Antigovernment protesters in yemen take to the streets of the capitol. And im phil la vel at the venice Film Festival. One of thousands of Film Festivals taking place across the world. So why is there a shortage of movies . Find out later in the program. Starting the news hour with developments out of ukraine, natos secretary general says there is no doubt that russia is goved in operations inside ukraine. Russia continues to supply the separatists with tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and rocket launchers. Russia has fired on ukraine from post russian territory and within ukraine itself. Moreover, russia continues to maintain thousands of combat ready troops close to ukraines borders. Natos release satellite imagery claims evidence of russia artillery on ukrainian soil, and of a Russian Military column on the move. On the ground in ukraine, rebelling fighting in the east have said that they will open humanitarian corridors to allow ukrainians troops encircled civilians to withdraw.
Im David Shuster in for ali velshi. This is real money. The obama white house, and republicans helped pass a 1. 1 trillion Government Spending bill. According to published reports the most controversial section of the bill was written word for word. We have more on that in a moment. The legislation is now in the hands of the u. S. Senate. If it passes that Chamber President obama said he will sign it immediately. The bill keeps federal funding more or less at current levels through next september except for homeland of security. Funding for that is only approved through the end of february. The house passed a bill moments before a funding deadline that could have led to a Government Shutdown today. Despite the down to the wire maneuvering that was actually no real threat of a shutdown. Thats because the house after the spending bill vote also passed. The 48 funding extension that kept federal offices open while the Senate Considered main legislation. The main bill in the senate could s
Hard against the kremlin. Im ali velshi and this is real money. As the conflict heeth up in n eastern europe, like it or not, it is pushing the crisis into a new cold war with russia. All along, we are looking at the lines forming and beyond. Russian overflights that seem designed to test natos reaction to violations of its air space throughout europe and in ukraine itself, nearly a thousand people have been killed since the government agreed to a ceasefire, with separatist rebels on september the 5th. The number of people displaced in the fighting is more than doubled to half a million refugees and those figures come from a new report released by the United Nations. Goes on to document gross human rights abuses which quote may amount to crimes against humanity. The economy is sinking in part because of the collapsing financial system. Ukrainian banks have shut their doors in the region. Nearly 2 billion in loans are gone delinquent and russia has compensated nearly 200,000 depositors
And christmas on the radio. Why it started earlier and playing around the clock. We begin tonight with more anger more fru frustration and more protests over a grand jury decision. Manhattan protesters, in the borough of Staten Island, new york city. Police used a choke hold to restrain eric garner, who later died. Yelling i cant breathe. Ball beban joins us with more. Reporter this is the video that helped spark nationwide outrage in july. An unarmed 43yearold black man with his hands up, facing arrest on charges of selling loose cigarettes, eric garner was placed in a choke hold by a white officer. A move banned by new York City Police more than 20 years ago. Garner died within minutes. The last words of the father of six heard on tape. I cant breathe, i cant breathe. Those words used in protest. I cant breathe, i cant breathe. New york citys coronenew yod the case a homicide. Michael brown, in both cases the prosecutors sent the cases to grand juries. Nine da days after the missouri
Held at the Detention Camp at Guantanamo Bay navy base, but that does not stop it from being the most expensive prison in the world. Even with the slow attrition in population, there are plans on the drawing board for spending 69 million for a new high security lock up on the eastern tip of cuba. In the recently passed 1 trilliondollar spending plan for 2015, congress was shore to include a prohibition of transferring detainees to the u. S. Plai mainland. There are occasional trials. Occasional transfers and never ending arguments over the law, security, human rights, force feeding, and the future. In early disease six prisoners werdecember six prisoners were taken to uruguay. And they will all begin new lives at refugees. Hes hopeful now that hes out and free with proper medical care here in uruguay he can get better and rebuild his life. Reporter these six were never charged, and cleared to leave the prison back in 2009. But not until uruguay came forward to take them did they leave