Across california. A message to victims and school officials. United we stand solidarity, thousands joining in a protest. What it may take to free the al jazeera journalists in egypt. I think if president obama called abdul fatah alsisi and said, let them out, it would have an influence. We begin with the crisis in ukraine. The chaos is spreading to ukraines crimea region on the black sea, near the russian border. The situation is fluid and dangerous, focussing on the capital. There are reports that gunmen in military uniform seized the airport there. This picture was taken at that airport. A dark image of uniform men wearing helmets, witnesses say 50 armed men were there. The uniforms gave no indication of whose forces they were. Jennifer glasse is on the ground and joins us live. I know the situation is fluid, what do you know, jennifer . Reports are that the men went to the airport, wept in, asked security politely to check. They went into the airport for a little while and left. We
Palestinian leaders to the vatican. So people across egypt are voting for a new president. Polling stations are being heavily guarded and the election is taking place amid tight security. Retired field Marshal Abdul fatah alsisi is the front runner, he was appointed egypts military chief. Abdul fatah alsisi quit the armed forces. Then his rival, Hamdeen Sabahi. He ran for president in 2012, winning 21 of the vote at the tomb. Abdul fatah alsisi supported Roxana Saberi in 2002. Be talk to a professor, the author of counting islam and will talk to us about the election. Turn out is key, is it not . I dont know if its key. Its a Battle Ground because supporters of abdul fatah alsisi would like to point out that the majority of egyptians are hope with the coup and the roadmap egyptians are taking them in. The opponents of abdul fatah alsisi and the opponents of the change, like the Muslim Brotherhood would like to point to low turn out to say that the majority of egyptians are alienated fr
Flee for their lives in the Central African republic. Mardi gras the fun starts in rio. First, ukraines security chief says its calling up all military reserves and wants them to be combat ready as soon as possible, following Vladimir Putins request to deploy more soldiers to protect russian interests. Unidentified troops are in crimea. It is home to ethnic russian community. Soldiers, believed to be russia, arrived and later they left. Russian troops reportedly disarmed ukrainian guards at a naval base. Those developments have been met with alarm in the west. The u. N. Security council convened a second emergency session and canada announced its recalling its ambassador from moscow. James bays reports from United Nations in new york. How concerned about the situation are you . Very, deeply. Ak bass doors arriving for the ambassadors arrive for the second meeting in 24 hours. Ambassador, is your country innovating crimea . The Russian Ambassador not answering my question, aware they wi
Better than quinton tar jan takeno. Hollywoods night to shine. A live look at the red carpet as stars get ready for the oscars. Good morning to you and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford live in new york city. The center stage of ukraines crisis moved from kiev to crimea. Russia is preparing for a military intervention and ukraines interim government has started to mobilise troops and has called up reservists. Diplomats met for a special session on saturday. The u. S. Is calling on the u. N. To send observers. President obama called the Russian Vladimir Putin asking him to pull back the troops but russia is not bundling. Jennifer glasse has more of that storey from crimea. Jubilation, the russians are coming. As moscow endorsed the use of force, ethnic russians took to the streets, like ena and her family. Supporting the russian flag. They are her protectors. They are just here to guarantee safety. Beneath the statue of communist leader lenin russian and soviet military f
World leaders. Venezuela protests and the red carpet is out for the Academy Award. Today ukraine mobilized its military after russia took over the Southern Region of crimea. The country is on the brink of disaster warns the acting president. Russian troops have surrounded a base, and the ukrainian Prime Minister called it a declaration of war. The head of the ukraine navy has been fired for treesons after swearing alegion to an autonomous crimea. Support in the south seems to be unanimous. Laurence lee has this report from sevastapol. This appears to be the one place that Ukraine Forces in crimea are putting up resistance behind the walls, the Ukrainian Special forces base. The ukrainian flag is up and they refuse to give in. ProRussian Forces appear relaxed. All as if to say they are here to stop anyone harming civilians. A priest turned up. He was blessing soldiers. Whether it end peacefully, i ask, no, they planned this for 20 years. Elsewhere theres no sign of Ukrainian Forces at a