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ALJAZAM News February 21, 2014

Detroit back from 18 billion in debt. The u. S. And other country are calling to end the months of protest. Remembering the dozens of people who died in this weeks violen violence. Not everyone is embracing the agreement that may not have been willingly agreed to. Catching the Poland Foreign minister making dire comments to broker the deal. Jennifer glass has been following the up rising and in todays development she has this report from kiev. Reporter president Viktor Yanukovych resisted this moment for months. He signed a deal that could put him out of a job. The agreement will restore th the 2004 constitution, introduce constitutional [constitutional39 members of the ruling party has defected to the opposition this week. If there is blood spilled on the streets there is no second guessing. Thats why i left the party of regence, its the ruling party, and there is no doubt that paul in power bear the responsibility. But there is no doubt for those in power. Reporter june lent oppositiojubilen oppositionmemb. After so many people have died the only thing we want is for the president s absolute recognition. A truck full of police raced by and angry protesters he chased after it. When they finally found it the police were gone, the protesters enraged. For the first time in months these streets in the heart of the capitol are being controlled by the opposition Defense Force and not the police. Another concession aimed at lessening tension here. Reporter as they continue to search for the police who runaway, no idea what they might do if they find them. Were getting a unique new look at this weeks violence in ukraine. Take a look at this. A drone flew over kievs independence square. Opposition said 70 people were killed in thursdays fighting alone. Joining me is william taylor, a former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine. Ambassador, good to talk to you. Thank you for your time. Thank you for having me. What is your reaction to the deal that was struck today, and how concerned are you that the deal will hold . This is a very good deal, i think. I think its important that ukrainians came to this, certainly the europeans played a major and Important Role in consolidating the understanding, and the three Foreign Ministers from poland and germany, france, had a major role. The russians were apparently part of the witnessing. So this isthis is an important concession on the part of the government. They have taken responsibility for the problems and have moved out. Your question about the implementation is key. The implementation is has begun. Parliament has passed a couple of pieces of legislation called for in the agreement. Theyve also eliminated the charge against the former Prime Minister ti. I think this will be most important over the next weeks. Ambassador, let me ask you a question that i heard you speak on in recent days. I think its an important one for our audience to hear you discuss. At the end of the day who are ukrainians . Are they european more than they are russian . Ukrainians would like to be ukrainians. Ukrainian people arethe people are proud people. They are a longsuffering people. They suffered at the hands of russians and soviets for centuries. They want to be ukrainians. Some ukrainians have ties to the russians. Probably more than that have interests and ties to europe. But the ukrainians have the ability now to make their decisions for themselves. Theyve been independent for 22 years. They have debated the language issue between ukrainia ukraine d russia. Theyve debated the economic ties between ukraine and russia and ukraine and e. U. They have decided to move towards europe, which is their decision, and now theyre able to make that decision. What is at stake for america in this conflict . And now hopefully the resolution of this conflict . The United States clearly has an interest in an independent sovereign prosperous ukraine. If the ukrainians decide, as it looks like they may well do to associate with the European Union and sign the trade agreement with the European Union, ukraine will be more towards europe, and Large Business in ukraine rick thats where their best prospects are. Their prospects are not with the russians, it is more towards the europeans. The United States interest is in a sovereign, prosperous ukraine, and that will come from a democratic ukraine. That will come from the ukrainian people making their own decisions not forced by any other country. So if they have the ability to make their decisions, that will be stability, and thats the u. S. Interest in this part of the world. Ambassador taylor, although there is language calling for normalizing the streets of ukraine to the extent that this protest movement is about the freedom to demonstrate, should the protesters be forced to leave independent square . No. I dont believe they should be forced to leave independent square. They are there. Theyve been there for months through very cold, very difficult times, through attacks on them. So theyre expressing themselves. Theyll continue to express themselves. My expectation is, but its up to the ukrainians, but my expectation is that they will express their concern and their outrage at the death of their compatriots and friends, but they will recognize that this is the way forward for ukraine, for stability, and for their ability to make their own decisions. Ambassador taylor, a pleasure to talk to you. Former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine joining us from washington, d. C. Thank you. Nick schifrin joins us live now from kiev, and nick, what is the move there tonight on the square . You know, it is one thing for the politicians to agree on this deal, but the big question remaining is will the people in that square, will they accept it . If you ask them, its a defiant no. Theyre angry, upset and disappointed. This square has witnessed two revolutions, and many are