Dashed. The concession syrias opposition says it never agreed to about a city devastated by war. The unrest is spreading in ukraine despite concessions from the countrys president protesters are taking to the streets in a growing number of cities. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Another major blast of Winter Weather is sweeping the country this morning. A crippling blizzard in the midwest on sunday is followed by sub 0 conditions in many of the same states and areas like chicago already covered in snow could see an extended cold spell of 48 hours or more below 0 and the arctic air is moving into Southern States where they are not used to the conditions and normally mild states like texas and louisiana could see snow and a temperature plunge of 3040 degrees andy is live in chicago where schools are closed because of the deep freeze and andy good morning and how does it feel out there . Cold, stephanie. We are just now starting what could be a 60hour stre
[ singing ] breaking with tradition for the first time. Girls are performing at englands Canterbury Cathedral. Good morning to you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city. Im Morgan Radford. The message in ukraine is clear no deal. Protesters pushed back hard after rejecting the president s offer to join the government. The unrest step pd up as protesters attacked a government building with Police Officers inside. Al jazeeras Jennifer Glasse joins me live from kiev. Are protesters feeling emboldened after rejecting the president s offers . Morgan, they are. They were feeling emboldened before legementing the president s offer. The protesters left on independence square, frustrated that therein no movement, tried to march on parliament. They clashed with police and we have seen picture of the clashes and burning barricades. We have seen demonstrations spread around the country. In kiev, not far from here, they spread again. In the heart of the capital ukrainians besieged
The problem. Hi there. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im Thomas Drayton. Good to have you with us. There are small signs of progress coming out of syrian peace talks. Both sides have agreed to allow women and children to leave the city of homs. Its a relief for hundreds of families starved in the thirdlargest city. The brutal civil war has taken a steep toll. Most of homs no longer exists. For two years its been pounded by bombs. Morta mortars, art ill ris. The assad regime tried to crush this city that was the center of the revolt against his rule from the ground and from the air. Almost every day the terrifying sound of jets. And the horrifying inevitable plume of smoke rising above a neighbourhood. The citys population was a million. More than half the houses today have been destroyed. Residents forced to eat greens picked off the side of the road. Those greens are the only sus tinnens for 22yearold resident and activist. He spoke to us via skype from the homs country side. This is
New york and new jersey over whether the super bowl is actually going to be played there. Just a couple of hours ago the United Nations special envoy to syria gave an update on the ongoing peace talks in geneva. He said hell meet with both sides on monday. Nick joins us live from geneva where the Syrian Government and opposition leaders are now meeting. This is the First Agreement after almost three years of a very bloody civil war. Can we safely call this a win, at least for round one . Reporter well, look, this is a bit of a breakthrough, and were talking about the city of homs, one of the worst, most besieged cities in all of syria. This was a city about 1 million before the war, and these days there are just a few thousand families there. The downtown has been ravaged by almost daily bombs and mortars and air strikes, and we just heard last hour brahimi announcing a small aleve yags for all of the suffering of homs. What we have been told by the government side is that women and ch
Today the two sides in the ongoing civil war reached on agreement to ease suffering. The Syrian Government pledged let women and children out of homs. Its the thirdlargest city. Women and children will be allowed to lee. Zeina khodr has more. Unmediator talks are not moving forward as quickly as hoped. Day two, like day one, focused on ways to alleviate the suffering of syrians. The government and coalition did not finalise a deal on aid delivery and presenter exchanges. Lakhdar brahimi, the u. N. Envoy, remains positive and announced the goodwill gesture. Women and children in the besieged area are welcome to leave immediately. On the detainees, prisoners, the government has asked the opposition to give them a list of the people that are in detention in the hands of the various armed groups. The opposition has asked for head to reach the besieged old city of homs. Syrias thirdlargest city has been an urban battlefield for the past three years. Many civilians are cut off with little ai