Where a truce appears to clearly be falling apart. Youre looking at live pictures from Independence Square in kiev, where protesters and police are clashing once again at this hour. There are reports of more deaths, more injuries after some of the worst violence in that nations modern history, drawing International Calls for both sides to stop. Our Nick Paton Walsh was just down in Independence Square. He has been covering this throughout the night. You were down there, nick, as the violence escalated. What are you seeing . What is happening . Were just seeing some reports of, apparently, what appear to be dead bodies found in the hotel right where you are . Reporter well, let me give you some context. The hotel is used by many media and has now become the bottom floor a kind of triage Medical Center for those protesters who have been injured. My colleague, todd baxter, has been down there and to his count, 11 dead bodies under sheets, presumably that are dead, beyond any help at all. Weve been hearing gunfire pretty much throughout the morning. It comes in phases, then it stops. Ive just heard what sounded like a couple of shots over to my left over there. Let me wheel back and explain to you how we got here. This morning, many of us awoken by what sounded like gunfire, consistent, then we saw bodies of protesters being taken down the streets, away from what seemed like the new police front lines, further up the road here to my left. Now it seems, according to different accounts, that at some point in the morning, the police suddenly withdrew. We dont quite know what caused that and there are varying accounts from protesters, some suggesting that snipers began shooting at them, and they fired back. Then the police led, some say maybe a stun grenade was used, hurting protestorsers, causing them to move forward. Others suggest the police left to create a vacuum for protesters to move forward. So, lots of confusion about how we got to this point, but no doubt what followed. Theres been gunfire aimed at protesters. I havent seen myself who fired the shots, but weve seen the rounds of bullets of ak47s weapons. Ive seen about a dozen people wounded or dead people being brought down from the roads around where im standing. That hasnt dented at all the protesters. They are building new lines on all the roads where they had lost 48 hours ago when the police advanced. Theyre building new lines there. Some have tire fires. Some in the other corner simply have massive people standing arm in arm, blocking the police from moving forward. A very worrying situation here. Just eight, nine hours ago, i stood here talking about the possibility of peace talks. Thats clearly out of the window. And nick, of course, this is just hours after we heard president obama making those comments in mexico yesterday, talking about a line that must not be crossed in ukraine. We also have the french, german and polish Foreign Ministers arriving today. Has there been any response to what the west is saying about this . Reporter im sorry, i cant hear your question, forgive me. But basically, the other issues were dealing with here are reports that parliament has been evacuated. We have not heard confirmation of that ourselves or any information to back it up. We are expecting we were expecting three key eu Foreign Ministers to arrive in the country at some point this morning to try and bolster any kind of negotiation going on. French, german and polish. We dont know if thats still happening. Things have changed here quite dramatically, even from the last violence we saw 48 hours ago, because there is, oddly, a sort of vacuum of Security Forces in much of the area here. Now, thats because they did move back, perhaps because they felt theyre under attack or perhaps because they tactically chose to do that. Thats not clear at this point and that will be the discussion point for the days ahead. The major fear now is what happens next. What is going to be the response from the ukrainian Security Forces . Yesterday they were talking about how this had prompted an antiterror operation nationwide. The concern is, is the army now going to get involved now live gunfire is being used . What will the police do in response . One dead policeman, we hear, according to official reports at this point. Back to you. Our Nick Paton Walsh reporting live in kiev, ukraine. Nick, thank you. We appreciate it. Now we go to venezuela, where tensions are high as well this morning where the Opposition Leader remains behind bars amid intense protests that have now left five people dead. The latest victim, a 22yearold beauty queen who was shot in the head during demonstrations in her home state west of caracas. President nicholas ma doura in a televised speech overnight called the demonstrators fashist and said someone who doesnt like venezuela leave. Protesters demand maduro resign. Now a threat that has airlines keeping a closer eye all travelers, a warning that once again terror groups may be trying to hide explosives in