saying they are not going to see that revolution and its not enough and theyre going to stay until the president steps down or leaves the country. Frankly, you know, you talk to them and there is real gulf between them and the political leadership. They say, look, we have died in this square. Hundreds of us have taken bullets by police, by government forces. We have simply paid too high a price to give up on elections, to give up on what they see as a vague deal between the president and the opposition. So if they want to see if the president actually stepping down tomorrow, tony, anything less they will stay. And theyre fort flying tonight the molotov cocktails are still out, and everyone is gearing for a fight that frankly may not come, but nonetheless they want to stay until the president steps down. Lets scroll down a little bit on this. We have heard that the president had left kiev for eastern ukraine. What can you tell us about that . Reporter those of us who covered egypt, think it looks like this. There are a lot of rumors out there that we dont need to discuss on the air. People are talking about that. There are some protesters who are trying to block the road to prevent them from getting to the airport, but this is a sense among the people here that something is afoot. Something is changing and it does moderate them a little bit after that defiance that i was talking about earlier. But until they see him leave the country, until they see him resign. Many are calling for his head, basically. Calling for the very least a lot of people to be tried for the killings of all those protesters yesterday morning and over the last few months. Until that happens they will be here, as i said. Theyre in their fortifications. It is coal tonight but theyre out there with their ski helmets or anything that they grab to defend themselves from very little, and theyre still on the fortification and they wont leave any time soon. You know calls for officials linked to the Ukrainian Government to be tried or worse, it does sound a lot like egypt. Nick schifrin for us in kiev. Earlier i spoke with a member from the activist movement. I asked if both parties live up to their end of this bargain would the protesters leave the square . Not likely, right now it stands as an island of freedom, and yanukovych has been defeated or resigns, we must continue staying. What if the government seeing that as a provocative act given that the agreement calls for protesters to leave . Well, actually the agreement does not state too colo clearlyd the square which people can occupy, and the freedom of assembly allow us to do that. Are you saying to me that the nature of this agreement, the intent of this agreement is to have the square cleared . Well, the intention of the agreement is to share that both sides are willing to forge some kind of compromise and find solution tots questions raised. The part about giving up the weapons leaving the occupied buildings comes with the realization that government must form, the unity of the government must change, and the constitution must resign many of its powers. There are four who are allowing the opposition to do much more from the square. Kiev has been the focal point of the up rising, but 300 miles to the west protesters took position weeks ago. Overnight a candle lit vigil in the center of lviv held for those who died at independent square. Many of the victims came from this city. They had been in the vanguard of the protests. Its a city already in open revolt against president yanukovych, their feelings about him eloquently displayed on this poster. We can pray. This is what welcome do. Prayers can break stone and are the only weapon against those metal machine guns that they have. Reporter they have been transformed since al jazeera last visited the city earlier this year. The barricades have gone. The protesters have the reins of power inside. There we found the leader of the newly formed Peoples Council chairing a meeting. The officials report to him. He has assumed full responsibility for the fate of the region and its citizens. Waiting to join the meeting we found former education similarster deeply worried about the decisive strains unleashed in the country. There is a real danger. Weve heard in the meeting the separating of the country. We found a policemen to appear on th the streets of lvi. The Police Police chief would not comment. Six police stations have been ransacked by the protesters, but now theyve been sent in to clean them up and hand them back, but not everything is being restored. An old soviet Police Poster here is warning that walls have ears. Beneath it all these safes have been broken open. Its estimated as many as 500 handguns have been stolen from police arsenals over the last few days. Outside the station we found only contempt for the latest deal in kiev. I dont see the point of any negotiations or truce. Too much blood has been spilled. I want to see them all at the international court. They should get the death penalty. Such radical sentiments may be isolated here but the results of the violence cannot be ruled not. Lets do this. Lets take a step back and look at the economic reasons behind these clashes in ukraine and other parts of the world. Ali velshi joins us, i got to tell you, lets start with ukraine here. How big a factor. We heard the treasury secretary jack lew allude to this the other day, how big of a factor was the economy in the up rising in ukraine. Thats a good question. A lot of americans remain unclear as to why this is happening. These protests happened back in november when the government backed out of a trade pact with the European Union because of pressure from russia, its neighbors. Increased trade with the e. U. Would have boosted opportunity in the ukraine provinces, opened markets with poland and hungry, but antagonizing moscow is a big countrissue for the country that depends on rush for supplies. There are economic implications for both, but make no mistake