Single military veteran a place to call home. Plus art and history, Pulitzer Prize winning al spiegelman. And his mouse. And we begin in ukraine tonight and are still protestors filling Independence Square, just as they have for the past three months. They are unhappy with the uprising, over the deal negotiated by their leader this morning. Paves the way for a unity government in ten days and president ial elections by december. There was also a cautious response from the white house on the deal. With washington warning, it will keep its eye on events in kiev. Opposition leaders accused of betraying their cause. Nick shifrin with an update. Nick. Unfortunately it looks like were having some difficulty with that report from nick. 50,000 people, todays historic land shake is a reason not to celebrate but to mourn. For exactly three months they filled this square that witnessed two revolutions hoping for a third. Tonight their hopes are dashed. The Opposition Leaders came appealing for support. They argued todays agreement was a First Step Towards a new government. When we start this process, nobody believed it, long long long time. Will bring us to change in the country. To break the colossus. Which control everything. But the crowd was unmodified. At the base of the stage small shrines for the hundreds of People Killed by police bullets. The crowd cheered a man who was just shot yesterday by a sniper. Instead of celebrations, the square hosted funerals. They captured this square and vowed to go nowhere. Even asked by the national hero, boxer vitaly klitschko. And then, the leader turned to excite many. My close friend are shot, his wife and child are left behind and the political leaders are shaking hands with the murderer. Up the hill on the front lines, that call for arms is being answered. The molotov cocktails are still on hand and fire extinguishers are nearby. He says hell stay here until the opposition achieves victory. Encourage and everybody who is with him, simply died. Simply died. His day job is a cafe owner. He is fighting a government he considers brutal and corrupt. Hes getting married in may. Translator i dont want my children to grow up under this president. Wouldnt it be better to make sure that your family had a husband and father, and if you stopped fighting . I think i have no choice. Reporter you have to fight . I have to fight. One choice. They feel the price they pay to control the square is too high for them to leave. They say those sacrifices cannot so quickly be forgotten or forgiven. Earlier, the white house called president putin. Mike viqueria is here. What was the white house saying about the call . It lasted the better part of an hour, according to Administration Officials. They talked about syria, talked about iran, the bulk of it had to do with ukraine, edgy comments back and forth between representatives of this administration and the administration of Vladimir Putin in russia. American officials describe the talks as productive, but to stop the crisis or bring a temporary halt is, quote, very, very fragile. The two leaders, president obama, president putin, agreed on the need to move quickly to stabilize the economy. From the last several days Administration Officials from the president on down, have tried to emphasize the fact that this is up to the ukrainian people and their desire for selfdetermination. Jay carney the white house spokesman spoakspokesman spoke r today. It is in russias interest for the violence to end in the ukraine as it is in the interest of the United States and our european friends and most importantly the ukrainian people and we welcome the cessation of violence and we welcome the agreements that have been reached. Reporter now, Administration Officials john are very eager to tell bus all the phone calls and diplomatic efforts that the United States has been making. Starting with nine phone calls joe biden has made to yanukovych. Also to the pentagon, the Ukrainian Defense minister says the Ukrainian Defense ministry will never take up arms against the ukrainian people. Mike, thank you. Whether the russian president will help or hurt the effort to restore order in ukraine. Pranlrandall pinkton has the re. Took to the streets after president yanukovych rejected an offer of Financial Aid from the European Union. A former kremlin aide, at supporter of yanukovych. Said it made sense. Freedom to find jobs. Did not offer any security for the industry. Any security for agriculture. And what is even more important the eu was offering a measly 800 million or euros where russia came up with a much better proposal of 15 billion plus. He says putins offer of Financial Aid is more of another strategy. A your eurasian group. To make sure the European Union, the u. S. , necessitate owe nato do not make any progn the state. Influence between the east and the west. The russians see this as a classic geopolitical struggle with the u. S. We say we dont view it like that, neither do the europeans. But in fact we are in a situation where we have the u. S. And its allies on one side, russia on the other. More pressing for russia is whether the movement for democracy in ukraine could move russians to the streets. Moscow now worries about ukraine setting a precedent. If the ukrainian people succeeded in getting rid of a corrupt leader undemocratic leader and actually have a leader who was more responsive to the people and was more democratic, that has repercussions in russia. If they can do it in ukraine why not in russia . They have not elected a new leader yet but have taken steps that could have consequences for the entire region. Randall pinkston, al jazeera. Nearly two weeks of protest in venezuela have left six people dead, dozens more injured. Venezuelas president blames outside influences. His government has rejected the credentials of four cn cn rl cnn journalists. Cnn journalists. Rachel levin has