welcome back to new day. it is half past the hour. a look at your headlines now. more than two dozen people killed in the violent uprisings in the ukraine. fire in kiev where clashes with police raged over night. the president banning all protests, planning to use all means necessary in order to restore order. despite a phone call from joe biden urging him to show restraint. to venezuela, lopez is in a prison this morning. he is charged with murder and conspiracy in connection with recent violence. there have been demonstrations all across caracas. many demanding the president step down while others support
mr. ambassador, thank you so much for coming in. i want to get your take on all of this because there s a lot of help that is needed, i think. let s talk first about the ukraine. some folks at home might not have been following this, but this has been going on for months. only this week escalating to such a violent level. what can you do? what do you think the u.s. can do to try to influence this one way or the other? well, first of all, stand with the democratic forces with the opposition in the ukraine and we seem to be doing that. secondly, kate, i think we need to push for some mediation, urge the two parties i saw that the former boxing champion and the president had a meeting unsuccessful yesterday. try to get both sides to at least stop the violence, find a political transition. but if that doesn t work, i think you need mediation.
did in january. but this type of violence that we ve seen over the lost 30-odd hours is violence we haven t seen here can you describe who is committing the violence? of course, both sides are blaming the other, but what are you seeing? as far as the men at the front lines who first instigated this violence, it s a number of people. the people i ve spoke to on the ground have identified themselves from a number of different groups. from far right groups to just more radical liezed protestors who have grown more angry over the course of the last two and a half months. and helping them, assisting them are normal ukrainians, men, women, young and old who created
first to the ukraine. more than two dozen people dead and hundreds injured. a three-month long standoff escalates out of control. ukraine s president seems to be co-cying cozying up more to moscow. it was violence overnight. what s it looking like now, nick? reporter: the noise you may hear, that is fireworks, but it s a sign that protestors here have lost none of their energy. they are still engaged in a standoff. they are now increasing their numbers. remarkable for ukraine where political aggression is not really often on the agenda. here s what we saw just hours ago. it s been nearly a decade-long
members of the national guard stood and watched. we re back on air broadcasting now but that gives you a sense of how difficult things are becoming. back to you, kate. no one is safe from this violence. thank you so much, carl. all of this is happening as president obama is attending a summit in mexico today. his trip overshadowed by all the violence as well as the escalating war in syria. this morning reports the white house is revisiting military options in syria after peace talks have stalled. cnn is traveling with the president live in mexico. good morning, jim. reporter: good morning, kate. we should note the president is due to depart from washington this hour en route to mexico for this north american leader summit. we ll meet with his north american counterparts. they will be talking about a range of issues from trade, immigration, to the keystone oil pipeline that the canadians would like to see approved by the u.s. government, but as you