shoes. Intelligence officials tell cnn that information gathered overseas shows that work may be under way on new methods of sneaking bombs on planes. Dhs warning is nonspecific, but the university of people who have desire and capability is not large. Its al qaeda and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. Id be as concerned about the bombmakers as i am about the bomb. Youd be surprised how difficult it is for a Terror Organization to find a bombmaker with the sophistication to build a shoe bomb. Were not talking about a roadside device. Were talking about something that can get past sensors in an airport. So, id be trying to figure out not only how to top the bomb, but how to find somebody that can make Something Like this. It is important to note that this warning is apparently not tied to any specific known plot. This, of course, comes some 13 years after richard reid attempted to detonate a bomb in his sneakers on a flight from paris to miami, leading to the new tsa rules that we must all take off our shoes through security checkpoints. And you may see tighter security if you try to get on a plane in the next few days. Today in vienna, the latest round of talks over Irans Nuclear program are wrapping up, and all sides have reportedly reached a deal, setting the framework for future talks expected to begin next month. Six world powers, including the u. S. , are trying to reach a longterm agreement to rein in Irans Nuclear ambitions and ensure it does not work towards Building Nuclear weapons. It is expected to take six months before a final agreement can be reached. New details about efforts to bring home an american soldier captured along the afghan pakistan border. Taliban officials tell the Associated Press they have been holding indirect talks with the United States over possibly exchanging five Guantanamo Bay prisoners for bowe bergdahl, an american sergeant. He is believed to be held by the Pakistani Taliban since 2009. U. S. Officials have also confirmed those talks to cnn. And breaking overnight, a new condemnation of a u. S. Drone strike that killed at least a dozen people in yemen. The Group Human Rights watch says the strikes failed to comply with the obama administrations own rules designed to protect civilians. The People Killed were part of a convoy leaving a wedding. The report says shrapnel even hit the bride near her eye. Now abandoned, Homeland Security plan to build a nationwide license place database. Officials are pulling back a request that had been posted for a proposal from a private company for some sort of system that would scan license plate data that could then be used to track down cars from coast to coast with the time, location, et cetera, where they were spotted. Well, Homeland Security leadership apparently had no idea that this proposal was made. Theyre reviewing that at this moment. All right, more now on the weather. This morning fears are rising along with the temperatures now in a big part of the country. All of the snow thats piled up for weeks that we have been seeing, it is all melting. Yesterday i walked outside, i thought it was raining, and the doorman said, no, its just the snow melting from the room. Just warm. But that could mean flooding for a lot of people and sheets of ice falling off building. Plus, heavy rain is set for the midwest, only making the snow melt faster. All the melting snow that weve gathered over the last couple of months, that snows going to begin to melt. Its going to run to the roadsides, its going to stand in the roads, its going to stand in culdesacs in the subdivisions. Its going to have a really hard time getting off the road. Yuck i mean, snow, snow, snow, now rain, rain, flood. Snow, rain. What next, Indra Petersons, locusts . Yeah, right . Unfortunately today, its not even going to be the flooding concern thats the highest concern. We actually have a threat for Severe Weather and blizzards out there. So, the combination is high. Take a look. Looking at the arrowhead of minnesota, talking about possibly over a foot of snow with strong winds, 6 to 13 inches possible in through wisconsin today. So still snow is out there, but look, just farther to the south youre starting to see a lot of activity. Look at all the lightning out there. Chicago going to have a tough day with strong winds and heavy storms making their way through and they are not the only ones. Take a look, talking about 37 million of you under the slight risk area today. Were talking about strong thunderstorms and even the isolated threat of tornadoes will be out there today. Why . Look at this temperature contrast. Were talking about 70s here into the south. You have cold temperatures and blizzardlike conditions up around the lakes, so you have a system make its way right through the middle, and once again, you have that setup for Severe Weather. We talk about 37 million of you today, but by tomorrow, the system makes its way farther to the east, so midatlantic through florida looking for a threat for Severe Weather. Heads