible tragedy unfold in paris. like 9/11 and many others have occurred in the last year remind us that our democratic values are under constant attack and serve as a warning we must remain vigilant. make no mistake what happened in paris could happen anywhere including the united states. we must provide the resources necessary to find and root out the seeds of terrorism. passing the fiscal year 2015 department of homeland security appropriations is imperative and we cannot fail to meet the challenge and mr. chairman, i am here today with mrs. lowi, the ranking member of the whole community presents this that combined unwavering support for our personnel and operations with the true fiscal discipline. the bill is within the subcommittee's allocation, $39 billion and it contains no earmarks. and the interest of time i will not outline all of the programs and activities but i would like to point out major things. specifically this bill presents no discretionary funding to implement the president's executive action on immigration. excuse me. let me repeat break it provides no discretionary funding to implement the president's executive action on immigration. this agreement contains funds for 23,775 officers and 21,000 border patrol, the largest force in history. it does not increase customs as proposed by the president's budget. it includes a $3.4 billion for ice which is $600 million above the president's request to fully fund 34,000 legislative mandated. 3732 new family detention units and 3007 new officers to detain and deport and inter the influx of families and unaccompanied alien children across our southwest border. the screeners at 45,000, 1000 below last year's level. it provides additional funds for screening. it funds increased coast guard operation powers and critical source and transit zones, fully funds the national security cover and one additional aircraft. the bill funds all critical cyber security programs. it provides $7 billion to fully fund fema. fema operational needs for delay -- for disaster relief fund and also it funds first responder grants at the levels to include sustainment of funding for firefighter assistance, emergency management performance grant. it will also fund completion of the national agro defense. it also instills real fiscal discipline. by reducing headquarters and administrative costs across the department is maintaining rigorous oversight, withholding funds, and other statute mandates and stringent reporting requirements on everything on major acquisitions to ammunition inventory, purchases, and usage. mr. chairman, this homeland security bill it meets the security needs of our nation and i believe it is worthy of every member's vote. i urge my colleagues to support it on the floor and i am happy to answer questions as you may have. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. welcome. good to see you. i had a chance to be with you the other day. a real opportunity to speak not only about the important measures but our friendship. >> i thank you very much, mr. chairman and i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. i am very pleased to testify with my friend, judge carter. the democrats side of the appropriations committee has not yet assigned a ranking member to this are any other subcommittee. that is why i'm very pleased to be here today. we all know the outcome of this dangerous game being played with this bill today. the legislation, which judge carter discussed i could support. in this form, unfortunately, it is not -- all we are doing today further delaying an action of a full year bill. again, i want to make it clear that the product that judge carter was discussing was negotiated between republicans and democrats. it should've been in lot today as far -- in law today as part of the cromnibus. what we are doing today is further delaying enactment of the four-year beer and i am extremely disappointed that republicans insist on making congress layout this at the expense of our nation's security. it has taken a less than two weeks for the republican congress to prove it can govern responsibly. the republican majority already delayed a four-year funding bill for homeland security when they dropped it from the omnibus package in december. now more than a quarter of the way through the fiscal year, we continue to play games with the funding for an agency which is created to protect the nation from terrorist attacks. last week, as we know, terrorist murdered 12 people at the office of a french magazine, a police officer, and 4 individuals at a kosher store. that is a tragic example of the kind of out of the blue attack that the department of homeland security along with the other law enforcement partners is working hard to prevent here in the united states of america. partisan games on immigration will delay grants to states and major urban areas, funding that is critical for supporting local first responders in our defense against homegrown terrorism and for future centers where the department of homeland security gathers, shares, analyzes with state local law enforcement partners. the failures to enact the full year bill will slow down efforts of the secret service to begin addressing problems with the security of the white house. the department will be limited in its ability to move forward with the secretary's union efforts to make the department more strategic and improve coordination among its subcomponents. resources to detain truly dangerous criminal aliens will manage another rapid influx of unaccompanied children and families across the southwest border are in jeopardy. acquisition of the final national security and other coast guard assets will be delayed. construction at the national agriculture facility. mr. chairman, and members of the rules committee again, i want to say democratic members and republican matters -- members of work hard to put a really good bill together. this situation in the world we are living in threatens each of us and our families, no matter where we live in the united states of america and abroad. i urge you, i urge my colleagues to give up the parsing games that threaten our national security and bring a clean bill to the house floor and let's vote on it, implement it immediately. thank you. >> thank you very much. i had a chance along with this committee to hear good and bad things and difficult things that the american people have been working with and within working with this administration and trying to make progress. a few things have stuck out at me as the president's decision as he did when she knew would be unpopular and would be highly partisan and he knew when not be seen well. i put up with a lot of things and this committee in every year for the last four or five years we have been disappointed that this administration wasted $1 billion trying to get health-care records from the department of defense and department of veteran affairs. we are constantly about infighting, the bickering, the mistakes, the president was on the tv today and they were talking about the mistake about our representative to paris. i cannot fix these things. none of us can, but we have a voice. the voice we have from the u.s. house of representatives is where we speak and try to work on behalf of the american people and with this administration on the things when we give them money. we are going to withhold the money because we believe what the president did was unlawful illegal, and unconstitutional. the day we got to the point where a president can unilaterally decide he will make law because the window and then i asked is a sad day. so, with great fairness back to you, i want to you we simply want to say back to the president, six or seven weeks ahead of time, mr. president, we disagree with you. that is our prerogative. there is a process. we will find out if people agree with me on this committee and when it goes to the floor what people think. we'll find out when the united states senate has an opportunity to do that. i will tell you ash you and i recognized that a whole bunch of people deeply disagreed with the president, whether it be a republican or a democrat unilaterally making decisions rather than his body doing so. the president has put it up to us and we will put it back. i think judge carter along with the other leaders of this house and i would expect you to ask the president to just be as reasonable as we are and that is to try and look at the bigger picture and realize we have to resolve it. that is what we are attempting to do. >> just a word, mr. chairman and i will not continue this discussion. but i do inc. that the issue of immigration reform deserves a serious, full discussion on the house floor. i have been supportive of comprehensive immigration reform. the point i wanted to make and i feel strongly about it, again, the homeland security bill should not have amendments attached to it on another subject. we worked very hard. democrats and republicans could this homeland security bill is chaired by my friend judge carter is a good deal. it should stand on its own nothing else should be attached to it. chairman -- if chairman rogers were here today, we worked so hard on the veteran affairs issues. we had people from the department of veterans affairs and military department, that is a serious issue that still has not been resolved. but homeland security, this bill given what is happening in the world today i know would've talked about this. i have eight grandchildren and i worry every day. i do not want to think and immigration debate is being tied to this. it makes it a political issue and frankly i think is unfortunate that a majority of the people in the united states wants us to focus on homeland security. i yield back. >> i am willing to go to the president with this and this is the way we do things. >> if i may -- thank you. i understand the passion of the bill. it is a good bill. i also have the same passion for the bill that is being discussed and when we go to the amendment process on this bill that raises the issue of this executive order that the president has basically stemmed -- stepped up and slammed in her face. i think the american people is looking for that debate as well as the debate on homeland security bill. the american public supports and what we have done within and we have been creative and we have met with the senate. this is a good bill as it sits. i also support the amendment process going forward in this debate today because it is not up to the american people to hear both sides. and as you effectively stated, this is the method by which we will hear the other side of the story. i think the other side of the story needs to be heard. i yield back. >> i think both of you have been very effective today not only present your views and ideas that for being here today. and just, i am glad you are back. i know there've been gone and we are delighted that your health is restored back to it. the only thing you did not say is go texas tech red raiders. everybody else had a shot. [indiscernible] i know who your team is. good for you. >> thank you, mr. chairman is. i have no question. >> the gentlewoman from new york. >> i have no questions. i think we all know where we are. i did want to ask something. i remember when we had a hearing on whether or not the president could be soon before executive orders. did that guy -- sued for executive orders/. -- did that die? >> lets me see if i can find out. we just passed -- >> it was in the package. all right, thank you. >> you are recognized. >> i have always appreciated that everybody has worked together to produce a product that folks are proud of. i just wanted to ask the 2 of you and i'm frustrated not that we are dealing with a four year appropriations bill today but we do not handle this back in may with the subcommittee passed it or back in june or back in december when we did the omnibus. wasn't there anything that went on in the conversation that you were privy to that lead you to believe that but for the president issuing of the memos that homeland security would've been stripped out of the omnibus appropriations? i remember the conversation, how are we going to fund the congress and people were looking at a postelection. but after the president did what he did in the way that he didn't, we found ourselves. do you >> mr. chairman, if i may be heard. i will give you my personal opinion. i think that was distraught that broke the camels back. i think back in may and june, inactivity in the senate slowed things down substantially and we were not in a position to bring -- normally, homeland is one of the first bills to come out because we were not getting a lot of response at that time, it was slowed. the president conversation that he was going to do this, i think put brakes on it too. >> i just want anybody to think -- >> i truly believe the lead up to it where he said he was going to do it and when he did it, we

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thousands of opposition supporters remain in the streets of kiev, the country's parliament has named its speaker as interim president, this after ukrainian president victor yanukovych fled the capital on saturday in a tell visited interview yanukovych says he's not stepping down and accusing them of a coup. here is the latest. >> reporter: victory came at a cost. there is no euphoria in independence square. instead, we found grieve. thegrief.they have lost too muco celebrate and anyway they are too exhausted. ukrainian politics is upside down, former opposition leaders now hold power. they deny they staged a coup against president yanukovych. >> translator: the government didn't want to listen to the people it. did everything possible to hold onto power and it crossed the line when it killed people now we need a functioning state as soon as possible and parliament will work on this nonstop. >> reporter: parliament has been busy dismissing january coach's people one by one, a new speaker. consolidating the change in power. but what of yanukovych. these security camera pictures appear to show his entourage fleeing his residents in the early hours of saturday morning, they took off towards the east. where they went, where they are now, we don't know. a familiar face looms over the new landscape. up i can'yulia tim tymoshenko from prison to high profile. i met someone who wants a new politician and is not convinced tymoshenko is the answer. >> i am not sure she is the person with her own bad history and her own baggage. so we need someone new, not from old. >> reporter: with no police to be seen, the protesters are in charge. they accuse this frightened beatenned man of being a paid thug, hired by yanukovych to cause trouble. they drag him way, we don't know what happened to him next. these people have chased a president from power, they have corn down a state. but at some point they'll have to step aside if a new political order is to emerge in ukraine. they are not prepared to do that yet. ukraine's protest movement has seen many twists and turns and much is still unresolved. it's become a life and death struggle to shape the future of this country. al jazerra, kiev. meanwhile, right here in the states the white house says they want to see a deescalation of violence in the ukraine and democratic elections but above all say they are on the side of the ukrainian people. >> ukrainian people indicated from the out seat there months ago when this began, that press yanukovych's decision to turn away from europe is not the choice of the ukrainian people. they expressed himselfs peaceful and i were met with violence and that did not end well for januaryanukovych. >> speaking of that our jennifer glasse is outside the parliament in kiev. it appears the opposition has major support. are they count on the ground that support to accomplish their goals in the near future? >> reporter: i think they are. you know, yulia tymoshenko when she returned here last not promised a future that leaned more towards europe. we have seen early in parliament european parliament members who come in to support as they left parliament pim people applauded them. ukraine's economy is in tatters. they have made changes they have made clear that the era of yanukovych is over. they dismissed his cabinet and ministers and nationalized his home. we do have opposition politicians now vying for power. as you heard in barnaby's piece it's about who the new leader will be. they are divided about that. ukraine will need a lot of support in the coming weeks and months as it heads towards presidential elections may 25th and as it tries to rebuild all of its institutions that will be part of the problem, not going back to the old institutions, morgan. >> speaking of not going back to the old institution, what is next for yanukovych now that the parliament has the presidential power? >> reporter: they have the presidential power, everybody associated with him in government was dismissed. everyone i have spoken to in kiev today says it wouldn't be a good idea for victor yanukovych to come back here, they believe his era is over, this is time for a new ukraine, many people blame him for the bloodshed. hits ruling party that supported him that was his majority in parliament who gave him so many powers they said on their website today they blame victor yanukovych for the bloodshed. they blame him and planning to on as a political party here, an on him us sign for the president of kiev. he has left kiev. his home and office are empty. we don't know where he is. he had a televised message yesterday that came out but it was from an undisclosed position he says he was in ukraine and he's the president but people here don't believe that. >> we are ready to build a new country, a better country with a new political system with new people, with young people because young people -- only young people can build a new future. new, beautiful, bright future. >> reporter: and to have that bright new future, of course, you need to build a new country. and they have to kind of build it from the ground up. the concern is the same old corruption will come back. they don't want the same old politicians, the same old ukraine, part of the reason this all spiraled out of control is regular ukrainians were fed up with not being able to get on with their daily lives, everywhere they faced corruption and now they have the chance to fix it. they have gone in the streets, been on the streets, and they are staying on the streets, morgan. >> and jennifer, just briefly, with all of this talk about the new bright future and the rebuilding of the new ukraine, why then are so many protesters still unwilling to leave the old site of these protests? >> reporter: they want to make sure that these changes last. that no one steals the power away. and that's what they are concerned about. you know, they have been through the revolution on the square before. this happened in 200 2004, theyw yulia tymoshenko topple victor january covyanukovych and then k and the last few years have been difficult for the average ukrainian here, they watched victor yanukovych and his cronies, they say, take power and corrupt the system and make ukraine the most corrupt country in europe. they want to see that change and they say they'll stay on the streets until they know they have the leadership in place to that will do that, morgan. >> thanks so much, our jennifer glasse reporting live from kiev ukraine. joining me now, you like hundreds of people from kiev went to the presidential palace. tell me what you saw. >> well, what i saw was outrageous display of luxury and a lack of taste. a combination of ancient replicas of greek ruins combined with russian style houses. inside of which you can see mosaics or renaissance pictures. and the whole place is unbelievably huge. we have been there for five hours and we barely saw a third of it. there is a huge golf course, unbelievable sized privately for yanukovych. there is a boat there which has been turned in to a living house. there is approximately five homes inside of it. and four -- in the entrance of it, a four-story building specifically for the security. cameras are everywhere. five-meter walls around the place. so it shows us why the hole in the budget appeared all these years. >> but, what does that then make you think? when you see a palace this lavish, do you think that that confirms his opposition's critique saying, look, this guy is in fact corrupt. does this now serve as proof positive that he is the corrupt politician that his critics say he is? >> obviously. there were photos and videos of this place for a long time now. now it's a museum which everyone can visit and see with their own eyes and it's changing many people's perception of yanukovych. this is unbelievable. and this is just unbearable to see in any democratic state. >> you mentioned the changing percent, so what was the mood like at the palace? i mean, were people excited, defiant, just incredulous, what was the feeling like that there? >> well, it was essentially in the beginning when -- near the entrance everybody was extremely excited when they got in they couldn't believe how, you know, what is the extent of wealth that yanukovych has and confirming that continuously and then walking around and seeing all of these small examples of his personality was for them extremely surprising and deeply shocking. >> who is in control? you said it's turned in to almost a museum. are the government forces now in full control of this compound? >> no, the self-defense forces of the maidon and in cop corporn with the local police and security guards from the place are actually controlling it. >> all right. thank you live from kiev. >> thank you. ukrainians living in the u.s. are concerned over the current cries let their homelands. al jazerra's erica ferrari has reaction from a ukrainian church right here in new york city. >> reporter: while history infields arunfolds nearly 5,000, parishioner in manhattan are in mass kneeling and praying for their friends and family back home in kiev. they have been glued to their television sets and social media watching the political crisis happen in their homeland. the pastor here of st. gorges tells me for the most part parishioner are in support of the demonstrations and they are doing what they can to help. >> they are sending funds through the credit unions which is the safest way to make sure that help reaches the people there. and the clergy, orthodox as well as the catholic bishops there are working together to make sure no further violence takes place. >> we are so connected to our homelands and it's heartbreaking for us, they are craig and praying and we are doing the same here it's just heartbreaking. so we hope and pray that this can be resolved. we feel it's a lull in the progress at the moment. and we hope and pray for the best. >> reporter: inish to the fiveie five masses they plan to go to the consolate at 2:00 eastern as well as a march over to the russian embassy, in lower manhattan, erica ferrari, al jazerra. more venezuelans are expected to show their support for president nicholas maduro today. yesterday's mass marches saw hundreds of thousands of pro and anti-government supporters on the streets of caracas. after two weeks of arrest that have already killed eight people. in thailand two crea peoplee dead including a 12-year-old child after a last whipped lou the capital. dozens more injured at the site of an anti government protest. a day earlier gunmen attacked demonstrators at a rally east of bangkok, two people died and the young girl among those killed when at tackers dope up i drove up in ap truck. rallies between supporters and opponents have grown increasingly violent. meanwhile a suicide car bomb explodes near a field hospital in northwestern syria willing at least three people. it happened in the rebel held down. parts of the hospital have since collapsed and it's one of the only hospitals in about 40 miles until patients can seek treatment in neighboring turkey. no group has yet claimed responsibility. over to afghanistan now where the taliban has dealt a major blow to the afghan security forces killing 21 soldiers a stormed a checkpoint and the dal pan says they have taken seven soldiers and a search is under way for the seven soldiers. the taliban has pulled a plug on a prison swap that would have released bo. the taliban agreed to negotiate his release in exchange for five of their members in guantanmo bay. an unspecified political reason is the reason for halting the talks. still ahead, the olympic games come to a close in sochi russia. continued fallout over a plant leak in north carolina and now the focus turn to the state's governor and his ties about the company that's at fault. i check out those four works the closing ceremonies in sochi are underway as the games to him .com on a close they wrapped up with finals in men's bob let, hockey and cross country skiing, we look ahead to life after the games. >> reporter: when the sochi olympics finally burst in to life two week ago the event was already carrying huge burdens. for some, particularly in the west, necessary were the homophobic games, the terrorist games about to be blown up at any moment. the games costing a record did demolishing $51 billion. they were even the dog-killing games. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: pussy riot risked whippings and arrest for a punk music video. and the we website showing. but president putin was proud. and the russians proud too. these are their olympic olympicr all. >> putin made no attempt to hide it. he said this is the olympics did voted to the resurgence for the russian nation. for him it was extremely important to do this sort of national building effort through sports. >> reporter: armies of charming smiling volunteers made sure the visitors that came felt welcome. despite the disappointments of russia's men hockey team there was still russian gold to celebrate. it's often easy to forget that the olympics are about sport, particularly when they come with as much political bag i believe as the sochi games have. but the athletes will be remembering their successes, or their failures long after the journalists have wandered off to find other things to report on. that's actually already happened. events in ukraine have overshadowed these games to a certain extent. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and once the circus leads town, it's the people who live in this region who will be best placed to answer the question, was it all worth it? rory, al jazerra, sochi. >> and here is the medal count as these winter games wrap up. russia leads with 33 medals. the host country has also claimed the most gold with 13. as for the gold old usa they are second with 28 total medals nine gold and norway third place with 26 melds. canada fourth with 25 after today's hockey victory over sweden. and the netherlands is fifth with 24 total medals. down in north carolina work to plug a coal ash league is now complete by the long term effects are unknown, now some are questioning the ties between north carolina's governor and the come responsible for the coe leak. >> reporter: when toxic coal ash started pouring in the river. environment groups turned their eyes to the governor. they waited four days for a response. it came in a tweet from him saying he would visit the site to be briefed on the spill. he is a former duke energy executive. a company he spent 28 year old with. one group took issue with that during his campaign. >> pat mccrory's questionable ethics, case number two, duke energy. >> reporter: john frank say political report for the raleigh news and servers being he says mccrory's ties to duke energy have raised eyebrows. >> and the questions go well beyond that. the utility commission regulates duke energy and ma cory filled his administration with former duke executives. >> reporter: a cause for concern among environment the groups after 30,000 tons of coal ash spilled in to the dan river lead to go warnings about swimming in the river or eating the fish. we wanted to get a closer look and found signs of the dark ash sticking to foam placed in the river to collect the co contaminants. though, the coal ash is not at the bottom of all places of the dan river, you can find it on many banks, also 70 miles downstream from eden here, but if we dip it down about a foot or two feel and we pull up the muck and we get through some of the leafs and stick and empty the water. you can see the black sediment in here, that's some of the coal ash that has made its way in to the dan river. >> we have had serious harm for a major river of this state. we have been saying that we have 14 disasters waiting to happen. >> reporter: frank holliman, made those claims. in three lawsuits the southern environmental law center filed against duke energy seeking the clean up of its coal ash pits at its 14 north carolina sites. environmental groups say the state used a provision of the clean water act to block the lawsuits by filing its own suits, a consent order reached in the casenot require clean up. holliman and others accused ma core contrarthemccrory administf giving duke energy a pass. a spokesman told us duke energy is not receiving any special treatment. this administration took more action on coal ash during any administration in north carolina history. mccrory has called for a committee to look at what to do with coal ash in north carolina. while his administration and duke energy both pledge a full clean up of the spill, environment theists like general i edwards are frustrated. >> i saw ducks swimming in coal ashmeadely after the spill. i saw a balanced eagle flying over a river of dole ash. so that balanced eagle is relying on fish in the river for its sus at that nexts and the fish in the river are relying on the macro invertebrates or now either suffocating or dieing and certainly bayinging in a toxic bath. >> reporter: a criminal information is also under way. stateen and sraoeurpltal officials and leaders are duke energy have already been subpoenaed to appear next month. robert ray, eden north carolina. ice jams are sending flood waters in to towns in eerie county, iowa, the overflowing river has flooded several times and it's an off shoot of lake erie which is one of the great lake, it was practically flows n over last week. rescuers had to use boats to help people escape. unfortunately most of the united states, there is much more icy cold temperatures on the way and our meteorologist i can'jelelah all med is here to l us about that. >> meteorologist: temperatures in the 60s in atlantic city right now. it feels good but don't worry, winter will come roaring back, the warm air helping to melt snow and ice that we have accumulated here this th througe winter and that's the reason the lakes and rivers are rising especially across the ohio valley where temperatures today are in the 50s and to the east coast in the 60s. now the frontal boundary that pushed across the northeast and southeast earlier this week is stalling out no now across ports of the sound with a ton of moisture in the atmosphere, a flourish of showers and thunderstorms later on some of these storms along the i-10 corridor from eastern texas to louisiana in to mississippi, alabama and georgia could turn severe here, we want to be careful later on in the day we have flood warnings in effect across i-10 and i-12 along baton rouge, they can use the rain in the south. another very dry take on deck. the pattern i think will change a bit as we track on in to next week, but look at this deficit we are looking at here. the rainfall that we received since december, san francisco has only received almost three-inches of rain, typically her close to 12 at this time of the year, very different across the north central planes where they have had to deal with snowstorm after snowstorm a light band here back to you, morgan. >> thank. , so much, gentleman leah jelel. thousands of people are dancing along the beach this weekend. check it out. the party is a precarnival right. bands entertaining the crowd with songs. carnival officially begins on february 28 and the parties continue until march 4th which is just a day before the lent and season begin. now, coming up next on al jazerra, an update on the situation in ukraine. and the girl scouts take a bite out of one girl's brilliant business plan. ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! we must have encountered a temporal vortex. further analytics are necessary. beam us up. ♪ that's my phone. hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never before. good afternoon to you and welcome back to al jazerra america. i am morgan radford live from new york city. and here are today's headlines, ukraine begins to reveal as the speaker of the parliament is made interim president, president victor yanukovych accusing the parliament of a coup he fled the capital yesterday and is now prefuse to go step down. a controversy foyt girl scouts that involves pot. one california girl scout sold 117 boxes of cook is in just two hours and how did she do it? outside i've medical marijuana dispensary in san francisco. well, word of her lucrative and brilliant take quickly spread and that ledsome girl scout lead nurse colorado to put out a notice to all of its troops saying there won't be any targeting of legal, recreational pot dispensaries. >> we have kind of joked about it and, you know, the girls showed quite a bit of initiative and we of course have said that we are not really allowed to do something like that here in colorado. >> well, there you have it. the girl scouts of colorado are calling for a ban on the selling of cook is outside of bars, strip clubs, casino and liquor stores, thanks so much for watching al jazerra, am morgan radford live from new york city. 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thousands of opposition supporters remain in the capital of ukraine, that despite the country's parliament making its speaker as interim president, this is all after victor yanukovych fled the cappal yesterday n a televised interview yanukovych said he is not stopping down and accusing parliament of carrying out an coup. barnaby phillips has more from independence square. >> reporter: victory crime at a cost. there is no yo euphoria in independence square, instead we found grief. they have lost too much to celebrate and anyway, they are too exhausted. ukrainian politics is upside down. former opposition leaders now hold power. they deny they stage aid coup against president yanukovych. >> translator: the government didn't want to listen to the people. it did everything possible to hold onto power and crossed the line when it killed people. now we need a functioning state as soon as possible and parliament will work on this nonstop. >> reporter: and parliament has been busy does missing january coacyanukovych's ministers 11 b, the new speaker as president. , interim. but of what of yanukovych. these security cameras appear to show his entourage fleeing his restless residencresidence in tf saturday morning, we don't know where they are now. a familiar face looms over the any land came, yulia tymoshenko from prison to politics in just a day. i met a protester who has been on the barricades and won't show her face and wants a new type of politician and is not sure tymoshenko is the type of person. >> i am not sure. she is a person with her own history and baggage so we need someone new not from old march p.s and old leader. >> reporter: with no police to be seen, the protesters are in charge. they accused this fried end the beat man of being a thug hired by january cove i have to cause trouble, they drag him away, we don't know what happens next, these people have chased a press from power, they have torn down a state. but at some point they have to step aside if a new political order is to emerge in ukraine, they are not prepared to do that correct. political movement has seen many changes. and it's not over yet. >> white here at home the white house says we want to see a deescalation of violence but above all the country must come together. >> it is not in the interest to see the country split. it's in nobody's interest to see violence return and the situation escalate. there is not an inherent contribution between a ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural tied to russia and a modern ukraine that want to integrate more closely with europe, they need not be mutually exclusive. >> jennifer glasse is in the capital of kiev. is there a possibility the country will split over this issue you? >> that's a real concern right now. yanukovych's ruling party yesterday had a conference and said they didn't recognize what the parliament was doing and trying to take local control unless thing says were resolved here in kiev. that creates a real sense of what might happen. ukraine is historically divided the east is close to russia. but still even here in independence square and i am here just on the edge of independence square here today, there is a real sense of things are changing. >> we are ready to build a new country, independent country with a new political picture with new people. with maybe young people because young people only young people can build a new future. you need young people. >> jennifer,. >> reporter: it is to build a beautiful -- >> jennifer, we understand, we heard the sound bite that all just played. you also mentioned local control and the east saying that that's close to russia. even today, we are hearing of violence erupting right there in ukraine. in fact, in the control room, why don't we pull up picture saysthere, we have pictures of e protests in east turn ukraine which is typically a place for yanukovych reporters. can we expect, jennifer, more protests like this coming in the week ahead? >> reporter: i think we can. i think those who support the opposition here will be emboldened by what they see here and might come out on the streets. we all saw a few weeks ago people coming out on the streets. in the east and cities in the east and because there are very many preop since -- sorry pro government supporters there and because it is a very russian-oriented part of the country. there is great potential for flashes of tension there and, of course, we have -- it's industrial. 