pro-russian members of that parliament who were able to get enough of them together to hold the vote to call for a referendum on whether or not the crimea should become a separate, independent state, to split away from the rest of the ukraine. and as you mentioned, we are now expected to hear today from the former ukrainian president, viktor yanukovych, who s been on the run for several days. now confirmation that he is in russia. his intention to hold a press conference in the russian city of rostov later today in which he is expected to declare that he is the rightful, legitimate leader of ukraine. but the key question, what now is he prepared to do about it, john? what is he now prepared to do, how far will vladimir putin go, what does the u.s. do? and again, these two airports being occupied by armed gunmen, pro-russian at a minimum. are they russian troops? that remains an open question. phil black, good to see you this morning. we ll be watching this all morning as it develops.
managers. they say this started as something that looked like a political battle with obama care and a lot of politics attached and assumed the debt ceiling would be raised and it s morphed into something else. grown-ups in washington know how economy works and to finance our government is pulled into this mess. real people are suffering. yeah. thank you, christine romans. coming up, a developing situation in libya where the prime minister was taken from a hotel by armed gunmen. official say kidnapped. nic robertson is live in tripoli with the latest and we will this have that right after the break. ? yo, yo, yo. aflac. wow. [ under his breath ] that was horrible. pays you cash when you re sick or hurt? [ japanese accent ] aflac. love it. [ under his breath ] hate it. helps you focus on getting back to normal? [ as a southern belle ] aflac. [ as a cowboy ] aflac. [ sassily ] aflac. uh huh. [ under his breath ] i am so fired. you re on in 5, duck.
cairo. that s expected to go into effect any minute if it hasn t already. the egyptian military made some announcement it did arrest people who violated the curfew last night. they are serious they want people off the streets as sun sets. that s gone into effect for the second straight night. it comes on the heels of yet another violent day not only in cairo but across the country. here in the capital there were several marches belonging to supporters of the muslim brotherhood, one of those turned violent at the governor s office, if you will, to a district or municipal district here in the capital and it led to police firing teargas and more importantly that building was torched by supporters of the muslim brotherhood according to the egyptian police. now on the other front the situation in the sinai continues to deteriorate. there are at least four egyptian soldiers wra were killed in an ambush attack by armed gunmen. you are getting the sense the situation on the security front rema
today the fbi is asking for your help. corporal armando torres iii was last heard of 2 1/2 weeks ago when armed gunmen stormed his father s mexican ranch just south of the u.s. border. torres, his father and uncle were all kidnapped perhaps in a fight with drug cartels. chris moore is at the pentagon. tell us more. right now the state department s consulate is working with the mexican authorities, the fbi has launched an international liq d kidnapping investigation and friends and family of armando torres have taken to social media trying to drum up interest and get the word out about what has happened to this marine. there s been a facebook page established, threads on red it, all trying to call attention to what s happened to this young marine. he went down to visit his father on the ranch in mexico, and they were all abducted by armed gunmen.
were killed and what relationship they may have had with whitey bulger while he was in boston. we ll hear about this for three months. ready? yeah. the army psychiatrist charged with the 2009 shooting rampage at a texas army post has won a judge s approval to represent himself. major nadal hassan says he open fire on soldiers to defend others. the trial has been scheduled to start next month. he has asked for a three-month delay. the fbi is investigating the kidnapping of a former u.s. marine in mexico last month. armando torres iii drove from texas to visit his father s ranch in mexico. shortly after arriving at the ranch, armed gunmen took torres, along with his father and uncle. the three men have not been heard of since. new report on how the irs spent tens of thousands of dollars at conferences. one a 2010 get-together for leadership skills, employees did line dancing. the new acting irs commissioner was telling congress he is working to restore the public s trust. the