this is largely based on the economy. Is it economic reasons, concerns driving the protests in venezuela as well . Very much so. The socialist government of nicholas madu ro to benefit its base. In nationalizing a lot of those Companies Including the Oil Companies, there have been big drops in production. The same thing happened in iran when they nationalized the Oil Companies they just couldnt maintain the output. Venezuela is a massive oil producer. The inability to maintain its oil output has lessened the money coming in and lesson the goods standard and then the studentled protest in venezuela. Like ukraine, venezuela is reacting badly against the Media Coverage and revoked u. S. Press credentials in the country. Things getting worse there. What else are you looking at the program at 7 00. Im looking at credit. Students created a video of young people and help them understand credit. I know you have young people. I do. Well see you then. Lots of Power Outages from a line of storms across the country and update on the dangerous weather is next. Also a company that plans to build the Worlds Largest wifi network, but to use it you will have to share your home signal with strangers. 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. Thats my phone. Hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. Tv and internet together like never before. A huge line of storms is moving out to sea after leaving a lot of trouble behind. Kevin with a look. Meteorologist thats right, tony, it was a very impressive storm. I want to show you what it was doing last night. First of all i want to take you to illinois. This is mechanicsburg. In illinois they dont see tornado in the month of february. Last night 15 tornadoes preliminary count of the number of tornadoes that went through that area. It was quite impressive there. Then were going to take you down through parts of georgia where they saw some damage as well. We think that right now theyre dealing with what was left of three tornadoes that went through the area. We think 18 tornadoes, but we may see that number go up as the National Weather service gets out there and evaluates the damage. What were dealing with now is the storm making its way out towards sea. Were dealing with problems up towards new england. You see the activity that we saw in that area. Here in the northeast new york has cleared out. Were seeing big problems at the airports. Laguardia airport over two hours later. The visibility was low. And now this has moved out the visibility is coming up and boston going through troubles as the system goes through. In michigan it was a blizzard they saw 15 inches of snow across the region. That system is making its way out towards the north. Take a look at the temperatures minneapolis is expected to receive over the next couple of days. Were looking at another arctic freeze. Come on. Thank you. Things are about to get a lot tougher for farmers in californias droughtstricken Central Valley. Federal officials said many of them will not receive any Irrigation Water from the Central Valley project. Its a system of reservoirs spanning hundreds of mile. Last year farmers receive 20 of their normal allowance. Governor jerry brown declared a drought emergency last month and the for the first time officials use the word safe to describe the water found in West Virginia after a Chemical Spill there. They say it is safe to drink, bathe in and clean including for pregnant him. And meanwhile the company is winding down its chemical business. And one Company Creating its largest free wifi. The catch, and there usually is, they will have to use their home wifi with strangers. Roxana, good to see you. How does this work . Reporter this is one of the entry of the concept of wifi. Its called fon. You hook it up at home and you agree to share fon with other wifi users, in return you get access to 12 million fon users access for free. 33yearold Michael Jordan walks around brooklyn armed with a smart phone, ipad and laptop. Its easy. You take this and plug it into your existing router. When he heard he could get free wifi for life for less than 50 bucks, he signed up. To connect to the wireless and not worry about the data plan or app functionality because i dont have wifi, its huge. This is how it works. He connects it to his router at home and logs on. Now he shares his wifi with any fon user within 300 feet. And when hes not home he can log in to any fon hot spots any where in the world. Here at his home my signal is full strength. One door down my signal is weaker. Now two doors down from michaels apartment, my signal is weaker at 30 . And here halfway down the block my wife five signal is mostly dead. Reporter which is what youll most likely get if you buy fon now. It has 5,000 fon hot spots. Here in brooklyn, theyre working with businesses to set up Access Points across the borough. Right now im logged on to the fon network. I want to test how fast i can stream video. Its jumping a little bit but the feed is pretty good. Reporter 20 people can log on at the same time here. Fon admits if they all stream their favorite netflix shows that would slow the network and not everyone is excited about the idea. Cell phone and wifi providers that charge users for wireless data could lose if fon keeps spreading, but for people like michael its a way to using wifi while sharing. Im one of the first in brooklyn to try this because it is the future. We reached out to some of the wireless provider to see what they thought of this. Time warner told us its focused on its own wireless network. Verizon said it never heard of fon and would not comment. If you have this at home, and you are faceif your facebook friends want to use it, they have free access. I talked to some of michaels neighbors who incidentally are his facebook friends said this was cool. I have to try this. Security. Thank you. Protests in venezuela are spreading. Opposition forces have mas

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