70% of ukraine's industry heads towards russia and that's why they are so eastern looking and their livelihoods are at stake, they are worried if ukraine leads more towards europe they'll be fired and that's a real sense of tension. >> i want to go deep never the tensions. the pictures we just saw were phenomenal. we see people beating other people in the streets. i want to give our viewers a sense of what they are fighting for right know. are they upset about what happened to yanukovych or fight for something specifically in regard to ukraine's future and the immediate future in coming g days. >> reporter: each side is fighting for their future you have to understand they have been watching russian television with very imflammatory language and we have that coming from that area. so, for example, in the south, people from the south have been very threatening to what's been happening here and feel very threatened about what's happening here in kiev. they are worried that their lifestyle. lively hoodlivelihoods will cha. they are trented by what's happenintrented by what'shappen. >> thanks for being with us, jennifer. meanwhile, more venezuelans are expected to show support for president nicholas maduro today. yesterday's mass marches saw hundreds of thousand pro and anti-government demonstrators all on the streets of caracas. the peaceful rallies are relief from two week of violent unrest that has already killed eight people. new details about the fight that took place during the capture of the drug leader joaquin el chapper guzman, he was arrested in mexico yesterday in a joint u.s.-members co operation and adam rainy has the latest. >> reporter: more details are managing about how joaquin guzman was called by dozens of mexican marines who surrounded the condominium building he was staying in mazatlan. he was arrested before 7:00 a.m. on saturday. no shots fired. he tried to reach for some of the arm that he had amassed in that condominium, but he was unable to do so. the marines subdued him. there was some blows exchanged and within a couple of hours he was flown to mexico city, paraded before the cameras and wisked off to a prison here, there is a lot of speculation about whether or not he will be ex-extradited to the u.s., there are several indictments like in cities like chicago, new york, the department of justice is keen to try him on charges related to the smuggling and killing and trafficking of drugs. so but right now, we have a word from an ambassador from mexico in the united states saying he believes that chapo guzman should be tried in mexico. there is no word yet from from the attorney general here in mexico what the next step will be. you have investigators in both countries eager and hungry to make joaquin guzman pay for the crimes he's committed over decades as he has been running the sinaloa cartel one of the world's most powerful and largest international criminal organizations. >> that was adam rainy reporting from mexico city. criminal investigation has been launcheded in to duke energy for a second leak of arsenic-laced waste without their fell in the dan river in north carolina. al jazerra afternoons robber ray has the story. >> reporter: when toxic coal ash started pouring in to the water, environmental groups turned their eye to his north carolina's governor pat mccrory. they waited for four days for a response it came in a tweet from ma cory saying he would visit the site to be briefed on the spill he is a former duke company executive. a company he spent 28 year old with. one group took issue with that during his campaign. >> pat mccrory's questionable ethics, case number two, duke energy. >> reporter: john frank is a political reporter and says mccrory's ties to duke energy have raised eyebrows. >> and the questions go well beyond that. state utilities commission regulates duke energy and mccrory filled his administration with a number of former duke energy executives. >> reporter: a cause for concern among environment the groups after 30,000 tons of coal ash spilled in to the dan river. leading to warnings about swimming in the river or eating the fish. we wanted to get a closer look. and found signs of the dark ash sticking to foam, placed in the river to collect the canton nats. >> though, the coal ash is not at the bottom of all places at the dan river you can find it on many banks and also 70 miles downstream from eden here, but if we dip it down about a foot or two feet and pull up the muck we get through in leafs and sticks and empty the water you can see the black sentiment here. that is some of the coal ash that's made its way in to the dan river. >> we have had serious harm to a major river of this state. we have been saying that we have 14 disasters waiting to ham. >> reporter: frank holliman made those claims in three lawsuits the southern environment the law center filed against duke energy seeking the clean up of its coal ash pits and it's 14 north carolina sites, en voomal groups say the state use aid provision of the clean water act to block the lawsuits by filing its own suits. a consent order reached in the cases did not require clean up. holliman and others accused the mccrory administration of giving duke energy a pass on collusion. a spokesman for mccrory told us, duke energy is not receiving any specific treatment. this administration took more action on coal ash during its first 75 days than any previous administration in north carolina history. mccrory has now called for a committee to look at what do do with coal ash in north carolina. and while his administration and duke energy both pledge a full clean up of the spill, environmenenvironmentalists liki edwards are frustrated. >> i saw talks swimming in coal arc i saw a bald eagle flying over a riverral coal arc, that balanced eagle is relying on fish in the river and they are relying on the macro invert bats that are suffer everything and dieing or batheing in a toxic bath. >> reporter: a criminal investigation is underway. state leaders have already been subpoenaed to appear. coming up next on al jazerra, as the sochi winter games come to a close, we'll take a live look at how they will be remembered. plus a return to our top story, the crisis in ukraine. al jazerra is live right here in new york city. >> reporter: absolutely. behind me here ukrainian-american community is getting together to talk about ways that they can help their family and friends back home, i'll have that story for you coming up next on al jazerra america. good afternoon to you and welcome back to al jazerra america, i am morgan radford. we return now to our top story the power struggle in ukraine. and it is striking pretty close to home right here in new york in an area known as little ukraine, al jazerra's well minute i duke art joins us from there. you just we want to a meeting with the local community what did they have to say? what i am learning about this community is that they are a very tight knit one, behind me here there is a press conference where ukrainian-americans are gathering to talk about what they can do to help their family and friends back home and yesterday they corrected a memorial honoring 82 people 80 to lives lost in the clashes in due crane behind me say sign that goes our heros rest in peace. that's what this community views those 82 people are as heros. the owner of this restaurant that's been around since 1954, a ukrainian restaurant said most customers are sad about this but also very optimistic. they want democracy. they said there is really no black and white. most people can' want democracyd change. one woman i spoke to said this is a miles a miracle this has hd that's why they view the 82 pimas heros, they will be talking about way to his help the communities. >> what are they doing, kilmeny in terms of reaction? >> reporter: sure, well, there is a huge fundraiser that's going to happen down here this afternoon, and basically all of the local shops are going to be donating goods, they will be selling those goods and then they are going to be sending no money overseas and i spoke with one woman whose coordinated efforts are really trying to make a difference. here is what she had to say. >> it's a mess. people are being surgically admitted in the middle of the street. and & they need supplies for that. so that's why we are making sure that they get everything that they need. we are -- facebook and social media has played a big role in the revolution in ukraine, so we have doctors that are tweeting things that they need. you need to save people's lives and every minute counts. >> reporter: amazing efforts on the part of the ukrainian american community here in i'll keep you updated throughout the day on what they will be doing. back to you. >> thanks so many, kilmeny duchardt in the ukrainian community in downtown manhattan. at least two people died in aan explosion at an anti government rally. demonstrators have been calling for the prime minister to step down since november. veronica has more. >> reporter: a bomb went off right at this spot at about quarter to 5:00 in the afternoon. the explores went off right behind the motorcycle taxi that you can see behind me. there are blood stains on the ground and various bits of debris, police officials just told us here at the scene that this was a grenade launched from an m79 rival that wen79 rifle t. the latest kubel ar casualty too people killed, 28 injured and two children severely injured. the rate of these incidents of attacks on anti-government protesters is increasing. this is the second such explosion since friday at this very site. and it's the second attack in 24 hours. the other one hand in eastern thailand on saturday night at least 35 people were injured in that and another child was killed. this is going to raise tensions across the country. particularly as this bomb went on when pro government supporters, the so-called red shirt movement, were meeting to put together a strategy to mobilize, they say millions of people from the country side to come to bangkok in the coming few days to show their support for the government, they may well run in to the anti-government protesters who have been holding these key intersections. >> that was very ron what calathes pedroza reporting from bangkok. coping with cancer, we'll tell you how a canadian food show is helping cancer patients up next. plus the legacy of the winter games in sochi an in-depth look at how the games will be remembered. ♪ ♪ welcome back to al jazerra america i am morgan radford and here say recap of today's top stories, ukraine begins to rebuild as the speaker of the parliament becomes interim president. victor yanukovych is accusing the parliament of a coup and refuses to step down. the 2014 olympic games wrapped up earlier today and rory gives us a look at their legacy. >> reporter: when the sochi olympics finally burst in to life two weeks ago, the events was already carrying huge burdens. for some, particularly in the west, these were the homophobic games. they were the terrorist games about to be blown up at any moment. the games costing a record demolishing $51 billion. they were even the dog-killing games. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: pussy riot risked whippings and arrest for a punk protest music have i had grow va website showing the spotlight on corruption. but president vladimir putin was proud and the people were proud too, these olympics are theirs after all. >> president putin made no attempt to hide it. he said this is the olympics devoted to the resurgence of the nation for him it was extremely important to do this national building effort through ports. >> reporter: armies of charming, smiling volunteers made sure that visitors who came felt welcome. and despite the disappointments of russia's men's hockey team and her, there was still russian gold to his celebrate. it's often easy to forget that the olympics are about sports, particularly when they come with as much political baggage as the sochi games have. but the athletes will be remembering their successes or their failures long off the journalists have wandered off to find other things to report on. that's actually already happened. events in ukraine have overshadowed these games to a certain extent. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and once the circus leaves town, it's the people who live in this region who will be best placed to answer the question was it all worth it? rory, al jazerra, sochi. ♪ ♪ >> meteorologist: one thing to note about sochi was the weather was phenomenon. they have mild weather at this time of the year with the air coming in on off the black sea, another mild day across the northeast, temperatures in the northeast in the 50s and the 60s in our nation's capital. they are expected to climb in to the 60s today in atlanta take city if you are walk ago long the boardwalk right around 61. take a look at the radar, not a lot going on, there is a weak frontal boundary pushing across the midwest as the front pushes in to some milder air you can see the rain -- the snow that is changing over to rain across ohio. raining heavy cross i-10 in the southeast. just around the new orleans area and also around baton rouge here along i-10. also around tallahassee later on in the day some of the storms could turn severe with damaging winds and even a little bit of hail. so be very careful if you are traveling there. rain is going to come down hard, particularly across southern portions of louisiana and mississippi. we could see two to four-inches of rain, again, flash flooding will be a problem on the roadways in the southeast it's dry, but i think the pattern will change as we track in to next week, but they are dealing with a deficit here, we have talked about the drought all yearlong, san francisco on only reaching close to three-inches typically by this time of the year it's their wet season and they should be closer to 12-inches of rain. now, it's all snow and we have had a great deal of snow across portions of the north central planes in to the midwest and chicago where the cold air will not let go and coming back. as a matter of fact in duluth, minnesota, 60 days of subzero temperatures since december 1st, that's a record there. chicago, st. louis and indianapolis, this is one of their top 10 coldest windsers and in detroit, coldest winter since the 1978-noo1979 season is cold and nothing is change. another polar vortex to worry about next week as the area of low pressure pushes down in to the north central planes and temperatures subzero throughout next week. back to you, morgan. >> thanks, gentleman leah. television food programs attempted our pallets but now a new canadian show is helping cancer patients struggling to make the right food chases. >> reporter: cooking well to help cure cancer. shot before a live audience this program features food that is nutritious, did he irable and when cancer treatments cause lost appetites or f fatigue easy to prepare. >> i don't want to make it seem very fancy but it's easy to do. i think am trying to present that. >> reporter: the hosts make the foot. starter, bread, main course and desert all for a patient who might normally open a tin, defrost something bad for them, or worse not eat at all. >> easy to make, the ingredients are easy to find and it's something that people see us do and think, wow, it's that easy, doesn't take a lot of effort and it's going to make me feel better. >> reporter: fussy eaters, food aallergies, individual tears all variations on each dish offering replacements for most ingredients, these two patients say the chef and nutritionist transformed their lives. >> she's sneaking education in to us. >> yeah, when we were not looking. >> and we are listening to the education at the same time, but it's not like it's just thrown at us. because we are already feeling sick, you don't want anybody to tell you don't eat this and don't eat that. because you already upset about everything else. >> reporter: time to eat. the best part of the show. not everyone tasting here today is a patient or a caregiver. some just like the food. but it's aimed squarely at those getting cancer treatment, getting new ideas in to them almost by stealth. >> they don't want to necessarily come to programs, it's all about the cancer, all about the side effects. they want to come to programs that are going to help them move forward with their life and improve their quality of life and live well. >> reporter: as cancer treatments improve, medical science is looking beyond clinics and hospital bets. and finding that food can help people cope with the disease that was once literally a death sentence. daniel lack, al jazerra, toronto. >> i am morgan radford thanks so much for watching. ♪ ♪ loans are square. what is it going to mean when you need a lawyer? ♪ >> for those in school tuition really high and the job paying the loans are scarce. what's behind the decline in the legal industry and what is it going to mean when you need a lawyer?

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bash for robert mugabe. >> good morning to you, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, live from new york city. >> after a day of political upheaval opposition leaders in ukraine are scrambling to feel a power vacuum. viktor yanukovych fled the capital. it's unclear who is running the country. viktor yanukovych said he is not stepping down and accused parliament of a coup. he's referring to a vote that happened hours earlier, removing him from office, setting elections. former prime minister julia tymoschenko has been released from prison, where she served three of a 7-year sentence for abuse of power. >> viktor yanukovych's decision to distance ukraine from the e.u. is what sparked the protest in the first place. >> jennifer glasse is the first international broadcaster to be live outside the parliament building today. >> good morning. the parliament this morning charting a new future of ukraine. making a lot of changes. the foreign minister is gone. the minister of science gone. they are looking at the court law, and we have had a lot of changes in the last 24 hours, not the least the return of julia tymoschenko here after 2.5 years in prison. for her last night in independence square it was an emotional homecoming. >> she hadn't been seen publicly for 2.5 years, freed from gaol a few hours earlier. >> i wanted to support you. you are heroes, the best that ukraine has. >> from detention she sent messages to independence square, dreaming of being here in person. >> i couldn't be with you because i was in a came. if i were with you, we could have found a peaceful way. >> moments before a funeral for a protestor killed over the last week. >> we need to punish the people that organised this, who made cruel things. if we do in the punish them, we are worth nothing. >> supporters say the appearance means victory for all of them. >> we try to create ukrainian state, new state. no corruption. democracy. >> president viktor yanukovych fled the capital, but insists he in ukraine. he appeared on television, calling his rivals bandits. >> i'm not going to leave the country. i'm not going to resign. i'm a legitimately elected president. the people here disagree. >> the people have the president they want. when he fights with the people, you are doomed. he's a criminal, and should be punished. >> julia tymoschenko honoured those killed defending the square. "heroes never died", she said. they echoed her. she prom used to help guide the people. there is an open road ahead to build the ukraine they want. her political future and ukraines is still to be decided. >> viktor yanukovych is one of three candidates being considered as a new prime minister, a position held before she was gaoled by president viktor yanukovych. a lot of changes in the parliament. you can hear them on loud speakers. you can see the people gathered by the parliament, watching and listening to see what is happening to their future. it's a big day in ukraine. >> what exactly was viktor yanukovych's next step now he's been removed from office. >> that is the real question. he was defiant in the video message. he's called the people inside the building abandoned and a coup. he has gone to the east, we believe. there were reports he tried to leave the country. it's a where's waldo situation. he insists he is on the territory of ukraine, but the parliament voted to dismiss them, abandioning his office and his physical office and home has been abandoned. they voted to return his pal racial home, hundreds of acres. you probably saw the pictures of a huge hour, the pal racial way he's been living. the members of parliament voted to return the land to the public. >> the beeping is the sound of ukraine's future, the parliament voting. during the beeping, parliamentarians have 10 seconds to vote. >> to the east of the country, supportive of viktor yanukovych may have other thought. is the country divided? >> the country has lopping been divided. the east turning to russia. the divide is clear. that's how it started. we had a worrying development yesterday when the region, the members of parliament, the party of regions. they met yesterday. these are the local leaders that state governor, they say what the parliament is doing is illegal. they'll have to take the powers back. they'll have to pay any tapes to kiev. a worrying development. that's what people want to prevent. that they don't want the country to split up, and the people have to keep it together. that will be the challenge. >> before you go. let's talk about the julia tymoschenko. her release rallied the opposition. you and i were there. we saw it. it was almost breath taking. it was breath-taking for her to take the stage in the wheelchair. has she clearly emerged as a leader of the opposition? >> i don't know that she has. some people - the opposition is divided. it's the same problem. she's a figure head, a symbol, a sign of victory. it was a rallying call, whether she should be the next prime minister or president. she's in contention to be prime minister. she is - you saw she was in a wheelchair. she's not in fabulous health. some believe she should move on to be a prime minister. that is something that needs to be worked out. elections will be hold on may the 25th. her role undetermined. >> kiev, ukraine. thank you for being was jennifer glasse. >> the white house is welcoming the release of julia tymoschenko, saying: >> president viktor yanukovych enraged the masses when he chose an alliance with russia over the european union. russia was offering 15 million in financial bailout. russia has pulled back and plans to weight for a stable government. speaking to reporters in australia on sunday the head of the international monetary fund says they are ready to step up. >> if the ukrainian authorities ask for support, whether it's policy advice, financial support, together with economic reform discussions, obviously we stand ready to do that. >> la guard suppressed that the imf would not help ukraine until there was at least an interim government. >> the editor in chief of the moscow center of carnegie endowment for international peace and political analysts joins us from moscow. ms lip min. the opposition was called thugs who threatened the sovereignty of ukraine. does russia see what is happening as a coup, like viktor yanukovych does? >> well, russia has not said as much. of course, the statement from the foreign minister sounded harsh. it remains to be seek how russia will use the leverage over ukraine, what happened in ukraine, in the dramatic months weeks and days is a defeat to putin, who was anxious to keep ukraine in his orbit. new, it hasn't happened his way. just how will he take the defeat is not clear. russia's leverage includes a responsibility of raising or lowering the price of gas. it gave a discount as a carrot to keep ukraine wherein the russian orbit. that was november. what's to that. this is but one factor. also, we have heard, are hearing about the divide and, indeed, what is happening in eastern ukraine is not support for viktor yanukovych. this is probably the one thing that holds the ukrainian nation together. a loathe are for president viktor yanukovych. these are nationalists from the west, common to call the people gangs, they do not seek succession of congress of lawmakers... >> i want to ask a question on that. you mentioned lef rig. let's turn to the u.s. the white house welcomed the release of julia tymoschenko. what role does the u.s. have, if any, to play in rebuilding the future of ukraine. >> well, the united states expressed hopes for democratic development and it would be fine, it would be great for ukraine. i think the change on this path path are gigantic. julia tymoschenko could bring the nation together at this point. will her policies by democratic remain to be seen. she has her own history of corruption. she's a powerful person. whether she'd want to amass more power is far from clear. whether her policy will be that of inclusion and tolerance or the opposite of that. i don't believe the united states will have a leverage. >> you mentioned leverage, but i want to go back to something. viktor yanukovych was greeted at the rally. can she fill the power vacuum that will bridge the divide in ukraine? >> well, that's been a challenge for ukraine for over 20 years. none of its leaders has been able to unite this disunited nation. it is, indeed, divided to scribe it as east and west is an over-simplification. the capital is neither east nor west, it's a center with big liberal constituency. can she do that, can she bring the nation together. well, at least it's a - formidable challenge in the - in i think -- >> a challenge. given that challenge, how real is the concern in moscow, that the ukraine could split apart with the pro-e.u. west and south-east creating sovereign nations. what would it mean for russia if the split happened? >> i don't think we should be talking about a radical split. i think what the congress of lawmakers in of the east showed is that they pledged for unity, for a single ukraine that should not split up. i think there'll be a lot of political bargaining involved. i think there'll be a russian backing behind the bargaining behind the eastern regions, i do not think a bargaining will be constructive or interfere with ukrainian development. i think we should keep that in mind. there is, however, a region in the ukraine. this is in the peninsula in the black sea. where pro russian sentiments are strong. there have been reports where russian areas, some regions is where we should look at if we talk about separate sentiments. >> that's what we'll do. thank you for joining us live from moscow this morning. >> we are getting reports of a bomb blast in bangkok. 16 people are injured much let's go to veronica pedrosa for an update. the casualty toll has risen. we are hearing from the emergency medical services that 24 people have been injured and sent to hospital. some are injured, through are said to be children. the bomb exploded. this is a cross between a motorbike and a card. in this case it was a very violent threat because it had loaded on it an explosive device. this is a crowded area. it's shocking. it will raise the levels of nervousness. particularly as it happened less than 24 hours after the bomb and gun attack on anti-government protesters in another part of the country. an area where an 8-year-old was killed. we are seeing a worrying trend and bomb attack happening every day and more people being injured in areas that are supposed to be secure. now, at the scene where the bomb exploded we are seeing pictures of soldiers and police. >> this is al jazeera's veronica pedrosa joining us from bangkok. thank you for the update. in venezuela dualling protests. opponent and supporters of the government marching in the streets. it was not always peaceful. as the rallies wound down. at least 10 people died since the unrest began. the president is accusing the opposition of trying to stage a coup. three american documents were expelled from the company. he's asking president obama to talk. the government sent troops to the western state. students rallied against high crime and the pore economy. as a turmoil grose, that man became many faces of the opposition. >> on saturday, angry vens jans demanded his release. the rally was not unanswered. >> al jazeera's rachel levin has more. >> for hours venezuela endured the heat to attend a rally called by former candidate on saturday. it's been 10 days since the political turmoil gripped the country. many are worried that the situation is getting worse. we are divided. it's like we are two different countries. we think differently, if the president doesn't believe what we are saying and calls us liars, he's ignoring us. >> the opposition leader is still in gaol waiting for his trial to begin. he's charmed with ipp citing violence -- inciting violence. >> singing the national anthem, thousands answer the call of the opposition leader to come out and stand united on saturday in caracas, and show unit and defiance against the government. >> he urged the crowd to stay peaceful, but had harsh words for his political rival. >> translation: if you want to step into the ring, we can put the gloves on. you must know that we are fighting against millions of venezuela. >> across town a rival march was held for nicolas maduro. >> he blamed the violence on the opposition. >> translation: this here, they throw it, it works like a grenade. this is terrorism. they throw it at the national guard to kill people. >> hours after the dualling rally ended calls for peace were ignored. police and anti-government protesters engaged in violence confrontation. students threw rocks at the police and they responding by gassing the demonstrators. the frustration of many was palpable. >> we are at a future of this country and they treat us like dogs. there's no police to fight against criminals. they are fighting against the students. >> president nicolas maduro called for a day of peace wednesday, involving all sectors of society. >> so venezuela is a country of about 29 million people on the northern tip of south america. one-tenth the geographical size of the use. nicolas maduro was elected president in april. he beat his opponent by 2% of the vote. theft, kidnappings, murder plague venezuela. the homicide rate is 39 people per is 100,000, watchdog groups suggest it's closer to 70. the murder rate in the u.s. is less than 5 per 100 thus, and iraq, it's about 22, a country ravaged by law. >> venezuela's inflation rate reached 54%. the highest sips chavez came to power, and one of the highest rates in the world. the response was to seize the largest chain of electronic stores to cut prices. persecution is to blame for shortages of basic goods like jobs. a large number of jobs are within the government causing financial burden. >> targeted by the taliban, afghan soldiers lose their lives after coming under attack at an army post. a fall out after a leak in north carolina. they turn to the governor at his time. >> good morning welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford here in new york city. first a look at the temperatures across the country. >> temperatures are dumb palestinianing, and we'll deal with more snow across parts of midwest. that's a deal. we had a disturbance role through across illinois. it is moving across nebraska and an arctic area of pressure. windchills posted across north dakota, and a winter weather advisory in place across western nebraska. we'll have a mild night into the weekend across the north-east. showers move in, and overnight we'll see a change over. the good thing is we are not expecting to see a lot. it will turn world. >> the taliban dealt a major blow to african security force, killing at least 19 soldiers in a pretty brazen attack. taliban supporters reportedly in the if hundred stormed a check poiment. seven afghan soldiers are missing. a search and resist cue is under way. >> more than a dozen taliban fighters launched an assault on the border with pakistan. it is one of the biggest taliban attacks that have been in afghanistan in the last couple of years. at least 19 afghan soldiers killed, many wounded. we under six or sex -- six or seven have been taken hostage. it prompted afghan president hamid karzai to cancel a trip to sri lanka, and he pointed the finger of blame again at pak stap, accusing the pakistanis of not doing enough to tackle the taliban. he said he wants islama ban to take on the fight against terrorism. last week the pakistanis lost 23 soldiers killed by taliban fighters, possibly inside afghan territories. the pakistanis suffering casualties, the afghans believing they are not taking the fight seriously enough. >> the attack comes at the same time the break away faction of the taliban is engaging in peaks talks. a scrat meeting in dube -- secret meeting in dubai has been confirmed. the taliban's official leader publicly refused peace talks and the taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a police station in kabul. >> meanwhile, the afghanistan taliban pulled the plug on a prisoner swap. he was a prisoner in 2009. the taliban agreed to negotiate his release in exchange for five other senior members. the talk are off due to the complex political situation in afghanistan. >> coming up in custody, a powerful drug lord has been caught. one person is dead, dozens rushed to hospital after a carbon dioxide leak. >> i'm ben morgan, for a second time in less than a week, college basketball team lose, and a controversial call at the end of the game was the dfference. >> good morning to you, welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, and these are the top stories. opposition leaders in ukraine are scrambling to fill a power vacuum. that's after ukrainian president viktor yanukovych fled the capital. it's unclear who is running the country. >> dualling protests in venezuela, where thousands gather to demand that the president leave office. supporters staging a counterrally in caracas. >> the taliban killed 19 soldiers in a brazen attack. seven afghan soldiers are missing. >> he was the most wanted man in mexico, and the most wanted drug lord in the entire world. joaquin guzman is under arrest. he was taken into custody yesterday during a joint u.s.-mexico operation. adam raney explains the significance of his call tur -- capture. >> joaquin guzman led a criminal organization, the sinaloa cartel. he was cap toured in a pacific -- captured in a pacific town. >> translation: at 6:40am in the morning, elements from the navy detained joaquin guzman and a collaborator. he's been one of the world's most wanted me since escaping from a prison in the back of a laundry truck. his empire expanded and he made forbes magazine's rich list. he controls some of the lucrative drug smuggling routes, trafficking heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. he is in charge of one of the most sophisticated organizations. >> they created a power vacuum. if the sucks session does not go well. the lieutenants may fight amongst themselves, it may fracture or cartels may sense weakness and move in on the territory. that's where the real violence comes in. >> mexican officials said the operation was a collaboration between the mexican navy and drug enforcement. >> the operation had definitive moments that led to his arrest. between the 13th and 17th of february, several homes were discovered and we discovered it was connected to several homes, not only connected by several tunnels, but using the drainage system. the arrest was heralded by the president as a major breakthrough. it's unlikely to put a dent in the cartel's daily operations. >> he faces drug trafficking charges here in the u.s. >> nine are dead after a car bomb ex-moded in a field hospital, 70 miles from aleppo. a hospital was damaged, no group claimed responsibility. >> a show of unity. the united nations security council voted to demand the humanitarian aid groups would be allowed into all syria. >> the draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously. >> the resolution demanded action to convoys delivering supplies to besieged cities ux imented the u.n. secretary was there and expressed frustration over diplomatic wrangling. >> translation: this resolution should not have been necessary. humanitarian assistance is not something that should be negotiated, but allowed by virtue of international law. >> for children in the u.s., education is taken for granted. in turkey refugees schooling comes at a price. >> the girls are finishing their homework. they study for a couple of hours before they start her job. one is 15, one is 11. they make shoe accessories from home until midnight, to help the family make ends meet. the day is long, but it's words it. >> i don't get tired. i need my education. i want to be educated so when we go back to syria, we can rebuild syria. >> i work hard to succeed and get my grades. i want to be a teacher. >> at school the two sisters are doing well, compared to other refugees, they are lucky to have a place to study. about 1,250 students study in the school. around 200 of them work to support their families. >> this is a part-time waiter. >> translation: i work on the weekends. all our family members have university degrees. >> there are no official statistics for a number of children who are studying or working in turkey. estimates suggest that half of the 750,000 registered refugees in turkey are children. many of them are out of school. >> this man runs the school. it offers syrian children an education for $200 a year. she says the costs are high and they are running out of money. >> this generation has the right to an education. this is saving a generation and the future of syria. unfortunately, there are many children who can't afford the transportation costs. countries should solve the education problem. >> many students are happy to combine study and work. syrian children and school teachers say they need help to go on. before it's too late. >> officials in iraq a started happening out voter id cards. it has a computer chip to stop election fraud. they have not been handed out in anbar province, where the groups of sunni fighters revolted against the government. thousands of families have been forced to flee. >> robert mugabe is celebrating his birthday, turning 90 on thursday. a party is being held 45 miles east of harari, estimated to cost $1 million. robert mugabe ruled since 1980, and was reelected to another 5-year term. al jazeera's correspondent explains why not everyone is wishing him a happy birthday. >> the people here are celebrating his birth day. a lot of people across the country are struggling. robert mugabe is 90 years old. that's extraordinary in a country like zimbabwe. most people live to 45 or 50 years old, according to the u.n. figures. it's a remarkable thing. at the same time most of the people who are struggling because things here are very tough. >> coneelious remembers using the defunct billion dollar notes, and living with hyper inflation. the u.s. dollar is legal tender, the south african ranked, the pullar, and the british pound. using multiple currencies has made goods available. some say they can't avoid them. unemployment. >> zimbabwe has had no currency of its own since 2009. the central bank allowed the use of the australian dollar, chini chinize yuan, indian rupee. >> importing goods will be easier, but some economists warn it will not solve the economic problem. president robert mugabe turned 90 years old. he is the oldest leader and there doesn't appear to be a plan for suggest session. factionalism is a problem. also a concern for some in the international community. >> it's in a coma toes state. you realise the issues. they are a major threat to the growth and development of this economy. it goes hand in hand. nowhere in the world will you see economies recovering without a significant chance of change to the gdp. >> zimbabwe's liquidity crisis saw businesses closed. the industrial sector is laying off workers. the unemployment rate is 80%. corruption instead to companies is at a high. government officials blame sanctions for the country's problems. some worry the zimbabwean economy is in an irrepairable state. >> closing ceremonies at the sochi winter olympics later. and ben morgan -- mark morgan is here with an update. >> it's been an eventful two weeks for the americans. a light event schedule in sochi, highlighted by the four-man bobsled competition, holding its final two runs and the men's ice hockey final. the usa men's hockey team finished with a whimper, losing 5-0. the americans seemed to have a handover with the 1-0 lose. zack says the loss was a little embarrassing and unacceptable. he added to leave on this note is ugly. let's take a look at the metal count much russia leads the way with 32 medals, claiming the most golds with 12. the u.s. - 27 total. nine of which are gold. norway in third, canada and the nets tied with 24 apiece. the n.f.l.'s annual combine is held in indiana. soon to be rocky spoke to the media. he was peppered with non-football-related questions. sam said during his interviews with n.f.l. personnel, their questions veered for towards the game on the field. sam was asked about the possibility of being drafted by the miami dolphins whose locker room was not the best in the world. >> i would be excited and i'm not afraid to go into that environment. i know how to handle myself and communicate with my team-mates and coaches. i've been in locker rooms where all kinds of slurs have been said. i don't think anyone means it. i think a little uneducated. as time goes on everyone will adapt. >> maybe due in part to sam coming out and the richie incognito, the n.f.l. may be ready to crack oun on abusive language. they'll consider a rule making use of the n word or other slurs punish icial by a 15 yard penalty for the first offense and an ejction for the second. >> let's head to campus. after syracuse survived in overtime the rematch was high had been anticipated. the way the game end the not what anyone expected. second half. this one tight all the way. duke going all the way. they decide to keep if for an easy lay in. under a minute to go. taylor innis gets it inside. syracuse within one. here is the play of the game. 15 seconds to go. he is called for the offensive foul. the bucket waved off and the coach can't believe it, going nuts, charging on to the court, receives two technical fouls, tossed from the game and it ended any chance that syracuse had. >> it's a block. that's the new rule. it's been explained 100 title. cg got the motion, i saw the replay. the guy was moving. it's a block. i wanted to see if i had it in my to go out there. i did. i got out there good. i thought i was quick. i stayed down. i did not get injured. all those things are good. it was a play, that was the game, the game decider right there. >> syracuse fell from the unbeaten ranks this week, prior to the loss to duke, and the shockers rolling, blowing out drake. they led at the brake. the shockers shooting 52% from the field. 