the story. Venezuela since president hugo chavez has been quite hostile to the United States. And the United States has been equally hostile to hugo chavez. This whole protest movement if you will has been funded and also encouraged by the United States. So hes been addressing that in this press conference that hes had tonight. This comes a day ahead of a massive rally thats supposed to be held here in caracas and around the country and antigovernment rally if you will and the government will also have its own ra rally on saturday. How much momentum does this movement have right now . Thats going to be the key question tomorrow. The Opposition Leader that called this demonstration, his name is enrique capriles, a former candidate that lost the elections by less than 2 . Hes the one that called this rally. It will be interesting to see the turnout tomorrow, i think that will give everyone a good sense of how the momentum is going in this opposition movement. Something gaining speed or something petering out if you will. Weve had two days of relatively calm in the capitol so that will be the question on everybodys mind tomorrow to see the turnout of this rally. Rachel, what impact has this had on business as usual in caracas . Could you repeat that john . I was saying, what impact have these protests had on business as usual in caracas . Well, i mean traffic is definitely a lot less these days. People arent going out of their houses, its been hard to find restaurants open at night, stores have longer lines than usual. I want to point out that president maduro was democratically elected in an election over ten months ago. 50 of this country still backs him and the policies that he had that started with president hugo chavez. This is not a protest movement for example like is happening in the ukraine right now. There are protest in the caracas and several other cities and its not really a threat to the power base of this government at least what were seeing yet. Rachel levin thank you very much. Now, venezuelas planning on rallies tomorrow. John terret is here to tell what this fueling the issue. Seeking policing reforms, end to severe shortage of goods. Venezuela imports nearly all its goods and guaranteed freedom of speech. Venezuela has the largest oil reserve in the country. Even bigger than saudi arabia if you believe that but it has an aging infrastructure. It also sells domestically as rock bottom prices and the countrys debts to china means its opportunity to make money off this valuable Natural Resource is actually quite limited. Now the face of the demonstrators has been this man, called le Leopoldo Lopez. The protests are the largest that the president Nicholas Maduro has faced in his 11 months in office. Former bus driver is a protege of this man, hugo chavez. Maduro calls the opposition far is and like an infection that needs to be cured and he points the finger at us in the United States. He accuses washington, d. C. Of plotting to destabilize his government. And this week three u. S. Diplomats were given 48 hours to leave the country, accused of bringing down the government in caracas. Maduro shouted, yankee go home. And president obama wasnt too happy about that, feeling that the president should focus on the legitimate mat issues in the country. Many of president maduros claims today, of u. S. Intervention, of assassination plots, those were all hurled around back in 2002 when president hugo chavez was briefly ousted in a coup. John. John, thanks very much. Eva golinger is the author of the chavez code and joins us in new york. Good to have you on the program. Thank you very much john. Journalists credentials from cnn have been revoked and could be removed or detained. Doesnt that show that the government is cracking down on freedom of expression one more time . Well, surprisingly president maduro was holding a press conference with International Media and some of the cnn journalists were there and actually engaged with the president. Some of those reports are inaccurate. They havent revoked the credentials of the cnn reporters . I think credentials were revoked from some of the reporters who were accused of distorting information and insighting violence. Some of the other cnn reporters, there is a Cnn International reporter who is still there at the press conference with the president. We also know that other reporters have been destained and some have been assaulted in venezuela. Do you believe that people in venezuelavenezuela have the rige expression and free speech . First of all, those reports have not been confirmed either. You dont believe those are true . You believe they are inaccurate . I think they need to be confirmed. Thr plentthere are plenty ofs from ngos that those opposed to the government are being detained and beaten. Im not sure about the beaten part. It obviously goes beyond what the state response should be. And in fact president maduro was just a few minutes ago saying, he doesnt back any kind of repression beyond whats necessary to control and ensure security and order for the majority of the citizens in the country. I think theres been a were watching that press conference as you talk right now. Let me ask you about this. There are reports today that the president has cracked down on internet providers and try to control the flow of information on internet as well. Thats another inaccurate report. So you dont believe these reports. Its not that i dont know the reports. Its that how do you know the truth and the others dont . They are distorting the information. How is it being distorted . Preskiesly by presenting inaccurate information such as some of the things you were just saying. First of all there is a vibrant and thriving media in venezuela and certainly use of internet and we all can tell that if you use social networks as how a lot of the information is getting out is via twitter and via other ways