All of it coming in the wake of bloody battles in the streets. Everyone is waiting to see what happens next. Antigovernment protesters gathering in caracas. The pots and pans banking is the hallmark of protests. In what they thought was a safe environment unleashed what they thought about the bailout, the occupy movement, hillary clinton. Sh sh spoke up about the exchange. Security forces on thursday. The protesters in the square want president Viktor Yanukovych out of office now and applauded when one faction leader threatened an armed attack if he hasnt resigned by 10 00 saturday morning. But the deal leaves yanukovych in place though it limits his powers by limiting the 2004 state constitution, mandate being president ial elections by december. For more lets go to kiev and al jazeera correspondent nick shifrin. Whats the atmosphere like in Independence Square tonight . Well, antonio, you just laid it out. Theyre still here. Theyre not going anywhere. About 50,000 people, a few hours
The pentagon is looking to shrink the army to preworld war ii level. Getting rid of a complete unit of attack jets. Lisa stark, what kind of levels are we talking about . Chuck hagel said this is the first away things will look like after years of war. The smallest since world war ii, particularly land forces. The army up to 570 tow troops in the army the president promised to end the wars in afghanistan and iraq of course and reduces to levels back to 490,000. Defense secretary hagel is talking about more cuts down to 440 to 450,000 in the army. Hes not only talking about changing personnel, it is a change in Weapons Systems and a whole new way of doing business. Here is what the secretary had to say. After iraq and afghanistan we are no longer sizing the military for long sessions. We must retain our edge over technical adversaries. The military must be able to respond quickly to all contingency anies and be able to respond should any possible emergency occur. Sequestration was staye
More than six decades. We begin tonight with the standoff in ukraine. A morning after a day of bloodshed in the capitol, kiev. This is independence square, now early friday morning there. A world in shock, leaders express their concerns. At least 70 lost their lives in fighting thursday, according to opposition. Owner observers on the ground. Our nick shifrin is there. What is going on there . John, it is caulk in the square behind me. You can hear the solemn singing of the National Anthem here. Its 6 00 a. M. , they have been keeping each other awake with political speeches. A video posted online that may go down as more of the horrific and memorable of this situation, got 3 million hits. Protestors walking up hill, armed by only plastic shields, hit one by one by police snipers. This was defined by violence. Over 70 dead, the single deadliest day in ukraine, since the soviet union collapsed. Because of that video, because of that violence weve had a huge outpouring of support from yo
We are hearing today from ukraines former president , Viktor Yanukovych. Russian sources says he still considers himself to be the leader. Where the government is ensureig his safety, local government buildings in crimea. In kiev, the Ukrainian Parliament approved the interim government, nick shifrin, this is fascinating to me. We know the opposition there in Independence Square. Taking over the government, formed the coalition government, then we have the opposition government forming in crimea. About. Yes, the opposition to the opposition, so to speak, tony. As you said, there is a new government in parliament about a thousand feet behind me, Independence Square, about 6,000 miles from here a huge concern. Crimea never wanted to be part of the independent ukraine, after it became independent after the soviet union separated, it is expected they will have a push back, everybody here looks to the west and europe. A huge concern here, from this government, that crimea threatens the new
Five days after a Chemical Spill forced officials to pan people from using tap water. The government says tests indicate the water is safe enough, after chemicals used this in treating coal leaked. People can turn on their taps again. Jonathan martin, joins us from charleston West Virginia. Jopt jonathan, i can imagine ocouple of reactions. Its about time, and sit really safe . Yes, tony, people have been waiting for five days, some people havent taken showers for three or four days because of this ban. We have learned from the governor of West Virginia that they have lifted the state of emergency, a little more they have been able to turn on their water. They have tested a and determined it does meet federal standards. A huge relief, they have been told not to drink water or betty in the water. Small businesses have certainly been relieved because they have taken a hit. It was a huge fundamental hit, we do hope some of our vendors will be offering some sort of reprieve. If not, you kn