83-54. wicha tore state the first team starting 29 and 0 since illinois. >> the shockers two wins away interest a perfect regular season. something to keep an eye on as we head to march madness. >> can't be beaten. coach k's boys reign supreme. >> let's just see. >> one person decide and more than two dozen others were sickened from carbon monoxide poisoning. it's believed heating at a restaurant malfunctioned. one woman and the restaurant manager were unconscious. the manager died at the hospital. all in all 27 people were taken to the hospital. some of them were first responders overcome by the high level of carbon monoxide. down in north carolina, work to plug a leak is un known. some are questioning the tie, and the government responsible for the leak. robert ray has the story. >> when toxic coal ash poured into the water, environmental groups turned their eyes to pat mccory, they waited four days for a response. it came in a tweet saying that mccory would: he is a former duke company executive. and a group took issue with that. >> john frank is a political reporter for the rally news and observer and says mccorrey's ties to duke energy raised eyebrows. >> the questions are beyond that. mccarrey filled his administration with former duke energy executives. a cause for concern after 34,000 tonnes of coal ash spilled into the river, leading to warnings about swimming in the river and eating the fish. we wanted to get a closer look. >> the coal ash is not at the bottom of all places of the river, you can find it on many banks. and 70 mills doup stream from eden. if we deep it a foot or two feet and pull up the muck and get through the leaves and sticks and empty the water, you can see the black sediment in here. that is some of the coal ash making its way into the dan river. >> we had soars harm. we have been saying that we had 14 disasters waiting to happen. >> frank made the claims. in three lawsuits the southern environmental law center filed against duke energy seeking the clean up and 14 north carolina sites. environmental groups say the state used a provision of the clean water act to block the lawsuits, files its own suit. a consent order reached did not require clean-up. hollowman and others accused the administration of giving duke energy a pass on pollution. a spokesman for mccorrey told us: >> mccory called for a committee to look at what to do with coal ash in north carolina. his administration and duke energy pleej a clean up of the -- pledge a clean up of the spill. i saw a duck swimming in it. a bald eagle flying over. the bald eagle relies on fish, and the fish in the river relies on the macroinvertebrates that are suffocating and dying or bathed in a toxic blast. a criminal investigation is under way. state and environmental officials have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury next month. >> the coal fire power planned in edwhen, which is where the leak was coming from was built in the 1940. >> you may not know his name. the man set to join the hall of fame. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. an artist who has been making people laugh for 50 years. first a look at snow and rain and where it will fall cross the country. >> we'll see the windry weather returning to the mid east. we are watching a little light snow coming in. i want to take you to the south where the front that triggers a storm across parts of the south-east - that is looking northwar northwards, tapping into the gulf of mexico. no severe thunder storms in place at this time. we are not expect to see widespread weather. some storms could reach the limits. watch out for the heavy rain fall. and maybe the participation for small hail. >> we are learning this morning that maria von trap died at the age of 99. she was the last of the von trapp singers that escaped. >> many are asking what is up after what's app went down on saturday. the company tweeted service was restored and apologised for the 3-hour outage. it was bought out by facebook for $19 billion and mark zuckerberg predicts what's app's 450 users will grow to a billion in a few years. >> a cartoonist began his career in the 1940s. his work is splitted to join the -- slated to join the it straitors hall of fame. we have the story of a career making people laugh. >> i had one talent that got me out of trouble in many places, in lithuania, savannah and new york, which was my ability to draw funny cartoons. that ability to take humorous ideas and turn them into clever illustrations led to a long and illustrious career in comics. >> the 60 year body of work is crafted from mad magazine with a twinkle in his eye. he admits it's his best stuff. >> it startedous as a sort of naughty little trouble maker. who was going to make son of everything, everything was fair game. >> that's the way it was in the beginning and still is. most recently featuring president obama. spoofed as a spy boss on the cover of a "mad" issue. it was targeted to kids, evolving into political satire poking fun. aljavy is a contributor. on this day he's working on his trademark feature. >> the other day, when i was making changes for a fifth or sixth time. all i could think of was it's the day from hell. >> that zeal produced amazing results. the fold-ins appeared in almost every issue of mad since 1964. that's a lot of cartoons, cartoons that piled up inside javy's time cap tulle of a studio. here i go into the javy inner sanctum. ffi's time cap tulle o studio. here i go into the jaffi inner sanctum. where i have collected a lot of junction i can't get anyone to take. >> junk hardly, coveted you bet. a taker approached him. columbian librarian and comic book fan carol green. >> "mad" was connected with my childhood and cultural heritage. to meet al-jaffi is like meeting god. >> now much of his work from his archives - some published and some that hasn't seen the light of day is being acquired by columbia university. >> i got almost everything in my career came out of new york city. and i think i should give something back to new york city. >> fitting that mr jaffi, a new york institution will leaf his legacy and the city where it began. >> in 2005 columbia's university library had four graphic novels. today it has 4,000. at the end of our first hour here is what we are following: it's relatively calm in ukraine, even though the whereabouts of yank are are unknown. ukraine's parliament named its speaker at interim president. attack in afghanistan. the taliban targets an army outpost killing 19 soldiers. a drug warlord has been captured ending a 13-year manhunt. joaquin guzman was captured on saturday. >> an arctic blast heading south. i'll have the details coming up. >> i'm back with you in 2.5 minutes. don't go anywhere, you can follow us online at aljazeera.com, or on twitter. >> the president is out. the parliament speaker is in. a live look at kiev, where the struggle for power continues. >> innocent people against americans and their interests. our party approaches dialogues and good relateses with all, including the united states. >> al jazeera goes one on one with a muslim cleric labelled a terrorist by the united states. >> the silent killer strikes again. how carbon monoxide claims one life at a shopping mall. >> is it safe. people get high and want to eat. >> selling baked goods at a marijuana dispensary should be like shooting fish in a bar 'em. why girl scouts in the mile-high city are not taking advantage. >> you're looking at live pictures at 2:00 pm in the capital of ukraine, where pois leaders appear to have filled the country's power vacuum. they are handing over power it the parliamentary speaker, but the situation is far from under control. >> ukrainian president viktor yanukovych fled the capital. in a televised interview he said he's not stepping down, accusing parliament of carrying out a coup. that's in reference to a vote that removed him from office and set elections for may 25th. after serving part of a 7-year prison sentence. the prime minister has been released. many saw julia tymoschenko conviction as politically motivated. protest juniors have not left the barricades. for now, there is someone in charge. jennifer glasse is live in kiev. jennifer with viktor yanukovych out. whiar so many protesters unwilling to leave. >> you know julia tymoschenko, the opposition leader who returned last night urged them to stay on the square until there's an honestly elected president. they want to make sure nothing goes back here. they are worried that viktor yanukovych may play is trick. there's a lot of concern about what he's up to. they don't know where he is, what he's doing. they think he may have gone to the east. ukraine is subdivided. parliament is divisive in making changes one by one. they remove the former government, all of viktor yanukovych's ministers, one by one. not all at once, to make clear that is what they want, that those are their intentions. the biggest cheer in parliament is when ukraine was made the official language of the country. it gives you the tone this kiev, a feeling of change underfoot. a decisive movement in parliament, voting to give power to the parliamentary speaker, an opposition deputy of julia tymoschenko party. moving quickly to make sure that there's no mistake that one is in charge. the people in thissing about, the members of parliament. >> does viktor yanukovych have a legal recourse to regain presidential power. is the parliamentary speaker in charge until the elections happened on the 25th. >> viktor yanukovych would dispute that. he has called this a coup. as you mentioned he thinks all of this is a legal - but the people think it's a done deal. they are moving forward, accusing him of abandoning his office. there's concern about where he is. they think he may have left the country. there's no reports at all. some believe he has done the country is a favour if he has. people want to see viktor yanukovych brought to justice. they say he's broken deals, he does what he wants and his words were categorical. he remains the legally elected president of ukraine, whether he'll do anything to regain that is really what the people here are concerned about. interestingly many ukrainians i spoke to are concerned that the olympics end, and they are worried with the olympics over, that russia may turn its attention to the ukraine and support viktor yanukovych in trying to bring him back to power, and that's the real concern. >> jennifer glasse reporting live from the ukrainian capital. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> for some americans, the crisis in ukraine may feel remote. those with family have been closely watching the developing crisis. diane eastabrook has more in chicago. >> the elegant home in chicago seems a world away from the crisis in ukraine. >> there has been a lot of gun fire, difficult to tale where it's coming from. >> for daraa and sasha. the crisis is a fixture in their lives, as they watch reports of violence spilling on to the streets of kiev. >> i feel like it's bad because the government is letting police kill their own people. >> sonya and her husband adopted the children three years ago. 13-year-old sasha had no family. daraa left behind a grandmother living outside of kiev. weekly phone calls to her bring carria comfort. >> they also bring anxiety. >> i don't want anything to happen to my grandmother. >> sonya says he walks a delicate line between keeping the kids informed and protecting them from harsh reality. >> at first they couldn't understand what is going on. we tried to explain the best we could to a kid because it's hard to explain situations like that. so they are asking many questions. >> ayman at a ukrainian church offers daraa comfort and community. the children pray with others who share their culture and language. >> they exchange stories with other kids like 17-year-old anastasia. she left the ukraine 13 years ago but worries about relatives, including a cows join injured. >> it's difficult to go through, knowing your family can be hurt, but that they are fighting for something we should have, which is freedom. >> despite the attachment neither sasha nor daria want to return there. they hope the peace they enjoy here will come to their homelands. >> her next guess is alexander, a political science specialist and specialist on ukraine and russia. good morning, professor. given all that is going on, how would you describe the state of politics in the ukraine. do you think a democratic ukraine is possible in the immediate future? >> i think ukraine has become democratic and at this point in time the uprising succeeded the revolution is successful and viktor yanukovych and his regime have essentially gone into the past. they are part of history. the fact of the matter is that the country has moved on, and he no longer matters. his regime crumbled. >> supporters say he's not out of the picture. really. the opposition is divided. so is the former prime minister the one to bridge the divide. >> well, his supporters are rapidly disappearing. his party is in disarray. they held a meeting of party members a day or two ago. it was barely attended and the two main organizers fled. he, himself, is apparently at the airport in a plane trying to leave and the customs people are not permitting him to leave. at the same time there's a deal of unity within the opposition at this poiment. in terms of getting rid of him, the last vestiges of the regime. when they have to start adopting specific policies. that is something for the future, not just for the immediate future. >> you mentioned the vestiges of what were left behind. we have images of a uber lavish lifestyle. does that fuel the critics who say he was a corrupt leader. is that proof of corruption. >> peelle peep -- people now about the enormous mansions. now you can go there and see - friendships, he has gold-plated toilets. >> that's lavish. >> some of the doors in his estate are - cost about $50,000. that's significant. this is a country where the average living - standard of living is below poverty level. this is impressive. when he left the state of his north of kiev, he took with him all his riches or they were hooded on to trucks. one doesn't know where they are at this point in time. at the same time they started destroying documents. a bunch of documents were not destroyed, therm dumped into the -- they were dumped into the river and they were retrieved. there was an account of bribes paid to members of the government. you knew who received the broib and what the extent was. >> critics are happy. in addition to that they formed a commission, wits is identified the top 25 individuals within the regime, who would be held responsible. they are accumulating -- >> the mass killings. they are accumulating the information, and the intent is to try all of them or capture them in absentia for mass killing. they are assembling other bits and pieces of information regarding the shooters, the snippers. the government is proceeding very quickly, very, very quickly and asserting itself. important, friendships, is that there is now a temporary provisional head of the security services. there's a temporary head of the ministry of internal affairs and these were the two institutions possibly. they are introducing personal changes, and last but not least the army, the ministry of internal affairs, the security services and anti-terrorists declared their support of the revolution and the people. >> thank you so much. thank you for being with us. >> an attack by the taliban left 19 afghani soldiers dead and seven missing, at the same time as a break away faction. group is engaging in peace talks. hamid karzai confirmed the secret meeting in dubai, and he says his peace counsel met, ending the violence. on saturday the taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a police station near kabul. >> the afghanistan taliban has pulled the plug on a swap that would have freed army sergeant bow bow bordov. he was taken prison in 2009. the taliban agreed to negotiate his release in exchange for five senior members. the talks are off due to the complex political situation. >> violence in syria where nine are dead after a car bomb ex-pleaded near a field hospital. >> the field hospital was damaged in the attack. this just as the united nations votes unanimously to demand that humanitarian aid group be allowed into all of syria. >> kath turner has more from the u.n. >> a rare sight inside the united nations security council chamber. support for a draft resolution on getting humanitarian aid inside syria. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously. >> the un secretary-general was there, showing a hint of frustration. this resolution should not have been necessary. humanitarian assistance is not something to be negotiated. it is something to be allowed by virtue of international law. >> for weeks there were deep divisions. moscow claimed one side accusations against the syrian regime without najing the role of provision forces. >> that paragraph was taken out of the final resolution. >> the russian federation supported the draft resolution sips, when agreeing upon the document were borne in mind. as a result the document took on a balance the nature. >> the lifting of sieges and the end to shelling attacks. the question for the syrian government, how and when will the aid be delivered. as hard as it was to achieve the resolution. it was the easy part. the hard and desperately necessary part is implementation. the world needs to stand united on behalf of implementation so there are no more broken promises or delays. no cub lippings with crew and shameless attacks. there's no doubt the unity is a builtic break through. the true impact cannot be measured until the aid reaches those trapped in their own country. >> the draft doesn't threaten sanctions but warns of steps if the syrian opposition does not comply. >> the parents and four children were ordered out of the house. both parents and two children dies. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> one person died and more than two dozen others were sickened at a new york mall. >> it happened on long island where investigators believe the heating system malfunctioned. when police arrived the 55-year-old restaurant manager and a woman was unconscious. that woman died at the hospital. some of the first responders were overcome from the high levels of carbon monoxide. >> ice water is being september into ohio. the river is overflowing. it's an overshoot of lake eyrie that was practically frozen over. rushing water is covering the streets. rescuers had to use boats to help people escape. it's a wave of bitter coal. our metrologist is here with a look at that. >> little bit more of a mess is what they'll be dealing with. we are expecting colder air to move in, starting today. we have cold air in the upper mid west. that includes snow flakes. winter weather advisories coming in, two, possibly six inches of snow locally. then the flood warnings. this is the area we are dealing with where we had the mild temperatures, temperatures in the low and mid 40s. we are starting to see the numbers changing. it takes time for run-off to continue to flow. we are watching that. here is the set up as we go into the week ahead. high pressure is building, driving down the arctic air mass. not only are we turning colder, we go blow average. by monday, 5 o'clock, after reaching the temperature peak, notice the blue shading going down. we start to see more of that spreading southward as we go into tuesday. wednesday looks like our coldest day. just to give you the sneak preview, look at the blue. the mid-atlantic region. we'll turn colder. still an enjoyable day. cloud increasing. shower, snow. >> thank you so much. >> one day they were on a path to higher education. the next the hopes and dreams were shattered. >> it makes me sad. my classmates will get university degrees, and i won't. >> a clash over rely igon causing an energy crisis in south-east asia. >> an internet crack council having citizens rising up. it shut down a major interstate for four hours. ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! we must have encountered a temporal vortex. further analytics are necessary. beam us up. ♪ that's my phone. hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never before. >> for a while it looked like free car washes on the ohio interstate. it was a watermain break pouring down from an overpass. a broken pipe drenching the highway below. the interstate 90 shut for several hours and crews work the to fix the pipe. >> good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america. next - religion versus education in south-east asia. meteorologist eboni deon has a quick check on the forecast. we have seen a drop in numbers. 2 degrees in minneapolis. 25 in denver. south wards around houston, 61 degrees. as we go through the week ahead temperatures tumbling. we'll keep it warm as we round out the weekend. low around new york city, a drop into the 30s. snow, into the upper midwest, that's where it will be the coldst. >> thank you so much. >> a gas explosion at a chicago home left two women injured. it occurred in this two-storey house, the force blowing out the west wall. emergency personal responded and the fire was contained within an hour. two women in their 20s were transported. one had burns to 70% of her body. >> i heard a boom noise, and the debris hit the window. i heard a woman screaming, "my baby, my baby." >> a third person refused treatment. investigators are focussing on gas leans. the 100-year-old building will have to be torn down. >> demonstrators are protesting government sen sewer of the internet. riot police used tear gas, water canons and rusher pellets to push back the crowds and some hurled fireworks at the police. a controversial bill signed into law allowed authorities to block web pages without a prior court authorisation. >> there's an education crisis in south-east ash -- ash yes where whereby asia where -- aish yes where students are forced to leave. >> it's not wh he went to university for. teaching allows this third-year psychology student to spend his days. he has not been able to go back to class since violence between the mislimb rohingya in 2012. >> it makes me sad. my fellow classmates will get universities, but i will not. >> he is a rohingya, a minority group suffering discrimination. many families have been here for generation, they have been considered illegal immigrants. >> at this school buddist teachers who made up a third of educators stopped coming to class sense violence flared up. >> 1.5 years on, communities were segregated. >> the local government says it's for their own protection. >> we told them if they want to go to university in another town you can arrange for that. those living in camps, we can hold exams there. >> rohingya students accused officials of doing too little. >> the government is not doing anything to protect us. how can we go back to university. we will be killed or slashed. that's what we are afraid of. buddhist people. >> he and some is 100 others petitioned to attend classes. >> it's a different reality for buddhist students who have been allowed to go back to university. >> i'm afraid, not so much now, because there's more security noo. like her friends. she describes the rohingya, an indication of how deep the prejudice runs. >> for as long as the mistrust remains, the two communities will be divided. the consequences of that affecting one generation after another. >> it may seem like a world away, but the chaos in the ukraine hitting close to home. looking live now inside a ukrainian church in new york city, where ex-pats are praying for their homeland and loved once. >> he's a man that may be marked for dead. al jazeera goes one on one with a terrorist, labelled by the united states. >> in good morning to you, welce back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. >> returning to the top story - political uplevel in ukraine. the parliamentary speaker has been granted presidential powers after viktor yanukovych fled the capital. the parliament voted to remove him from power. his absence literally opened the prison door of his political foe. julia tymoschenko. she served part of a sentence. andrew simmonds has more. >> out of gaol, in a wheelchair and before a crowd overwhelmed by the speed of moment us change in ukraine. julia tymoschenko addressed them passionately in a speech charged with emotion. this, a former prime minister gaoled by a man whose presidency could be finally over. >> when i arrived in kiev, i didn't recognise it. burnt cards, barricades, flowers. it's a different ukraine, the ukraine of three people, for those that live today or in the future. you gave the gift of ukraine, that's why those that died from maydan are heroes. >> julia tymoschenko was in gaoled. dozens were dying in the square, killed by forces that are now out of action. >> translation: after today's events i'm full of emotions. a lot of young people died. we are all the same blood. >> i hope for a better future, life and government. this is why i support the resolution. >> working on the orders of viktor yanukovych, who appears to be an the run, after claiming parliament had mounted a coup. >> all that is taking place is vandalism, crime and a stage of revolt. >> he was talking about a parliament that is the only institution of power working in ukraine. the opposition has the majority. the viktor yanukovych party members have been defeghting or resigning. >> parliament voted to get rid of the president. as all this was going on protesters and sightseers had taken over the presidential compound outside the capital. a place where yaj spent millions on personal facilities. people were streaming in long after protesters opened the gates. they viewed an array of luxury. viktor yanukovych had personal labels on his brandy bottles. no expense spared anywhere for a man whose political career started in the soviet era. or nate gardens, it's hard by a case of revolutionary ferfe our, more like a walk in the park where everyone is convinced that the president will not come back. the security vacuum is filled by activists. there's no police or soldiers to be scene. this woman made a remarkable comeback, after vonls, the like of which has not been seen. >> ukraine was under an iron fist less than a week ago. after the bloodshed it's a different place. whether it can move forward and see its president go quietly is uncertain. >> many americans with family in the ukraine are watching closely as the country's political crisis unfolds. erica ferrari met a few at the st. gorges catholic church in new york city where she joins us live. >> a lot of family congregants have family at home. how are they reacting. >> it's an emotional situation they are watching the drama unfold. 5,000 miles away. now i'm in the east village at st george's church in manhattan, where the mass is taking place. people are praying for their friends and families in kiev. they've been glued to their television sets watching the political crisis unfold. for the most fart congregants are in support of the demonstrations happening, and they are looking for ways to help. >> they are sending funds through the credit unions, which is the safest way to make sure help reaches the people there. and the clergy - the orthodox as well as the catholic bishops are working together to make sure no violence takes place. >> now in addition to the five masses taking place many of congrants tell me they plan on going to the ukrainian embassy as well as a march over to the russian embassy. >> erica ferrari live from the church here in new york city. thank you so much. >> in venezuela dualling protests. opponents and supporters marching in the street. it was not always peaceful. as the rallies wound down there were clashes. 10 died since the unrest. venezuela's president viktor yanukovych is accusing the opposition of staging a coup. >> he's asking president barack obama to talk about his country's crisis. the government sent troops to the western state. scunts rallied against high crime and a poor economy, as the turmoil grows, this man has become one of the many faces of the opposition. >> he is diego lopez, and turned himself into authorities last week. >> known to his supporters as leopoldo he left behind a final message before turning himself in. >> translation: if you are watching the video it's because the venezuela government issued an order for my arrest. perhaps i'm already detained for the security of the state, unfairly, for dreaming of a better venezuelan. >> the tweet with the vid why featured him has been tweeted over 100,000 times. he passed a note urging demonstrations to continue against nicolas maduro's 10-month old government. the tearful goodbye as diego lopez handed himself over has become a powerful social media message. at 42 years old, a descendant of the first president. he is a blues blood. educated in the west, including harvard, his background is different from chavez or nicolas maduro. diego lopez was the mayor of a prosperous municipality. by 2008 he was one of many opposition politicians that hugo chavez's government barred from office. chavez is gone, but nicolas maduro's government is wary of a young car its mattic politician. >> the gaoled protestor told supporters to keep on fighting. >> in thailand gunmen attacked demonstrators at an anti-government rally. two died, including a young confirm. the attackers drove up in a pick up truck, throwing explosives. rallies between support exercise opponents grew violent since protests began in october. >> a 13-year manhunt has end the. joaquin guzman was arrested on thursday during a joint u.s.