Benghazi. My dna, any trace of me is not there. Insistent on her innocence in an exclusive interview, amanda knox reacts to a new Italian Court that says shes guilty of murder. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Im errol barnett. We begin with reports of a large military operation in the eastern ukrainian city of sloviensk. Theres a special military operation there. One pro russian separatist has been killed and another wounded. Cnn confirms at least one military helicopter in this area and people there say theyve heard gunfire and explosions in the distance, but for the moment the town seems mostly quiet. Sloviensk is one of several locations recently seized and occupied by pro russia separatists. We have Nick Payton Walsh on the line now. Hes north of slovavyansk. If you can give us what information you have, especially the death thats been confirmed. Reporter let me tell you what weve seen. To the north of slavyansk, its a pro russian checkpoint. Now in quite reasonable number though not
Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. We begin with the dramatic rescue operation going on right now off south korea for nearly 300 people still missing after a ship sank, at least four people known dead. Helicopter and boat crews have been on the scene plucking passengers from the fridge it waters. Most of the people on board that ferry were High School Students. Wen rescued student said he heard a loud thud and then the ship started to list. He said everyone was ordered to put on life jackets and jump into the water. Another student says hes afraid many of his classmates may still be trapped on board that sinking ship tr ship. Translator some of the students were not able to escape. The ferry started to list, so we asked if we shoulders scape now. The announcement kept telling us to stay still. Im so worried about the other students in our rooms. The ferry left from the port city of incheon and was headed for the resort city of jeju before going down in the yello
Reporting from washington. Russia is is now warning that ukraine could be on the brink of civil war. That warning comes as ukrainian troops began cracking down on prorussian demonstrators in Eastern Ukraine. As many as 70 people were arrested in an antiterrorism operation. Demonstrators had taken control of several government buildings during a Senate Hearing just a little while ago, secretary of state john kerry put the blame squarely on russia. No one should be fooled, and believe me, no one is fooled, by what could potentially be a contrived pretext for military intervention just as we saw in crimea. It is clear that Russian Special forces and agents have been the catalyst behind the chaos of the last 24 hours. Some have even been arrested and exposed. Equally as clear must be the reality that the United States and our allies will not hesitate to use 21st century tools to hold russia accountable for 19th century behavior. Well hear more from secretary kerry in a moment including a T
Thats the vow from ukraine as it battles prorussian militants from the street and air. You see the violence is exploding. Now a real fear of an allout civil war. And this woman is at the center of the Donald Sterling firestorm. Now his alleged girlfriend is breaking her silence. She has a lot to say. Hear what she said about that Audio Exchange and what sterling is saying about her. And poking fun at president obama to his face. Believe it or not. That is one mans job tonight. I feel nervous with that job. I think most people would. Dont you think . I wonder if you would be up for it. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Always a pleasure to be with you. 10 00 on the east coast. 7 00 out west in the cnn newsroom. She has been dodging cameras and that odd visor ever since her recordings of the clippers owner Donald Sterling went public one week ago. Now v. Stiviano is sitting down with Barbara Walters. She is defending sterling. The man who was heard telling her do not bring black peop
Hard to imagine anybody surviving Something Like this. 33,000 feet or so, 32,000 feet, the plane was flying at when it was believed to have been shot out of the sky according to ukrainian officials. At least they say a rocket was fired, missile was fired. That hit the aircraft. Questions remain about who fired it, what their intent was, whether it was a mistake, whether they knew it was. A civilian airliner, two Ukrainian Military airlines have been brought planes have been brought down in previous days, one of them a transport plane. So theres still a lot of questions at this hour. Im here with Richard Quest, and fareed zakaria, rick franconia. Also peter gould, aviation analy analyst, miles obrien. Peter, in terms of getting access to the crash site, how important and what sort of a time frame is it crucial that investigators get access to that site in . Well, its critical they get there as soon as possible. For a couple reasons. One is for the investigation. But most importantly, fo