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This is much more serious than it appears. in fact, the cnn crew was hurt pretty badly. they're being treated now by doctors. alex thomas joins us now from sao paulo. you can -- oh, you can see shasta there with blood on her arm. tell us more about what happened to our crew. >> reporter: carol, strange mix of partying and protests here on the opening day of the soccer world cup. you're showing that footage to our viewers, and i can tell you that they are safe. that's the first thing to say. but they were covering those protests, and the police have been out in force all morning here in sao pau...

Force in ukraine's eastern region where they're trying to stand their ground against pro-russian demonstrators. earlier today fis went flying in ukraine's parliament after one member suggested ukraine was to blame for the escalating issues. let's get the latest from phil black who is joining us by phone from the russia/ukraine border with the latest. good morning, phil. >> the russian government advised the ukraine not to use force against the protest groups in the east of the country because they believe they could start a civil war but it looks like the ukrainian government isn't paying atte...

Groups. we've had two crowds in two eastern ukrainian regions, hoping to follow crimea's lead and break away from ukraine after occupying local government buildings. one of these flash points is in the eastern city of havkev, where the government says they've had an anti-terror operation, arresting 17 people. south of there in donetsk, another crowd is still occupying a government building, saying the region declared independence and it will hold a referendum to join the russian federation. they've even asked the russian government to send in peace-keepers in the meantime. now, the position of...

Crews today searching an area some 1,400 miles northwest of perth, looking for debris, and they continue to listen for anything that could point them to the plane's wreckage. australian officials say the pinger signals really are still their best hope of finding the jet. they will keep on looking until they know for sure that the batteries on those black boxes have run out. a tense standoff this morning in eastern ukraine, where pro-russian protesters are demanding they, too, be allowed to secede from kiev and join russia. overnight, ukrainian special forces cleared protesters out of a build...

Can see where this is going. well, is the protest groups are a hard right wing that's anti-russian. the group isn't mon listic. it's quite fragmented. a lot of people are comparing what's happening right now in ukraine with syria and looking at what -- you know, outside observers watch. what's really interesting about ukraine is that the ple protests than taking place are deeply authentic. deeply embedded in that society. and these people aren't waiting for europe and the united states to pitch in, to intervene. this isn't, you know, a group trying to generate red lines that are crossed. this ...