-mexico operation. he had been on the run sips his prin escape in 2001. he ai luded cap -- eluded capture several times. >> translation: the operation had definitive moments over the last month. between the 13th and 17th of february several homes were discovered, and if some they were connected by several tunnels to several homes. not only connected by several tunnels, but he used the city's drainage system. >> since joaquin guzman's escape from prison in 2001, his drug emmire has expanded over the world. he trafficked heroin, cocaine, meds and marijuana. the drug tunnels - police have released video used and captured by the drug lords to evate police, showing the stairway leading from a safe house to a tunnel system. one used last week to escape. >> a yemeni man denies claims he's a terrorists. his assets were frozen. he sat with a cleric and a warning this story contains graphic images. >> looking into the eyes of a man the u.s. considers a global terrorist. but he doesn't sound like he could be a leader of al qaeda. >> translation: we never condone violence against innocent people or americans. our party approaches dial ag and good rilss with all. -- dialogue and good relations with all. we believe the original message of islam was delivered through the word, not the sword. >> the u.s. treasury department froze his assets after he was accused of funding al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. the belief for the charge is because he is a staunch opponent to drone attacks. three days after a drone atact parliament voted against drones. the decision was not binding. >> a tacks were against anonymous individuals. attackers call them suspects. it's degrading to the yemeni state and people and a violation of the international humanitarian law. >> reduction of drone could be a point of consensus. it identifies political parties. the message is one - drones have undermined sovereignty, failed to destroy al qaeda, bud succeeded in -- but succeeded in creating hatred. >> they don't kill al-qaeda, just innocent civilians and people that have done nothing wrong to them. >> our government can not genuinely stop thx. >> the government is almost apologetic. >> you should remember the u.s. launched a global war on terrorism and announce if you are not with us, you are against us. yemen is against many other countries in its ability to limit attacks. few find sol ace in this explanation. >> the bombing unfortunate uss "cole" and an attack has been linked to al qaeda in yemen. they are said to be behind a warping of a shoe bomber targetting a us-bound plane. >> zimbabwe's president robert mugabe is celebrating his 90th birthday. he turned 90 op friday and a party is being held at a stayed youm 45 miles east of harari. it's estimated to cost $100 million. robert mugabe ruled since 1980 and was re-elected in a vote opponents say was rigged. >> it explains why not everywhere is wishing him a happy birthday. >> people sang happy birthday. the people are excited about celebrating his birthday. the economy is not doing well. another thing is robert mugabe is 90 years old. it's extraordinary. most people live to be about 45-50 years old, according to u.n. cityingures. a lot of people -- figures. a lot of people think it's remarkable. they are struggling to make things meet. >> korn eelious remembers using zimbabwe's defunct billion dollar notes and living with hyper inflation. >> the pauler from bots warn e, the british pound. using multiple currencies made goods available. some say they kapt afford them. >> there's unemployment. therefore one goes shopping by charity. zimbabwe has had no currency since 2009. the central bank allowed the use of the australian dollar, chinese juan, indian rupee, using currencies. importing good would be easier. some warn it would not solve the economic problems. president robert mugabe turned 90. he was africa's oldest leader. there doesn't appear to be a plan for suggest session. >> robert mugabe's black economic em-power. policies is a concern for some. >> it's in a como toes state. >> the issue is a maimer threat -- is a major threat. nowhere will you see economy recover without a significant chance to the gdp. >> zimbabwe's liquidity crisis saw businesses closed. banks are not lepding money. the unemployment rate is 80%. corruption in state-run companies is at a high. some worry zimbabwe's economy is in an irrepairable state. >> robert mugabe will be 94 when his presidential term expires. >> it may be the wildest party in the world, and it hasn't begun yet. pash >> there you have it thousands take to the streets of rio ahead of the carnovale. >> the end of the sochi winter olympics, was it words it for russia and vladimir putin. >> i'm mark morgan, coming up michael sams speaks publicly for the first time since coming out. we'll have a report. institute party. thousands of people are advancing the samba along the beach this weekend. the party is a precarnival right and bands entertain the crowd with songs. as seller samba anthem. carnivale begins on february the 28th, and will continue until march the 4th, a day before the london season begins. >> welcome back. next - how the chaos in the ukraine impacted the olympics in sochi. first eboni deon is here with a look at the forecast. >> we are watching the rain and snow and some of the storms that have been popping up along the gulf coast have become strong to severe. portions of i-10 will by impacted for the early morning riot. any travel plans here, you have to watch out for the rain and we've been dealing with the stronger storms to the south and east of baton rouge. we have a severe warning here, for this as it moves off to the east. it's moving slowly, allowing for rainfall. watch out on the roadways. into the north-east. expecting to see rain and snow overnight. >> it may be the offseason, but some n.f.l. hopefuls are making headlines. mark morgan is here with sport. >> it's a time over the last three or four days for prospects to impress the gn, openers and coaches and impress with what they can do on the field. they are held as they speak. yesterday, soon to be rookie michael sam spoke to the media. sam was peppered with mostly non-football related questions and how others will react. sam said during his interviews with n.f.l. personal their questions veered towards the came on the field. >> when michael sam met the media on saturday at the n.f.l. combine, it was the biggest crowd of assembled media. johnny menzel had a big crowd. everyone wanted to hear from eva samkova. not only about his transition, but also about his public statement that he is, indeed, gay and could be the first openly gay player in the n.f.l. it was obvious he wanted to concentrate solely on football. >> i wish you guys would say michael sams, how is football and training. it is what it is. i wish you guys will see me as michael sams, the football player, not the gay football player. i'm not on an active roster, that's the only thought. so that's my 100% focus on this. i'm not focussing on anything else but to earn my spot on a team. >> he'll be a huge asset to any team. not just on the feel, logger room, community wise, he's an amazing person. >> early projections have some anywhere from a third to fifth-round draft pick. the fcc is college football's best football conference. that's why his ate believes he should be hire. the last seven players were first round n.f.l. draft picks. sam will get his chance to stand out when he goes in front of f of n.f.l. coaches and scouts. he'll be timed in various onfield activities as n.f.l. teams find out how good an athlete he is. >> thank you so much. mainly due in part to sam coming out and the ritchie incognito, the n.f.l. may be ready to crack down on abusive language during games. the n.f.l. committee will consider the rule making a use of the n word or other slurs punishable by a 15 yard penalty and an ejection for the second. >> the closing ceremonies will be hold tonight at the sochi games, highlighted by the 4-man bobsled competition. russia grabbed the goal, the u.s. team took the bronze. the usa hockey team lost 5-0. the americans with a hang over with. loss in the semi times. he added to leave on this note is ugly. >> all right, a quick look at the medal count - russia leading the way to medals, blocking it in. the united states leaving the u.s. with 28 in second place. >> that wraps it up for sports much one other point by the way at the end of one period. the cap aidians lead swedeb by a sore of 1-0. >> thank you so much. over in russia the winter games comes to an end and it seems as if they've been a success. a tough act it pull off for vladimir putin, given a variety of distractions before and during the claims. rory challands is live in sochi. vladimir putin had a lot riding on the gams. in the end, was this a victory for him? >> well, i think it's never underestimated sitting on the end of the games, at the top of the table. they aced it. what is good for the athletes is good for national mood, and that is good for vladimir putin. yes, domestically it's a success for vladimir putin. internationally it's a different question with a different set of answers. there were, as you say, many concerns, one of which was the security. some have gone away, some are there. security wise we have the paralympics to come. so far there has been no security problems. then, of course, there are things likes ukraine, which has cast a shadow over the games and di erted tapes from them -- divert attention from them. there's an assessment to make about whether they've been good or bad for voout jun? >> many -- vladimir putin. many feared the games would be marred by protesters. >> you only have to look at the convictions handed out in moscow. the square protest happened before vladimir putin regained the presidency in 2012. there may be a row over the coming months or years on the legislation, which is considered to be homophobic, banning gay propaganda towards minors in russia. oath that for vladimir putin, if he wants an -- i think that for vladimir putin if he wants an indicator about what happens, if he is less authoritarian when it comes to protests against his government, he only has to loaning as far as ukraine. >> rory, thank you for being with us this morning. >> a controversy for the girl scouts involving marijuana. a california girl scout sold 17 botches much cookies outside a medical marijuana dispensary. word of her lug rattive take spread, leading ut notices to be put that there won't be targetting of legal recreational pot dispensaries. >> do you thick i'd want my -- think i'd want my daughter to set up a booth. the girls showed initiative and we said that we are not allowed to do something like that here in colorado. >> there you have it. the girl scouts of colorado are calling for a ban on the selling of cookies outside bars, strip clubs, casinos and the liquor stores. >> here is what we are following. the whereabouts of viktor yanukovych are unknown. the speaker has been named as the interim president. there's the attack in afghanistan. the taliban tart an army outpost killing 19 soldiers. a drug warlord has been captured. mexican authorities nab joaquin guzman on saturday. >> in sports we'll look at a frantic finish in basketball as number one goes down again. >> after enjoying above average warmth, details ahead. >> i'm morgan radford, the al jazeera morning news continues. i'm back with you in 2.5 minutes. don't go anywhere. >> it's a different ukraine, the ukraine of free people. >> the day after ukraine protesters celebrate a government take over. plus, in venezuela rallies raump up this weekend as the -- ramp up this weekend as the divide of the nation deepens. >> questions over hidden agenda. and the politician questions, chris christie won't be at the garden stay tonight. >> good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. opposition leaders in ukraine appear to have filled the country's power vacuum. they are handing obvious presidential power to the speaker, but the political situation is still very fluid. ukrainian president viktor yanukovych fled the capital and now it's unclear who is running the country. in a taped interview airing yesterday viktor yanukovych said he's not stepping down and accused parliament of organising a coup. referring to a vote that happened earlier, formally removing him from office, setting elections for may 25th. the former prime minister viktor yanukovych has been released from prison, where he served three of a seven year innocence for abuse of power. she'll run for office in may. >> viktor yanukovych's decision to cans ukraine sparked a protest. >> jennifer do you an any judged why protesters refuse to leave. >> good morning. from outside of parliament here. protesters say they will not leave until demands have been met. the affects are the cords riot police have left the area. parliament has been moving quickly. they are in control. for julia tymoschenko, it was an emotional homecoming. >> she hadn't been seen public for 2.5 years. >> i wanted to support you. you are heroes. you are the best that ukraine has. >> from detention she tent messages to independence square, saying she dreamed of being here in person. >> i couldn't be with you because i was in a cage. i am sure if i were with you we could have found a peaceful way. >> moments before her arrival on the same stage, a funeral for a protestor killed in the last week. >> we need to punish the people that organised this. >> this appearance means victory for all of them. we try to create the state. no corruption. democracy. >> president viktor yanukovych fled the capital, but insists he is in ukraine. he appeared on television calling his rivals bandits. >> i'm sure going to leave the country. i'm not going to resign. i'm a legitimately elected president. >> when you fight with your people you are doomed. for me he's not criminal and should be punished. >> thames honoured those killed defending the square. heroes never died, she said. they echoed her. she promized to help guide the people. there's an open road ahead. her political future and ukraine's is to be decided. >> so the contest for who wouldnd up in power has begun. parliament was in charge. the acting speak are is - the speaker has tone over presidential powers. all of viktor yanukovych's ministers have been dismissed. they are looking to build a coalition government. >> what is next for viktor yanukovych. now that the parliament speaker has the presidential powers, what is the next move? >> many people believe viktor yanukovych's finished here as any kind of political leader and an ominous message from his party, the party of regions, his website saying that president viktor yanukovych is responsible for the blood shed, and they blame him for all that happened here, and so that's not a good sign for the president whose whereabouts is considered unknown. >> jennifer glasse reporting live from the ukrainian capital. thank you for being with us this morning. >> the white house is welcoming the release of former prime minister julia tymoschenko, calling for the formation of a government saying: >> money is at the heart of this. viktor yanukovych enraged it masses when he chose an alliance with russia, offering $15 billion. now that viktor yanukovych has gone, russia pulled back and plans to wait for a stable government before sending in aide. speaking to reporters in australia, the head of the international monetary fund, christine la guard said the agency is ready to step you. >> if the ukrainian authorities were to ask for imf support, whether it's policy advice, whether it's financial support together with economic reform, obviously we stand ready to do that. la guarde stressed that the imf would not happen until there was an interim government. we talk to a political science specialist. he said viktor yanukovych's time is now. >> at this point in time the uprising has succeeded the revolution is successful and viktor yanukovych and his regime has gone into the past. they are a part of the history. the fact of the motor is that the country moved on, and he no locker matters. his supporters are rapidly disappearing. his party has dispel. they held a meeting of the party, it was barely attended. the two main organizers fled the county. he was in a plane trying to leave. customs were not allowing him to leave. at this point, in terms of getting rid of him, and the last vestiges of the regime, they start occurring after the presidential elections. they have to start adopting policies. that's for the future, not just the immediate future. >> thousands gathered in venezuela, to demand the president leave office. supporters held a counterrally. >> he is accusing his opponent of staging a coup, with the help of the u.s. we have more. >> for hours venezuelas endured the heat to taped a rally. it's been 10 days sips political turmoil gripped the country. many, like this woman, were worried that the situation would be worse. >> it's almost like we are two separate country. if the president doesn't believe what we are saying, and calls us liars, he's ignoring you. >> opposition leader. waiting for his trial to begin. the movement does not seem to lose momentum. >> sipping the national anthem. thousands answered the call of opposition leader to come out and stand united on saturday here in caracas and show unity and defiance. he urged the crowd to stay peaceful. >> if you want to step into the ripping, we can put the cloves on. you must know we will be fighting against numerous venezuela. across towns, a rival march was held with thousands of supporters. holding up a grenade. he blamed the violence on the opposition. >> this here - they throw it and it worked like a grenade. they fill it with nails and use it to kill people. hours after the duelling rallies ended, calls for peace were ignored. police and anti-government protesters engaged in violence confrontation. students threw rocks at police. they responded by gassing the demonstrators. the frustration of many was palpable. >> we are the future of this country, and they treat us like dos. there's no police to fight against criminals. they are fighting against the students instead. >> president nicolas maduro called for a national day of peace next wednesday, involving all sectors of society. >> so far 10 people have died since the unrest began. >> in thailand two are dead, including a 10-year-old girl after a blast ripped through the battle. >> just a day earlier gunmen attacked demonstrators at a rally east of b ajs nga will. the attackers drove up in a pig up truck, throwing explosives. rallies between the supporters and the government grew violence sips the protests began in november. fresh violence in syria, where three were dead after a car bomb explodes. it happened in the village, border ag turkey. 70 piles were aleppo. the field hospital was damn the. no group claimed responsibility. >> that attack follows a rare show of the unity from the united nations. the security council voted to demand that humanitarian aid groups will be allowed in syria. >> the draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. the draft resolution has been adapted unanimously. >> the resolution demands access to convoys. the secretary-general was there, expressing frustration. >> this resolution should not have been necessary. >> humanitarian assistance is not something to be negotiated. it is something to be allowed by virtue of international law. >> the taliban dealt a maimer plough to african security force, killing 19 soldiers in a brazen attack. seven afghan soldiers are missing. a search and rescue mission is under way. bernard smith has more from kabul. >> more than 100 taliban fighters launched a predawn assault on an afghan army post. it's one of the biggest single taliban attacks there has been in afghanistan in the last couple of years. at least 19 afghan soldiers killed. many more wounded, and we understand at least six or seven have been taken hostage and are kept by the taliban. the afghan security services now trying to free those soldiers. it's prompted afghan president hamid karzai to cancel a trip to sri lanka, and in a statement condemning the attack he's pointed the finger of blame again at pakistan, accusing the pakistanies of not doing enough to tackle the taliban, wanting islamabad to take on the fight. it has to be said last week the pakistanis lost 23 soldiers who were killed by taliban fighters inside afghan territory. the pakistanis suffering casualties. the kav gan believing the -- afghan leaving the pak stapius -- pakistanis not taking the fight seriously. >> president hamid karzai confirmed a secret meeting in dubai, saying his high peace council met with a delegation committed to ending the voumsment >> peace talks has been refused. on saturday the taliban claimed responsibility at a police station in kabul. the african taliban pulled the plug on a swap that would have freed burgdoll. the taliban grad to negotiate his release in exchange for five senior members held at guantanamo bay. the talks are off due to the complex political situation in afghanistan. >> official in iraq started handing out voter cards. the election will be the first in the country since u.s. troops withdrew in 2011. officials have not handed out the cards in anbar province, which is where the sunni fighters led the violence. thousands of families have now fled. >> dropping temperatures and a return of snow. we bring in our esteemed meteorologist. >> we'll see the temperatures falling thanks to the high pressure falling. it will drive down the arctic air mass. temperatures will take a tumble. not only will we deal with the colder air, we'll see the return of snow, especially across the western areas of nebraska, which is where we are getting a stead yea stream of moisture from -- steady stream of moisture from the north-west. pushing to the east advisors remain up here. >> now, we have had very mild temperatures in place, temperatures getting well into the mid 40s across the area of ohio, and into indiana, and now we are dealing with flooding. flooding is in place, we'll have the flash flood warning in effect where we have endured flooding. here is a look at the temperature trend. temperatures drop on monday to the 40s. enjoy the end of your weekend. we have more colder care moving in that will press further south as we get into the day op tuesday, as we turn colder, windry weather. across the south-east we don't expect to see any of that. it's all rain and thunderstorm activity. the same front that brings the weather, it's lifting as a warm front, tapping into the gulf of mexico. flood warnings in place around the new orleans area for jefferson parish. and we have had a few severe thunderstorm warnings, but more storms into the afternoon along the gulf coast. >> he was one of the world's most wanted men. how authorities captured billionaire drug king pin. after more than a decade on the run over in mexico. >> one person is dead. dozens rushed to a new york hospital after a carbon monoxide leak. fall out over a plant leak in north carolina. the focus turns to the governor and his ties to the >> good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. how the faster mine on the run for 13 years after prison break was nabbed by authorities. first a look at temperatures across the country with meteorologist are eboni deon. >> temperatures are back again. you'll have to brace if you head to kansas city, colder than what it has been as of late. wear sitting on 2 degrees in minneapolis. notice as we go through the day, not of of a warn up. around the twin cities, high of 14. kansas in the 30s for this afternoon. a little further south, not bad in tulsa sat 52 degrees. here is where we stand. 56 in dallas, 51 in jackson mississippi. low 70s, in dallas. dropping to the 40s. >> a 13 year manhunt for mexico's most wanted drug lordnded. authorities -- lord has ended. >> authorities captured joaquin guzman, the leader of the sinaloa. he'd been on the run since a prison escape in 2001. the attorney-general said he alluded cap turl several times this -- cap turl several -- capture several times this month alone. >>. >> translation: several moments which he used were discovered. some were connected by tunnels to seven homes. not only connected by tunnels, but used the city's drainage system. he's been one of the world's most wanted men since escaping. his drug empire expanded across the globe and he made forbe's billionaire list. he controlled some of the most lucrative drug-smuggling routes. >> one person died and more than two dozen others sickened from carbon monoxide poisoning at a mall. investigators believe the heating system malfunctioned. when flis arrived the 55-year-old restaurant manager was unconscious. that manager died at the hospital. all in all 27 people were taken to hospital, some of them first responders, overcome by the high levels of carbon mon oxide. >> down in north carolina, work to plug a coal ash leak has caused problems. >> al jazeera's robert ray has the story. >> when toxic coal ash poured into the water from duke energy's dan river site environmental group turned their eyes to north carolina's governor pat mccory. they waited four days, coming in a tweet saying: >> mccorrey is a former duke energy executive. a company he spent 28 years with. one group took issue with that during his campaign. >> john frank is a political reporter for the rally news and observer, saying mccory's ties to duke energy race raised eyebrows. >> mccorrey filled his office with ex executives. >> 30,000 tonnes of coal ash poured into the river. we wanted a closer look and found signs of ash sticking to stone. the coal ash is not at the bottom of all places you can find it on many banks, 70 miles downstream from eden. if we dip it down a foot tore two feet and pull up the muck and get through the leaves and sticks and empty the water, you can see the back sediment. it is some. coal ash that made its way into the dan river. >> we had serious harm to a major river of this state. we vice-president saying that we have 14 disasters waiting to happen. >> frank made the claims. in three lawsuits the southern environmental law center fired against duke energy seeking the clean-up of its ash pits, and 14 north carolina sites. environmental groups say the state used a provision of the clean water act to block the lawsuits by filing its own suit, a consent order reached in the cases did not require clean-up. duke energy was accused of getting a pass on pollution. a spocksman toiled us -- spokesman told us: >> mccorrey called for a committee on what to do with coal ash on north carolina. his administration and duke energy pledged is a clean-up of the still, environmentalists like geppy ed -- jenny edwards are frustrated. >> i saw a duck swimming in coal ash, and a bald eagle flying over the river. it is relying on fish in the river, if the fish in the river are relying on macroinvertebrates that are dying or bathed in a toxic bath. >> state and environmental officials and leaders of duke energy have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury next month. >> the coal-fired plant in eden where the lake was coming from was built in the 1940s. strategists from both sides of the aisles join us from our weekly politic segment. including why chris christie boycotted a dinner tonight. >> and i'm mark morgan, i'll fill you in on the latest from sochi. sna good morning to you. welcome back. you are watching al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. in thailand two people are dead, including a child after a blast ripped through the capital. dozens have been injured targetting the site of an anti-government protest. dualling protests in venezuela, where thousands gathered to demand that president nicolas maduro leave office. supporters staged a count rally in caracas. >> opposition leaders in ukraine appear to have filled the power vacuum. they are handing over presidential powers to the parliament speaker. the political situation in the country is fluid. ukraine's president, viktor yanukovych fled the capital after months of anti-government protests reached a fever pitch. >> minister with family in the ukrainar watching as the country's political crisis unfold. we met a few at st. george's catholic church. a lot of congregants have families in their homeland. how are they reacting to what is going on? >> good morning. well, it's obviously a very emotional situation for them to watch history unfold nearly 5,000 miles away. right now at st george's church in the east village parishioners are in mass, praying for friends and family in kiev, and for the demonstrators killed in the protests. people tell me they are glued to the television sets, watching it unfold. parishioners are in support of the demonstrators and are doing what they can to help. >> they are sending funds through the credit unions, which is the safest way to make sure help reaches the people there. and the clerchy, the orthotox and the catholic bishops are working together to make sure no further violence takes place. >> we are connected to the homeland. it is heartbreaking for us. we are going it thing here, it's heart-breaking. we hope and pray this can be resolved. we feel it's a lull. we hope and pray for the best. >> in addition to the five masses happening, it will any people a chance to pray and reflect. many plan to attend a march, as well as a march to the russian embassy. >> as tensions between russia and the west play out. they raise bigger questions about nate j and the role it might play. tonight on the feature "the week ahead," we'll look at the atlantic-russian alliance future. the future of n.a.t.o.: >> governor said from around the country descended on washington for the annual association meeting. one governor who will not be there is chris christie, choosing to return to the home state. joinings us for the weekend politics, we have democratics strategist and former advisor to george pataki. >> let's start with you. what do you make of him skipping the white house dinner. >> i don't think it matters. i don't think it's the issue. the press and the media. they talk about that. that's not going to be - him skipping that is the least of his worries, he has a whole lot of worries, that is not one of them. he needs to worry about what is gown on in new jersey. he has to worry about corruption at the top level of his government, where his own aids are closing down bridges in new jersey, giving out political favours and payback. his brother, and most of all about where he's at on the issues if he intends to run to for president. he's playing a moderate. >> he has to run to the right in a presidential primary. we know that's a war inside the party. >> sounds like he might be going to jersey for that reason. is it a big deal? >> no, he says he's going back to where his job matters, new jersey. tlt a lot of sandy relief efforts. he has the bridge situation, but more importantly is that he got back to his roots when he had a town hall meeting and he had over 100. that's where he worked best. that's where they seem to like him best. my advice would be to do more of the day in/day out. i think that is where you connect to the people. if he does a good time in jersey everything else will work out well. 2016 is a long way away. going to a dinner at the white house is the at least he needs to do. >> one person who is not so slow profile is scott walker, talking to the reporters about chris christie's scandal and said he was open to campaigning but gin walker's trouble, is that a good idea. >> i think we throw troubles around. campaign or staffing aides did dumb thinks. the election stuff going back to 2015 in fundraising is a non-story. you >> really? >> yes. >> we talked about the story for some time. when he first ran for governor. i think that there are scandals and real scandals. these things don't deal with corruption, and so they were wrong in terms of what happened in new jersey. the stuff from wisconsin has been vetted over and over again. as a governor, i - a staff member - the governor cannot know every single thing that is going on. i think so much of this is outside his purview. what is important is that the governor or the chief administrator at the right time, when they find out takes decisive action. that's what governor did and scott walker. talking about taking decisive action, a person that will be seen with christy is mitt romney. they'll hold a fundraiser in boston. what do you of this? >> i think it's perfect. >> that was afintive. >> it's perfect. do you know why, because rm played is moderate in massachusetts. and chris christie plays a moderate in new jersey. in order to win the republican primaries you have to run to the right. you have to be conservative. there is no way, okay, that chris christie can win the presidential nomination for the republican party unless he goes to war with some of the conservatives in that petere. which is a nomination in quep. president obamaed on thursday to a -- president obama said on thursday to a group of democratic governors, that: my question is: if there's a race in the midterm election, which state will it be? why? >> there's no question that the benchmark will be kentucky. alison grimes is pulling ahead in that race. mitch mcconnell is running for his lich. he's panicked -- life, he's panicked. throwing everything he can. alison is looking good. mitch mcconnell should have no problems is getting challenged. and there's a war inside the republican party which alison grimes is helped by. the republicans problem is the same as 2012. they are eaten from within, they were eaten by their own. >> do you agree with this. the war inside the republican party. are you guys eaten from within. >> we have a war within the republican party. make no mistake. commid terms, it's about one thing, the president, the failed leadership in obamacare, and that is what this campaign is about. that's why we'll win the senate. what happened with harry reid, who should never have won re-election is the reason that we did not nominate the right candidate. when you look at the country, the alas ka seat, you'll not see the president of the united states campaigning in anyway of those states because they know that he's not done a good job and obamacare will be a noose around him. >> i want to follow up on something. you mentioned north carolina, in terms of the midterms, can democrats take this out. political ran an argument saying the last democratic presidential candidate to campaign was lyndon johnson. they are not fielding a candidate. can it be done. >> let me tell you, i have one word for you, two words. ty macauliff. remember, he won -- terry macauliff won in virginia in a non-presidential year, was the first time in 36 years that a democrat won in a non-presidential year, and he did it with the president obama formula, turning out women and liberals. he won. >> do you think he's the one to watch? >> to say democrats are not competitive in the south is false. >> david, i didn't say that, morgan... >> morgan didn't say that either, she read a quotation from an article. >> the president has won consistently. he won the state of florida. i think that every candidate in every election. >> that has been a battle ground for democrats. we have to acknowledge that that is a solid block. they went back to red. >> you can't find a more conservative state. i think that the candidates are different in each state and election. obamacare and its effect will be the number one issue. that does not play well. >> do you agree? >> it's fine when you talk about obamacare. thoughtful republicans like tom, intelligent republicans are for the repeal of obamacare. the house voted 40 times to repeal obamacare, they will not talk about specific provisions of obamacare. if, tlmp, repeal, say it. say you don't want 18 to 26-year-olds covered. say you want children and individuals with pre-existing provisions kicked awe. >> say you don't want medicaid expanded. see how that polls. >> they are all for repeal. >> but nor more individual provisions. republicans are afraid of being challenged by republicans in if he say a pi thing about one provision in the danny care. >> that is a debate that will take us into the midterms, david, >> we agree. we agree on that. >> gentlemen. thank you. thank you both so much. >> now mark morgan is here with a look at the closing ceremony in sochi. >> kind of a busy day. closing ceremonies to be held tonight. light events schedule. the gold medal hockey game is underway. an update about two periods much canada leads sweden by a score of 2-0. sidney crosbie with the goals for canada. >> the 4-men bobsled. russia took the gold, adding to the gold they have won in the 2-man competition earlier in the games. >> the united states, steve hulkman piloted the american team to the bronze medal. winning a third career medal, tying for the most. the united states with seven sliding medals in the games - including bobsledding, luge and skeleton, more than any other country. i'll fell you about the medal count: russia locked up, 32. netherlands second, canada and the netherlands in fourth and fifth. >> the n.f.l.'s annual combine in indiana. michael sams speak to the media for the first time. sam was peppered with nonfootball related questions concerning his sexuality and how other will relate. sam said n.f.l.'s questions veered more to on the field. he was abbinged about miami dolphins. in the the most tolerant place. >> if mohl fips drafted me i would be excited to be part of it. i'm not afraid of going into that environment. i know how to handle myself, communicate with my team-mates and the coaches. >> i have been in locker roomsment i don't think anyone needs it. i don't think unned u kated. as time goes on, everyone will adapt. due in part to sam coming out in the bullying scandal. the n.f.l. may be are the to crack down on the language. the n.f.l.'s competition committee will consider the rule making the n word or others punishable by a 15 minute penalty and a further offense an ejection. >> we pick this game up in the second half. dewing going the other way. sulea mon keeps it. easy lay up. blue delves up 4. minutes to go, tyler innis drives inside. 15 seconds to go, cj fair calling for the offensive foul. bucket waved off. the coach can't believe it, going nuts. he receives two technical fouls and tossed from the game. ending any chance syracuse had. duke wins it. >> the new rule sh it's a block. that's the new rule. it's been explained 100 times. cj got the motion, i saw the replay. the guy was moving. that's it, simple as that, it's a new rule. it's a block. i just wanted to see if i still had it in me to go out there. i did. i got out there pretty good. i thought i was kick. i stayed down. and i didn't get injured. all those things are good. that was the game. that was the game decider. >> one of the clem basketball improves to 29 and 0. they are the first team to start 29 and 0. that's a wrap for sports this morning. >> you know my duke blue devils can't go wrong. they are winning. >> coming up, the end of solitary confinement for prisoners under 18. that's the man for one of the largest prison systems in the u.s. a prison reform advocate in today's weekend conversation. . >> i'm tracking a cool down and snow. i'll let you know where winter will make a comeback. you >> good morning to you, welcome back to al jazeera america. ahead. the debate over solitary confinement in prison. first a look at the national forecast with meteorologist eboni deon. >> we are checking out where we are dealing with rain and snow. we start in western u.s. where we see an area of low pressure moving in. we are watching the next system moving in. low areas at least into the val yes of western areas. we could see up to a few areas of snow. watching out for that, more snow in the we were areas. 2-6 inches. as we go through the cloud, rain showers. some could mix with snow. here across the gold coast we are dealing with a lot of moist air. showers and storms, strong to severe. near baton rouge. we have a flash flood warning. watch out for a lot of heavier rain fall. >> two big changes in new york state's prisons could have big implications for the rest of the country. they'll ban the use of solitary confinement as punishment for prisoners under 58 years old. it will make it the largest prison system in new york. it comes after the state is sued for confinement policies. juvenile ipp nates and those with developmental disabilities will be kept out of isolated cop fine. . classes in state prince have been announce. it was said: >> before we discuss the specific reforms, here are statistics on solitary confinement. there are 3,700 state prisoners held in extreme igslation, spending 23 hours in cells, with an hour outside. >> new york state prisoners are sentenced to 5 months in solitary confinement. >> glen martin, founder and president of just leadership. thank you for being with us. let's jump right into it for the viewers. why is solitary confinement so bad. >> i thought the new head of the colorado system said it best when he spent 20 hours in solitary confinement. after 20 hours he said he suffered mental anguish and couldn't understand what it would be like for days and months. the individual in this case spent 780 days in solitary confinement for filing false legality documents. >> i think we have a quote from the article and he said it's not about me,: >> why did he say it, why is it counterproductive to have the people locked up for 23 hours a day. >> a lot of people think you lock them up athrow away the ke. 30,000 come back to the community. how do we want them to come back? we want to ensure they don't commit new crimes >> let's talk about how they end up in solitary. sentencing guidelines specify a length of punishment. how subjective is something like that. we understand the common infraction was failure to obey an order. you spent time in prison. how subjective it that? failure to obey an order, what could that many? >> an order could be you walk on a walkway and you look at a correctional office, and you look at him, it could be reckless eyeballing. >> i've been caught doing that on the street. >> i have worked with inmates to change conditions. when the correction officers decided they didn't like the roll e played, in the box 2 years. >> who bears the brunt. >> people doing time, programming, doing the right thing. >> prison there are many rules and the majority of not those that end in violent situations, they are like the gentleman who is front of the union case, who essentially file false paperwork. >> another thing we talk with is the likelihood of imprison for men, and colour, is high. >> the odds are one in 17. one in three for black men, and one in six for latino men. will any of the policy changes affect that. >> we criticise people with mental health issues. we closed down clinics, promised to help and doesn't. the prison system is a sub stit ute. many in the prison have mental health systems, and are september to the box because they can't cope with them. one or two black men are arrested. 730,000 people i spoke about - though go back to specific communities, and a lot of them are communities of colour. >> glen martin joining us live in the studio. the founder and president of just leadership usa. it's always a pleasure. >> that's it for this edition of al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, live from new york city. more news in 2 minutes, stay was. you can follow us on twitter. you can go online at aljazeera.com. stay tuned. we'll be back in two minutes. is >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. here are the stories we are following. opposition leaders in ukraine appear to have filled the power vacuum. president viktor yanukovych has fled the capital. in a taped interview he said he is not stepping down. the vote in parliament that he said removed him from parliament he said amounted to a coup. >> dozens have been injured in the attack, targetting the site of an anti-government protest. rival demonstrations in venezuela, where thousands gather. supporters meanwhile held a counterrally in caracas. mexican authorities captured the most wanted drug lord. >>ed later oft cartel had been on the run since his prison escape. robert mugabe is celebrating his 90th birthday. a party is held 45 miles east of harari. it's estimated to cost $1 million. robert mugabe was relected no another five year term. i'm morgan radford. those are the head lines. up next al jazeera.