through youtube videos, things that are used through the internet. But your newspaper is supported by the venezuelan government right . No, first of all im an editor in chief of a newspaper in venezuela that is supported by public funds. Supported by the government of venezuela. Does a lot of funding from different initiatives around the world, bbc, frequency, doesnt mean that government controls the editorial line of the actual media outlet. In the case of me for example im an independent attorney as well as ojournalist. So im a journalist. Im citing information, having lived on and off in venezuela for 20 years of my life, internationally domestically seeing this kind of distortion going on. For example as the way the protests are being portrayed as peaceful protesters, demonstrating against a repressive regime. It is the contrary. Reverse occupy wall street in venezuela with a very negative tone. Very powerful interest in a country with the Largest Oil Reserves in the world. People are protesting to take back power, those backing those protesters represent the very elite of venezuela and have urged right to protest . Right to protest. Why the where crack down on violence . There are no protesters that are violent is that right . There was a hidden agenda behind some of those protests to provoke violence. There was a scenario and i heard the reporter, prior to this segment, there were legitimate protests in the street, there are legitimate protests but those engaging in violence and those are the ones that the government has to crack down. Just as what happened here in the United States. There are laws in venezuela that prevent people from speaking out. No there are not. The government says they insight violence they were passed in 2004. But you cant incite voyages and violence and murder and overthrowing the government in any democratic nation around the world so why should we criticize another country for imposing similar laws as for example we have here in the United States. That is very hypocritical and it is also inaccurate and unnecessary to do so. You have to look at the context of the situation. This is a country with the government that is a grass roots government, its a very democratic, vibrant country where obviously theres lots of viewpoints and diverse opinions expressed all the time. People are very passionate about that. And its a current thats strategically important it is a country thats strategically y important, that is no longer a client state of the u. S. And containing these oil reserves so you think the people who are protesting believe in what the u. S you believe the u. S. Is behind these proafts . I do believe protests . I believe there is a direct connection. Tell us about ilt. Millions of dollars of funding coming out of u. S. Agencies such as u. S. Aid. Particularly those engaging in the protest, for example Leopoldo Lopez who is in jail for precisely conspiring for protesting against the government or whatever has he got a trial . There will be a trial. He was just detained. This is how we know this crime has been committed if he hasnt had a trial . No, there is a period of question, an investigation, just as there is in any country including the United States where once you are either detained based on the suspicion and theres the trial and the whole period that goes on with that and then they will determine whether or not he is guilty and thats going to happen in venezuela. They do have a functioning judicial system just like the United States. So that will take place. But he went on television and called for the overflow o thw of the government. Thats against the law . To call for the overthrow of your government. Not in the United States. To lead your supporters out on the street to violently attack government buildings to throw molotov cocktails at innocent people to burn all kinds of cars, Burning Police cars, blocking transit throughout the country. And prohibiting vehicles from passage including emergency vehicles. So you know i mean its a level its not a peaceful protest thats taking place unfortunately now in venezuela and it really is unfortunate because there are letting concerns that should be addressed and people have the right to express those concerns but not to do that in this kind of way that violates the law. Let me stop you now, it is a fascinating conversation, we would love to have you come back again. Eva golinger, thank you for coming. Thank you john, any time. President obama ignores a warning from china and welcomes the dalai lama to the white house. And coats for chirp. How a video gone viral is helping children in syria. The bankrupt city of detroit is out for a blueprint for its financial future. Bisi onileere reports. Detroit finally has a plan to dig itself out of bankruptcy. Emergency manager Kevin Orr Ahad a plan. Proposed that pension checks for general city retirees be cut 34 , police and fire retirees would see a 10 reduction in their plans. The bankruptcy plan will be subject to approval. Any cut to this detention officers pension hurts. Under orr proposal his pension would drop to around 500. This makes such a drastic effect on me, i cant even imagine how im going to make it from day to day. And thats the truth. Its not just the 34 hit. Theres an incremental hit in the amount that theyre going to have to pay in excess of whatever the city gives them to subsidize their health care. Reporter many creditors are also feeling squeeze. Orr is proposing to pay them 20 cents on the dollar of the money theyre owed. While this plan has eased some fears for now, City Art Institute of arts is spared, thanks to money being offered by the state and private donations. And along with the cuts are some investments. Orr proposes investing 1. 5 billion in city services, this means more funding for fire police and blight removal. City retirees like smith are expected to put up a fight. And im angr