up, it is warm. At least enjoy that because another blast of cold air comes next week. Of course of course it is this has been the worst winter. Horrible on so many levels. Wonder what that means for the summer. Nice, nice. Thanks, indra. New this morning, just how far have we come in this economic recovery . Our Christine Romans is in San Francisco, where she got to sit down with the treasury secretary to ask him that very question. So, i want to know what jack lew had to say, but my goodness, what time is it in San Francisco . Oh, it is early and you know what, ill tell you what, jack lew, the treasury secretary, and i were so happy to not be in the 5foot berms of snow in new york, so we were really enjoying San Francisco. Beautiful out here, although it is very, very early. Hes on his way to sydney for the g20 meeting and i got a chance to sit down with him, talk about the economic recovery. He said were moving along, the economy is recovering. There is a lot of progress he can cite over the past five years, but this administration really, really wants to raise the minimum wage, and thats something he says is going to be priority number one in the days and months ahead. Listen. I dont believe that its right for people to work for 40 hours and take home pay thats below the poverty line. The president made it very clear that as a country, we have to make sure that if you work full time, youre at least at the poverty line. Do you think you can get that done this year . Do you think you can push i know the president s done executive order on a small sliver of the federal workers. Hes done executive order. Were going to keep pushing at it. Its obviously not in our power to force congress to act, but we can make the case for it and we can have the American People make the case for it, and were going to continue pressing, because its the right thing to do. Cbo report this week really gave the people against it what they feel is ammunition, you know. It would be a job loss, it would be a Poverty Alleviation program on the backs of Small Businesses whod have to pay for it. I think if you look at that cbo report, it also showed that it would take almost a Million People out of poverty. You know, one thing about American People generally is if theyre doing well, they dont begrudge other people doing well. Right. They want a chance to have a middleclass job, and we can solve that problem. I also asked him about income inequality, guys, and he said were not going to fix in a year or a few months something thats been going on for about 30 years, you know. So, hes concerned about these biggerpicture issues but in the near term really pushing for that minimum wage increase. Meantime, watching the markets right now, you guys, its an ugly, ugly start to the day in europe, in asia, and futures are lower right now. So, were really going to watch to see if theres a selloff overall. Well also be watching facebook shares. Im right here in San Francisco, silicon valley. And if you really sniff, you can smell money there is money in this town, im telling you. Facebook buy iing this app for 9 billion. Think about this, this company is only 5 years old buying this online messaging service for 19 billion. Theres a lot happening out here. Wow. Facebook shares down a little bit this morning. You know, its interesting. Watching at the open how wall street reacts to that, because think about it, they bought instagram for 1 billion. This is 19 billion. Then i looked at the numbers, 450 million users whatsapp has, adding millions every day. I tried that when i first had a blackberry. Do you use it on your iphone . You can use it on your iphone, but christine, i was so surprised and theyre young customers, young messagers. Theyre young. Don, they dont need you, my friend. What are you talking about . Im barely out of high school youre right facebook needs young people, and thats what theyre buying, theyre buying for 19 billion, theyre buying a whole new market. Right. The stock is down a little bit Facebook Stock is down, but im going to tell you, that stock hit a record high yesterday, up 27 from earnings in january, so facebooks been on a tear. Theyve got the money to spend. Boy, theyre spending it. And zuckerberg said of whatsapp, no one in the history of the world has done anything like that in terms of getting that many users that quickly, so we will watch. Interesting acquisition. Christine, thank you and great interview. Get some sleep. Thank you. Congratulations this morning to someone or some people in california, very, very rich right now. There was only one Winning Ticket for last nights 400 millionplus powerball jackpot. It was sold at a gas station in milpitas, california, not too far from san jose. Its not clear whether it was purchased by one person or a group. This is the second time in recent months that a big Winning Ticket has been sold near san jose. Lucky town, i guess. The last one went to a truck driver back in december. 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