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how they'll best be remembered. ♪ ♪ protesters still standing strong in kiev a midst very rapid political shifts. the parliament named its speaker as interim president after ukrainian president victor yanukovych fled on saturday. russia's foreign minister is charging the ukraine opponents are no longer abiding by the rules of the negotiated peace deal, barnaby phillips has the story. >> reporter: victory came at a cost. there is no euphoria in independence square, instead, we found grief. they have lost too much to celebrate. and anyway, they are too exhausted. ukrainian politics is upside down. former opposition leaders now hold power. they deny they staged a coup against president yanukovych. >> translator: the government didn't want to listen to the people. it did everything possible to hold onto power and it crossed the line when it killed people. now we need a functioning state as soon as possible. and apartments will work on this nonstop. >> reporter: and parliament has been busy, dismissing the minute officers onministers one by onee speaker as the interim president, consolidating the change in power, but what of yanukovych? these security camera pictures appear to show his entourage fleeing his residence in the early morning hours of saturday morning, where they are now, we don't know. a familiar face looms over the new landscape. yulia tymoshenko, from prison to power politics in just a day. i mit a protester who won't shw her face but she wants a new politician and is not convictioned tymoshenko is the enter. >> i am not sure that she is the person with her own ideas we need sph*u someone new. >> reporter: the protesters are in charge they accuse this frightened man of being a paid thug hired by yanukovych cause trouble, they drag him way, we don't know what happened to him next. these people have chased a president from power. they have torn down a state. but at some point, they'll have to step aside if a new political order is to emerge in ukraine. they are not prepared to do that yet. ukraine's protest movement has seen many twists and turns and much is still unresolved. it's become the life and death struggle to shape the future of this country. barnaby phillips, al jazerra, kiev. >> right here at home the white house says they want to see a deescalation in vee license will you above all the country must to hicome together. >> it's not in the interest of ukraine or russia or europe or the united states to see the country split. it's in nobody's interest to see violence return and the situation escalate. there is not an inherent contribution between a ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to russia, and a modern ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with you are up. it needs for the be mutually exclusive. >> jennifer glasse joins us now from key. how real is the concern in moscow that ukraine could split apart with the pro eve eu west d pro russia and creating two separate sovereigns. >> reporter: it is a real concern here tonight, we have seen problems in the south, there was a clash today one of the protesters showed a clear separatist tendencies there. >> translator: we should raise the question of the succession from ukraine. my friends, i propose to raise this flag over the city hall. >> reporter: but even as they try to ice this as an opportunities that area has always tried to be separate from ukraine the mayor tried to bring things back together. >> translator: ukraine is one and undivided country. the a upon plus republic part of ukraine the city is functioning in total calm. >> reporter: and right now, that is the concern. it is in the south, the south and east feel separate from the central part and whit western important the ukraine, there is a lot of talk, worrying sign president yanukovych's party of regents met yesterday and said because of what's happening here in kiev is unconstitutional they want to bring their power back aircraft sign that they are looking to dissolve powe dissoly true try to keep to together. this trade to hold a ceremony and it was broken up by government demonstrators and 10 people were injured and they are concerned about that. >> jennifer, what about yulia tymoshenko we were here when she came out in her wheelchair and it was a powerful moment for everyone in the square. do these people on the ground feel like she is in fact the right person to bridge the divide? >> reporter: you know, morgan, there is a lot of debate about that. some people think they were happy to see her leased, she has very much been the poster child here in independence square of this protest movement. there are huge pictures of her in the square and calling for her release ever since these protests began. but whether she will make a good leader, the people are divided. she has a history of corruption herself. she has been prime minister, but some people believe that she should be an elder statesman rather than being a leader her herself. we saw a demonstration equating her with victor yanukovych. they want a new generation of politicians tonigh. they don't want the old ukraine, they are trying to rebuild it. so yulia tymoshenko may not be the woman for the post. today she said that she was being considered today in parliament as a potential mime pinster and doesn't want to be prime minister and could signal that she wants to run for the presidency in elections scheduled to be held at the end of may. >> jennifer glasse reporting live from kiev. jennifer, thanks so much for being with us this afternoon. joining me now live from london is a former kremlin adviser. -- i am sorry we are going to move on and come back to that later in the program. stay tuned we are covering the venezuelan president lick nas maduro who visits his supporters today any rally in crack us, the country has seen two days of peaceful government protests from both the opposition and supporters. it's a relief from the previous two weeks of violent fighting that killed eight people. the opposition led by former presidential candidate enrique is blaming the president for inflation, food shortages and the high crime rate. former other yippings president mohammad morsi was back in court today. prosecutors accuse him of leaking state secrets to iran. the trial has been adjourned itl february 27. he's facing cross fusion for insightsing protesters and insulting the judiciary. federal prosecutors in north carolina have launched a criminal probe. at issue is the governor and duke en just a minute following a second coal ash spill that don tam nateed the dan river, state environmentals are also looking there. when toxic coal ash started to pouring in to the water environmental groups turned their eye to his north carolina's govern he pat mccrory, they indicated for days for a response. it came in a tweet from mccrory saying that he would visit the site to be briefed on the spill he is a former duke energy executive. a company he spent 28 years with. one group took issue with that during his campaign. >> pat m mccrory's questionable ethics case two, duke energy. >> reporter: john frank say political reporter for the raleigh news observer he says mccrory's ties to duke energy have raised eyebrows and the questions go well beyond that state utilities commission regulates duke energy and mccrory filled his administration where wajahat a number of former duke energy executives. >> reporter: a cause for concern among environment the groups after 30,000 tons of coal ash still in to the dan river. leading two cashings about swimming in the river or eating the fish. we wanted to get a closer look. and found signs of the dark ash sticking to foam placed in the riff to collect the contaminants. though the coal ash is not at the bottle of all places of the dan river you can find it on many banks and also 70 miles downstream from eden here, but if we dip it down about a foot or two feet and pull up the muck and get through some of the leafs and the sticks and the empty water you can see the black sediment in here, that is some of the coal ash that is made its way in to the dan river. >> we have had serious harm to a major river of the state, we have been saying that we have 14 disasters waiting to happen. >> reporter: frank holliman made those claims. in three lawsuits the southern environmental law center filed against duke energy seeking the clean up of its coal ash pits at its 14 north carolina sites, environmental groups say the state used the provision of the clean water act to block the lawsuits by filing its own suits, a consent order reached in the cases did not require cleanup. holliman and others accused the mccrory administration of giving duke energy a pass on pollution. a spokesman for mccrory told us, duke energy is not receiving any special treatment. this administration took more action on coal ash during its first 75 days than any previous administration in north carolina history. mccrory has now called for a committee to look at what to do with coal ash in north carolina. and while his administration and duke energy both pledge a full cleanup of the spill environmentalists like general i edwards are frustrated. >> i saw ducks swimming in coal ash pleadly after the spill. i saw a bald eagle flying over a riverral coal arc, so that baldiris eagle is relying on fish in the river and the fish are relying on the macro invertebrates that are know suffocating and dieing or certainly bathe in a toxic bath. a criminal investigation is also underway. state environment the officials and leaders of duke energy have already been subpoenaed to appear before a grants jury next month, robert pray, al jazerra, eden, north carolina. >> coming up next on al jazerra america as the sochi winter games come to a close we'll take a look at how just they'll be wrecked. plus our top story the crisis in ukraine, live in chicago with a look at just how the local ukrainian community is respond to go the violence. >> reporter: morgan a big shift in how ukrainian americans are protesting and demonstrating the events in the ukraine from 24 hours ago, we'll have a live report from chicago coming up. >> i'm joie chen, i'm the host of america tonight, we're revolutionary because we're going back to doing best of storytelling. we have an ouportunity to really reach out and really talk to voices that we haven't heard before... i think al jazeera america is a watershed moment for american journalism >> every sunday night al jazeera america brings you controversial... >> both parties are owned by the corporations. >> ..entertaining >> it's fun to play with ideas. >> ...thought provoking >> get your damn education. >> ...surprising >> oh, absolutely! >> ...exclusive one-on-one interviews with the most interesting people of our time. >> you're listening because you want to see what's going to happen. >> i want to know what works what do you know works? >> conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> talk to al jazeera. >> only on al jazeera america. >> oh my! good afternoon and welcome back to al jazerra america i am morgan radford live if there new york city we return now to our top story the crisis in ukraine and concerns all cross the ukrainian-american community, andy rosen joins us from just outside the yo ukrainian console in chicago. how is the crowd respond to go o the event of the last 24 hours. >> reporter: a big shift in the last 24 hours, protesters here had been demanding that's consul general be booted out of the you want country he was handpicked by the ukrainian president now it has changed in last 24 hours, you can see protest, now wearing black, they are being more conciliatory, focusing more on the victims of the violence and now the consul general is being more conciliatory he is offering demonstrators a chance to come in for three days next week to sign guest books and books of cocondolences and groining joinw is you one of the leaders know with the shift comes the hard part. >> you are right. revolution is one thing and we have to be grateful no those that sacrificed their life and health and stood there for three months, and were able to success civil i force regime change. quickly, though, what can the u.s. and you people here in the uu.s. to affect things now with the fluid situation there? >> we american and citizens throughout the country and around the world will call upon our governments, the united states, canada, european countries to help put forth a marshall plan, need help rebuild a deck contract i can ukraine, an aggressive plan like what was introduceed in world war two to rebuild germany is important it and w we need to have forgivenes or suspension of foreign debt pavements. >> reporter: much more to be ogd that we'll talk tsaid on that. we'll talk to you late or. good news the of of the changes but much more work to be done. >> can we just and him a question before he leaves you, i am wondering are the people still standing outside there do they want a more pro european union ukrainian government to fill its place. >> reporter: a good question from morgan do the protesters juan a more pro union less government centered situation in ukraine. >> what the people want is rule of law and a government that respects its citizens, they want to live like in the us, thanks to associates media and so forth they know how people live in united states and canada. and how the neighbors in russia live they don't want that life they want our live. >> reporter: good point. the effort continues to get that change effected in ukraine here, but as the day goes on, more demonstrators expected to be showing up asbly as many as 100, morgan. >> thank you, andy and pablo outside in chicago. zimbabwe's president and strong man robert is celebrating his 90th birthday. it will be a million dollars party at an outdoor stadium for a man who has ruled since 1980. this is in a country where opponents say his election was rigged and unemployment is rampant and not all will be singing happy birthday. al jazerra explains. >> reporter: he remembers using zimbabwe's now di defunct haded tpho*edz notes the united states dollar is legal and the british pound. using multiple currencies has made goods available but some say they can't afford them. >> life is hard, life is hard. unemployment. so therefore one goes shopping only by charity. [inaudible] >> reporter: zimbabwe has had no curb sieve its own since 2009. the central bank recently allowed the use of the australian dollar, chinese, indian, and japanese. the government officials say that using more currencies is a good thing, importing goods would be ease your, but some economists warn that that will not solve the country's economic problems. the president has just turned 90 years old and he's africa's older leader and doesn't appear to be a plan for suc succession. in fighting in the party is making invest ores nervous the black condominium empowerment policies are a concern for some thin the international communit. >> the economy is in a comatose state. for it to shift it's a measure for the growth and development of this economy. since gone hand in hand. nowhere in the world will you see economies without a significant chance of [inaudible] >> reporter: the liquidity crisis has seen businesses close, the industrial sector keeps laying off workers and banks aren't letting money, the unemployment rate is more than 80%, corruption in state-run company is hi is at an all-time government the government blame waste and sanctions for the problem. some worry the economy is in an irreparable state. one day they were on a path to higher education, the next their hopes and dreams were completely shattered. >> translator: it makes me sad my fellow class nights will get university degrees, but i won't. >> next up, why a clash over religion is causing an education is crisis in southeast asia. that story and much more when al jazerra america returns. ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! we must have encountered a temporal vortex. further analytics are necessary. beam us up. ♪ that's my phone. hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never before. good afternoon, toy and welcome back to al jazerra america. i am morgan radford and here is today's top story. thousands of opposition supporter remain in the square, this is all after ukrainian president victor yanukovych fled the capital on ate. meanwhile, russia's foreign minister says the ukrainian opposition are for longer abiding by the rules of the negotiated peace deal. fireworks helped close the 2014 winter olympics and rory was there and gives us now a lack at thlook at the legacy ofe sochi games. >> reporter: when the sochi olympics finally burst in to life two weeks ago, the event was already carrying huge burdens. for some, particularly in the west, these were the homophobic games. they were the terrorist game, about to be blown up at any moment. the poffly got games costing a record we followish being 30 within billion dollars, they were even the dog-killing games. pussy riot risked whippings and arrests for a punk protest video and a whip website showing a spotlight on the many allegations of corruption. but president vladimir putin was proud. and in the main russians were proud too. these olympics are theirs after all. >> butte inning actually made no attempt to hide it. he said that this is the olympics, devoted to the resurgence of the russian nation so for him it was extremely important do in national building effort through sports. >> reporter: armies are charming, smiling volunteers made sure that the visitors who had come felt welcome. and despite the disappointments of rub a's men's hockey team and young yulia, there was still russian golds to celebrate. it's often easy to forget that the olympics are actually about sports, particularly when at the thiago he come with as much political baggage as the sochi games have but the athlete will be ring their successes or failures long after the journalists have wandered off to find other things to report on. that's actually already happened. events in ukraine have overshadowed these games to a certain extent. and once the issues leaves town it's the people who live in this region who will be best placed to answer the question, was it all worth it. rory, al jazerra, sochi. ♪ ♪ >> meteorologist: mild is the word it's been a mild weekend across the northeast and also across portions of the midwest, folks running evening in shorts and a love the. ♪ melting across the northeast leaving to flooding let's look back at the map year, you can see a lot of the flooding across pennsylvania and massachusetts and a all the way through portions the midwest, we have flood warnings effect across illinois and ohio so if you are traveling on the roadways, use caution because well look at the snow continuing to melt a lot of the area across -- excuse me a lot a lot of the area, it is a lot cold air cross far go and bismark it will be a wild until the snowmelts there the cold air out of canada will rush south and be chillier across the miss west and north cease, cincinnati currently 40 degrees and may see some showers with the front pushing towards the east, a lot of rain coming down across portions of the southeast where we have some strong thunderstorms firing up producing damaging winds, evening a little bit of hail across portion on his of louisiana back to you, morgan. >> thank so much, jelelah. be education crisis in southeast asia students forced to leave their classrooms because i've burning dispute over religion a report from myanmar in a town deeply divided. >> reporter: it's not what you went to just for. but teaching allows him to at least spend his days constructively. a third year psychology students at just, he hasn't been able to go back too class since violent clashes broke out between bus limbs and buddhists between 2012 so he volunteers at the school. >> translator: it makes me sad think my fellow classmates will get university degrees but i won't. >> reporter: like the students he teaches, he is a minority group that suffers from discrimination, even though many families have been here for generations, the government considered them illegal immigrants. it's not just university education that's been disrupted, at this school, buddhist teachers who made up about a 30 of educators here stopped coming to class since violence flared up in 2012. one and a half years on and the communities are still segregated. muslims confined to camps orville questions, thcamps orvir their protection. >> we told them if they want to go to just in another town we can range for that or hold exams there. but officials accuse them of doing too little. >> the government is not doing anything to protect us. how can we go back to university, we will be killed or we will be slashed that's what we are very afraid of. buddhist people. >> reporter: he and some 100 other students have pa pinged to be allowed to attends classes to no avail it's a different reality for buddhist students however, who have been allowed to go back to university. >> i am afraid but not so afraid know because there is more security address the university. >> reporter: like her friends, she uses the [inaudible] to describe them another indication of how deep the press does runs. and for as long as the mistrust remains, the two communities will remain divided. the consequences of that effecting one generation after another. florence lee, al jazerra, myanmar. as always thanks so much for watching al jazerra america i am morgan radford and "real money" is coming up next, you can always follow us for updates throughout the day on aljazerra.com. don't go in anywhere.

