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An american family is trapped near the violent chaos in kiev. we'll tell you about efforts to bring them home. first, huge developments in the bitter power struggle for ukraine. a nation that was part of the old soviet union. their president is no resigning even after the parliament voted to boot the president and hold new elections in may. we're not sure where ukraine's president is staying at this moment. the revolutionary hero, a former prime minister was released from prison. she got a warm welcome and told the crowd of 500,000 people you are heroes, you are the best of ukraine. let's go...

Square, ukraine has finished with this dictator. i want to go to nick paton walsh in kiev. what do you know about the president's whereabouts? >> reporter: we know he released a video statement calling what happened a cue and saying that laws are being passed to take him out of power. we don't have a guarantee of where he physically is. there are suggestions in the immediate kra that he may have tried to leave the country. that may be possible. i have to say he looks out of the picture now really. there are no signs of security forces here. we drove around a lot today and saw one police car. t...