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Reform and recall that the government has called the protesters in recent days violent radicals after they attempted to blockade parts of the government. this was sunday night in the predawn hours on monday. that was an effort to increase pressure on the government that quickly failed. the police crushed that attempt. arrested dozens of people and joshua wong himself was briefly arrested last week at one of the other protest sites that has since been disbanded. rosemary, back to you. > all right. our senior international correspondent ivan watson talking there with student leader joshua wong w...

>> yeah, but that calm is uncertain. it's a very, very delicate calm. what happens in ukraine is unclear right now. phil black in kiev, thank you. turning now to venezuela, also in the grip of political turmoil, the middle class joining students to fight the government. nicholas maduro. some piling up furniture and whatever else they can find to keep government forces out of their protest sites. people have been fed up over the violent crime, the shortages of basic food and the soaring inflation. we're going to have a live report from caracas later this hour. coming up next, obamacare reac...

Wages and the right to unionize. more walkoffs and protests are planned at a couple other major cities this week. let's go to zain asher with more on this. you just got back from one of these protest sites. what did people tell you? >> these guys are more than willing to put up a fight. i went to a protest in downtown manhattan. i saw about 50 workers hit the streets. they were angry, brooke. they want $15 an hour. and they are more than willing to walk out on their shifts in the middle in order to get it. one of the guys i spoke to said he thinks fast food chains view their workers as complet...

A deadline. the city waited two days past that deadline. but then the police moved in, chasing protesters for hours anç making about 50 arrests. by daybreak the occupy encampment in philly was over. that same night hundreds of police surrounded occupy los angeles, which was another of the largest protest sites in the country. in l.a. they too had stayed past the official deadline. but tuesday night the lapd took down tents and handcuffed anybody who stayed. 200 arrests in all in los angeles. that leaves only a few big city occupations continuing now in the way we have been used to, meaning ou...

The city had given the occupiers a deadline. the city waited two days past that deadline. but then the police moved in, chasing protesters for hours and making about 50 arrests. by daybreak the occupy encampment in philly was over. that same night hundreds of police surrounded occupy los angeles, which was another of the largest protest sites in the country. in l.a. they too had stayed past the official deadline. but tuesday night the lapd took down tents and handcuffed anybody who stayed. 200 arrests in all in los angeles. that leaves only a few big city occupations continuing now in the way ...