Dramatic moments. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Were glad to have you with us. Welcome to saturday. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. The saturday air moves through my lungs much easier than the monday air. Were going to get to arizona which everybody is talking about. Also to ole miss. But we have to start with the fastmoving developments in ukraine. Youre looking at pictures here were going to pull up. There they are of ukraines chapter kiev. Protesters are still at the citys Independence Square there. And theyre saying theyre not going anywhere until their president all out resigns. President Viktor Yanukovych is speaking live and vowing he will not resign. Hes reportedly comparing the situation to nazi germany and he says his car was shot at. Take a look at what happened. This happened in cities all across ukraine overnight. Protesters yanked down statues of lenin who, of course, led the russian revolution. And they accused president yanukovych of wanting too close of ties with ru
Incredible images from the front lines in independence square. As i said, new video taken shortly before ukraines president announced the truce just after midnight local time. The state department calling it a glimmer of hope. Remains to be seen whether it will actually take. There have been other hopeful moments that have evaporated with talks giving way to confrontation. Yesterday Security Forces moving in. Of course scenes like this. Now fighting has left more than two dozen police and protesters dead, sparking tough warnings from nato and president obama and fears that a vital buffer between russia and the west is coming apart at the seams. Nick paton walsh joins us now from kiev. Nick, theres a talk of a truce from the ukrainian president. Whats the latest there tonight . And what are the chances the truce is actually real . Reporter at this point the truce is basically been the president saying he wants one, hes agreed one with the opposition and they want to talk about ending bl
Breaking news, german chancellor Angela Merkel is at the white house for a high stakes meeting with president obama. One focus russias tightening grip against ukraine. In the last hour the president declared the u. S. And germany united and sent another stern warning to moscow. We are united in our determination to impose costs on russia for its actions as Ukrainian Forces move to restore order in Eastern Ukraine, it is obvious to the world that these russianbacked groups are not Peaceful Protesters but heavily armed militants receiving significant support from russia. Times are also tense with Ukrainian Army launching the first major assault on separatist strong holds in the east of that country. A spokesman for putin called the move a criminal act. Nbc news chief White House Correspondent chuck todd, also host of the daily rundown joins us. How critical was it for the president to get merkel on board with sanctions . Reporter its interesting, that is a glass is half full way of looki
Your screen right now. The master bombmaker for al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Hes the man Officials Say designed the underwear bomb that failed to deadinate a detroit bound flight on Christmas Day in 2009. Also made the printer cartridge bo bombs the next year. The new warning is related to recent intelligence gathered believe to be tied, our understanding these bombmakers end up with a fingerprint. Things they do in designing these bombs that trace to a specific individual. Our chief National Correspondent jim sciutto is in washington tonight. Jim, what more do you know about this warning and about this situation . Is the official said the threat is related to al qaeda. Whether to al qaeda core and pakistan led by bin laden and al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and growing in strength in recent years tied to the master bombmaker for al qaeda al asiri and someone they have been watching for quite some time. The intelligence or the warning was based on intelligence that this bombma
Hello. Im jim sciutto in for wolf blitzer. Darkness cannot hide the scars and stains of a bloody day in kiev square. Those are snipers taking aim at antigovernment protestors. Those protestors say 100 died today in the clashes with Government Force easily making this the deadliest day since november when the prorussia government and prowest antigovernment demonstrators. The white house has condemned the fighting saying were outraged by the images of Ukrainian Security forces firing automatic weapons. The last part is important. There are reports protestors have taken as many as 70 hostages from among the Security Forces. Police say theyve had Dozens Injured and many Police Killed in the fighting. Joining me live from kiev, our own Senior International correspondent, nick walsh. Right in the middle of the violence. What can you tell us . Behind me now over the crowds chanting, dark has fallen. They fort fied the barricades. Weve seen the bodies taken out of the hotel where im standing.