Though cause 555 of their light grills and buses are in operation now, they just to get people perspective. 400 people called in sick and our down to just a few dozen or so. And theyre not even using the word sickout. If they say things are back to normal. We see riders happy this morning. Finally smiling after three grueling days. Especially monday and tuesday. Joining me now is julia. Tell us all was to the past few days ago the better for yesterday i would imagine. It did get better. For but to people rise frightens. And theyre worried all day at work. Fog and the safety was battered tuesday night. Many writers are a little smug on the bart strike was on. We really felt bad for our brothers and sisters to road part because we know many didnt strike well, im calling and i think it is a strike. Im interested that they did not do it on game nights. Which would affect the thousands of game goers. New this morning whopping cough is making a comeback in california especially in parts of t
Good morning from washington. The Prime Minister of ukraine says his country is on the brink of disaster. Russian troops are in crimea and in response, Ukrainian Government has called up its military reservists, even as it admits the country cant match russias firepower. Ukraines defense minister says russian soldiers converged on three military bases in crimea demanding ukrainian troops surrender and give up their weapons. The ukrainian soldiers did not and there has been no fighting between them. President obama and russian president Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone for 90 minutes saturday. The u. S. Says russia is breaking international law. Russia says its protecting its military personnel and citizens in crimea. In response to all of this, the United States, Great Britain and france are suspending their participation in preparation talks for the g8 summit being held in russia in june. Were going to get a lot of perspectives on this, but we want to go first to ukraines ambassado
It was his job to train prosecutors to handle sex crime victims. Amazing. The new details were learning this morning in just a bit. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Great to see you. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is friday. It bears repeating, its friday. It is friday. March 7th. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. A very busy week and a very busy end to the week. Up first, the fight for crimea. Western leaders condemning a referendum by crimean lawmakers to separate from ukraine and to join russia. The crimean people will vote on that measure in just nine days. Ukraines interim Prime Minister boldly declaring crimea was, is and will be an integral part of ukraine moving forward, a sentiment shared by president obama. Referendum on the future of crimea would violate the ukrainian constitution and violate international law. Any discussion about the future of ukraine must include the legitimate government of ukraine. The president pushing hard for a diplomatic way out
Ships have been blocked. They have moved to black the entrance to a lake. This is a very interesting movie. The pro Russian Parliament has called for a referendum on whether to stay part of the ukraine. They want it to take place in ten days time. Lets begin at the white house. Reporter today, we see a sort of symphony of diplomacy. All 28 yeerp peen heads of state hold a special sanction. Something thats also been actively repaired for right here. Well, russia still insists all those system engineers arent russian. We dont accept anything that president putin said as fact. Carefully. The United States and its partners is focusing intensely on a remedy. Reporter john kerry met with his russian counter part who then refused to meet with ukraine. They are urging russia to pull back its troops, let in International Observers who yesterday were blocked from getting into ukraine and continue discussions. The result now moves towards sanctions by europe and by the u. S. On its own. Were at a
Surprising numbers in a drop in childhood obesity. What could be a healthier point towards a healthier americans. Its not all good news, especially for older women. Im john berman, welcome to early start. Im christian romans, its wednesday, halfway through the week. Lets begin with our top story. It is drum roll, please the weather, arctic chill. Cold air, millions of americans waking up to face another bitterly cold morning. The arctic blast dropping temperatures on the midwest and east 20 degrees below normal. Record lows in some cases. And of course, it wouldnt be cold without some snow to go along with it. The latest freeze is not as deep as the one in january. Thats cold comfort for those of us who want spring to get here. What is it, 22 days, indra . Until spring comes . Hi there. Its actually worse than yesterday. Were talking temperatures again. Currently, 5 below. Minneapolis, 10 below. Duluth, 12 below. New york city, 12 below, duluth, 35 below with the windchill. It is miser