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>> uncertainty in ukraine. parliament named the speaker as president. it fired top cabinet ministers. the location. dismissed president is unknown. this is footage of viktor yanukovych leaving the presidential palace. there's a lot of support in iron ukraine. thousands of protesters are in independence square. >> victory came at a cost. there's no euphoria at independence square. instead, we found grief. they have too much to celebrate. anyway, they are too exhausted. ukrainian politics has broken down, former politician leaders hold power, denying they staged a coup. >> the government did not want to listen to the people and did everything possible to hold on to power and crossed the line when it killed people. now we need a functioning state as soon as possible. parliament will work on it nonstop. >> parliament has been busy, dismissing viktor yanukovych's ministers one by one, appointing the speaker as a president and consolidating the change in power. what of viktor yanukovych. the security camera picture appear to show his entourage fleeing his residents in the early hours of saturday morning. they took off to the east. where they went, where they are now we don't know. a familiar face looms over the landscape. viktor yanukovych, from prison to power politics in a day. i met a protesters who has been on the barricades and won't show her face. she wants a new-type of politician and is not convinced tymoschenko is the answer. >> we need someone new. >> with no protesters to be, these people are in chorge. >> these people have torn down a state. at some point they'll have to step aside if a new political order it in ukraine. >> the protest movement has seen many twists and turns. it's a life and death struggle to shape the future of the country. >> there's concern ukraine could split apart. people in the west support closer ties to europe. in the east many remain pro-russia. violence erupted in the eastern peninsula of ukraine, a stronghold for viktor yanukovych supporters. jennifer glasse joins us live. is there still maimer con -- maigor con -- major concern that ukraine could split apart? >> there is concern. we are seeing tensions today. clashes between pro-russian demonstrators, when you ukrainian flag being shown, a protestor showing the separatist tendencies there. >> we should raise the question of the succession of crimia in ukraine. my friends, i propose to raise this flag over the city hall. >> and those concerns that the tensions between the pro russian south flaring as the mayor tried to calm things down. >> translation: ukraine is one undivided country, we are part of ukraine. the city is functioning in total calm. >> keeping ukraine united is a concern tonight, as we see in the east, president viktor yanukovych's party of regions, his political party made a statement saying they'll take power back because they don't recognise what happened in kiev, and one of the big asks it keeping the country together, not allowing it to split apart. >> the u.s. senator john kerry spoke with the russian prime minister. tell us about that conversation. >> he did. he spoke with sergei lavrov this morning, and he said that the united states supports what's in parliament today, appointing an acting president and praised parliament for moving so quickly to fill the vacuum and said to russia that it supports ukraine, a signal to russia to not try to divide the country, to not interfere in the east. many people fear that russia will interfere. a lot were worried that now the olympics is over, russia will turn its attention to ukraine and start trouble. that is a lot of what scene's call it the foreign minister was about. >> that's the question of the president viktor yanukovych. last time we heard from him he refused to set down. is there concern that he could re-emerge in all of this? >> you know, here in ukraine, in kiev anyway, the parliament couldn't have made it more clear that the viktor yanukovych era is over. this morning in parliament, giving his powers to the new speaker of parliament, and minister by minister voting his government out. they could have been more categorical that they do in the expect viktor yanukovych to come back, that there's no place for him in the new ukraine. we don't know where the president is, we know he as left. there's vision of him on a helicopter leaving. we haven't heard from him at all. yesterday there was a message. some believe he may have tried to flee the country, and that disappoints some. they'd like him to be brought back here to kiev to face justice for the last two weeks of violence. >> jennifer glasse reporting live from kiev. thank you. >> let's bring in a spokesperson for the euro protest movement inside ukraine. thank you for being with us. a lot of people say it looks like your movement has won. do you agree? >> yes. we actually [ inaudible ] we have obvious whelming support from ukraine. [ inaudible ] because of nonsupport of the e.u. government. [ inaudible ] we had overwhelming support of the russian city of [ inaudible ] so it seems as though viktor yanukovych is out. >> do you worry and fear, as i mentioned, that viktor yanukovych could re-emerge in all of this? >> no, when you look at the overwhelming evidence at the moment, for example, at uncovering the palace, the feeling of all of ukraine is that he is (inaudible) this is something that most don't want to see come back. this is a failure met by the people [ inaudible ] >> meanwhile we have seen the protesters in independence square, remaining standing there. what needs to happen in the movement, and the square? >> right now, they are still burying the dead. they are stale praying [ no audio [ inaudible ] and there's still a great deal of grief. victory may be here, but many feel that the cost is too high. >> talk about the concerns that we have heard from within ukraine, that russia could intervene and send troops into the country. is that something that concerns the movement as well? >> yes, yes it does. at the moment russia has seen a great deal of [ inaudible ] russia has eventually seen a great deal of [ inaudible ] we hope from the west, they will turn russia down. >> the spokesperson for the euro might and protest movement. thank you for your time from kiev. we have a lot to talk about us. we have another guess, anent professor, political scientist at fordham university and a native of ukraine. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having us here. >> as someone from ukraine, when you watch what we watch on television, what are your thoughts? >> it's a very exciting time in ukraine, it's a turning point, but it's too early to celebrate a victory. >> even though they have fled the capital. parliament has a new leader, a lot of people are celebrating. >> you need to keep in mind removing the president from power was a demand from the protesters. but they wanted a regime change. we have yet to see whether it will happen. you need to think back to the year 2004 when mass protests were held in ukraine. fraudulent election results were overturned, and we did not see a dramatics regime change. it resulted in the reversal of democratic reforms and the resurgence returning. >> ukraine has been this before in the orange revolution. you say regime change. what does that look like to you? >> the national parliament should pass a series of laws that would clarify and solidify the liability of democratic institutions of law enforcement agencies that ensure freedom of press is protected, and supervise the implementation of the reforms. >> i think we are getting new developments in the last couple of minutes that moscow has recalled its ukrainian ambassador. an ominous sign you could interpret that as. what do you think when you hear that? >> it's a wise development for russia. the president of russia, vladimir putin is upset and ukraine was supposed to be a part of the eurasian solution. but now with the ukrainian change, it's unlikely that ukraine will participate >> you think that the new government will further split from russia. that is what most citizens expect from the governments. otherwise it will lose the legitimacy it has. >> there's been a similar revolution of sorts, and that did not happen. >> that's why the president receives less than 5%. >> how concerned are you by russia's moves. basically calling what happened a coup. do you think that russia is going to continue to interfere with ukraine's politics, or will they step away. >> they'll interfere and fight until the end. >> fight in which way. what do you mean by that? >> first of all, oil. and energy resources are very powerful weapon that the russian government has used extensively in the past. >> you mean cutting off supplies to ukraine. >> specting the ukrainian government, we should bankrupt right now to pay a hefty price for energy resources. >> break it down. you studied the region, you are from ukraine. what do you expect russia do in the coming weeks? >> they will expect a payment for the supply of gas and oil and they know that the government of ukraine currently doesn't have money to pay. so in return they might demand concessions from the ukraine government. it will be one of the tests for the new government to demonstrate to citizens whether they are really committed to the idea of european integration or not. >> we have heard talk that russian troops could get involved. is that a legitimate fear. >> yes, it has been used in the south kauk causes. russia has been active. according to the ukrainian law, it's prohibited, but a lot of russians over there hold russian and ukrainian citizenship. in theory russia could claim it wants to intervene to protect its own citizens. >> thank you for being with us today, we appreciate it. >> two were killed when a grenade exploded during protests in the thai capital. >> yesterday gunmen shot two people rallying to the east of the country. >> police say the explosion was causedy a 40mm grenade fired by a grenade launcher. this is a busy area, like oxford street in the u.k. >> i heard an explosion. i helped two women because the children were taken to hospital. >> as night fell, the protests continued metres away. this woman told us she knows supporters of the government did it. >> i think they tried to frighten us not to go to the test site. >> the protesters want to replace yingluck shinawatra's government before the elections. those killed and injured came from the same family, selling t-shirts at the stall you can see behind me. no one has got around to clearing away the debris. it's as it was when the bomb went off. this is the latest in a series of attacks on the protests, which the prime minister's strongly condemned as terrorist acts made for political gain. authorities ordered security to be tightened as the deep divisions in thai politician seem to be getting worse. >> former egyptian president mohamed morsi was back in court, accused of leaking state secrets. mohamed morsi faces trials or allegedly inciting protesters and insulting the judiciary. >> it's the 57th day of detention for al jazeera colleagues, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr. the next court date is march 5th. >> still ahead on al jazeera america. continued fighting over a leak in california. the focus turns to the governor and alleged ties to the company involved. >> as the sochi winter olympics come to a close, we'll look at how they'll be remembered. i must begin my journey, which will cause me to miss the end of the game. the x1 entertainment operating system lets your watch live tv anywhere. can i watch it in butterfly valley? 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[ female announcer ] watch live tv anywhere. the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. >> in north carolina work to plug a coal ash leak is complete. it's unclear what will be the long-term effects. some are questioning the ties between north carolina's governor, and the company responsible for the leak. robert ray has more. >> when toxic coal ash poured into the water from duke energy's dan river site environmental group turned to the governor, pat mccorrey, they waited four days for a site, coming in a tweet. mccorrey is a former duke energy executive, a company he spent 28 years with. one group took issue with that during his campaign. >> john frank is a political reporter, saying pat mccorrey's ties to duke energy raised eyebrows. >> state energy commission regulates duke energy, and pat mccorrey filled his administration with a number of former duke executives. >> a cause for concern after 30,000 tonnes of coal ash spilled into the dan river, leading to warnings about swimming in the river or eating the fish. we wanted a closer look and found signs of the dark ash sticking to foam, placed in the river. >> the coal ash is not at the bottom of all places of the river, you can find it on many banks. 70 miles downstream. if we tip it down a foot or two feet and pull up the muck and get through the leaves and sticks and empty the water, you can see the black sediment. that is some of the coal ash that made its way into the river. >> we have had serious harm to a major river of the state. we say we had 14 disasters waiting to happenen. >> frank made the claims. in three lawsuits the southern environmental law center filed against duke energy seeking the clean up of its pits and sites. they used a provision of the clean water act was used to file suits by the state. a consent order reached in the cases did not require clean-up. the pat mccorrey administration was accused of duke energy being given a pass on solution. a spokesman told us duke nrnal is not receiving treatment. this administration took more action on goal ash during the first 75 days than any previous administration in north carolina history. pat mccorrey called for a committee to look at what to do with coal ash in north carolina. they pledge a clean-up of the spill, environmentalists are frustrated. >> i saw a duck swimming in coal ash after the spill. i saw a bald eagle flying over a river of the coal ash. the bald eagle is relying on fish in the river, and they are relying on the invertebrates that are suffocating and dying or bathed in a toxic bath. >> a criminal investigation is also underway. state environmental officials and leaders of duke energy have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury next month. >> north carolina - we'll leave it here with the weather. tense moments in daytona >> it's scary. they are not in the clear. this is the frontal boundary producing damaging winds and isolated tornados across the midwest and throughout the week. it's stationary across portions of the south-east. we look at strong to severe storms. earlier this morning portions of louisville and alabama, they are looking at heavy rain. you see the concentrated areas. in florida, as the storms come on on shore, we are looking at them turning severe. we had a tornado warning around the beach area. there's pictures for you. there are cars stranded on the roadway. heavy rain came down, a strong thunderstorm as we speak. the storms push across the florida peninsula. we'll deal with that. the reason for that is the heating of the day, whenever a you the sunshine, it warns of the area, and the instability in the area. that's what we are dealing with now. a warning, 5.15, south and west. those storms marching across the golf of mexico. we are not in the clear. the sun goes down. now, we are going to continue to see the temperatures. 85 in orlando at daytona beech. it will come down with 2-4 inches of rain. more strong thunder storms expected to produce a damning wind. there's reports of damaging wind across portions of florida and louisville. so if you travel along the i-10 we want to be careful along the corridor, and along the boundary. be careful. i suspect the day toppa 500 will take hours to resume. >> thousands are dancing in the sun on rio's famous beach this weekend. a party is kind of all right. bands entertaining crowds with songs like the girl from infern eena. carnivale begins on friday, continuing until march the 4th. >> from crowds of happy protesters in independence square to a deposed and missing president, the latest on the crisis in ukraine next. >> ukrainian americans taking action on behalf of family and friends at home. i'm kilmeny duchardt and i'll have that story for you next on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. development to our lead story. russia's ambassador to ukraine has been recalled back to moscow for consultation, amid the ukrainian parliament naming its speakinger as interim president. the location of the president is unknown. this is footage of viktor yanukovych leaving the presidential palace by helicopter. there's still a lot of support for him in eastern ukraine. >> the white house wants to see democratic elections and a deescall agency of violence, but says ukraine should remain unified, and whole. >> it's not in the interests of ukraine or anything to see violence return and the situation escalate. there's not a contradiction between a ukraine with long-standing historical ties and a modern ukraine wanting to integrate with europe. >> let's get the russian perspective with a former kremlin advisor. thank you for being with us today. >> pleasure. >> what is your rehabilitation to susan rice's comments earlier this afternoon? >> well, of course she's correct in the sense that nobody wants this crisis, sorry, in the ukraine to get out of control. but i think she mentioned somewhere that it's not in the interests of russia to send troops to ukraine. that sort of language is not helpful at all. i think there is a sense of tension growing over in the west, over what vladimir putin is going to do once he returns back to moscow from the sochi olympics. i think that at the moment president poout jip is probably -- putin is probably weighing his options. he had a good conversation with president obama. there was a lot of diplomatic niceties, and both great that ukraine needed to stay together. also spoke with the chancellor angela merkel, and great that ukraine has to be - has to stay together. this is just talk. we need to see what is going to happen on the ground. i think we are going to see a dightening, a strengthening of the position of moscow because they believe that what happened in the ukraine was a coup, and that although i get the feeling from officials i'm talking to, that moscow no longer has interest in president viktor yanukovych. and it's looking at who else is going to appear on the scene. i don't see any closeness of the positions between america, europe and moscow. >> so there is some concern in some quarters that russia may send troops into the ukraine. is that unfounded? >> i don't think russia will be sending any troops to ukraine simple because it sunday make sense. what russia's concerned with primarily is that on its borders there is a vast country which is not really run by any legitimate government. okay, the opposition, which is basically turned into a ruling party is saying everything is under control - of course, it's not. in the next few days or weeks we may see local confrontations. we are seeing some in different parts of ukraine. there's also been a threatening language coming from the parliament, although the new acting president did say ukraine would develop relations with russia, although with considerations for its movement towards europe. it's unclear what is going to happ happen >> it's unclear awe the how -- unclear how the eastern part will react. and how russia will react to the changes. america is saying it will help financially, and the european union is discussing what sort of government and policies there should be and it should take. it remains to be seen how that will go down in moscow. >> when you look at the big picture, how concerned do you think vladimir putin is about what is happening in ukraine? >> i think he's very concerned. not just vladimir putin and the government. i know that people on the streets and across russia is very concerned. ukraine and russia have been partners, and business wise and politically, culturally. a lot of people have relatives in ukraine. it is very, very disturbing for many, many people there, and i can tell you one thing. if i were vising president vladimir putin -- advising with vladimir putin at the moment, i'd advise him to make an address to the russian nation and explain what the situation it, how he sees that situation and that russia will do everything possible and will do its best to continue developing links with ukraine. this is a very tense situation. both in ukraine and russia. that will have been comforting to a lot of people. >> the power struggle in the ukraine is striking close to home in the yiunited states, including in new york, in the ukraine. >> kilmeny duchardt joins us on this. i know you went to a meeting with the local community. what do they have to say about all of this? >> earlier the community had a lot to say, and a lot of what they are doing in ukraine. i'm up here in front of the ukrainian conflict. most have dispersed. the crowd decided to stick around and show support for the country. the demonstration was a mixture of sad innocence and opt miss him. they are mourning the loss of 80 lives. expressing optimism that the country will transition into democracy. they have so much that they are hoping for. hundreds came out singing the anthem, chanting and really ukrainian americans standing in solidarity with family and friends back home. >> people in ukraine dream of coming to the united states, to visit other places in the world. they currently can't do that. it's a difficult situation. there is much hope, there is much promise. it will take a lot of work together from a lot of good people to keep it going. >> and, of course, mr hook that i spoke with was asking for international help. they want the european union and the u.s. to get involved and to really help ukraine transition into a democratically elected president. >> it's a mess. people are being surgically admitted in the middle of the streets. they need supplies. we are making sure they get everything they need. facebook and social media played a big role in the revolution in the ukraine. we'll tweet what they need. you need to save people's lies, every minute counts. >> massive effort on the part of ukrainian americans in new york city. they are raising funds to send overseas to give medical help to people to those injured in the clashes. it's been a huge effort and there'll be fund raisers all week to support the family and friends back home. >> kilmeny duchardt reporting live from new york. >> now to andy roche, joining us live from outside the ukrainian consulate. what have you seen out there? >> well, as you heard in new york, not at all a sell battery move. raw emotions, a himmmixed day o feelings. some straglers dressed in black, showing up with a coffin, indicating how this was a day of mourning, honouring those who died in kiev in the ukraine during the protest. the consular general came out and was going to address the crowd and talked to them. he was shouted down. of course, he was appointed by the previous administration in ukraine, so they associate him with the bad things that happened. we talk to him inside the consulate. he said he's doing a balancing act. he understands the raw emotions, that he was personally heart broken by the protests in kiev, and he supported the move towards freedom and democracy, even though his bosses are out. he calls himself a civil servant, serving the people, not a member of the administration, which the protesters hated. in the meantime, as you heard in new york, protesters were talking about a marshal plan, urging politicians to get behind a plan similar to the one that rebuilt germany, to get ukraine the necessary benefits to get them on the road to prosperity in the democratically elected government. in the meantime, later on on al jazeera, we'll have the exclusive interview with the consulate general, with the balancing act he's playing, being part of the old guard and what is happening with the changes. >> i'm looking forward to that. when you look forward and talk to the protesters, what is the major concern, looking to ukraine's future. >> they say now is the hard part. you can celebrate all you want, but now really the hard work begins. they are so fearful of what got them in this position. that russia will have greater influence over them and re-establish the influence in kiev. they are terrified of that. they call it a return to the communist days of the soviet union. so they are worried about that. they want the u.s. to step in and as much as possible to help out economically and that is the big fear, because they have a lot of roots back there and passions that you'll see coming up and we'll show you they were chanting, singing. a lot of raw emotions here. >> see you then. reporting live from outside the ukrainian consulate. >> venezuelan president nicolas maduro visited his supporters at a rally in caracas. the country sees two days of peaceful protests from people supporting and opposing the government. it's a break from two weeks of violence. as rachel levin found out anti-government protests are worried the concerns are not reaching the masses. >> they are frustrated and angry, fed up with what they feel is a government that does not listen to them. three weeks ago students in venezuela ignited a protest movement spreading across the country. >> some want the government to change. others want to change the government. >> we always dream that venezuela will advance instead of regress. we don't build anything here. security is terrible, we have food shortages. the dream of a different country may happen. with 15 years, the president chavez and nicolas maduro, most of the students have never known any other system of government. so far the cries for change are resonating with the upper class, and people who have historically supported the opposition. even in this neighbourhood where the president has full support, people have similar grievances - high inflation and soaring crime. many here have benefited greatly from the social programs chavez funded with oil revenues - free medical care, better schools and housing. >> these students are getting a free university education thanks to chavez. they have not gone to a protest and have no plans to do so. they don't know what they want. they are protesting because they can't buy flower and milk. the truth is they don't want nicolas maduro. it's the same old story. on saturday at the biggest rally opposition leader warned the students that the movement has little chance of succeeding if it doesn't spread to other sectors of society. >> i asked those protesting not to lock yourselves up with your own people. what good does that do. who do you convince by locking yourself in while everyone there is already convinced. >> how many people hear his call might determine the future of the movement. >> the 2014 winter olympics games wrapped up today with several events and the closing ceremonies. rory challands is in sochiway look at the legacy of the games. the winter olympics finished as they started, with a celebration of what it is to be russian. whereabouts the opening ceremony was russia defined it presented russia through the director and screen writer. foreigners have much to say about the olympics. for some, particularly in the west, they were the homophobic games. the prove lag et games, costing $51 billion. they were the dog-killing games. it wasn't just foreigners. pussy riot risked whippings and arrest for a punk protest video. and a website shot a look at corruption. >> it's hard to forget plocks is a sporting competition. it's the host nation who are on top of the world on the sporting front. >> despite the did notments of the russian men hockey take, russia finished first on the medals tail. voout scrip is proud, and in -- vladimir putin is proud and in the main the nation is proud. >> vladimir putin made no attempt to hide it. he says this is the olympics devoted to the resurgence of the russian nation. it was important to do this nation-building effort through sorts. >> global events can spoil a party. the ongoing crisis overshadowed the games to a certain extent. once the circus leaves town, the peel who live in the region will be best placed to answer the question - was it all worth it. >> was it all worth it? i can't believe it's over, like that. >> it went by in the flash of abb eye. >> two weeks. >> they are over. still some medals up for grabs. the 2014 winter olympics are finished, over. three medal events on the final day. the one with the positive outcome, the russians won gold in the 4-man bobsled. for the u.s. steven hoel k aum and stevening lang tonne, they started behind. usa wins the bronze by 0.003. holkham wins a second broned and the third meddle of his olympic career. the most of any u.s. bobsledder ever. >> there would be no medals for the americans on the hockey rink as canada played sweden for the gold. sidney crosby scored a first. that's all the scoring team canada needed. the canadians allowed three goals in six olympic contests as they beat the swedes 3-0. they are the first back to back gold medal winner sips the sooupion in 1988. they have a record nine olympic hockey goals, and the canadian women and men sweep cold. >> finally, there's the men's 50km free start cross-country race. think of it as a marathon. the russians taking gold, silver and bronze. russia wins the medal count for the 2014 winter olympics games. they end up with the most total medals at 33, and the most gold at 13. team usa finishes in second, half of the bronze variety: >> the netherlands finish is fascinating. 23 of 24 medals in speed skating. >> shifting gears to the n.b.a., jason callans will be the first openly gay athlete in four professional sports, suiting up for the brooklyn nets. they tweeted this picture of the 7-foot, 255 pound center, signing a 10-day contract. he announced that he was gay. the 35-year-old is a 12-year n.b.a. veteran that hasn't played in a game since april 2013, when he was with the washington wez ards. we'll be joined by howard beck. >> he could play as early as tonight? >> he could play as early as tonight if needed. >> that quick. he bates michael sam. >> that's right. by futury of the n.b.c. being active and the n.f.l. not. >> still ahead - teaching healthy choices to help cancer patients live better lies. and one girl's brilliant business plan - that is next. >> ice jams are sending floodwaters into towns in ohio. the overflowing river has flooded several homes. it's a like that was practically frozen over last week. rushing water is covering streets. rescuers had to use boats to help people escape. >> television food programs long entertained in tempted tastebuds. a new show is helping cancer patients eat well, providing recipes for a healthier life. >> how is efb doing today >> cooking well to help cure cancer. shot already a live audience, it features food that is desirable. >> it caused lost appetites and fatigue. >> it seems vansy, but it could be easy to do. we'll try to prevent that. >> a way to get the protein. >> the hosts get the food, explain ingredients and answer questions. starter, breads, main course and dessert. and a tin opened, defrosting something bad. >> ingredients are easier to find and it's something that people see us do and say "it's that easy, it doesn't take a lot of effort and it will make me feel better." fussy eaters, vegetarians, they cater for all, with variations on the diifications -- on the dish. >> she's sneaking education into us when we are not looking. >> and we are listening to that education at the same time, but it's not like it's thrown at us. already you feel sick and you don't want anyone to tell you, "don't eat this, don't eat that", because you are upset about everything else. >> time to eat, the best part of the show. not everyone tasting an a patient or care giver. some like the food. it's aimed at those getting cancer treatment, new inside into them by stealth. >> they don't want to come to programs. it's all about the cancer and the side effects. they want to come to programs that will help them move forward, improve their quality of life and live well. as cancer treatment improves medical science is finding that food can help people cope with a disease that was once literally a death sentence. >> okay, i can't help it, i love this story. it's an unusual controversy for the girl scouts. a california girl scold sold 117 boxes of cookies in two hours. here's the catch - outside a marijuana distribution center. word spread and a notice was put out not to target dispensaries. >> i think i would want my daughter to set up booth in front of a dispensary. we joked about it. we said we are not allowed to do something like that in colorado. >> the girl scouts calling for a ban on the cookies, strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores. that's where the money is at. next, an update on stories, including the quickly developing situation in ukraine. you're watching al jazeera america. >> you are watching al jazeera live from new york. i'm jonathan betz with the top stories. a development to the lead story, russia's ambassador to ukraine has been called back to moscow, amidst the ukrainian naming its speaker as the interim president. thousands of supporters are remaining in the capital. >> venezuela president nicolas maduro visited supporters. they have seen two days of peaceful protests from people supporting and opposing the government. it's a relief from the previous two weeks of violence that killed eight. >> in syria a car bomb exploded near a field hospital in the north-western part of the country, near aleppo. parts of the hospital collapsed. no group has claimed responsibility. >> former egyptian president mohamed morsi was back in court. prosecutors accusing him of leaking state secrets to the iran revolutionary guard. the trial has been adjourned until february 27th. mohamed morsi faces prosecutions for allegedly inciting the killing of protesters and insulting the judiciary. >> federal protesters in north carolina launched a probe - the issue the governor and its relationship to duke energy, following a second coal ash spill that contaminated a river. >> i'm jonathan betz, i'll be back with more new, but "inside story" starts here on al jazeera 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'm joie chen. we begin with a city by the bay and a noxious neighbour. the city by the bay and a greep

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>> top of the news. ukraine's parliament is moving to assert control, picking a leader to replace ousted president viktor yanukovych. the vote was overwhelming for the parliament's chairman. viktor yanukovych has disappeared. it's unclear where he is. julia tymoschenko freed from prison yesterday says she does not want to run for prime minister. she spent 2.5 years in gaol, mostly in a military hospital. >> in the united states the national security advisor sent a warning to russia - susan rice saying it would be a grave mistake for russia to send military forces to the reasons. >> live to kiev where jennifer glasse is standing by. >> do we know anything about the whereabouts of viktor yanukovych? >> we do not know where viktor yanukovych is, but the parliament sent him a very clear message today, giving his powers away to the new speaker, and minister by minister dismissing his entire government. it voted to make public prompt viktor yanukovych's private residence. that's the sprawling pal racial house, golf course, helipad, private zoo that viktor yanukovych left on saturday morning by helicopter, we understand. that is now public property. clear message to the former president as the parliament recognises him now. he is not welcome here in kiev. >> jennifer, julia tymoschenko has taken herself out of the running for prime minister. what are the implications of that for the opposition movement? >> she was one of the three favourites in parliament to be prime minister. she had the job before. it may mean she is contemplating a run for president. when she arrived in the scare, triumphant last night an 2.5 years out of the public eye, she didn't say what her plan was, but she wanted to guide the country. she's a divisive figure. she's been the poster girl and her face plastered all over independence square, not everyone thinks she should be the next president. there was a demonstration equating her with viktor yanukovych, and the old guard. they want change and many think that julia tymoschenko is not it. they think she may have a role as a states woman, someone with experience that could help guide the country through the next period. whether she should have o initial role, be president, many think that is not a good idea. >> it seems like the opposition is celebrating and the worse is behind the country. is that an accurate assessment or is there fear that the country could, indeed, split? >> there is a very big concern right now about the divide between east and west. i have to say ukrainians are very concerned with the olympics ending. the east is very - looking towards russia, very russian influenced and speaking. it's an industrial heartland. 70% of ukraine's exports go towards russia. the east stood against the opposition movement, the movement that is in the government, that is the government. we saw in crimea clashes when pro-russian demonstrators tried to prevent the ukrainian flag being flown and called for a succession. they have had successionist tendencies. there is concern that those demonstration, those conflicts will come more and more to the fore, especially because you have this new government here in kiev. the east doesn't really recognise it. viktor yanukovych's political party denounced what was going on in kiev, and said it plans to retain power in the east. a delicate time for a country that was idea logically divided. >> delicate and thinks are changing fast. snoor >> let's get reaction from the united states. many americans have been supporting the protesters, we are joined in outside ukrainian counsel. what have you seen there today? >> not a celebratory mood. as you might think would have happened, it was one of raw emotions. the consulate general came out to address the crowd. people were shouting, "get out, get out", resign, resign. he went inside the consulate general's office, and the protest conditioned. a lot much them wore black as a remembrance of those who died. they played taps, had a makeshift coffin. people are looking at the many names of the dead that have been posted outside the consulate general's office. eventually we went inside to talk to him and he said he's just a civil servant, not a member of the administration of the former president and as far as the protesters, he's on their side. >> the ukrainian people, society showed that we are a nation. we are proud people and we ha have - we are ready to fight for the freedom and independence and we'll do whatever it can to protect our families kids, our future. well, he said he doesn't know what his future is now with the new administration coming in in kiev, but he is says there's an act of conciliation in chicago. he'll open the the consular general's office. >> what do you say is the goal of the demonstrations. is it to submit anger and grief or apply pressure to the american governments. >> i think now, originally was to vent grief and anger. but another her looking to the future. they want a marshal plan pushed by the united states and western governments. to do for the ukraine, what the marshal plan did for germany. anything, they say, to keep kiev out of the hands of vladimir putin, and the russians. >> thank you. >> a lot of communities all over the country have been watching ukraine. that were protests in front of the u.n., ukrainian communities have organised their own rallies and churches held special services for those killed and hurt. >> as essentials between russia, europe and the u.s. play out in the ukraine, n.a.t.o. looks at a role they may play. we look at the future of the military alliance in "the week ahead," and the future of n.a.t.o. that's: >> tomorrow the head of the opposition in venezuela is set to meet with president nicolas maduro. there has been ongoing protests in that capital for two weeks. thousands gathered to show their support for the president. the crowd, most elderly, filled the streets with a festive flare. they held pictures of chaff as saying no to fighting, yes to peace. >> president nicolas maduro addressed the crowd and said the anti-government protests are blown out of proportion. >> translation: here in venezuela there's no war, no conflict, only a few people disrupting the peace. >> the violence yesterday suggests something different. protesters are angry about high inflation and soaring crime. fights broke out at rallies. 