More masked men are targeting ukraines Eastern Industrial heartland. Prorussian government have been Holding Government buildings and now they have seized a Police Station in the small town of slaviansk, close to the russian border. For theirare calling own peoples republic and want moscow to send in troops. Officials in p. M. Call them terrorists and are threatening a tough response. Arm demonstrators took control of the Police Station in slaviansk, the latest incident involving prorussian separatist taking over government buildings in eastern ukraine. The regions share a border with russia. They donstrators say not want anything to do with the. Uthorities in p. M. Kiev we want to be independent from kiev. The government has seized power through violence and is trying to force its will on us. We will not support them. Prorussian demonstrators were given a deadline to clear the buildings and that has passed. They are still here. I want a referendum to decide when the region will become
Marijuana. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart im going to start with what i am calling a classic case of politics over policy. The fight over Companies Fleeing abroad to high taxes at home. Jack lew writing in the washington post, the system has become full of inefficiencies and special interest loopholes. That is why it is so important we reform our business tax code to make the u. S. Economy more competitive and accelerate Economic Growth and job creati creation. Now listen to what president obama said on the same subject over the weekend. Corporate profits are as high as ever, a small, but growing group of corporations are fleeing the country to get out of paying taxes. Theyre keeping most of the Business Inside the United States, but busily renouncing their citizenship and declaring they are based someplace else to avoid paying their fair share. Stuart their fair share. What do you think Grover Norquist would say about this . Grover is with us, so we will find out. You heard
From europe, including russian journalist denouncing what they say are restrictions on press freedom at a mass rally in moscow. Im in one of spains most important monuments, caught in a controversy between islamic and christian heritage. Welcome to the program. The risk of a military confrontation in Eastern Ukraine appears to grow. The government says it will launch an operation against prorussian armed men. Russia is outraged calling it a criminal act. Oleksandr turchynov, the interim president , blames russia for stirring up unrest in the east. Translation this morning in slovyansk a column of military force were with protected citize citizens, the criminals opened fire and they protected themselves of shields made up of citizens. We did everything to avoid blood. We ready to give an answer to all attempts at invasion, destabilization and armed terrorist actions. We wont let russia repeat the crimean scenario. There has been incidents in towns and cities. The most serious in slovyan
Over the hills with a wind advisory in the mountains. Any prospects of rain coming up. Thank you, lisa. Justify one day after a Fatal Shooting at lax, a scare for passengers at sfo. Police board a plane and escort a man off a jet blue flight. Nick smith has this story that you will only see on abc7 news. If a plane is going to go down, this plane is going to be destroyed. Thats what one passenger told us he heard a man overhear him scream during a jet blue flight 1136. He said is so cloud and buoyant, that he caught my attention. He spoke with the passenger, alex alexander, who caught part of the scary and confusing moments on my smartphone. My hands was shaky, my heart was racing. The flight was in route to sfo from long beach. Patrick said as soon as the flight crew became aware of the flight, they called Airport Security who had police meet the plane when it landed. Take a look. Officers board the plane and immediately identify and escort the passenger off the plane. Why are you tak
Started andishinging. Reporter cameras typically poised to catch celebs with their luggage. Instead, a man is shot by the man on this stretcher, paul ciancia. I was terrified like everybody else was. We were onto ground. Reporter not just on the ground, but a crush of humanity flooding out of terminal 3, a frenzy. Storming out of emergency exits and on to the tarmac. Ducking under planes. There was a guy downstairs started shooting and one guy fell down, panic erupted and he was going up through the security check. Reporter passengers with meticulously planned trips fled,. L. A. X. Officials say ciancia shot his way through terminal 3 taking aim at tsa employees. The officers didnt, i repeat, they didnt hesitate. They went after this individual and they confronted this individual. Reporter take a closer look at the officers feet. Thats ciancias weapon left lying on the carpet. Outside the sixth Busiest Airport in the world, the bus lines blocks long. The airport turned into a bus depot