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Forces. Cnn cannot confirm this. We are hearing that many of the police there who were once violently fighting against the protesters are now being taken hostage. These pictures here are escorted. Others believe to be defecting by choice to the other side. A short, short truce broke in overnight, bringing in the deadliest day ukraine has seen bringing in protests. At least 100 killed. For the olympic athletes there in sochi, that is actually enough to toss out the years of training and leave the...

Pereira. It is 8 00 a. M. Out here in l. A. I am here for the oscars. At this hour, the area is bracing, bracing for torrential rain that could lead to dangerous mudslides. It has prompted an Evacuation Order for about 1,000 homes in Southern California. If you can see the conditions on the road live from that camera, it is bad on the roads. You have to take your time. We know the state desperately needs rain. They are in a drought. They are saying this is about the worst drought this area has s...

Im suzanne malveaux. Cnn newsroom continues now with Brooke Baldwin. Happy friday. I woke up in mobile, alabama, talking to Cruise Ship Passengers and right now i am back at cnn World Headquarters in atlanta because if you watch the show enough you know i am a space geek and we are minutes away from this flyby that will make space history. This is the first time an asteroid of this size will get this close to earth. So watch the clock with me. Im talking eastern time. It is supposed to happen at...

Report looks terrific. But when you dig a little bit deeper, there is some disappointing news. The Labor Department says 288,000 jobs were added in april. Thats significantly more than expected, very good number. The Unemployment Rate fell from 6. 7 to 6. 3 . Also encouraging. But thousands and thousands of people continue to drop out of the labor force in april. For more, our team of experts. Cnns chief Business Correspondent christine romans, ryan mack, president of optimum capital management,...

Can you survive on 7. 25 . Good afternoon, im christine romans. This is your money. That swach a reality for 1. 6 million americans, another 17 million earn only slightly more. These are the people who prepare your food, clean your offices and stock the shelves at your local supermarket. If president obama gets his way, those workers will get a raise. Now, the minimum wage today buys 20 less than 50 years ago. The white house wants to trays from 7. 25 to 10. 10 an hour. Some republicans and Busi...

South koreas yuna kim unscathed flawless l flawlessly but loss the gold star to a russian skater, Adelina Sotnikova. Good afternoon, everyone. Im jake tapper. Welcome to the lead. Well begin with breaking news in the world lead. The ukrainian president , the ukrainian opposition leaders and European Union came to the table and made an agreement to hopefully end the bloodshed that weve seen this week in the ukraine but there are two parties i did not mention. The u. S. And russia. And yet the dea...

Offices in the Nations Capital, they are closed. Roads are a mess. Thousands of flights all up and down the east coast have been grounded. This is the same storm system that pounded the southeast with ice, sleet and snow. At least ten deaths are now blamed on the weather. More than 700,000 homes and businesses are without power right now. We have reporters all across the region covering the storms dramatic impact. Lets begin with cnns don lemon joining us from a very snowy new york city. How bad...

A new threat just issued by the department of Homeland Security here in washington warning airlines to pay additional scrutiny for the possibility of terrorists attempting to hide explosives hidden in shoes. The warning flights from overseas coming to the United States. Jim sciutto is standing by as well as our brian todd and our National Security analyst peter bergen. Lets begin with jim sciutto. What is the precise information, jim . We always take new warnings seriously, but lets talk act wha...

With us, a friend of the show. Guys russias stock market took a big hit and so did its currency. A tough start for the ruble. Richard, basically the obama betting booten got a taftaste o whats to come. Maybe the market will do what i dont think the market as such. I think the external pressure will give pause for thought, but heres the point. The president president putin knew exactly what he was doing, and he knew exactly what the reaction would be. The best form of pressure will come, yes, wit...

This region surfaced on the internet. Lets talk more about the drone strikes. Cnn National Security analyst peter bergen joins us, hes on the phone. Peter, put this strike into context for us and talk about the importance. And is there anything that you know or you can tell about the, lets siee, the three senior members killed in this attack . We dont know who those people were, and we may not know for some period of time. In terms of the kind of the context here, president obama has authorized ...