10 killed, dozens hurt. >> for 11 consecutive days we had protest, depression, and we are in a cycle where the government repress produces violence and the violence repress. at the end of the day, no one wins. >> gaoled opposition leader diego lopez once served as mayor. >> federal prosecutors announced they'll seek the extradition of joaquin guzman, the drug lord arrested in mexico after a 13-year manhunt. joaquin guzman faces federal charges in seven u.s. districts, and has been named public enemy number one in chicago, where he's wanted on drug-smuggling charges. texas wants him, and from money laundering, firearms violations and running a criminal enterprise. >> more details are emerging about how joaquin guzman was caught by dozens of mexican marines after they surrounded a resort where he was staying. he was arrested at 7am on saturday. there was no shots fired. he tried to reach some of the arms amassed in the konda minimum. he was unable to do so. there were blows exchanged. he was flown to mexico city, paraded before the cameras and whisked. there are several indictments in the u.s., chicago, new york. the department of justice is keen to try him on charges related to smuggling, killing and trafficking of drugs. we have word from the ambassador in the united states saying that he believes joaquin guzman should be tried in mexico. there's no word on what the next step will be. investigators are in both countries eager and understandingry to make joaquin guzman pay for the crimes he's committed over decades as he's been running the sinaloa cartel, one of the most powerful international criminal organizations. >> the sinaloa is responsible for as much as half the illegal drugs smuggled into the united states from mexico. >> a statement from afghanistan taliban says the group is suspended negotiations for the release of an american soldier. talks focused on exchanging one soldier for five taliban prisoners. 27-year-old army sergeant bow bergdahl has been held for five years. the u.s. has not openly acknowledged the negotiations. the last-known images came in a december proof of life video demanded by the u.s. >> in washington governors from both sides of the political sides are having dinner at the white house. preventing cuts to the national guard has topped the agenda chris christie will not be there. he is at home celebrating his daughter's 18th birthday. >> the department of homeland security saying a safety must for licence plates. >> wet weather threatens the daytona 500, kevin corriveau with the forecast next. >> a carbon monoxide leak at a mall is under investigation, dozens were overcome by fumes. a man was killed, overcome. this was on long island. several were evacuated. >> there was a gas leak. i worked for a store. they started to take everyone out. they didn't give us a reason for it. they started telling everybody to get out. we all just went out of the as soon as we got out everyone as talking amongst each other and found out it was a gas lift. >> 27 people were taken with nonlife threatening injuries, four rescue officers. the leak may have originated with the heating system. >> the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments about the government's plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions the environmental protection agency wants to create new requirements, requiring companies to evaluate ways to reduce carbon. industry opponents propose the rules, and environment groups want the epa to enforce them despite the supreme court's ruling. >> a toxic gas leak has been plugged. it's unclear what long-term effects will come from the solution. some are questioning the ties between the governor, and the company responsible. >> robert ray has more. >> when toxic coal ash was pours into the water from the dan river site, environmental groups turn their eyes to the governor. they waited four days for a response, coming in a tweet, saying he would visit the site to be briefed on the spill. >> core mccorrey is a former executive. a group took issue with that during his campaign. >> john frank is a political reporter for the rally news. he says mccorrey's ties to duke energy raised eyebrows. the ute ilties commission regulates duke energy, and mccorrey filled his administration with former duke executives. >> a cause for concern after 30,000 tonnes of coal ash filled into the dan river, leading to warnings about swimming in the river or eating the fish. we wanted to get a closer look and found signs of the dark ash sticking to foam, placed in the river to collect the contam nants. >> the coal ash is not at the bottom of all places, you can't find it on many banks, 70 miles downstream from eden. if we dip down a foot or two feet and pum the muck and pull up the leaves and the sticks, you can see the black sediment in here. that is some of the coal ash that made its way into the dan river. >> we had serious harm to a maimer river of this state. we have been saying that we had 14 disasters waiting to happen. >> frank made those claims. in three lawsuits the southern environmental law center filed against duke energy, seeking the clean-up of the pits at 14 north carolina sites. environmental groups say the state used a provision of the clean water act to block the lawsuits by filing its own suits. a consent order reached in the cases did not require clean-up. a spokesman for mccorrey told us: >> pat mccorrey has now called for a committee to look at what to do with coal ash in carolinas. while his administration and duke energy pledge a full clean-up of the spill, environmentalists like jenny edwords are frustrated. >> i saw is duck swimming in dole ash, i saw a bald eagle flying over a river of cold ash. the bald eagle is relying on fish in the river, and the fish in the river are relying on the rack rel invertebrates that are suffocating and dying or bathed in a toxic bath. >> a criminal investigation is underway. state environmental officials and leaders of duke energy have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury next month. >> kevin is here with the weather. severe weather in daytona. >> we have seen a lot of problems along the florida panhandle. what we see over the next few hours is wet weather. we'll take you closer and show you what we is a seep over the last couple -- seen over the last couple of hours. it went through florida. we have a lot hanging back towards the west. i'll take you and show you. we saw damage with the storm, especially in the panhandle. these were mostly wind damage reports as well as hail damage. i saw a picture on twitter. it was a thunder cloud, and that was in florida. the preliminary report is out on that. whether or not it was a funnel cloud. i'll take you to daytona beach. i want to show you what is happening at the daytona 500. of course, they have stopped the race because of the rain and severe weather, that was in place. it's raining right there, and once the rain stops, people had to be evacuated. once the rain stops, they have to clear and dry the track, which could take one to two hours, if not more than that. we are looking at rain showers at day donor beach and towards the west. the ones to the west will fall apart. they won't be as much of a threat. i'm not sure how late they'll go with the race. now up to the north-east. beautiful weather. a lot of the people get out to enjoy it all the way from boston to washington. new york is at 51 degrees. a lot of people are worried about the snow. we are looking at the snow. the temperatures are dropping. we'll drop to 32 degrees. what we think will happen is there may be a snow flurry o two. because it was so warm today. we don't expect to see accumulation at all. if you are in upstate new york, that's different. we'll see snow across that region. jonathan, as we look at the rest of week, temperatures will be coal. we'll drop down into the teens. >> winter is not over. >> there may be a new way of tracking drivers on the road. the department of moemland security wants to implement a tracking system. the agency wants a private company to give them information. the plan was to catch illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds. giving them access to a billion records that could be shared with other law enforcement agencies. >> al jazeera america's security advisor joins us to discuss the concerns, thanks for being with us. what are we talking about here? is it a form of mass surveillance. >> basically, yes. location data, especially taken over time is cepsity. it can paint a detailed and rich picture of your life, and can tell people whether you are politically involved, whether you go to rallies, alcoholics anonymous, whether you are parked outside a bar and can tell you about a person's habits. what is it technically doing by tracking your licence plate. >> it is tracking your licence plate and putting all that information into a data bys. if someone wants to search for a licence plate, easy, x, y, z, they can stel where it's been over a period of time. >> how does it track the licence plate. that's where i get lost. are they installing scanners and readers, using counter technology or what. >> it's simply, it's a camera capturing the image, and it is digitised and put into machine readable form, and they can be mounted on stationary objects, so on poles or at the entrances to highways, and mobiles. so on cars. a lot of data is collected through cameras and cars. we see the cameras on toll booths at some highway on and off ramps. but police cars had the cameras where they are driving and snapping photos of licence plates repeatedly. >> that's right. and private companies. there are private companies that go out and pick up the data and store it. >> that's incredible. why? >> they can tell is, to dhs, for example, and police departments that are using licence plate tracking. >> the companies go out, have the cameras mounted on cars - i guess it's like google maps, the same technology taking photos. >> and accumulating all of that into a database extending out over years in some instances. it's not as if i know where you have been over the last two days, i can know where you've been over the last few years, which is a detailed picture of your life. >> if this is happening with local police departments and private companies, why was there a fuss with the dhs getting involved. >> there's an idea that there'll be a federal database. if they are creating databases, they are individualized and held city by city. because of concerns you have a program run by the federal government at the center of controversy. >> for people concerned about the privacy and licence plates being tracked. what can they do to fight in? >> they can't fight it in the sense of parking your licence plate, because that's illegal. the best way for people to fight it is to engage at a local level. 14 states introduced legislation to regulate how police use the licence plate readers. we'll see more of that across the country. >> a lot of police departments are adopting this technology. >> absolutely. >> well, it is not carnovale yet, but they are dancing in the streets of rio. [ ♪ music ]. >> hundreds of residents are partying on the beach. it runs one day before christians observe lent. >> jason collins became the first openly gay athlete to sign a contract with a major north american professional sports team. more on this transaction ahead. breaking barriers in the world of wine - how this gentlemen went from a tough neighbourhood to a top taster. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at the top stories this half hour. federal prosecutors announce plan to seextradition for joaqu guzman. he made chicago his drug distribution center. >> the head of the opposition is meeting with president nicolas maduro. there has been ongoing protests in the capital. >> ukraine, the speaker of parliament has been named interim leader to replace ousted president viktor yanukovych. the temporary president pledged to focus the country on european tendency. >> thousands of protesters remain camped out in kiev. the opposition is asking them not to disperse. let's go to nick schifrin. paint the picture. what's the mood like out there? >> well, the mood is extremely positive. you may be able to hear me. the music is behind me, there's a scene of candles, there's a sense obvious the last 36 hours that the people - if they haven't won, they are getting there. in the sense they'll celebrate people power, all the people that man the barricades for the last three months, the people that sacrificed to get there, and the people that are fighting every day on the streets behind me. >> if you want to leave kiev in a hurry, you have to go through 24-year-olds. >> have you done security before? >> no. >> have you done security before? >> no. this is the first time. >> for the last three months they fought the government and feel they won. to the victors go the spoils. the goal is to catch people who crackdown on protesters, and check cars against pictures of the most wanted, not the police's most wanted, their's. they don't want to be the law, they want to be the conscience that keeps order. >> we are the citizens. we want order, the law. >> when the real police arrive, the volunteers shoe them away. >> three days ago they are ready to shoot us because we stay here. it's hypocrisy. >> you have probably heard of rosey the riveter. this is a caterer. every member of the opposition is helping. they felt the fight is not over. >> if i'm doing my best, and i'm the average person, everyone else is doing their best. if everyone is doing their best, we have to win. >> in the heart of kiev, the police have evaporated. the rag tag bands are some of hundreds in charge. >> inside the future is being decided. vitaly klitschko, one of the main opposition leaders is giving a speech, and his security is the citizens' brigades. >> a protection service, they are not. their head protection designed for instruction workers or in this case snowboarding. behind the structure is a command server. >> the politicians realise that. people come through us. they move the garment away, and with new garment they work bad, they move us. >> down the block the citizens parade controls the cabinet's office. >> do you feel like you've replaced the police? >> definitely not, but we hope the police will get replaced. >> the day job is in it, saying clients can weight. what cannot weight is the third revolution. >> years - for years to come, anything that is not right we'll make sure that we work to make that right. for that the public thank them. they feel the volunteers will protect them and their futures. >> and a sweet thank you kiss outside the cabinet office. you know, perhaps it goes without saying, but none of them are paid at all for all the work they do. some will go back to work. some have it jobs, some don't have jobs and will stay on the front lines for as long as possible and on the streets until the revolution has had been won. i'm so struck. i have to ask what happens to the regular police officers, have they allowed the protesters and civilians to take over at the capital. >> we saw a police officer approach the volunteers, and they shot him away. they are around, but not showing their faces very much. they feel, or the volunteers feel they were on the wrong side of the history and they lost, all the police officers. europe police officers will walk into a crowd like the one behind me. i'm not sure that you will show your face too much. so presumably we'll see police emerge again, tentatively ask, "do i still have my job? will i be paid? will any of us get fired?" it's up in the air. the police officers firing at the protesters. let's say i'm not sure that it's a great idea if they show their faces in this crowd. >> a lot of questions in ukraine tonight. >> now to thailand where two people are dead following a grenade explosion in bangkok. it's the latest in a series of attacks targetting protesters. yesterday gunmen shot two in the east of the capital. >> police say the explosion was caused by a 40mm grenade fired from an m79 grenade launcher. this is normally a busy area of bangkok. the equivalent of oxford street. >> i heard an explosion. i helped two women, because the children were taken to hospital. >> as night fell and police began forensic investigations, protests began. >> they know supporters of the government did it, says this woman. >> i think they tried to frighten us, not to come to the protest site. >> protesters want to replace the prime minister sh yingluck shinawatra's administration. those that were killed and injured came from the same family, selling t-shirts at a stall you can see behind me. no one has got around to clearing away the debris, it's as it was when the bomb went off. >> this is the latest in a series of free consequent attacks on the protests, which the prime minister's strongly condemned as terrorist acts made for political gain. authorities ordered security to be tightened as deep divisions seem to be getting worse. >> former egyptian president mohammed morsi was back in court. he was accused of leaking state secrets to the iran revolutionary guard. the trial was adjourned until thursday, and mohamed morsi faces separate trials. it's the 57th day of detention for al jazeera colleagues. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr are accused of joining or aiding a terrorist organization. the next court appearance is 5 march. al jazeera denies the allegations and demand the release of its staff. >> robert mugabe is celebrating his 90th birthday. he's ruled since 1980 and the government set aside a million dollars for the celebration. not everyone is wishing him a happy birthday. >> korn eelious remembers using zimbabwe's defunct billion dollar notes and living with hyperinflation. the u.s. dollar is legal tender, along with the south african ranked, the pulla from botes warna and the british pound. >> some people say they can't afford the different currencies. >> life is hard. there's unemployment. one goes shopping only by charity. >> zimbabwe has had no currency of its own since 2009. the drank allowed the use of the australian dollar, chinese yawn, indian rupee and japanese yen. government officials say using more currencies is a good thing. economists warn that will not solve economic problems. >> mugabe has turned 90. he is africa's old ers leader and there doesn't appear to be a plan for succession. factionalism within his party is making investors nervous. the black economic empower. policies are a concern for some in the community. >> it's in a coma toes state, yes. you realise that. it's a major threat to growth and development of this economy. it goes hand in hand. nowhere in the world will you see economists without a significant chance with gdp. >> zimbabwe's liquidity crisis is close. the industrial sector is laying off workers. the unemployed rate is 80%. corruption is at a high. they are claimed for the country's problems. some worry that the anyhow is in an irrepairable state. >> all righty. time for sport. john henry smith is here. the olympics are over, just like that. >> came and went in the bling of an eye. >> yet there are still competitions. >> you have to go out with a little competitions. now they are over, we have to talk about the last day, three medal event the the one with the most positive - the russians win gold in the 4-man bobsled. steven hokeham wins a bronze and the third medal of his career, the first of many. on the hockey rink canada plays sweden for the gold superstar, sidney crosby as the canadian defense was rock solid, iron clad. canada beat the swede 3-0. they are the first back to back hockey winner since the soviet union since 1988 and have a record nine olympic golds. the canadian women and men's sweep the gold. >> then there's the men's 50km cross county - a marathon on skis and goal. the russians taking gold, silver and bronze. they win the meddle a count for the 2014 winter games. >> they end up with the total madals: -- medals: >> finally, there were closing ceremony held around 11:00am eastern time. they were chock full of the grandy owes spectacle. performers receipting the malfunctioning fifth olympic wing. the russians showing an ability to laugh at themselves. >> shifting gears from the olympics to the n.b.a., jason collins, the first openly gay athlete in north america's four major sports. he suits up for the brooklyn nets. the 7 foot tall center, signing a contract with the nets is available. the team says he should dress for their game against the lakers. he made news when he announced he was gay, before the season. he's a veteran that hasn't played in an n.b.a. since april 2013, when he was with the washington wizards. left you think the nets made a move because of a statement, the general manager put out this statement: >> the n.b.a. put out a statement reading: respect >> that coming from the commissioner. we'll have more on jason collins at 8:00 pm when i'll be joined by howard beck. now that's sports. >> i have a lot of question. 10-day contract. >> 10 day. >> two weeks. >> he was out of basketball for a while. if you are a free agent, you are out for a reason. he has a big body that teams can use this time of year. >> is it possible he may not play for the next 10 days? >> it's possible. usually they don't sign a guy to a 10 day contract and not play them. usually that doesn't happen. >> tonight could be the night. >> it could. >> might see history. >> looking forward to it. >> comcast cut a deal with netflix that could speed up streaming. netflix will be able to deliver movies and tv shows to comcast customers. netflix struck deals with cable vision and cox. and could put pressure on other providers. that makes 44 million subscribers. >> former national security contractor edward snowden won on election in scotland. student at glasgow voted edward snowden in as a student rector. it will be difficult for him to carry out the duties, because he is in asylum in russia. glasg glasgow university students are known to use the platform to make plate call speeches. >> aspen colorado, it's one of the youngest wine experts. he's the second african american to earn the sommelier honour. >> snow is perfect. scenario phenomenon. an awesome day for hitting the slopes in aspen. this 29-year-old is not the typical ski buff. when he's not on the slope. >> this is a nice old bottom. >> carlton mccoy is hard at work as the newest and younger master sommelier. >> i love the northern... >> that is the highest level a wine guru can aspire to. only 211 people achieved that title. >> every time a black person does it, you break a barrier. >> he works at a lit hl known restaurant, a 5-diamond establishment at aspen. >> he calls aspen disneyland. he grew up in washington dc. >> it was a tough place, ridden with poverty, crime and drugs. many friends were killed and shot. i was robbed at gunpoint, twice before i was 15. >> his grandmother has his life raft. >> my mum passed away when i was two. i was pretty much left with my grandmother. my dad was addicted to drugs. he lived that lifestyle. >> his grandmother caught him to cook and his skills took the eye of an art program for underserved kids. he excelled and was interested in the art of wine. >> when you wake up in the morning you don't think, "did i pay my rent? i need gas in the car", you think about alcohol lels. >> knowledge flows out like a fine wine. >> enjoy it. it's like remembering your child's mate, you'd never forget it. it means that much for you. >> the passion for wine is contagious. you take yourself out of the situation and work harder than you think you can. >> next on the horizon, he hopes to open his own restaurant or wine winery. >> the oldest known holocaust survivor died in london at the age of 110. alice was born in prague in 1903. she was an accomplished pianist and writer. in 1943 she was sent to a czech concentration camped, freed by the soviet army. >> a comic artist known for a story about the holocaust is the focus of "talk to al jazeera". john seigenthaler talks to art spiegelman about his experiments who lived through austcich, and how he talks about his brother. >> they were not too well assimilated in merc and didn't quite understand the culture. when the kinds of displacement, and the son they lost, my older brother, in the war and most of their relatives and parents, brothers, sisters, it doesn't leave you comfortable way rooted in the world. both of them were wrecks of a certain kind. different kinds from each other, but both wrecks. >> when did you learn the story of your brother? >> in some ways i think kids know everything before they know anything even. i knew some of this because there was a photograph of this whatever, three-year-old boy blown up from a small photograph in their bedroom like an out of focus shrine. that was - that was always present. i got a sense of - they had a son that didn't survive into the presence. so my phantom brother. >> you can see the full interview on "talk to al jazeera", coming up after the news cast. still ahead on al jazeera america. teaching healthy choices that could help cancer patients live better lives. >> you won't believe what happened to a woman that rented a movie a decade ago and never brought the tape back. and the girl scouts take a bike over a girl's brilliant business plan. >> prisons in new york state will be the first to ban solitary confinement for inmates under the age of 18. the change comes as part of a settlement of a lawsuit civiled by the civil liberties unit. use of solitary confinement for minors, pregnant inmates and disabled will be limited. >> funding will be allocated for ipp mates to take classes. the governor says: >> there are roughly 3,800 new york state prisoners healed in isolation. they spend an average of 2300 a days in their sells, and an hour outside for rechriation. >> television food programs have long entertained and tempted the pallets. a new show is helping cancer patients struggle with making the right food choices. >> we have this report from toronto. >> how is everybody doing today >> cooking to cure cancer. shot before a live audience, it features food that is nutritious, desirable and when cancer treatments cause a loss of appetite and fatigue, easy to prepare. >> cooking document have to be hard. it can be easy to do. we try to present that. we need to get the protein. the costs get the food. all for a patient who might open a tin, defrost something bad or not eat at all. >> the ingredients are easy to find. it's something the people see us do and think it's that easy, it doesn't have to take effort, and will make me feel better. fussy eaters, food allergies and veg tarians. the program caters for all, offering replacements. these patients say the chef and nutritionist are changing their lives. >> she's sneaking education into us when we are not listening. >> it's not like it's thrown at us. you are already feeling sick, and you don't want anyone to tell you, "don't eat this, don't eat that", because you are already upset about everything else. time to eat - the best part of the show. not everyone tasting is a patient or a care giver. some like the food. it's aimed at those getting cancer treatment, getting new ideas into them, almost by stealth. they don't want to come to programs. it's all about the proums and the side effects. they want to come to programs that will help them move forward, improve quality of life and live well. >> as cancer treatment improve, medical science looks beyond clinics and find ta food can help people cope with the disease that was a death sentence. >> you have to listen to the next story, it's an unusual controversy for the girl scouts, a californian girl scout sold 150 boxes of cookies in two hours. it was outside a marijuana dispensary. it spread to other states, and some girl scout leaders put out a notice not to target legal recreational pot storms. >> i think i would want oo my daughter to set up a booth in front of a dispensary. the girls showed initiative, and we, of course, said that we are not allowed to do something like that here in colorado. >> whatever moves the cockies. the girl scouts of colorado are calling for a ban of selling cookies outside bars, strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores. finally, a south carolina woman went to a sheriff's department to file a complaint to be arrested for petty larceny. her crime, failing to return a vhs tape. she was told he faced a month in gaol. after spending a night in gaol the owners of the video store - which is no longer open - decided to drop the charges. the movie she rented the jane fonda, jennifer lopes "monster-in-law", a month in gaol. wow, only a night she penalty. i'll be back in an hour with more new, but first a look at the headlines after this short break. . >> >> you're watching al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york with the top stories. >> a development on our lead story. russia's ambassador to ukraine has been recalled for consultation, after the ukrainian parliament named the speaker as interim president. thousands of opposition supporters remain in the capital. >> a meeting between a top opposition leader and the venezuelan president is planned, with hopes it will ease two weeks of anti-government protests that turned deadly. venezuela president nicolas maduro visited his supporters at a pro-government rally. anti-government groups are angry sat inflation and crime. >> the head of the sinaloa drug cartel was arrested in mexicoiemexic mexicoiemexic mexicoiest -- mexico yesterday and is wanted in the u.s. tore drug smuggling. >> jason collins signed a 10-day contract with the brooklyn nets, making him the first openly gay player on an active roster in any of the professional sports leagues. he's expected to suit up for the lakes game. >> a leak at a new york mall is under investigation. dozens were overwhelmed by the fumes. one man was killed. >> those are the headlines - talk to al jazeera with art spiegleman starts right now. spiegelman. >> i was trying to figure out as an incredibly self centered human, how did i get on this man it when my bairnts supposed to be dead. >> art spiegelman, had a brother he hadn't met. he had a brother that had been poisoned to not be found by the

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supporters of shia cleric without the al serra storm. the iraqi parliament again to protest against the nomination of a new prime minister will be live in baghdad. the secretary of state and the russian foreign minister discussed ukraine, taiwan and a prisoner exchange in the 1st phone call since the war in ukraine began. every time, like, every thing is going to love is divine. search and rescue efforts are underway in kentucky. what to ensure rains have swept away homes and businesses at least 25 people, a dead. and how undocumented migrants crossing the mediterranean are playing a role in the latest italian elections. we report from lam producer. i'm gavin ashwin sports. phil mickelson is hacker at the live golf tournament. donald trump is hosting in new jersey a protest. she is victims of $911.00 families of $911.00 victims expressing that anger and a sally funded event. ah welcome to the news are we begin with the situation in baghdad, where hundreds of people are stormed the rocky parliament for a 2nd time this week. that protesting against the nomination of mohammed, a sheer, i'll sit on it as prime minister take as has been fired at crowds outside the heavily fortified green zone. dozens of injuries have been reported. saturday session in which sit on his nomination was expected to be formally announced, was canceled, dosage worry is lie for us outside the parliament. inside the green zone where protest as have been stormed at the building again, we'll try to get in touch with dos or shortly these alive pictures from inside the parliament building. on the whole, the whole protests and the demonstrations have been peaceful. it's like a sit in protest outside the building itself. people have been swarming towards and through that green zone as they make their voices vericlaim looked at her al sadder, their political leader, who gained the largest number of seats in parliament, but was unable to form a government back in october. had told his supporters earlier in the week to go back peacefully, they made their voices heard to what he described as the corrupt politicians of baghdad. he's now called out his supporters again to come back into the parliament, build again into the greens and that's exactly what they've done on saturday. i could go now to a dosage vari, our correspondence who's following event said, dall. so even now we can see more of more people heading towards that parliament building. what's a situation like that so far? while it is now very much a calm situation as the protestors are making their way peacefully to the parliament building, which is only a few 100 meters away from where we're standing. we are now in the green zone, behind me at the area where you see the people walking towards us from there is a wall that was up there that divides the other area zone where we are and they broke down a portion of the concrete wall. and since then, you see the crowds walking towards this area, there's been a few 100, it's probably over a 1000 people so far they are continuing to come in as we speak. and what we've been hearing them chanting. we walked in with a group of them. they were chanting, we are here, toby, and we will follow you talking about cleric and politician because they're all southern, these are his supporters. they are the ones that have been protesting. and they also are the ones that form the part of my building on wednesday evening. they say that they are not happy with what is unfolding this country. they want it change not only to the politicians on power, but very much the entire system. iran has had a parliamentary system of government since the us led invasion, overthrew saddam hussein in 2003. the constitution that was voted on by the iraqi people in 2005, if you like that. this is the system that they agree to, which is a parliamentary one, which means they vote for party and then the party vote for the prime minister and the president. this is the issue right now. these people were having and this is not the 1st time it's been the case in 2019. in october we saw hundreds of people taking over the main square in baghdad. that's work for weeks. they occupied it, demanding the then prime minister to leave office. and that took a while to happen, eventually the current prime minister, the stuff all cut me, came into power. and he's been in power since early 2020. the problem now was he so it can take him, the prime minister, the elections were healthier and october for 10 months. they have had no formation of a new government. and last month looks either a souther whose party i think i lost. i feel that i'm not quite sure if you still hear us dosa, but we're trying to reconnect with you again. of course, he's a live pictures from inside the rocky parliament of call, of course, so many as looked outside. one of the, you might say, most prominent political figures in iraqi politics who was the largest block of seats in last october election, but was unable to form a government has cooled on his supporters to ahead to through the green zone, towards parliament to make their voices had not happy with the nomination of mama she, elsie, donnie, the nominee in waiting, you might say by the other political parties that he's an acceptable to outsider. they did this sort of protest a week or so ago. and now this is the 2nd time that protested has again crushed through the greens and barriers and headed towards parliament is all very good natured, noisy and boisterous. it is, but there has been no violence, certainly from the protest as it has been can take us in certain areas, but we'll get more of that for mood. the wider correspondent twos, you might say over the other side of the tigris river, not in the green zone. ma'am it, we believe connected to you just described to us what's going on around you right now. with number that is the common common coming, moving green coming from some of the other. it is also that some of them will go to the doctor. we had a talk that's probably the guy that was taught him doing get a number. busy of those, those are the i was on the way on the doing that is probably to help the move by that because it was a big greenville hope that they didn't have to buy the 9 minutes that caused me to do because because you know, with data but by the fact that. 5 many because i've been calling on the call, call me back. all they want to do is get a big deal. they have been very violent today. they have been have been trying to. busy been more that is the 18 minutes and then we had them counted again. it reminded me i get a lawyer. he's one of the political leaders. he's very well known for his high for him because they bill him for the concrete, for what he was trying to say that they cannot afford to have those up. because again, they said that they, they will not close until until the government department. did you know that today i was supposed to be getting paid for the other day that is via go by the low make or was president of the thing to do like a high and nobody did 5 minutes to govern why but that that that has never happened because it was days because the days violence of the parliament, but yet they say that they will continue. they want to be on the move on. i don't again because they don't believe that department is it called them today? they said that was hold a 2nd behind it was that they might why, why come put it? because i'm out that they have mama, again as a minister by the they don't have to be, don't want to let they haven't, don't want to wait until they have that. okay, we'll leave it. that will leave it. that's my mood with you and we'll just go straight back to dosage of our here. we can speak to outside the parliament building itself in the green zone. obviously we understand that the technology g a isn't a great deal of pressure door, so you can hear us again and you can sweet, we're still seeing people streaming towards at parliament building in terms of the anger that said, does supporters have in terms of the nomination and he's been able to call out his supporters in their hundreds yes, certainly. and i think that you something i'll say a 1000, it's a hell a behind the people are wanting to work that day. was when hank or yeah. yeah, we soon seem to be having a few problems or dos as mike there, but you can see that it's also of the, of a fluid situation an a, an ongoing situation there in baghdad for view as joining us here on al jazeera, these allies pictures from inside a bag dads, parliament, iraq's parliament were supporters of booked at al serra. thee a politician cleric who gained the largest number of seats in last october's election, but was unable to form the government has called on his supporters to head towards the parliament building within the very fortified green zone. to demonstrate and make their anger known towards a potential prime minister domination that's been put forward by other political parties. he doesn't agree with it. he wants his supporters to come out in force. they have that has been a bit of a tear gas or the hell towards those various protest as a few ambulances. we're hearing of also being brought into the situation. according to our report, who's outside the green zone. as a fluid situation, we will continue to monitor what's going on in the rocky capital within the news our go to the days other news now ukraine and russia have accused each other attacking a prison in the town of allan, if in the separatist held don bus reach of the missiles struck killing at least 50 prisoners of war. most of them were from the battalion which defended the city of merrier pole for weeks before it fell to russia. table seemed to me, this is a deliberate war crime by the russian. a deliberate mass, murder of ukrainian prisoners of war by shape as agreeing to everyone who abuses ukrainian to tortures and kills, should know that there will be punishment for this if some of the russian killers hope that they will not be brought to justice. they will hide somewhere and let them know they will be held accountable. meanwhile, the secretary of state and russians. foreign minister, has spoken for the 1st time since the invasion of ukraine. in february, anthony, blinking said the t. tulsa, elaborate of the world expects most get on its pledge to that grain shipment safely leave. ukrainian ports, townships that come and be loaded with grain, ready to depart from a desa. lateral says sanctions on russia, partly responsible for the global food crisis. john henry is not correspondent and joins us from the port city of a dresser in ukraine. and john, we have been waiting