We begin now with some stern words over ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister accusing russia of wanting to start another world war iii if speaking world war. By russia on ukraines territory. Will lead to military conflict in europe. The world has not yet forgotten world war ii. A russia already wants to start world war iii. Highnsions are running east of ukraine as the government is carrying out what it calls an antiterrorist operation. Program russian separatists have seized have seized control of several cities. We go to Douglas Herbert who is covering events for us now. Youre just north of the eastern city. You have seen Ukrainian Special forces. Describe for us the Current Situation at this hour. Hour is really in the past that we came upon the first sign that we can see of this antiterrorist operation in kiev. We came upon a large unit of Ukrainian Special forces. These were highly disciplined soldiers that the military camouflaged. Their fingers on the trigger. These were soldiers t
some jobs because we need to raise the revenue side. i think that s right. that s why you see the president yesterday at the small business event, meeting with his jobs council. what he is communicating from the white house is i m focused on the economy. my budget is one step in that direction but i ve got to lead here. i can t get caught up in political games like what is going on in wisconsin. certainly the messaging out of the white house has changed and you could argue improved a great deal since bo daley took over. they seem to be on target with the message about jobs and the economy. whether they actually do something about it. what do you guys think? you ve both been around here a long time, you ve watched congress and white houses. david, you know john boehner very well. is there going to be a shutdown? no. i mean, his goal is to get a cr passed. and that s his objective. and so look. are there going to be disagreements? clearly there are. but the other element we haven t
to arm his supporters. comes on a day when anti-government rage is shaking nations across the middle east. in iraq and bahrain, protesters packed the streets in previously unseen numbers blocking roads, marching on government buildings. the marches also took place in egypt, in yemen demonstrators turning out by the hundreds of thousands. and back in libya the focus is on getting out. 167 american citizens finally able to leave tripoli by boat after waiting for days because of bad weather. and now u.s. charter flights have been chartered by the state department and are beginning to arrive to help more americans escape. nbc s martin fletcher is live in malta where the american evacuees are expected to arrive very shortly. martin, you ve been waiting for days. they were waiting for days just to get out and the conditions could not have been very good. there were no beds as i understand it on that ferry with more than 300 people. that s right, andrea. it must have been terrible