Over the course of a weekend, deposed ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych went from leader of a project to wanted for mass murder. After months of protest that turned violent, the former Prime Minister is on the run and the former opposition is left to create the government while trying to avoid the corruption and scandal that plagued ukraine for years. Joining us from boston is gregory post a former bureau chief in moscow and author of a book called russians the people behind the power. On friday the opposition made a deal with then president Viktor Yanukovych to end the violence set new elections for september, reinstate the 2004 constitution limiting the president s power, and on saturday hes deposed, sunday no one knows where he is and monday hes facing charges, wanted for mass murder, how did this happen so quickly . He lost control of the situation. What happened is that whether it was Viktor Yanukovych who ordered the use of force, the riot police were essentially shooting civ
Most powerful drug trafficker in the world. The ukraine president has been impeached. He has fled with suit cases. Interim government has issued an arrest warrant. The protesters arent convinced the revolution is over. Francis is the first pope not to have studied in europe. We begin with the arrest of joaquin guzman, known as el chapo, possibly the most notorious kingpin who has in a restauranted his power since his legendary escape from a Laundry Basket in 2001. What does his arrest really mean for the drug war and for the flow of drugs into the u. S. . His arrest comes just as mexican president enrique was featured on the cover of Time Magazine. Is this really mexicos Osama Bin Laden moment . We are joined from the from the Los Angeles Times who covers Drug Trafficking and immigration, currently writing a book on the heroin surge in the u. S. Good to have you back on the show. You wrote you dont believe in coincidences when it comes to mexican politics. A mexican president is on the
Exactly around something that is happening tonight. It is that news, local officials are sounding the alarm. If lansing, Governor Rick Snyders office got start of strange today in the way they are responding to the latest of when they knew and within they knew it in flint, we have revelations from the Governors Office the Snyder Administration had actually shipped bourified water to state workers working at the State Office Building in flint. They said it was safe to drink from the tap. Today the governor was questioned about that. His administration had a truly bizarre explanation, lack of explanation and what they knew about it. So we didnt expect toef any news from flint, both of those stories broke late in the day. We are starting tonight with some additional latebreaking news in national politics. One of the big twimpbs differences the year is that the republicans have a lot more people running for president than the democrats too, obviously and their giant field of candidates. It
Person for the federal lead response called a last minute, unscheduled press conference to announce some very disturbing new information from flint. Well have the details on that ahead. When the news is still breaking tonight, were still trying goat our heads around whats happened. Its bad news and local officials are sounding the alarm about it. Also in lansing, governor Rick Schneiders office got strange today in the way that they are responding to the latest revelations about what they knew and when they knew it. Yesterday we had revolutielatio that the Schneider Administration shipped purified workers to state workers that were working in the State Office Building even as they were telling people it was safe to drink from the tap. Today the governor was questioned about that and his administration had a truly bizarre explanation, lack of explanation for what happened there and what they knew about it. We didnt expect to have any news from flint. Both of those broke late in the day.
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Australia and EWB New Zealand are working together to introduce composting household toilets in selected communities across Vanuatu, aiming to reduce flooding and disease transmission risks.