Tinamen Square News Today

These pictures here, it harkens back to tinamen square. i think were watching history unfold here. its a sad moment to watch. >> whether tahrir, were continuing to watch the breaking news out of kiev. were going to stay on top of the other important stories. much more coming up right here in "the situation room." (vo) you are a business pro. seeker of the sublime. you can separate runway ridiculousness... from fashion that flies off the shelves. and you...rent from national. because only nationa...

Connection with phil black. hes in kiev. i want to go to our own nick paton walsh who is joining frus from sochi. you know kiev and the ukraine. youve reported from there quite frequently. specifically, what is at stake here, specifically for the west, for the united states? >> reporter: well, this is the long decade at least drawn out, almost battle if you were, about which direction the country goes. it is split in many ways itself between an east that faces towards russia that is close indust...

Will the u.s. become more assertive, shall we say, or are they going to let the ukrainians handle this by themselves? theres a limit to what that part of the world is, after all. >> well, you saw last week. i think the reason that this has taken people by surprise is that there was some progress in terms of getting the government and opposition to sit down and possibly work on a national unity government. we had that blip with victoria nuland talking about the european involvement. thats because...

Yet. >> thats because they are concerned about two things, wolf. a, they are concerned about the government cracking down on the square and trying to clear out all of the protests and dont want to he sue the government make a dramatic move. but when you see these pictures, the opposition has a lot of responsibility here, too. they are reaching out to the opposition to say, look, you have to dial this back. we have been in support of your protests and your right to speak your mind. but they certa...

Create really burning embers across roads. its part of an attempt to keep back the security forces. certainly the language coming from the ukrainian government clearly blames them for the violence that are taking place on the streets of kiev. the people surrounding me refute that but they believe the government is going to use that violence today as an excuse to counter here and do something that they have no doubt been trying to do for a couple of months now and that is to clear out the square ...