ukrainian people who want the country to remain united and those who want to split away. regarding those people who are still occupying the buildings, we re really waiting, watching to see what they do next after this agreement was thrashed out in geneva in those four-party talks yesterday. because the key points of that agreement are that weapons should be laid down and public buildings that are being occupied illegally should be vacated. so far, there has been no response from these occupying groups, these separatists and pro-russians, who have now for some days and weeks been consolidating their hold on their region of eastern ukraine. christine, back to you. all right, phil black, glad we could get that connection and get that report. thank you. another big story to tell you about developing overnight. a high-altitude avalanche on mt. everest, killing nine sherpa guides and leaving three others seriously injured. a group of about 50 sherpas were hit by this avalanche at an elev
and then when cortez refused, he finally said i have had enough, i m not going to let you abuse the bench like this and turned his name in. all right. applause should go to him. interesting things going on in your court down there, kimberly, i m going to stick that all on you. anyway. thank you, kimberly. ted, thank you. my pleasure. and disturbing news out of ukraine, masked men standing outside of synagogues, apparently giving jews notices that they must register with pro-russians. john bolton is here next. off-the-record, harry reid calling supporters of rancher cliven bundy domestic terrorists. i have much more to
for instance, they feel that not only the pro-russians to vacate the buildings, they also say that behind me here, that of course it became a symbol for the revolution in ukraine has to be vacated as well. the people who are there have to vacate as well. they also say that what they call ultra nationalists ukrainian militia need to disarm. it s a big list that the russians have put forward that makes thing more difficult. on the other hand, the ukrainian government says that they are willing to take steps and grant them more autonomy and they are willing to take those steps. however, the buildings need to be vacated before that. otherwise, they are threatening military action. i actually spoke to a military expert a couple of hours ago. he s not sure what the current state of the ukrainian military and the failures that we have seen from ukrainian military on the ground may be able to oust
eastern ukraine. that comes as u.s. president president obama is warning of new sanctions against russia if moscow continues to violate ukraine s sovereignty. cnn s correspondent jim sciutto has our report. reporter: kiev, counteroffensive in eastern ukraine stalled just as it started. in slaviansk, pro-russians stormed the area, waving the russian flag. they blocked the armored vehicles rolling into that city. ukraine s defense ministry later forced to admit the vehicles had been seized by pro-russian militants. even as it faltered, russia s foreign minister called the crackdown illegal. we ll ease the situation and make it so that the government in kiev views with respect the demands of ukrainian citizens who live in the east.
and then when cortez refused, he finally said i have had enough, i m not going to let you abuse the bench like this and turned his name in. all right. applause should go to him. interesting things going on in your court down there, kimberly, i m going to stick that all on you. anyway. thank you, kimberly. ted, thank you. my pleasure. and disturbing news out of ukraine, masked men standing outside of synagogues, apparently giving jews notices that they must register with pro-russians. john bolton is here next. off-the-record, harry reid calling supporters of rancher cliven bundy domestic terrorists. i have much more to say t about that of course off-the-record coming up. hi dad. she s a dietitian.