patiently for news about when the shipments will depart the port. that is true and we're going to need a little more patience because those ships are still in the port. it's been more than 24 hours since volota volota mirror zalinski, the president of ukraine, announced that those ships would be leaving the port and we had g 7 ambassadors there as well as, but it's a complicated process because it involves at the it, it involves turkey in the united nations, both of which brokered that agreement and it involves an unusual amount of trust between ukraine and russia to maintain these so called safe shipping lanes for those ships to leave front. but we are told that we have a number of them in port loaded up and ready to go, and they're just waiting for the green light. but i have someone with me who knows a lot more about this. this is michael, but church of he is a senior fellow at the atlantic council. why is he? what is the latest you've heard on these grain shipment? sure. well, the latest we're hearing, we're talking about 17 ships in total, including the polar, not the turkish flag ship that they were loading yesterday with president zalinski there. it's a lot of grain actually out there on the water. we're talking almost 600000 tons. and if you think that there's about 20000000 tons stored here, a stuck here, that's a big dent already in that. but so as you mentioned, there's a lot of complications along the way, not least to which are the marine mines that are there. so those ships will have to rely on very good mapping and information from the ukranian russian side. and how about the insurance? so guys as well, are they going to feel confident enough to insure these ships? but the fact that president zalinski was here yesterday, g 7 ambassadors actually met right behind us. here. i was a quite a big vote of confidence. it almost looks like the ukrainians are trying to will this into progress that they are loading the ships. the infrastructure is working, so fingers crossed that it will start moving, so it does seem like it's taking a long time for this to happen is after all is last year's crop. farmers are now reaping this year's crop. there can't be too much storage space left. it at these ports, so it must be urgent to get it out. why does it take this long for these ships to leave once this agreement has been reached? well, there's a lot of complications involved, i think come the fact that the ship loaded yesterday was turkish flag. they're doing that as a kind of security thing. i find it hard to believe the russians would target or bama turkish flag ship, especially when you're thinking that a president or to one of turkey and president of who to the rush are going to be meeting next week. the turks have a lot of skin in the game on this thing, and i think that gives a lot of pickup people confidence that the whole process will work. but tom, look, we're also talking about 3 ports here that have been designated to ship that brain . people have to come back to the work to work and they have to get it up and running again. so a lot of complications there and you got an update on the number of ships. so i wanna, i want to hear about that. but there's also, i guess, one of the biggest concerns here is that there would be a strike on one of these ships. you mentioned that possibility. we did have a strike at the port of odessa earlier. i just shot it. tell me about those ritz. it's a, it's certainly a, a real risk, isn't it? well, look, come, i worked with you. i see here in 20142015. we broker many ceasefire agreements with the russian side to russian, back, thugs, and denounced. and almost all of them were violated by the russian side. the russians have made a habit in this war, of violating agreements, whether it's humanitarian aid corridors, whether it's evacuation and civilian. so, ah, it's very difficult to trust them, but there's a lot of people's lives at stake here. absolutely. why want to thank you, michael. the church of senior fellow at the atlantic council. as we all wait here in front of the odessa opera house for those ships to move, i should mention that if you're a viewer and you're wondering why we've changed locations, it's because police were, are so sensitive about everything we show, including just a view of this see that they made us move. i don't know if that's out of fear that those ships would be seen or not. but in any case, we will update you throughout the day and do this very delicate situation. thanks very much, shall 104 sla in odessa. well punch morehead, here on the, on their knees are including looking for alternative sewing gas prices of the canyons. switch to charcoal, the cooking and heating for home. but a spike and micro to rivals in italy is changing the compensation ahead of september's election. also in both are all reason top the time sheets. in fact, just for the for me, the $100.00 gary and go on the wall and actually coming up with general ah about fighters of the military base on the small ethiopia board. now the armed group, which is linked to all kinds of says it's killed more than $180.00 opium troops. however, the government says its soldiers killed dozens of fighters who tried to infiltrate the base. a senior us military officials as algebra, is expanding its operations from smalley into ethiopia. several tanks have been reported raising concerns about regional stability. let's get the very latest on this from jen. mr. samuel got you. he's in at his i, but it was a very confusing picture of what actually did or did not happened on that border area and who was involved just give us an idea of the clara official picture that we're hearing now. well, the state government, a somali state government has been supported by the open courses trying to fight with our shabbots. there was a story that came out saying that 150, i'll shabba a least members have been killed. but throughout the week and even a earlier this months, there has been different kind of claim and counter claim of victims and victory, and so on. enough for the u. n. r w p to start removing some of its employees. the somali region is one of the areas where it has a comp that's taking care of thousands of your been displeased people. and this goes to show you that, that this conflict is really moving forward. i'll show bob was claiming that they have been killing our winning the battle so far. but this is the 1st time that the open side or the region outside. the somali regional government forces have really clean this many victims or this many killings. and in a way to stop algebra from advancing to the capital of the somali region and far beyond local cta, present the pressure from a different side from the un commission that says and did an investigation into human rights abuses during the to grow operation. any theory p, alaska? are we expecting to henny? hear anything from either the government all from this you and commission as they leave the country. they've been mom so far things hope and government really speaks to the media or really, really says a statement that we've seen some of the comments on social media. there are in the field there for the last, almost week. speaking to the head of the field and human rights commission. daniel . but colleen meeting with vice president of the deputy prime minister of the mac. i'm a conan who is also the foreign minister of ethiopia. i, i'm, we're, we can't confirm if the have really gone to, to great to speak to the leadership of the t p left. but again, they've, there has been difficulty in terms of conducting human rights investigation in ethiopia because of lack of space for our interest. for this kind of international investigations to move forward and also access access to much of the country is limited. 2 the open government is insisting it's because of a t p and left the t p n f. as it's insisting it's because of ethiopian government. so it's been a catch 22 for this international actors. we've come to yoga to really investigate what happened, integrate the conflict, and to grey has been going on for almost 2 years and has affected millions of ethiopian st. displaced ethiopians. and also i could, these are some researchers after 500000 people have died in this conflict. and this has been a real interest from global players to come to yoga and really tell you what really happened in the conflict of the last the almost 2 years. so we'll get to that and i decided with thank you. thank you. and emergency has been declared of your state of kentucky or at least 25 people have died and severe floods. amongst the victims of 4 children from one family who was swept away. gabriel, alice older has more. the appalachian region of eastern kentucky is under water. several days of rainfall have caused rivers to overflow their banks and entire towns to barely remain above water lines. the area got 2 months worth of rainfall in the matter of just 2 days with recovery and rescue efforts ongoing. in some areas, the flood waters have not even crested yet. for those residents who did survived the storm, they told stories of horror. everything is going like, every thing is going. oh love is going. i'll like, i will miss apartment to buckle with me in this. like under other be in the inside the apartment, the flash flooding is so severe. even rescuers were shocked by what they were dealing with. probably 95 percent of people in his area here loved oversight, houses, gars, animals. it's, it's heartbreaking to really use these 4 siblings were all swept away in the flood waters. they drowned and their bodies have all been recovered. the governor who declared a state of emergency on friday to are the hardest to areas elsewhere in america. overnight monsoon range in las vegas flood waters seen coming through the roof of at least one of the cities famous casinos. there was also flooding in west virginia, and hundreds were rescued from flood waters in missouri. while parts of america are soaking wet, other parts are melting. it all comes after the north east of the u. s. saw unseasonably and dangerous record high heat earlier this month. and meteorologist know what's causing it. these type of events that have been occurring over the last couple of weeks across the country are directly attributable to climate change. these are big signals, extreme. he heavy downpours. that parking back to the changes in our atmosphere because of the additional carbon because of the warming. in kentucky cleanup, we'll mostly have to wait because they're still in this search and rescue phase of this storm. officials say the death toll is likely to climb gabriel as anto al jazeera, there's also flooding in iran, at least $56.00 people have died in flash floods that have devastated more than a dozen provinces. several people were killed at alongside into rom, while more than 30 died in 2 villages, north of the capital. such a rescue operations are continuing with fears. the death toll could rise. well still had here on out, is there a rebellion by indigenous groups puts the leadership of chiles young president to the test and it's vote will show you who the writers who the writers whose tightened her grip on the yellow jersey in the women's tor ah. the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book. your travel package today. now it's not unusual following heat wave to have floods. we've got some a flood developing i think you look at is cloud hick curling up in germany just running across and to check republican poland. that's got a pretty significant rain the next few days. and of course, it was hot here, but it was a couple of weeks ago still warm in western europe. it's pretty hot down the southeast and particularly in turkey. but his development for saturday or the blue is rain. if you get the orange bits, that's like to be pretty big. thunderstorms is going to bring the temperature down and i suspect to be flooding from it, cuz the ground is pretty much baked and cracked. but they were in poland, centered for the south, were going through hungary, into romania. so all these countries was he something in the way of rain temperatures will drop as a result, morsels down to about 17 by sundays, at rain, really kicks it. but the following it, the sun comes out again. and what is falling apart from the british isles, which remains not predictable? is a warming trend? so warsaw goes up to about $25.00. our target to tuesday back in the sunshine. but it's really hot, further west. next week, paris, for example, is up to 36 by the time we get to wednesday in africa, the story is more about heavy rain over parts drown, particularly in the south hell, a long way west casa, airway issue and line of the john frank assessments. how much the board laugh at street protests we've seen in hotels across the rest of the country street and has been, has been very good. that's happening into the cold confound people across the country . informed opinions, we will say more of what is happening is that climate change it making them work in depth analysis of the days global headlines draw. he is credited by some way where they were storing italy's credibility this critics would say he couldn't play the part of a politician. what do you think went wrong inside story on al jazeera? ah, the shake him on a ward for translation and international understanding is accepting nominations for the year 2022 from february 15th until august, 15th this year for more information. go to w, w w dot h t a dot q a slash e n. ah, ah a book back to the news on the whole rom, the reminder of our top stories, hundreds of people are still drugs, parliament for a 2nd time this week that protesting against the nomination of how much she out sit on the prime minister to gas of being 5 testers outside the reporting, find green. so in back does also, ukraine and russia have accused each other of attacking, of prison and the separatist held by region. can i get the 50 percent of all? most of them were from the as of italian, which defended the city of merrier pope before it fell to russia. and the us secretary of state has urged his russian count party like grain shipments like the levy painting and bolt under deal signed last week. it was the 1st time the anthony blinking and love had spoken since the russian invasion let's get more on top story now. those protests in baghdad dawson jabari joe's been. i live outside the parliament building inside the green zone. where protest is have stolen the building and it seems doors so that many more are still arriving. that's right. sorry, we can see behind me this is the way to the parliament. we're about 500 meters away inside the green zone. i think it's fair to say that the mood has certainly changed share with the past hour. we were outside the green zone or by the wall, the concrete wall short while ago. and we saw the protesters break down a portion of that wall and enter the green zone. and this is where they're coming in from that area that they broke down. they are now trickling in. we've seen waves of people chanting that they are here to stay as long as needed. they said they are the sons of other all other that they will stay with him till the end. these are feathers, supporters of course. and this is certainly a change in tone that we've seen over the past few days. and in the past, when we seen demonstrators like this and these numbers trying to get to an area to improve a point, they have been met with very heavy security response today. even though there has been a tremendous amount of security, ryder police all over the city, there has been all the main roads to every square. that's the main gathering points for these protesters, the phone and all the main roads leading to that where were blocked from overnight . and so ours we understand. but still the protests as managed to get there and then walk over to this area. now that they are here, they're making their way towards the building. we understand they have been making the way that they are going to be here as long as needed. we've also heard from other all others a to issue the statement just a short while ago, urging both the police and the demonstrators to exercise caution for everything to be peaceful, and that there should be no bloodshed when people are trying to make a point. we understand, according to health officials here, we're 60 demonstrators have been injured. we don't know whether or not those injuries are very serious at this point. from what we know, there are meetings going behind closed doors between the various political parties to try and bring in this deadlock that is going to have money in these people went to the polls in october of last you're trying to like the new government and of course the other party got the majority of the vote, and since then over the past few weeks, just last month, federal father said that he was withdrawn from political life and that's the m p 's . but he had 73 of them, also resigned as a sign of support. they said that the system is corrupt and they don't want to be a part of a political system from what we know about the ongoing this piece of the moment is that in between my father himself and also newer molecules, former prime minister of iraq, the 2 men have never seen on to i to i and now we are seeing their arrival really busy fill out onto the streets. we've also heard from the demonstrators here that they are saying they don't want no re mulkey. there were words that he could be nominated yet again to resume the post of prime minister once more, but just has gone away since the demonstrators were very much against this idea. and also number of competitions within countries, governments, they said that they're not going to be put back in power. but for now that i'm serious have said they're not willing to support the decisions made by the government, which has as called off a emergency meeting. that was supposed to take place to nominate a candidate for president for the prime minister position because of these demonstrators. and what also took place on wednesday when they saw the parliament that session has been postponed. what happens later on today will be very important as to what will happen down the line here in the countries government to report that force outside parliament. cost also will continue to depend with you as and when the situation develops in baghdad. thank you. let's take a look back at once led to this restaurant and also touched on much of this nearly 10 months after those national elections. iraq has failed to form a new government in that seal tensions pre supported the influential shia cleric without al sutter and the pro iranian group named the coordination framework. it's led to a power struggle and a political deadlock, even though both groups a sheer now with recent protest support of the pay to be sending a warning to starters adversaries. after the iranian back parties, nominated arrival politician to the position of prime minister zyden alec and annie is a middle east and list focusing on iraq and a fellow of the arab center. we're in washington dc. joys be nice here in kentucky with us on the program. are you surprised to that? so those supporters have have gotten towards parliaments again on his word the federalist supporters in iraq or in the rocky elliptical understanding are known and a very and for the late to be blind supporters of the photo. there's very little criticism that can be towards their leader within the sup, just movement, like many other political or religious movements in iraq, which is not the 1st time that's most of the for the direct or demand. his followers or support there is to a target or march towards governmental promises. whenever there is a disagreement between his political movements and the government for future government during governmental formation following any election, father is currently moving away from the defensive to the. ready he was being a bit defensive in the last few months when he struggled to form a part of the century for him to form a government without the support of a very few other mt. whether they be then dependent m p 's, where new the elected the recent, the rocky 1st parliament or the coordination framework, as you rightly mentioned currently. so that is trying to build the new if you may, rebellious, parliamentary opposition role, which he and he's movement is preparing for. but at the same time, also trying to create the obstacles to the coordination framework. whenever a nomination of asserting candidate is being put forward in one way or another would not meet their interest for agendas in the future. we witness very similar obstacles from the coordination framework towards the subject. movements on the ball was there a court date for the governor if i could just pop in? because of course, obviously, you know, my book that also tries to portray the image and certainly in his speeches and sermons, that he is a nationalist. he may be a, she must have been a nationalist, he cares about iraq. and he tries to portray anybody in the other political spheres as influenced by outside forces, whether they be the west europe and the u. s. or ron does that work across the country because he wasn't able to get that majority that he needed in october. and so therefore, he one could assume that he's not liked across the country, but he does have a core support which believe what believes what he says. well, a lot of the discourses or the forms of discourses in the cards. ready tries to exploit and the rockets society are very popular ideas and also. ready principles and values iraqi people or the new iraqi citizens share across the spectrum. and that is non interventionism and limit to rain intervention is a limit to western vention is a more other regional interventionism. nationalism is a very popular course across the world and not just any rock and reform for the past few years as a major discourse or rhetoric not for the has been heavily relying on, especially since 2016 up until today. reform is a, is a major off idea, a lot of the new rockies, especially since october 29th. this movement is the thing that really catches the hearts of the winds of the rockies motors or non participants and the electronic system. so father might find a power vacuum and thoughts and ideas. a lot of we're going to the rockies, we'd like to hear from their political or religious leaders. you would notice most of the she or prominent she political leaders and the iraqi parliament have very direct affiliations or associations or connections when we iran, proxy interest and iraq. so it's a very good opportunity for others to exploit, to be id, to gather the support across the spectrum in iraq. and then just within the sub this movement. however, there has been a very rising mythical consciousness amongst the iraq youth since the sober 2900 for this movie as previously mentioned. and this is why we noticed a very low voter turnout. this is why we're noticing, i'm increasing intensity and this interesting elliptical rivalry between the coordination of framework and the subjects movement, which is very far away from the interest of the ordinary. iraqi said as those both equally both be the people who voted on the people, the boy cut the b last action. the self clean he just brings is running out of time here. if both sides don't agree with a potential candidate to become prime minister houses going to play us. are we looking towards another general election in some shape or form that could be a possibility. however, another another possibility or another thing that we're currently what's missing here. as the sun just movement is trying to delay the coordination frameworks possibility to form the government as much as possible. so it does not stay in the record that took the coordination framework for shorter time than the fund just movement to form a government. and they might find a middle ground solution and agree on a candidate that would satisfy all the political parties. and iraq is similarly to the, to the agreement that took place with former prime minister that i've been met in 2018. well, we'll see what happens. i'm can any the from the arab center, thanks for joining us in. don't thank a recent increase in the number of asylum seekers reaching the island. a lump joseph is being politicized ahead of italy, snapple exquisite september, prime minister muttered rocky resigned early this month when his coalition government fell apart. as i should get reports now on how the arrivals or influencing voters inland producer, the aquamarine waters of the mediterranean, surrounded by craggy cliffs. keep loring tourists to these codes. however, vacationers aren't the reason the small italian island has made headlines in recent years. in 2013368 migrants refugees died when an overcrowded boat capsized dear lamp ado said it was one of the worst ship racks in modern european history. francesco verandas, father was fishing with a friend when he heard cries for help. he rescued a dozen people and became a national hero. reloads empty, and the people tinkled migrant. so criminals don't understand what he means to suffer for something in forget that they're worse than nerves exploited this same africa. they came from after people protested the days when asylum seekers arrived and roamed the narrow streets are long gone. now their presence is invisible to most prompting one woman to accuse our crew of spreading misinformation. if rewards attributed the gandhi english to one the church, one archer, there is a problem. when the sea is very calm, like to day, we see at least 1500 people arriving each week. they are immediately transferred to syllis. he was somewhere else. oh yes, we don't see them on the island when every one. yet the migrant welcome center is overflowing the uptake and arrivals coincides with the collapse of prime minister mario dry geese coalition government. this month he announced his resignation twice . far right and populous parties, torpedo draggy government, and are expected to prevail in snap elections. on september 25th, the majority, siblings come from one of the oldest families on lump a. do so make a living selling produce out of a truck in the city center. we've been over a lot of us and we should vote for the far right and give them an opportunity to run the country before we say the and no good. currently, my grants are coming here every day without any rules. florida hopes italians won't allow far right and populous candidates to scape goat migrants. almost a decade later, his father has remained in contact with some of the people he rescued, and he says the sadness in their eyes remains. natasha. your name al jazeera lampa, dosa italy chilies congress is send to the state of emergency in the arrow county region. indigenous groups have declared war against the state and big business. they're demanding the restoration of their ancestral lands. and self determination is a test for president gabriel burridge just months into his 1st term. our latin america editor lucy, and even reports not from santiago michigan. this is the aftermath of the latest attack against chiles. multi $1000000000.00 forestry industry by an indigenous map put a rebel group in the south central part of the country with foreign order. foreign congress is approval of the government's request for yet another extension of a state of emergency in the albany, a region wasn't surprising. but it's come with a high dose of ridicule against left wing president gabrielle body each that we represent. i feel about got that. i think though the same people who are highly placed in government today and who not only attacked the previous government strategy but voted against all the extensions of a state of emergency last year. have the nerve to come here to ask us for the 4th time to approve the same measure. the conservatives voted in favor of allowing the army to patrol alongside militarized police in the rest of region. but several left wing deputies from body to his own coalition, especially the communist party voted against the measure. they accused the president of betraying his electoral promise to promote dialogue and not use force . earlier the spokesmen of come the oldest, my butcher resistance group took responsibility for the new attack laboratory. trace our priority is to channel violence towards well directed acts of sabotage toward supplies and machinery. the government said it would not press charges against the indigenous leader, much amid an uproar, backtracked seen as another example of flip flopping on the part of the western hemispheres. youngest president. if not, that's why we're. this is a government of a young generation of millennials, and they're learning to manage a complex state apparatus and a country that some patient with many problems. this is a year for learning the ropes a year of transition. the hope is the body to has been in office for less than 5 months, will learn the ropes soon without losing the confidence of those who elected him. every new president has to come face to face with the reality that being in the opposition is easier than being in office. president gabrielle body is learning the hard way that reconciling his convictions. and there's a lot of promises with the need to make pragmatic decisions. is a delicate juggling act. lucy and human al jazeera santiago princess says, call the treatment of indigenous peoples in canada's residential schools genocide. the head of the roman catholic church spoke to reporters on the flight back to italy. he delivered an official apology on canadian soil to the indigenous people who were abused at residential schools, most of which were run by the catholic church. they are all set on a barrel up again. i mean it's true that i did not use the word because i didn't think of it, but i described genocide. i apologized. i asked for forgiveness for this work, which was genocide. i condemned this taking children away and trying to change their culture, their minds change their traditions, race, and an entire culture is genocide is a technical word, but i did not use it because i did not think of this, but you can say that i said it was a genocide, i don't waste of the cost of girls as becoming untenable for benny canyon's on the search. wal turnitin is leading some to the forest for charcoal as a result environmental and so worried about legal logging in protected areas. catherine, so reports are from kit to e county in eastern kenya. ah, a man well knew seeley owns this restaurant in kitley county in eastern kenya, but his gas panels have not been used for a while. he tried to use gas for cooking, but the cost has been rising globally with silly says his expenses were too high, so he switched to charcoal of quality care, but then roman butter as times goes to be more harder. it's come becomes a time that if you don't mind about the environment, but to take yell the cost production. here's the problem. mazili is not the only one who has decided to put a site. he's got cylinder. the demand for chuck will is growing. the government has had use the cost of god, but many people here say they still cannot afford it for cooking. they say they use chuckle instead because it is cheaper kenya's chuckle, trade is worth nearly half a $1000000000.00 and employs thousands of people. but it continues to threaten the survival of trees and what are catchment areas? this is despite the fat chocolate binding is restricted. this is a protected forest in kitley south resolve. it's vast and some of the trees have been here for many years. sacks of charcoal are transported to different markets daily. now the guam and buzzer. when the liver, i used to work in mombasa, but because of corona i lost my job. that is how i decided to bun chuckle, i have needs, and life has to go on. the business is my livelihood. i remember i feed my children and take care of my for many officials whose work it is to protect forests, try to replant what is destroyed and talk to communities about how they can harvest or prune trees sustainably. we are where we below the recommended the international levels of them by st yacht. it's point 3 percent country weight, which of course is it is on the commended their level in the world. would you send, present? ah, most silly says he wants to protect the environment, but he's priority. he's keeping his restaurant afloat. and awning i leaving catherine sawyer all to sera kittley in eastern pena told was paula his. trevor. thank he is a hell let start your sports news with phil mickelson, who was heckled on the tae while competing at the live tournament, hosted by donald trump in new jersey, is what happened the 3 day event is the latest in the lives series, backed by saudi arabia which is divided the world of gulf in recent months. but the occasion of this tournament am its links to trump, has drawn a wider criticism. kristin salumi reports the trump national golf club in bed minister, new jersey is hosting the live golf series. bankrolled by the sovereign, while fond of, sorry, arabia the tournament has sparked outreach among those who lost family members in the 911 attacks was standing here in the back yard were center. see people were turned to stuff, but eagle son's father was killed. that was if it were not for the kingdom, he port goes hijackers. what i had is 0 percent chance of success. and we, that's our goal is to educate the world. family members have accused donald trump and the pro golfers who are participating of taking blood money. my 2 brothers were murdered on 9. will i live every st. launching and add to remind them that 15 of the 911 hijackers were saudi citizens when they say recently declassified documents show. the hijackers had help from the saudi government. something the kingdom has denied. tromp has expressed sympathy for the families, but no regrets about hosting the event. well, i've known these people for a long time. no. saudi arabia had been friends of mine for a long time that they've invested in many american companies. they own big percentages of many, many american companies, and they're frankly what they're doing for golf is so great. what they're doing for the players. so great. the salaries are going to go way up. the former president has promoted the live series with its huge payouts for players as an alternative to the pga of america, which yanked its 2022 championship from his bed minster course after the january 6 capital attack. terry strata lost her husband. tom in the world trade center says she's equally disturbed by president joe biden's recent interaction with crown prince mohammad. been salman, it was disgraceful. it was painful to watch such a, you know, such an nonchalant way of meeting him when we were trying to get our point across. you need to have a really serious conversation with him about september 11th and he blew it. 911 families aren't the only ones outraged by the saudi backed golf tournament. the national press club pointing to the killing of journalist jamal cars shoji has called the event a revolting attempt to whitewash the kingdoms image. kristin salumi al jazeera bed minster, new jersey joining a golf may have cost henry extents in the european ryder cup captaincy, but his davy at the controversial series couldn't have gone much better. the 2016 opened champion, his 8 buddies and one baggy to take a share of the lead as 7 on the paul, the sweet says is the best he's played. yeah. then it's in his joined the top of the leaderboard by valerie major. when patrick read a one shot clear of the field, just a reminder, the winner of this event takes home a for $1000000.00 in prize money. to time off as champion bubble watson is the latest live recreate. but the american won't play until next year. as he's recovering from the surgery, everybody's enjoying it. finally, you're having people on your team, it's not an individual anymore where you are just out there trying to be. busy to figure out how to play the game by yourself. you have people, you can bump ideas off of and then with the kathy so involved with the golf. it's just another atmosphere. another thing that we didn't have. and now we're bringing it to the light and it's i've heard nothing but great thing. everybody that i've talked to want to or said it's amazing. the players who remain on the p g, a tour or an action in detroit, canada's at taylor bender. that leads the way the rocket mortgage classic on 15 on the fall, but that's only one shot clear of this mount american tiny feet. now at the halfway stage. for the 2nd day in a row, we saw a hole in one will re santini with the honor. this time his a coming out the 15 ho. and that helps him just make the call. the 3rd practice session starts in the next few minutes had of the hungarian grand prix for our it looks like it's in both opening sessions on friday. the 1st column fight that the pipe was offered a shot record at the time of the day in budapest championship be the max us back when it was full quickest. while louis hamilton, while he was while back in 11, they've been a very productive day. we changed quite a lot of things on the call on my side if the one was quite tricky if between the rights road so confident that we did the right workforce and they yeah, i think i've been ahead of us and i think it will be hard for us to, to beat that, but i think over night, you know, we'll try to close the gap as much as we can and see what the, the weather will give us as well. tomorrow there were just 2 stages left in the women's told of france, and marianna voss has increased her late. but i tried a one stage 6 to move 30 seconds clear at the top of the standings. it was a 2nd stage one of the week vases of form and im pick i'm molten well champion. and if she comes through the final couple of days in the mountains, she'll add a yellow jersey to her collection from the road to the track cycling at the commonwealth games. australia dominated the opening day with 3 gold medals, including in the women's $4000.00 meet at sea pursuits. the aussies came out on top in the pool as well that with 2 all australian podium lockouts and the mens of 400 meter freestar and women's at 200 free. and they also on the 1st woman's cricket latch to be played at any commonwealth games about champions beat, india by 3 wickets in the c 20th edge, boston to get their group campaign off to a winning stops. the all these unsurprisingly taught the games meadows hable head of new zealand and england, england, alec see when the 1st gold of the competition in the trial flung. although he would have got a fast to time if you had done so much celebrating before crossing the line. there was one more gold for england on day one, with the men's artistic gymnastics team becoming the 1st nation to win 3 successive commonwealth titles. to major league baseball and aaron judge has become the 1st player to reach a 40 home runs this season. he hit 2 for the new york yankees in their win over the kansas city royals. this one saw him become only the 12 player in history to hit 40 homeless before august. and then with the bases loaded, he smashed another for a grand slam, which took him to $41.00, and that got the yankee stadium bouncing met. you'll say, did this earlier in the game, somehow pulling off a stunning catch to deny voyle's batter empty melendez, a home run of his own yankees, one this 111. fight hard quarters of reason, sir. and that is all your sports news for now. i'll have more a little bit later, so thanks very much. shut it. let's just take you to our top story again as we had towards iraq or you can show you. image is all by many thousands of people certainly occupy the parliament building there. you can see on the right and the reception area to it as well. but many still heading towards and through the perimeter area of the green zone as they head towards parliament on the instruction of the shia cleric and politician. but kind of outsider who disagrees with a potential prime ministerial candid at teeth pulled out his supporters for a 2nd time this week. well, bring you more analysis on that situation as it's developing here on out zera carries up next with another full half hour to stay with us here all afternoon. ah, this audit is difficult and so unless i la la la la, nationwide ish one on one. the how do you to visit one of cancel the philistine whitner from the switch for yeah. so will that and about the fisa can of little sob . is it done? well, i can clinic dish out in the car there, topics how that was thought that i could valuable camilla coffee and like in the past on my gun a yanine that a fee alida is like a month hot body. i mean for the shuttle in the cool, shy fucking groove bonded even before fucking at the ha ah ah ah ah. safe then he'd been home and then international anti corruption excellence award boat now for your hero. ah, supporters of shia cleric montague al saddest storm the iraqi parliament again to protest against the nomination of a new prime minister with he lives in bagdad.