Welcome to countdown, i am mark barton. Ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. In ukraine,ents protests in the eastern part of the country escalate. Johnson ferro has insights on Mario Draghis comments on monetary is in hong kong following the deal for glencores peruvian mine. Camouflaged gunman fired on kiev Government Troops killing one service man and wounding five. The ukrainian president spelled out a deadline for prorussian separatists to lay down their arms. That ends now. What next . According to the deadline, he said that the National Security and Defense Council has decided to launch a fullscale antiterrorist operation involving the armed forces of ukraine. We will see exactly what will happen now. The risk is that any provocation that comes from the Ukraine Armed forces against these progression separatists is going to inflame the situation with russia. Remember, near the border of the ukraine and russia, there are nearly 40,000 troops, which are armed with c
Ground in massachusetts. Andrew, over to you. Thank you, beck. Its a horrible story. Earlier he spent 88 million buying out the other half of the philadelphia inquirer. His son will now join the board, but other Corporate News this morning. Apple kicking off the Worldwide Developers conference happening today in San Francisco. Ceo tim cook promised the company will enter new product categories this year. Thats what hes been telling everybody. Among the announcements expected from apple are this. Details on the new operating systems because theres ios for the iphone and ipads along with the mac and what that is going to look like. We will also hear applications with a lot of news reports that the applications may let the iphone or ipad control parts of your house like thermostats, appliances and security systems. So well see what happens. A lot of people are looking forward to that. And General Motors could have a recall issued this week after details are released gm will disclose new s